Lowlights of 2012

[Tumbleweed]

Matt Dickinson‏@DickinsonTimes

Wiggins on 5live saying he plans to defend his TdF title, 'maybe 2 leaders' for Sky

 

What crap! Two leaders never work.

 

Wonder if another Twitter war is about to erupt…

[Tumbleweed]

the Inner Ring ‏@inrng

Wiggins tells BBC radio he wants to defend his Tour de France title in 2013. Take the news with a pinch of salt.

[TNT1]

How sad that the readers of cyclingnews.com voted the lowest moment of the sport as the biggest moment.

 

Biggest moment of 2012

Result

1 Lance Armstrong being stripped of all Tour de France titles and banned for life 42%

2 Tom Boonen dominates Paris-Roubaix and equals Roger De Vlaeminck's record tally 14%

3 Alberto Contador's attack on stage 17 of the Vuelta a España 11%

4 Chris Froome dropping Sky teammate Bradley Wiggins in the Tour's high mountains 5.4%

5 Peter Sagan's entertaining ensemble of victory salutes 5.4%

6 Youngest rider in the Tour de France, Thibaut Pinot, solos to victory 5.2%

7 British men's and women's team pursuit squads break their respective world records 5.1%

8 Tejay van Garderen joins Greg LeMond and Andy Hampsten to win the Tour white jersey 3.0%

9 Kristin Armstrong repeats as Olympic TT champion in final race of career 2.7%

10 Publication of Tyler Hamilton's book "The Secret Race" 2.0%

11 Bradley Wiggins's press conference rant at the Tour de France

2.0%

Edited December 23, 2012 by TNT1