If this was football, Dave B could be out - and Orla speaks to Froome

The Bradley Wiggins Show by Eurosport

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🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

On the second rest day, Brad and Graham discuss the GC picture and how if this was the high-pressure world of football management, Dave Brailsford might be facing some awkward questions over the performance of Ineos.

We also look ahead to the final week of the Tour, with Brad unsure whether Tadej Pogacar can maintain the stunning level of performance which has seen him move second on GC, 40 seconds behind leader Primoz Roglic.

And finally, Orla Chennaoui interviews Chris Froome at length about Tirreno-Adriatico, watching the Tour from afar and why it was the team's decision not to take him to France, even though Froome felt he "could have played a role."

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0:00.0	Hi there. I'm off this week.
0:04.6	Apparently we're more productive at work after a good holiday.
0:12.1	So I'm counting this Caribbean rum distillery tour as professional development.
0:21.6	Yours calling.
0:23.6	Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways Holidays
0:27.6	Take Your Holiday.
0:29.6	Atoll protected.
0:31.6	The Welcome to the Bradley Wigan Show by Eurosport, the home of cycling, sponsored by Laca.
0:47.8	I'm Graham Wilgos and Brad on the Rest Day podcast.
0:51.9	We should look forward to Tuesday's stage 16 into the Vercourt and some deceptively difficult climbs, 164 kilometres from La Tor du Pin to Villardelain.
1:03.3	It looks like one for the breakaway, with one category, one climb, two cat twos, one cat four and one cat three to finish.
1:14.3	How are you feeling as a GC rider going into this part of the race with that stage ahead of you
1:20.2	and then stage 17, the Queen stage to follow?
1:23.9	It's just you're getting into the last knockings of the race now, really, and it's just important to keep the focus.
1:29.7	Although it's a rest day, you don't want to have too much of a rest day.
1:31.9	Like I said, for the main GC guys, the likes of premos and that, we'll probably ride two hours,
1:36.7	ride a few efforts as well just to keep sweating and stuff, but not.
1:40.3	That way you can still eat a lot of food and things you know a lot but lots of riders will just have a complete rest day it's important to keep the routine at this stage keep the body ticking and keep the focus really because it's going to be a tough day or not not a decisive day I don't think for the gc guys no day after it's just about kept ticking down the day you know Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday there's four days. And then Friday night,
2:01.6	the minute you get up to bike Friday night, you're getting into TT mode for the day after.
2:05.7	TTIV day and then Paris. So you forget Paris. The TT day will take care of itself.
2:12.0	You've got four days left in this tour de France, really, to make a difference.
2:14.9	How's Primal Roglich going to be feeling going into the rest day?
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