Bradley Wiggins: My Time (35 page)

l’Equipe, 124, 139, 180, 254

Landis, Floyd, 178, 181, 249

Larsson, Gustav, 89

Le Coq Sportif, 120

Leinders, Geert, 185–86

Leipheimer, Levi, 223

Leopold-Trek team, 38

Liège–Bastogne–Liège, 73

Linda McCartney team, 142, 143–4

Liquigas, 111, 223

Livestrong, 188

Livingston, Kevin, 143

Lombardy, Tour of, 3, 10

2010, 9, 38

Lotto, 161, 174, 221, 223, 230

Löfkvist, Thomas, 17

MacLean, Craig, 179

Madiot, Marc, 42,

Majorca, 48, 85, 92, 117, 129, 139, 199, 200

Manchester Sky Ride, 22

Manchester velodrome, 14, 27, 30, 34, 41, 42, 48, 51, 56, 77, 95, 258–9, 262–3

Mangeas, Daniel, 218

Manning, Paul, 282

Mapei, 128, 130

Martin, Tony, 52, 68, 76, 97, 122, 181, 196, 269, 275, 278, 285

McGee, Brad, 226, 282

Mediterranean, Tour of, 147

Merckx, Eddy, 124, 189, 243, 252, 284

Millar, David, 74–5, 171, 179, 221, 269

Millar, Fran, 27, 30

Millar, Robert, ix–xii, 12, 124, 141, 152, 284

Mitchell, Nigel, 13, 61

Mitchell, Scott, 171, 244

Moreni, Christian, 181

Motorola, 147, 148, 149

Murdoch, James, 239, 253, 261

Murnaghan, Dermot, 17

Museeuw, Johan, 130, 284

Nibali, Vincenzo, 4, 118, 123, 133, 175, 205, 208, 209, 210, 212–3, 214, 226–7

Nike, 189

Nygaard, Brian, 37–8

Olympic Games:

2000, Sydney, 41, 143, 258, 263, 289

2004, Athens, 42, 55, 112, 226, 258, 259, 282

2008, Beijing, 11, 13, 52, 55, 61, 75, 78, 137, 140, 152, 259, 282, 285, 287, 289

2012, London, 51, 76, 254–5, 258–67, 268–81, 282, 287

BW rings bell at opening ceremony, 264–67

road race, 268–74

time trial, 274–81, 282, 283

2016, Rio, 285, 289, 290

Operación, Puerto, 178, 181

Paris–Brussels, 72

Paris–Nice, 48, 52, 120, 124

2011, 53, 59

2012, 89–91, 96, 97–100, 105, 107, 111, 118, 119, 137, 140, 168, 194, 218, 221, 234, 250, 252, 284

Paris–Roubaix, 73, 145, 289

2003, 144

2011, 36, 52, 273

Paris–Tours, 10

Parker, Matt, 13, 16, 45, 56

Pate, Danny, 127

Pendleton, Victoria, 34

Petacchi, Alessandro, 165

Peters, Steve, 30–1, 262

Pinarello, 16, 248, 253

Porte, Richie, 97, 106, 113, 128–9, 134, 135, 167, 168, 169, 170, 208, 210, 212, 223, 251

Procycling
, 32

ProTour, 10

Qatar, Tour of:

2009, 78

2011, 51–2

Queally, Jason, 179, 263

Rabobank, 83, 111, 114, 185

Renshaw, Mark, 83

Robinson, Brian, 124

Roche, Nicolas, 232

Rogers, Michael, 75, 106, 113, 127–8, 133–4, 135, 156, 167, 168, 169, 170, 206, 220, 230, 231, 250, 251

Rolland, Pierre, 223

Romandie, Tour of:

2008, 78

2011, 52, 103

2012, 96, 97, 100, 101, 105, 109–16, 117, 118, 119, 124, 175, 194, 221, 252, 284, 286

