Wiggins - third day in red!

[citoyen]

Itym a Belgian and a Kenyan.

d.

[David Martin]

Well, aren't we all ancient africans, and most are European immigrants. What is 20,000 years between friends?

[Tewdric]

Second and third in a grand tour for UK riders.  This is a phenomenal achievement and one which would have been beyond belief a few short years ago.  The significance of this result is considerable.  Sky, as a team, are in the ascendancy and next season should be very interesting indeed.

Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins have done this country proud.  Chapeau to both.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Here's a vid so you can watch it again and again and again...

<a href="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/7179624/metacafe.swf" target="_blank">http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/7179624/metacafe.swf</a>

Love the mental commentary.

d.

I've just watched this. Wow! And oof! for Cobo - he looks absolutely knackered at the end, he can barely crawl over the line.

[cuddy duck]

Second and third in a grand tour for UK riders.  This is a phenomenal achievement and one which would have been beyond belief a few short years ago...

Except that a few short years ago Nicole Cooke won the Tour de France Féminin, twice, and the Giro d'Italia Femminile. The UK's best stage and one day racing cyclist ever.

[David Martin]

Whilst Nicole Cooke is an excellent cyclist, she has never won a Grand Tour (3 week race).

[Rhys W]

Because the UCI won't let women do a 3-week race, maybe?

[Cudzoziemiec]

I'm sure I remember that the TdF feminin used to be a 3-week race back in the late 80s or early 90s. Could be wrong, but I seem to remember that.

[cuddy duck]

Whilst Nicole Cooke is an excellent cyclist, she has never won a Grand Tour (3 week race).

That's akin to saying Martina Navratilova isn't the best tennis player of all time and never won a Major tournament, because women's tennis is played over three sets.