That's Entertainment: Bradley Wiggins reinvents the post-race press conference (+ video)

I always held his 2008 Madison performance with Cav against him until the World Championships last year he was a ledgend and "made up" for any previous.

I thought it was a funny press conference and all the best I will be shouting for him in all his races.

I think he's pretty passionate but also pretty patient with the press. He says what he likes and Sky shows no sign of even trying to reign his press style in - so good for him.

I live near Wiggins. I've yet to meet him but we have friends in common and he's apparently a normal bloke trying to stay normal with all that demanded of him from a lot of idiots he'd rather not deal with. He rides with the local chainy when he's home, his wife races with our club and he supports local riders with no attitude or publicity.

I like him.

I shall be cheering on Wiggo because it would give many of my friends and me immense pleasure to see a Brit finally win the TdF

There's zero point trying to 'know' someone through the distorting prism of the media, and people who claim incredible knowledge and insights into celebrity or sportspeople's personalities are seriously deluded

Had a good chat to him in Nice, really nice guy, mind you get him on the right subject, cycling history or music, and hes fine.

I actually thought it was a great set of responses to some poor questions from Swiss journalists (I live in Switzerland).

I think if Wiggins is leaving no stone unturned to get his maximum performance then it's not unreasonable to expect the journalists to do the same.

"Was the last kilometer downhill?"

That's like asking how long the stage is, it's in the road book for the race, which was given out for free to all fans and of course would have been in the media tent.

It's an opportunity to get some real insight from the riders, no-one asked questions about the next day's stage which was medium mountains and included sections of this years TDF route.

Would he ride TT or adapted road bike for the Sunday TT that was 70% up hill?

Was Cav planning on contesting any sprints or just Giro d'Italia training?

What is Wiggins planning in the schedule for his next race?

Will he ride Tour de Suisse?

Does he enjoy Tour de Romandie's scenery?

Where did he learn his French?

There are lots of questions better than those that were asked!

I think hes a legend! But to say he isn't a team player is ridiculous! After paris nice and wvery stage of romandie he thanked 'the boys' and said its good to get the win 'for the boys'! 'its nice to pay them back with a win! Those 'boys will ride themselves into the ground for that guy!!! I hope to be standing on the streets of Paris on 22nd of july cheering both a british green jersey and a british yellow jersey! Allez Sky

Perhaps a bit disappointing after such a hard effort to have, what appeared to be, uninterested press taking up his time. Poor performance by the journalists.

I don't care what he says during a press conference, as long as he keeps winning! Remind me again what's that old saw "judge a person by their deeds not their words"

Sports press conferences have become so dull that if anyone acts differently to the norm they're seen as weird.
This is a masterclass in confidence and charisma. He is in a very good place mentally right now.
A pleasure to see.

Just logged in to say how funny and charismatic this is, so quite amazed by some of the negative comments on here. Would you rather listen to Wayne Rooney struggling over the same lines about giving 100% in a game of two halves? A lot of premiership footballers struggle to string together a sentence in their native tongue, and this guy can flip between 2 languages with enough eloquence to make his interviewers laugh!
Great sportsman, genuine personality.
Allez Wiggo, I'll be cheering 'till I am hoarse.

The best bit:-

Wiggo: 'Have you ever ridden a bike? Never, it shows.'
Journo: '...I did ride.'
W: 'Oh really? Have you ever won the tour of Romandie?'
J: 'No, But I've won Zurich's Championship'
W: 'Really?'
J: 'Yeah, it's good, no?'
W: 'Yeah, sure, it's good.'
J: 'Do you know it?'
W: '...no.'

I almost died laughing at that part. But hey, look, a sportsman with a personality and a sense of humour! Lets chastise him for having a laugh >.< Seriously, guys, lighten up...

It is nice to see a sportsman with a positive attitude. It was scary though to hear of his accident with a van last November, but luckily he is fine. As a driver of a BMW car, I’m always wary of cyclists turning into my lane out of nowhere. I’m not blaming anyone, but I think all of us need to be educated about cycling on the road. I was on the way to get my car serviced for swirl flaps faults when a cyclist swerved into my path. I almost hit him!