Rowe, Luke, 179, 186

Sagan, Peter, 159, 205, 249

Sánchez, Luis León, 114, 232

Sastre, Carlos, 134

Saxo Bank, 128–9, 134

Scarponi, Michele, 167

Scheldeprijs, 77

Schleck, Andy, 40, 118, 121, 134, 151, 224

Schleck, Frank, 134, 167, 170, 222

Sciandri, Max, 143

Sestriere, 55, 58, 103

7-Eleven, 149

Simpson, Mark, 92

Simpson, Tom, 171, 284

Siutsou, Kosta, 106, 129, 134, 164, 168

Sky,
see
Team, Sky

soigneur
, 9–10, 154, 191, 217, 279

Sørenson, Nicki, 230

SRMs, 57, 72, 95, 101, 153, 206

Stannard, Ian, 80, 269

Sutton, Chris, 68

Sutton, Shane:

British Cycling/GB Team and, 13, 41, 44–5, 179

BW, relationship with, 27, 28, 29–30, 32, 34–5, 36, 38, 39, 40–49, 51, 54, 56, 60, 63, 66, 68, 70, 72, 82, 91, 92, 94, 95, 115, 117, 127, 128, 138, 139, 141, 152, 170, 198, 200, 201, 241, 260, 287

BW’s coach, 34–5, 38, 39, 40–1, 44–49, 51, 54, 56, 60, 63, 66, 68, 70, 72, 82, 91, 92, 94, 95, 115, 117, 138, 139, 141, 152, 170, 198, 200, 201, 241, 260, 287

BW’s father and, 40, 42–3

Olympics, 2008 and, 13

Olympics, 2012 and, 264, 274, 285, 287

World Road Championships 2011 and, 275

Swift, Ben, 52, 179, 186

Tafi, Andrea, 130

Team Sky, 9, 10, 56, 61, 126, 128, 272

2010 season, 9–10, 17–22, 56–7

2011 season, 52–6, 59–64, 65–74, 75–6, 80–2

2012 season, 89–108, 109–25, 150–4, 155–257

BW as team leader, 10, 11, 12–14, 15, 18, 29, 26–35, 36–41, 52, 57–8, 68, 69–70, 83, 96–7, 110, 113, 115, 136, 178, 183, 208–16, 221, 253

BW signs contract with, 12–13, 14–15

BW’s grandfather’s death effects relationship with, 26–35

Cavendish signs contract with, 83–5

coaching/training methods,
see
Kerrison, Tim; Sutton, Shane
and
Yates, Sean

doping and, 184–86

management,
see
Brailsford, Dave
and
Yates, Sean

races,
see under individual race name

riders, 2012, 126–36,
see also under individual rider name

training/coaching, 17, 18, 20, 26–35, 36–8, 39–40, 43, 47–51, 54, 55, 56–9, 65–74, 84, 85, 91–97, 99–108, 110, 117, 118, 122, 123, 128, 138, 150–63, 158, 167–8, 192, 198–201, 202, 212, 232, 238, 241–2, 243, 254–5, 256

training, camps, 17, 18, 36–8, 43, 54, 55, 58, 72–3, 84, 85, 91–2, 95, 96, 101, 102–107, 117, 118, 122, 123, 128, 138, 167, 241–2, 243

winter 2010, 26–40, 47, 51–2

winter 2011, 91–97

Tenerife, 54, 58, 72–3, 95, 96, 102–6, 107, 117, 118, 123, 128, 135, 138, 167, 241–2, 243

Thévenet, Bernard, 212–13

Thomas, Geraint (G), 52, 53, 58, 80, 82, 90, 109, 111, 113, 226, 290

Tiernan-Locke, Jon, 168

T-Mobile, 77, 128, 131

Tomkins, Sam, 185, 256

Tour de France 98, 99, 101, 113, 126

1998, 259

2006, 181, 249

2008, 129

2009, 10–12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 61, 71, 79, 100, 129–30, 151, 242, 249, 259

