Awkward moments at the Tour de France
As the route of the 100th Tour de France is announced, cycling is overshadowed by doping revelations about Lance Armstrong … and others.
Britain’s Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is released from hospital after a collision with a vehicle in Lancashire.
As the route of the 100th Tour de France is announced, cycling is overshadowed by doping revelations about Lance Armstrong … and others.
Earlier this week, Bradley Wiggins became the Briton to win the most Olympic medals ever. But his record was quickly overtaken by Sir Chris Hoy. So what makes the cyclists so individually special?
“A drunk cyclist was more likely to get hurt – and less likely to wear a helmet. But it was the booze, not the helmet, that had the biggest impact.”
At Beijing in 2008, seven gold medals were won by the track cyclists. So when the cycling action kicks off, British eyes are going to be firmly placed on the velodrome in the Olympic Park.
After kicking off a huge debate on whether cyclists should be forced to wear helmets sparked by a cyclist’s death, British cycling hero Bradley Wiggins denies he called for a change in the law.
After a triumphant Tour de France, Londoner Bradley Wiggins has another chance for success, this time in his backyard. But will his Tour training regime deliver success at London 2012?
Bradley Wiggins wins Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s second gold of the Olympics – cementing his position as the UK’s greatest ever road cyclist.
A win today will be the best conceivable tonic for the next few weeks of British sport. Make no mistake. A British cyclist, riding for a British team, winning the Tour de France, is simply massive.
Triple Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins becomes the first-ever British winner of the Tour de France.
A week to go, and if you can look past the (barring catastrophe) triumph of Bradley Wiggins in the Tour de France, the biggest item on the summer sports agenda is the blue riband event of the Olympics.
Channel 4 News profiles Bradley Wiggins, the man who looks set to become the first Englishman to win the legendary Tour de France cycle race.
With only five stages left for Bradley Wiggins, the bookies make him hot favourite to win the Tour de France. Channel 4 News looks at the road ahead for the Briton who has led the race for nine days.
British cyclist Bradley Wiggins is favourite to win this year’s Tour de France – but will his exertions undermine his chances of securing gold at the Olympic Games in London?
Gold medallist Bradley Wiggins has missed out on cycling tickets for his family at next year’s London Olympics as disappointed sports fans complain about a “complicated” and “confusing” system.