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Wiggins, Froome and Cavendish need their own teams – TdF

Stage 11 of the Tour de France just highlighted the fact more. Chris Froome lost 1 min 25 seconds on stage 1 due to a flat tire or mechanical about 6km from the finish. So, today Froome is 2 mins and 5 seconds behind. Taking off the 1.25 lost it would be 40 seconds. 40 [...]

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Brad Wiggins – How was he so fast in the Time Trial

Sadly, no Tour de France action today. The first of two rest days the riders have in the world’s toughest sporting event – although most will probably ride 100km+ just to keep their legs from cramping up. So, Brad Wiggins and Chris Froome both riding for Team Sky were so dominant yesterday. It’s amazing that [...]

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Wiggins smashes Evans in Stage 9 Time Trial

Brad Wiggins is the big favourite to win this years Tour de France after his victory today in the ninth stage time trial on Monday.  Wiggo rode in yellow for his first ever stage win in any Tour de France. It was a big day for Team Sky with teammate Chris Froome finishing second, 35secs behind. [...]

Is Team Sky’s time trail suit 2 second per km faster

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Is Team Sky’s time trail suit 2 second per km faster

I thought I read that the time trial suit Team Sky have developed for this years Tour de France is 2 seconds per km faster that what the other team riders are wearing. If this is the case Chris Froome should probably have done better than he did today coming in second behind his team [...]