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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