London 2012 – Bradley Wiggins Stays Confident After Tour Triumph

via London 2012 Press Release Bradley Wiggins hopes to carry his Tour de France-winning form into the London 2012 Time Trial. The 32-year-old Londoner recently became the first British winner of the Tour’s yellow jersey, the victory owing much to his proficiency against the clock as he won the stage nine and stage 19 Time Trials by significant margins. Wiggins does not believe the Tour or Saturday’s 250km Road Race, in which he worked tirelessly and fruitlessly in support of [W:Mark Cavendish], will have an impact on his individual bid for glory. ‘The Tour is such a good boot camp for this,’ said Wiggins, who will be seeking to become the first man to win the Tour and Olympic gold in the same year. ‘It’s just an hour and not three weeks. It’s been the best preparation. ‘That’s the baseline of worst-case scenario of pressure and expectation, with three weeks lying ahead of you. And we handled that pretty well, so an hour time-trial to make history should be a doddle.’ Defending Olympic champion [W:Fabian Cancellara] of Switzerland crashed during the opening day’s Road Race and will ride through the pain barrier tomorrow. Australia’s Michael Rogers is another potential rival for Wiggins, while [W:Taylor Phinney] of the United States is also set to be in medal contention. The 22-year-old has pedigree. He is the son of Connie Carpenter-Phinney, who won Road Race gold in Los Angeles 1984, and Davis Phinney, who won bronze in the equivalent men’s event at the same Games. Phinney, who has won world Individual Pursuit titles on the track, said: ‘I am confident in my ability in the Time Trial.’