Andrew Hood’s Tour Notebook: Sky, BMC leave others fighting for scraps
Andrew Hood supplies a daily notebook from the 2012 Tour de France
Andrew Hood supplies a daily notebook from the 2012 Tour de France
Freshly minted race leader Bradley Wiggins on being in yellow
Sky's strategy is a simple one, says director Sean Yates: Keep turning the screw
Sky planned a careful campaign to put Bradley Wiggins in yellow
Chris Froome showed amazing strength on Saturday, but says it's all at Bradley Wiggins' disposal
The weight of the race is on Sky and BMC as the Tour heads for the hills
With the first mountain finish and a seven-climb stage on-tap for the weekend, it might be Monday before we see the Tour’s first real test
A Tour rookie, Kiwi veteran ecstatic after pulling Greipel to two stage wins; Sky working at the front for Wiggins
Every morning looks like airport security at the Team Sky bus, and our Matthew Beaudin, a Tour rookie, is there
Defending Tour champ says that racing a man day in a three-week tour is a tall order and he's happy BMC Racing made it through Tuesday intact
Team Sky manager David Brailsford is hoping to have the last laugh this year if Bradley Wiggins manages to win the Tour de France
He's not in yellow, but Sky's Bradley Wiggins commands top spot amongst the favorites at the Tour de France after seven minutes of racing
Challenger Bradley Wiggins has the results this season, but Cadel Evans has the title — and he'll fight to defend it
The boss of British Cycling and Team Sky fights a two-front war for Tour yellow and Olympic gold
The big Swiss will face challenges from Martin, Wiggins and Sagan on tight, technical course
The Manx speedster has shed kilos — and perhaps some power — to go for Olympic gold
Three men are key to Brad Wiggins' 2012 Tour de France hopes
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From Evans to Sanchez, Wiggins to Menchov, we run down the favorites for the 2012 Tour de France
Cavendish says hunt for green jersey will be more difficult with team focused on Wiggins and yellow
Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins will focus their efforts on Tour de France preparations and not compete in their national championships
Bradley Wiggins set a new mark for wins this spring, becoming the first rider to ever score a treble in the pre-Tour stage races
Schleck says he hasn't seen someone with as much fitness and drive as Wiggins in a long time
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Sagan within one of German sprinter's lead in the wins tally for top-level pros
Sky captain remains focused on Tour, but savors 2nd Dauphine victory
Evans and BMC battle to the finish, but Sky takes top two steps on the final podium
Team's powerful pace on the Dauphine's mountainous stage 6 keeps rivals under wraps
Evans chases Colombian to runner-up finish on the stage, but takes only seconds from race leader Wiggins
With some bad local advice, Wiggins says Evans' attack on Friday showed the Aussie is here to race
Rivals left to reflect in the rain after Wiggins wins the Dauphine TT and extends his overall lead
Richie Porte will be back in a supporting role at the Tour de France for team Sky if all goes to plan
In a look at our archives, Wiggins and Leipheimer revive 2011 Tour hopes with strategic stage race victories
Evans looks ahead to Dauphine and Tour de France time trials and says the former will be won or lost against the clock on Thursday
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Tour champ says he has no idea what the Dauphiné means to his preparation for July, but gives his critics the ride they were looking for in stage 1
Evans fires first shot in Tour de France build-up with stage win
Sky leader finishes second after training at altitude on 'another planet'
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Wiggins says the Tour needs a credible winner; Pellizotti returns to racing with Androni-Giacattoli; Stybar begins road season; Keisse wins
Bradley Wiggins overcomes a mechanical to win the final time trial in Romandie and the overall title
Luis Leon Sanchez nabs second victory in a row at the Tour de Romandie , takes over lead from Bradley Wiggins
Jonathan Hivert won Thursday's uphill sprint, Bradley Wiggins retained the overall lead
Wiggins surprises in bunch sprint to take overall lead in Switzerland
Sky can take green and yellow at Tour, says Cavendish; Gesink to race Tour of California; Voeckler clearing his head in Africa
World champion returns to racing after month-long break
In our latest issue, Velo editors test four aero bikes, go inside the spring stage races and examine the disparate treatment of dopers
Anthony Tan looks past Gilbert to his true Milan-San Remo favorites, and considers what the March races told us about the Tour de France
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Team Sky throws its hat in the ring for yellow in July with commanding performance
Wiggins wraps up Paris-Nice in uphill time trial, van Garderen is best young rider
De Gendt solos to victory while Leipheimer crashes three times, Wiggins holds lead
A win at Paris-Nice would reconfirm his status as a front-runner for the Tour
Wiggins narrowly holds onto lead
Van Garderen, Leipheimer, Valverde poised for GC battle
Valverde holds off late charging Gerrans for another win in his comeback season
Wiggins, Levi, Tejay left standing
Stage 2 of the 2012 Paris-Nice, through the lens of Graham Watson
Wiggins capitalizes in the wind on "one of the hardest days of racing"
Hosking: “What can you say, Pat McQuaid is a dick"
"We have an opportunity to do something special in the Tour," —Wiggins
Reigning world champion Mark Cavendish says fatherhood is going to make him an even better bike racer.
Bradley Wiggins says he will only be more confident going into next year's Tour de France after a breakthrough 2011 campaign that saw him win the Criterium du Dauphiné and finish third at the Vuelta a España.
COPENHAGEN (VN) — For Bradley Wiggins, Wednesday's elite men's time trial wasn't a race against the clock, it was a race against the power meter.
Team Sky officials said they had no regrets as the team rode to an historic second and third at the Vuelta a España with Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins sharing the podium with surprise winner Juanjo Cobo.
LEON, Spain (VN) — Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins says Vuelta a España race leader Juanjo Cobo deserves a benefit of the doubt against insinuations that the Geox-TMC rider's Angliru performance might appear too good to believe.
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Dreams of overall victory at the Vuelta a España came crashing down for Team Sky under a lethal onslaught from Juanjo Cobo (Geox-TMC), who tore away from the tandem of Wiggins and Froome with 5km to go on the Angliru and turned a 55-second deficit into a 20-second lead.
On paper, Angliru favors Christopher Froome over Bradley Wiggins. It will be interesting to see how Sky plays it out once the race is under way. Will Team Sky put the brakes on Froome if he's flying again and Wiggins is just barely hanging on?
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Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) rode alone to victory in stage 14 of the Vuelta a España as race leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky) and teammate Christopher Froome pummeled the other GC favorites on the final climb.
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