Bradley Wiggins has confirmed his intention to ride the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire in May, a race that will mark his transition from Team Sky to the Team Wiggins squad that he hopes will carry him to the 2016 Olympic Games.
Wiggins is currently riding the Paris-Nice stage race, where he's acting as a super-domestique for Team Sky's Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte. The final day time trial is likely to be the last time Wiggins wears the rainbow jersey of time trial world champion at the highest level.
He told Lionel Birnie of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast:
"It'll be nice to (wear it) a last time at this level anyway. I know I'm doing the Tour of Yorkshire, but this is Paris-Nice, it's such a historic race."
Wiggins' current contract with Team Sky ends on April 30, so the first edition of the Tour de Yorkshire looks set to be the first outing for Wiggins' own team.
The Tour de Yorkshire starts on May 1 with 174km stage between the seaside towns of Bridlington and Scarborough. Stage 2 travels from Selby to York, also covering 174km, and the final stage is 167km from Wakefield to Leeds.

13 thoughts on “Bradley Wiggins to ride Tour de Yorkshire”
Fantastic news, shame we
Fantastic news, shame we missed him last year.
I hope he gets out and about
I hope he gets out and about round the UK doing some 10 and 25 mile TT’s in the rainbows.
I hope he gets out and about
I hope he gets out and about round the UK doing some 10 and 25 mile TT’s in the rainbows.
He might not be eligible to
He might not be eligible to ride it – http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/confusion-surounds-bradley-wigginss-planned-tour-de-yorkshire-participation-162007
Reading various things, he
Reading various things, he WON’T be riding it this season, unless the UCI break their own rules, therefore setting a dangerous precedent that could see riders being allowed to switch teams if released at any time by another team.
IF that was to happen, say Sky wanted to sign someone from BMC after the classics. There could be a backhander from Sky to BMC to let them release a rider from their contract, therefore making them a free agent and Sky can sign them, using the Wiggo situation as a precedent situation and the UCI would have to grant permission…..
SO, I really can’t see it happening and he won’t be able to rider until 1st June as stated by the UCI rules. He could rider the tour series as a guest rider though.
But isnt Team Wiggo just a
But isnt Team Wiggo just a sub team of Sky and so would not need to follow usual UCI rules? It might be me been dumb.
You could see it like that
You could see it like that Leodis, because most of the sponsors are the same, I have a feeling it is going to be run as a Team Sky feeder team in the future.
But they still have to have separate licenses in place with the UCI, so as far as they are concerned, it is a different team altogether. Therefore all existing rules would apply.
Csn they drop the bloody “de”
Csn they drop the bloody “de” though, it’s a race around Yorkshire, not Provence.
Nick T wrote:Can they drop
I think that’s a subtly jarring irony that a few people are quite fond of. I’m quite fond of it, anyway.
Nick T wrote:Csn they drop
Yeah it is strange. As a kid I had a Tour of Britain BSA, Sky blue. Loved that bike. A hand me down. I still read it as Tour de Britain though. An anachronism due to much of the big races are on the continent.
Tour t’Yorkshire perhaps??
Tour t’Yorkshire perhaps??
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
‘I think that’s a subtly
‘I think that’s a subtly jarring irony’
it’s not a subtly jarring irony, it’s shit.
Well… I’m quite fond of the
Well… I’m quite fond of the irony, whether it is imagined, real, or completely subjective. I think it’s quaint. (。^‿^。)