Wiggins, career over?

I’m not sure Leinders would
I’m not sure Leinders would have helped in this Giro’s weather – Wiggo’s susceptible to the cold, always has been. Nothing to be ashamed of, Fignon couldn’t cope with those kinds of conditions either.
I’m pretty sure the wheels haven’t fallen off – in fact I’d go so far as to say that’s a ridiculous thing to say. There’s not a clean rider in the world who could contest a GC with a chest infection.

As for the snipe at Kerrison – with his coaching expertise, Sky have not one, not two, not even three – but four riders capable of seriously challenging for Grand Tour GCs. Wiggo’s descending woes have nothing to do with his coaching – they’re all in his head. So pass that one to their resident psychologist, Steve Peters, to work out. It happens to almost every rider – you take a tumble, you sometimes get the jitters. Takes a while to iron it back out again.

A setback happens and people just resort to daft black and white comments. Wiggo’s washed up! Sky are doing it all wrong!
Christ. Gain a little perspective.

I felt he was being a bit
I felt he was being a bit disrespectful to Froome by saying he wanted to make another attempt at the tour and I think as far as the Giro is concerned he should have kept quiet and done what he could, pride always comes before a fall! Hopefully he’ll be better soon, riding for Froome in the tour and we will seen another british 1&2 on the podium!

Yorkshire Mike sums things up
Yorkshire Mike sums things up nicely. Some on here clearly have no idea about the levels required to be a pro-cyclist or possibly have never ridden a bike (or for that matter had a chest infection).

Jonomc wrote:Faster than he

Jonomc wrote:

Faster than he did!

What was his excuse for the time trial? -absolutely bone dry, rode like it was his first time on a bike!

Illness doesn’t make you slow down the hills.

I’m pretty sure he came second by 10 seconds, after suffering a puncture which probably took off 20 seconds of his time.
Rode like it was his first time on a bike? Fuck off.

what I dont understand, is
what I dont understand, is why did sky pull Uran back on stage 3 or 4 (cant remember which) to help wiggins. If they knew wiggins was suffering from a infection. Uran would have been second now and have had a decent shot of winning.

also, wiggins lost his bottle on the downhill. Chest infection or not he had lost it mentally and would have still lost a lot of time.

Actually, illness does set
Actually, illness does set you back on cornering and descents. Your ears are connected to your sinuses. Balance Central Command. It may not be the case here, but it can easily be affected. Add in crashing, having great form and not wanting to lose it through a break, being mentally fragile under certain circumstances anyway, and the world’s media up your arse waiting for you to cock up (the crap with Froome was a really silly move in that respect), and its not going to help.

Career over? Silly. But if he pulls the rug from Froome in Tour and messes the whole team dynamic, he could pay longterm. Nobody likes a trouble maker. Especially if they’re not winning. He could see himself as a lone top GC man on a smaller team, and he may never regain title. The next couple of months are a test of his head more than his heart.

He big champ.

People, pipe down……. For
People, pipe down……. For goodness sake this is like reading the daily mails take on Wiggo. Give the chap a break he’ll bounce back, he’s a proven champion ( I have said that he was getting too big for his boots recently so a bit of humble pie won’t do any harm) but honestly career ending I think NOT!