2010, 18–122, 37, 40, 58, 120, 133, 249

2011, 39, 62–74, 65, 66, 72, 76, 84, 85, 132, 156, 167, 174

2012, xii, 7–11

BW as favourite for, 124, 157

BW considers retiring from, 211–13

BW’s philosophy in 225–26

BW’s preparations for, 138–41, 150–54

BW’s victory, 252–57, 264

Cavendish and, 227–32

chaos of, 155–57

Col de la Madeleine, 205, 206

Col de Peyresourde, 214, 226, 227

Col du Croix de Fer, 205, 206

Col du Grand Colombier, 204, 205

Col du Mollard, 206

crashes, 126–67, 221–24

crowds, 161, 163–4, 166, 250, 277–8, 279

‘day of the tacks’, 221–24

doping, insinuations on, 175–85

early stages, 155–66

Froome, BW’s relationship with during, 207–16

Luck and, 155–56, 166

media and, 176–7, 180, 215–16, 224–5

patron, BW as, 219, 223–24

prologue time trial, 157, 158

rest days, 196–7, 204, 224–5

stage 7, 155–56, 158–9, 162

stage 8, 162

stage 9, 162–4

stage 10, 162, 164, 165

stage 11, 164, 165, 166

stage 12, 165–67

stage 13, 157, 167–71, 174, 175, 205, 207

stage 14, 174, 176

stage 15, 140, 157, 175, 191–6, 204

stage 16, 205

stage 17, 205, 206, 207–14

stage 18, 221

stage 19, 221

stage 20, 221–23

stage 21, 229–30

stage 22, 226

stage 23, 214–5, 226–7

stage 24, 231–2

stage 25, 7–11, 99, 140, 140, 191–2, 196, 233–44, 264, 269, 273, 274, 277, 283

stage 26, final stage, 247–55

Team Sky riders, 125–36,
see also under individual rider name

time trials, 7–11, 157, 158, 191–96, 233–44

yellow jersey, 171–3, 196, 204, 210, 215, 217–32

TrainingPeaks, 72, 94–5, 153

TSS, (Training Stress), 72, 73, 273

turbo trainer, 2, 3, 65, 67

Twitter, 78, 116, 175, 176, 211

UCI, 65,
see also
World Road Championships

Urán, Rigoberto, 54, 111, 127, 134

US Postal Service team, 176

Vacansoleil, 89

VAM, (average climbing speed), 59, 152–3

Van Den Broeck, Jurgen, 174, 175, 205, 208, 209, 215, 222

van Garderen, Tejay, 205, 206

Van Petegem, Peter, 131

Vande Velde, Christian, 11, 230

Vanendert, Jelle, 174

Vaughters, Jonathan, 15, 187

Viganò, Davide, 159–60

Vinokourov, Alexander, 59, 178, 182, 193, 271

Virenque, Richard, 184

Voeckler, Thomas, 230, 249

Vuelta a España, (Tour of Spain), 9

2010, 9

2011, 65, 66, 67–72, 73–4, 76, 79, 83, 92, 95, 132–3, 134, 211, 210–11, 212, 236

2012, 152, 260

Watson, Graham, 113

Wiggins, Ben, (son), 198, 199, 202, 242, 248, 253, 256, 288

Wiggins, Bradley:

2009 season, 10–15, 16, 19, 61, 71, 79, 100, 129–30, 151, 242, 249, 259

2010 season, 9–10, 15–22, 37, 40, 56–8, 120, 133, 249

2011 season, 39, 52–6, 59–64, 65, 66, 72, 75–6, 80–2, 84, 85, 132, 156, 167, 174

2012 season, xii, 7–11, 89–108, 109–25, 150–4, 155–257

ability to learn, 167

alcohol and, 9, 42, 43, 82, 117, 201, 264

altitude/altitude training and, 20, 54, 55, 58, 59, 66–7, 68–9, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104–5, 106, 110, 153

climbing, 11, 12, 46, 54, 55, 59, 61, 69, 71, 81, 91–3, 92–3, 103, 104, 105, 106, 110–11, 114, 118, 123, 124, 127, 128, 141, 150, 152–3, 164, 167–8, 169, 170, 171, 174–5, 195, 211, 214, 233–4, 270, 276, 286

crashes, 64, 65, 66, 153, 159, 160, 162–7

diet, 13, 194–5

fame, 285–88, 290

family,
and see under individual family member name

future goals, 286–90

illness, 62, 137, 200

injuries, 66, 67, 70, 71, 92–3, 160

knighthood, possibility of, 290

Madison, and, 41, 77–8, 112, 143

media, and, 15, 17, 21, 27–8, 31, 37–9, 111–12, 139, 150–51, 175, 176–7, 178, 187, 188, 191, 196, 215–16, 224–5, 253, 256–7, 260–1, 264

