Love the criticism of Wiggins' build. Apparently he isn't an athlete because he's thin

By that logic marathon runners aren't athletes.

That Paul Radcliffe, she might hold the women's marathon world record but she's too puny to be an athlete, she's rubbish she is, looks like she's an extra from Trainspotting.....

As for drugs, well yes there have been serious issues in cycling with drugs. Quite why Wiggins doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt though is beyond me.

All this is the old British disease of putting the boot in on successful people.

Here's a guy currently leading the biggest event in a major world sport which, aside from on the track, we are normally rubbish at as a country.

The Tour de France is a massive global sports event. Sadly for RL it is probably bigger in profile than the entire sport of RL. And Wiggins is dominating it at the moment.

We should be celebrating a fantastic British athlete, one of the greatest this country has ever produced, and one who is proud to associate himself publicly with rugby league and Wigan rugby in particular.

Go Wiggo go!

Exactly. I'd be all over it like a fatty in a cake shop.

Have you and your boss seen Sam Tomkins? Do you both think he's a train conductor or a waiter? Build has nothing to do with it.
Its been mention Wiggins is on a par with Federer, I totally disagree with that Fed is GOD, but compare Fed with Nadal physically, then compare the grand slams totals.....
Come on Bradley, win that bleeding tour and come home to a Wigan reception and a chunky steak pie from Galloways

More of an athlete than an athlete,and if thats what "skag"does then hook me up, could do to lose a few pounds.

Do you know were red rock hill is ??

ride up and down that for 5 hours without a rest, then come back and make that statement.

Ok. And I could run faster than Wayne Rooney because he looks fat and fat people can't run unless it's to the pie shop.

I genuinely despair sometimes!

Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini was a serial stage winner back in the 90's and took to the podium in his favourite football kit once, so there is form. Think he got fined quite a bit for this stunt though.



The way Froome is riding at the moment we'll have to take advantage of Wiggins whilst we can as next year he'll be fighting his own team mate for glory I think.

To be fair if Wiggins and Froome were doing what they were doing for an England rugby League team the internet would be full of people moaning about them being actually eligible to be selected seem as neither were born in England.

Personnaly I believe that if Wiggins keeps up his level of performance and goes on to win the tour (and by some margin the way he's going and with a 51km time-trial to come) then I would put this as the greatest British sporting performance of the 21st century to date (with Cavendish last year second).

My only disappointment with Wiggins is with his selection of boot-bag though I have e-mailed the ProSky Racing sponsorship manager to point out that Wiggins is using un-solicited equipment, hopefully he'll sort it out.


On a personal level I'm more than happy with the way things are going as I put £25 on Wiggins to win this year's tour after he crashed out last year.

If he can go on to win the race, it would obviously be a tremendous achievement. There is absolutely no doubting the dedication and effort that cyclists put in (even amateur ones put in levels of time and effort that I am personally not willing to match).

This is one reason I laugh about fat people telling me that it's their "glands". Utter crap. Follow the training regime of these guys and I guarantee weight would drop off them.

Sure the sport has had it's doping issues (Lance Armstrong is currently embroilled in one at the moment), but that doesn't mean everyone is at it.

Best of luck Bradley!

Quite. If he wins the Tour (if), it must also be remembered that he has also won Paris Nice, Tour of Romandie and the Dauphine this season as well, so it would be a season the like of which has not been seen for many, many years. On form as well you have to say he is one of the favourites for the Olympic time trial.