Show your support for Brad We want you to show your support for Brad as he attempts to be the first Briton ever to win the Tour de France. Wherever you are watching the Tour, send us your pictures of support with your own allezwiggo banner by posting it on our Twitter and Facebook with the #allezwiggo hashtag. Much like members of the staff here at the British Cycling HQ in Manchester – use your creative wizardry and we’ll post the best pictures on our website. Our Daily Wiggo Over the next 21 stages of the world’s biggest annual sporting event, we’ll be bringing you a few insights into Bradley that you maybe didn’t know. We’ll reveal a letter from the below on each day of the Tour, in support of Brad all the way to Paris. Keep it here and follow the #allezwiggo widget opposite! Weller – His favourite musician, he even has hair like him on occasion! #allezwiggo Interview – if you haven’t already, check out what Brad had to say ahead of the Tour last week. #allezwiggo Ghent – despite being brought up in London, Brad was actually born here. #allezwiggo Guitar - Brad does like to get the guitar out every now and again. He also likes listening to some classic guitar music like Paul Weller, The Smiths, or Ian Brown. #allezwiggo Individual Time Trial – Wiggo will compete in two Individual Time Trials in this year’s Tour – one of his speciality areas. He’s also been selected to ride the time trial at this year’s Olympic Games #allezwiggo National Champion – Wiggins has been British National Time Trial Champion twice and British National Road Race Champion once, as recently as 2011. #allezwiggo Sky – Team Sky are the team Brad is riding for this year, and has been with the team since 2010 #allezwiggo Family – Brad is married to Catherine, and they have two children together, Ben and Isabella. #allezwiggo Olympics – Wiggins has competed in three summer Olympics, winning 6 medals including three Golds. #allezwiggo Rob Hayles – Rob was Brad’s Olympic Bronze Medal partner for the Madison in 2004 #allezwiggo Team Pursuit – As part of the Great Britain team, Wiggins set the World Record for the Team Pursuit at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. #allezwiggo Honours – Wiggins was awarded a CBE in the 2009 New Years Honours. #allezwiggo Evans – Cadel Evans is one of Wiggins’ biggest rivals in this year’s tour. Evans currently trails Brad by +03' 19" #allezwiggo Tour de Romandie – Wiggins came 1st in the Tour de Romandie along with 1st in both Paris-Nice and the Critérium du Daupniné. #allezwiggo On Tour – Bradley Wiggins’s book On Tour was written about the 2010 Tour de France. #allezwiggo UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships – in 1997 at the of age 17, Brad won a Gold Medal in the 2km Individual Pursuit. #allezwiggo Rest day in Pau – After the rest day yesterday in Pau, Bradley is starting off the stage 02' 05" minutes ahead on GC. #allezwiggo 2006 – Wiggins’ first Tour de France #allezwiggo 0 - Zero tolerance – Brad has spoken out against drugs a number of times, not least during this Tour #allezwiggo 12 – Wiggins started racing at the Herne Hill Velodrome age 12. #allezwiggo 2 - 2012 Tour de France Winner #allezwiggo |
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