Bradley Wiggins: My Time

by Bradley Wiggins

  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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