How did he not mention all the question marks about Team Sky and performance enhancements?

Drugs

Bottom feeders.

He amounted to Britain's first drug enhanced robotic cyclist no wonder his father didn't want nothing to do with him any decent father would do the same 😮😮😮

​@@DavidJones-bl2yzyou mean the father that abandoned him as a young child. You may want to choose your idols more carefully 😂😂

Wow. Classy comment. @@DavidJones-bl2yz

@@DavidJones-bl2yz Gary Wiggins nickname “The Doc” wasn’t for nothing!

Was that the time he decided to resort to doping?

What about missing laptops, testosterone patches, oh and Jiffi-bags.? Hmm

Maybe you should look up the effects of kenalog. I've taken it plenty and at no point have I won the TDF. It could be used to cut weight in the off season (which wasn't illegal at the time) but even then that would be a little dangerous because you're just as likely to cut muscle. Using it in competition for that purpose would be potty. The only competitive benefit that it could possibly give you is that it might reduce soreness, it won't give a rider a single Watt more power and has a decent chance of actually reducing your power/endurance. People like David Millar who said was an effective doping agent were taking it as part of a "balanced diet" of anabolic steroids and EPO or other blood doping, these countered the side effects of kenalog and has the tangible benefits of improving muscle mass and aerobic capacity. All those things were made ineffective (you can still do them but not to the degree that they make much of an effect, this may be why rider performance is equalising) by the biological passport. The idea that Sky were US postal MK 2 is also for the birds. The argument is that a bunch of riders who pointedly didn't win when doping was very effective pre 2008 (suggesting they were clean) suddenly became the most proficient dopers once doping became significantly more difficult doesn't make sense. Especially in a era of whistleblowing and social media.

Did he have TUEs for all his golds? Genuine question.

@@Daz555Daz unlikely, also kenalog wouldn't have any benefit for a track cyclist (less need to cut weight and no multi day events) and hayfever wouldn't be an issue for a track cyclist so you wouldn't get the TUE anyway.

Nothing to see here, just a bunch of boomers and their weird drug obsession

Wiggo would never have won the Tour without the help of Froome: wonder if he had pad him his % yet?

@@leplessis8179 I didn't follow it that closely, but there seemed to be quite a lot of bitterness from both sides involved in the passing over of the team leadership.

Jiffy- bags and laptops.

@@leplessis8179 no one, and I mean, no one can win a ground tour alone without the team, no exception her. At the ends, who gets paid what and how much depends on what was written in the contracts of the riders and which position they held in the team, whether they followed the instructions from the DS etc. I cannot know but I bet that in Frommie's contract stated that Wiggo was team captain, as such he was paid for his contribution, so much so that he became the team leader for years to come. So don't feel too sorry for Froome.

Alex, agreed just what I thought , click are it was!... Maybe he was found doing something? And given two options, (I have no proof). He came up too quick, and disappeared just as quick... Hope he finds peace though

Exactly. When's Part 2?

Isn't it strange how many pro cyclists are asthamtic.....

reminds me of a quote from radio DJ and TV presenter Chris Evans. He made millions selling Virgin radio then went off the rails and was seen drinking in pubs most days and when talking about it some years later said "he'd got to the top and realised there was nothing there"

he came up against Chris Froome ad that all she wrote

he's busy destroying his body and his reputation

I met him when he was giving prizes at the ToB in Cardiff, just after his road career ended. He was only allowed a few seconds away from his official duties, and the only fan photo he had time for was with my young son, who was a keen cyclist. He stopped the officials from ushering him away to allow us to take the shot. I managed to say thanks, you’re a gentleman, and a legend. He was a little shy, humble, and a bit overwhelmed by all the people around him, but he smiled at me and said, no problem. That’s all the conversation we needed, I didn’t want to intrude any more, but he understood the encouragement it would give to my son, so made an effort. A true cyclist, almost like a fan who found himself on a podium somehow. I hope he picks himself up from here, he’s unique and has done amazing things, even if he’s hard on himself, he put British cycling on the map, people should have some empathy and compassion.

Oh yes, the Gaurdian…..

@@michaelskinner3067 2007

They looked horrible tbh

of his 'inhaler'....

Vrad, the Inhaler!!

@@bowwowrapha7790 😂

Maybe look on the laptop! Oh hang on.

What are those patches ordered to the Manchester Velodrome. Oh hang on…. 😂

I dont get how he didnt include this in the video

Exactly the same stuff that everyone else takes including even at the lowliest of amateur races allegedly so said a bloke down the pub.

