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On The Road: Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky have made Tour de France history – it’s been emotional
Martin Ayres has spent the past three weeks on the road with Team Sky. With victory secured yesterday afternoon on the Champs Elysee, Martin looks back at a life changing experience.
By Martin Ayres | Sport | Monday, 23 July 2012 at 2:07 pm
On The Road: Sabotage, punctures, the wrong tack and ‘Le Gentleman’ Bradley Wiggins
The past 24 hours for everyone on the Tour has been dominated by tacks – 20mm long pieces of pure evil.
By Martin Ayres | Sport | Tuesday, 17 July 2012 at 12:54 pm
On The Road: Bradley Wiggins does a perfect recreation of Alan Partridge’s ‘Dan!, Dan!, DAN!’
The more time you spend on the road, the more important those small moments of fun to stop us all going deranged from the daily pressure of being on ‘Le Tour’.
By Martin Ayres | Sport | Thursday, 12 July 2012 at 2:47 pm
On The Road: There’s a new colour in the Team Sky camp – and it’s yellow
On Bradley’s arrival, he bounded out of the team car and shook the hand of every single person on the team, including yours truly. It was a real mark of the respect that exists between the riders and their support team, and made my day after missing out on watching the stage.
By Martin Ayres | Sport | Monday, 9 July 2012 at 4:08 pm
On The Road: Team Sky are more Formula One than professional cycling
The team convoy was stuck in gridlocked traffic outside town when a policeman on a motorbike appeared out of thin air. On his lights went, and off we drove into Liege through a two thousand car guard-of-honour that had pulled onto either side of the road to allow us through.
By Martin Ayres | Sport | Monday, 2 July 2012 at 2:05 pm
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