Olympics and
see
Olympic, Games

psychology, approach to cycling and, 3, 30–3, 39, 109, 116–18, 125, 150, 151, 158, 221

pursuits, individual, and, team, 11, 13, 33, 44, 48, 51, 52, 61, 77, 109, 127, 137, 142, 143, 152, 182, 226, 235, 236, 254, 275, 282, 289

races,
see under individual race name

ride power, 4, 99–100, 107, 123, 235–6, 239, 270, 276

role model, as a, 287

Team Sky, and
see
Team, Sky

time trials, 7–11, 20, 28, 29, 32, 54, 55, 59, 61, 62, 68, 69, 74, 75–6, 79, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 97, 99, 107, 112, 113, 114, 115, 120–22, 124, 127, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148–9, 157, 158, 165, 172, 175, 181, 182, 185, 191–6, 204, 207, 208, 210, 211, 213–15, 224, 225, 226, 232, 233–43, 254–55, 264, 267, 269, 273, 274–81, 282, 285, 286, 287, 289

track racing, xii, 11, 13, 15, 33, 44, 48, 51, 52, 61, 77–8, 108, 109, 127, 137, 142, 143, 152, 182, 226, 289, 290,
see also under individual event and race name

training/coaching, 17, 18, 26–35, 30–2, 39–40, 43, 47–51, 54, 55, 56–9, 65–67, 71–4, 84, 85, 91–97, 99–108, 117, 118, 122, 123, 128, 138, 150–3, 158, 167–9, 192, 198–201, 202, 212, 232, 238, 241–2, 243, 254–5, 256

training camps, 17, 18, 36–8, 54, 72–3, 85, 92, 95, 96, 101, 102–7, 117, 118, 128, 138

weather and, 20, 37, 98, 101, 109, 120, 137, 164, 250

weight, 11, 61, 66, 98, 99, 100, 138

winter 2002, 41–2

winter 2010, 26–41, 43, 47, 51–2

winter 2011, 91–97

Wiggins, Cath (wife), 14, 44, 65, 117

BW first meets, 41

BW’s grandfather’s death and, 23, 25, 26–7, 29, 30, 31, 34

BW’s relationship with, 41–2, 179, 197–201

cycling heritage, 184

Olympics 2012 and, 280

supports BW’s career, 49–50, 198–200, 202–3, 241–2, 288

Tour de France 2012 and, 197–9, 248, 253, 254

Wiggins, Gary (father), 23–5, 41, 43–4

Wiggins, Isabella (daughter), 44, 198, 199, 202, 242, 248, 253, 288

Wiggins, Linda (mother), 22, 23, 24, 25, 172

Wiggins, Ryan (brother), 76

World Class Performance Programme, 13–14, 143, 259, 262

World, Cup 2011, 52

World Junior Time Trial 1997, 127

World Road Championships, 102, 113

2004, 75

2005, 76, 182

2006, 74

2007, 74

2008, 76, 112

2009, 74, 114

2010, 29

2011, 74, 75–76, 79, 80–2, 83, 85, 91, 122, 228, 254, 275

2015, 290

Yates, Sean

BW’s relationship with, 141–50

cycling career, 141–3, 147–9, 171, 172, 189, 284

Dauphiné Libéré 2012 and, 123, 128

Linda McCartney team and, 142–4

Olympics 2012 and, 274, 278, 279

Team Sky
directeur sportif
, 36, 52, 110, 126, 128, 141, 145–47, 149–50

Tour de France 2012 and, 5, 165, 167, 168, 169, 194–5, 208, 209, 213, 220, 222, 223, 229, 230, 236, 237–8, 239, 240, 241, 243–4

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