In defence of Sagan, and questions over G's Ineos future
The Bradley Wiggins Show by Eurosport
Eurosport
4.6 • 814 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
There was controversy on Stage 11 of the Tour de France as Peter Sagan was relegated for a barge on Wout van Aert in a thrilling sprint finish in Poitiers, won by Caleb Ewan.
Despite coming under fire from other riders in the peloton, and notably Van Aert, Brad explains why Sagan did nothing dangerous and how his actions have been misinterpreted.
Sagan's punishment means Sam Bennett is now the big favourite to claim the green jersey but Brad says Sagan can't be discounted and, like Michael Jordan, he may just be fuelled by this perceived injustice.
In a fascinating segment, Brad also talks to Sean Kelly about Bennett's Tour so far, and when the King won his first Tour stage in Poitiers, 42 years ago...
And finally, Brad and Graham discuss Gregor Muhlberger having to abandon while ill, and what questions Tirreno-Adriatico is throwing up about the future of Geraint Thomas.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm currently out of office. |
| 0:04.4 | An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break. |
| 0:14.4 | So I've gone to Barbados for a month for science. |
| 0:21.6 | Yours, Toby. |
| 0:23.6 | Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday. |
| 0:28.6 | Atul protected. |
| 0:29.6 | Atul protected. Welcome to the Bradley Wigan show by Euro Sport, the home of cycling in association with Laca bicycle insurance. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm Graham Wilgos. Brad, it's good to see you. Good to see you, Graham. |
| 0:53.7 | Stage 11 of the Tour de France, which we will get onto in just a second. |
| 0:57.8 | First, I think it's worth mentioning we're officially the number one sports podcast. |
| 1:01.6 | Officially, number one. |
| 1:02.5 | Yeah, no, brilliant. |
| 1:04.0 | And I think we may have got to number one last year, but it's not about that, really. |
| 1:08.2 | I'm just really happy and humbled that so many people took the time to sit and listen to, not our last podcast, but it's not about that really. I'm just really happy and humbled that so many |
| 1:11.0 | people took the time to sit and listen to, not our last podcast, the one we did last. Last Friday, |
| 1:16.2 | and even just give some lovely feedback. People opened up a lot and gave some of the stories |
| 1:21.3 | were very, very, the privilege to hear people's personal stories about their adversities |
| 1:26.7 | and things they've been through. Well, you said that you'd wished when their adversities and things they've been through. |
| 1:31.7 | Well, you said that you'd wished when you were talking about what you've been through, |
| 1:33.4 | there were times when you wished it had never happened. |
| 1:33.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:38.6 | But the feedback you've been getting since you've been open about it has started to make you think otherwise. Well, I mean, I probably don't think that all the time. |
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