‘Superhuman’ Pidcock can win Tour one day | Froome still world class

The Bradley Wiggins Show by Eurosport

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🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Bradley Wiggins and Matt Stephens return to discuss Stage 12 of the Tour de France on the latest episode of the Bradley Wiggins Show.

There’s praise for Tom Pidcock whose “almost superhuman” performance left Matt on the verge of tears after he became the youngest ever winner on Alpe d’Huez.

The 22-year-old became the second British winner – after Geraint Thomas - on the iconic col and Wiggins has tipped the Yorkshireman as a winner of the Tour de France in the future. The 2012 winner thinks that the Tour de France suits him best of all the Grand Tours.

There is also praise for the new environment on show at his team Ineos under the guidance of Steve Cummings and Rod Ellingworth.

Arguably, though, the story of the day was Chris Froome’s return to form with a third-placed finish. Wiggins says it is testament to his resilience and perseverance to return to world-class form following three years of rehabilitation.

The Bradley Wiggins Show is edited by Chris Watts.

Produced by Pete Burton.

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0:00.0	Welcome.
0:01.0	The Wadi Weekishore.
0:02.0	Matt, Out Deweez. Here we are. On top of Outdoze.
0:14.0	We're literally on top of Outtawez. Just one second. I'm just going to do a bit of cricket foley.
0:19.0	As crickets, we are in a quite
0:22.7	nice to tell overlooking what can only be described as a magnificent view I mean
0:26.7	actually it's all or inspiring a peer abroad isn't it yes amazing it isn't and some more
0:30.2	inspiring riding today as well today was still trying to get me head around it
0:35.4	um Tom Pidcott I mean what can you say about Tom that's not already been said
0:40.7	other than he's living up to the hype, isn't he?
0:43.3	Yeah, he is.
0:44.6	And we talk about him being a potential tour winner, but that was...
0:49.3	You know, you can't...
0:51.0	Every single race he does, there's another... Another there's another, another level, another page is being
0:56.7	turned and he's only 22 years of age. I mean, it made history, didn't he? The youngest rider
1:00.8	ever to win on outdoors and the way that he did it. And also the significance of the way that
1:05.5	he bridged across the fact he was with Chris Rune for a while, Chris Rune got third, the whole
1:10.3	day, was, was it was a big day for British cycling again, wasn't it?
1:14.9	He was, ushering in the new era, perhaps.
1:17.0	Yeah, and also it was apt that we had Tom winning and Froomey third and then Gryant
1:24.1	coming up behind as well, wasn't it?
1:25.4	Because I think that it was like a hand in the baton, wasn't it?
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