Not allegedly, we know that he got a ‘Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) just before every major win (Legalised doping).

@@SecwetGwiwer insecurirty on my part. Hey im not a fan of lance but he was stripped of titles. Cavs big win in paris also tainted.. went off the wheel game yrs ago EPO being the game changer

I reckon wiggins prob done everything, Lance, and the rest of them were doing. It's a dirty sport that's it

@@artsy38 yep. Put me off pro cycling. Wigging should be stripped of titles. Also tainted wins for cav in paris..

Jiffy-bags and laptops. So fishy

A Therapeutic Use Exemption can do even more.

and a jiffy bag or 2 or 3

for that you need the Cycling Highlights channel.

It would explain why he is now a little bit subdued about his achievements. The stigma will be with him all his life and beyond.

@@thomasreed49 one can see then why he turned his back in disgust over the sport- clean or not, for him the crown will be forever tainted. Maybe he should see a shrink, or get back on a bike and just enjoy the ride.

and jiffy bags

Cycling is a sport that uses drugs. Grow up or go watch lawn bowls. Hysterics about PEDs is so corny and boomer

so, the best man didnt win, yet you are still glad about that ?

@@laszlozoltan5021 It’s the nature of cycling and the role of the domestique.

@@forsdykemontague1017 one spends much of their life riding, training, pushing themselves only to give in, to surrender the moment the crown is in their grasp; only then to rue what could have been when they had the chance ? nah- a champion will take the crown they earned. Lemond, Ulrich (sorry, I stopped with floyd's miraculous recovery the day after he bonked)- those two guys if you listen to them now, full of excuses: that's the lesson. One may disappoint others, but a champion will not let himself down.

@@laszlozoltan5021 I agree in toto, but in the Tour to which I refer, Froome was ordered to hold back and let Wiggins through. It’s well documented since and obvious at the time.

@@laszlozoltan5021 I get what you mean, but that's a fairy tale. In an ideal world, you would be right. The truth is, professional cycling is like any other professional sport: business first, sport second. It's a brutal enterprise where a lot of money plays a huge roles and contracts dictate what you can do and what you can't do. You sign a contract with the team knowing exactly the terms and conditions, the position you have, your obligations, etc. In 2012, whether you like or not, Wiggo was that team captain and Frommie was his domestique. Like I said in another thread here, not first time that a domestique is stronger, won't be the last time either.

Iwas waiting for someone to make the French connection!😂

… couldn’t work ronan pensec into the punchline🔥believe me -i tried🏆

PEDs in cycling. Pah. Nonsense 🤣

Ghent.

Sky handles that badly, leading to quite a lot of ill-will.

Will never forget Froome waiting for him on an uphill when Froome was his lieutenant...everyone knew Froome was a better climber.

But Frome would have lost the Time trial.@@dadwhitsett

​@ib7844 but he would have put time into hin on the climbs , we'll never know tbh but it would have made super watching

We saw how things can go sour when the domestique starts taking the glory in this year’s Vuelta. With a few very rich teams scooping up the best talent the fans are deprived of some real battles.

Hahhahaha

Arrogance on the guy is unbelievable. Reckoned he was going to start from zero and walk onto GB Rowing team in 4 years. Turns out rowing is a lot harder than it looks. Competed at a single indoor rowing championships. Messed up his start and performed badly. Quit. Then blamed the sport for his lack of progress and shat all over the club that bent over backwards to accommodate him.

Not done that for a few years now

He also says he hates cycling now and doesn’t follow it

He stopped doing that two years ago. Since then Phillip Gilbert and Jens Voigt do it on the men's races, Iris Slappendel on the women's races.

my theory is that when a sus rider does exceptionally well he gets "the call" to dial it back. Such as Gilbert after his 2013 season.

@@trentvlak No it was just a fact that froome was better.

First part of the sentence=facts. 2nd part of the sentence might just be how you see it and not facts?

Why not ask him, who he wants to be. Anyway, His mother (Linda) is British or don't women count in your narrow world.

His mum is English so he got a British citizenship. I'm pretty sure he doesn't identify as Australian in any way

No, he didn't.

Every cyclist is on PEDS even the deliveroo cyclists are cheats .. bottom line don't trust anyone on a bike

You clearly cared enough to come in here and post a boring comment.

@@tonyb9735 drugged up team and does the b in your name stand for boring🤣🤣🤣an half decent track rider but a crap road rider all of a sudden wins the Tour de France get a grip

I did not like team Sky much, but Wiggins seems like a rather interesting person

@@tonyb9735 I couldn't read all of that guys comment cos I got bored and fell asleep.