Tour De France - Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Wiggins leTouge France 2012 st 1 1903 British winner since 1 Track cycling Olympic Gold medallist to have won the Tour Cavendish became the 1S road raceworld champion to win the final stage +2 = 3,200. days of rest days racing Since the 1st Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,015 stages, up to and incl. the 2012 Tour de France. 1913 Shortest tour - 1904 at 2,420km the first anticlockwise circuit The longest tour - 1926 at 5,745km Вичing, off the 7Ø00 cals brekhie! Wiggins bookies Fav Yellow jersey worn for 13 successive days •32 +63 16% Yrs Tall Wiggins took the lead in the 3 week stage race following stage seven after team-mate and compatriot Chris Froome won on the summit finish on La Planche des Belles Filles. 2172 Miles in 87 37 47 hours mins 2,015 yellow jerseys have been awarded 20 10 Auerage Speed 31mph 15.1% Visa has been tracking the nation's spending in the run up to the Olympics, and says there was a 5.1% increase in the amount spent on bikes, equipment and servicing during the last week of the Tour de France compared to the same week in 2011 18%1 Halfords, which sponsored the ITV4 coverage of the Tour with some of the most irritating ads says it has seen an 18% increase in sales of bikes and related equipment over the last seven days. Cavendish unbeaten on the Parisian boulevard Wiggins, a reformed party animal who stopped drinking and adopted a strict diet in order to lose around 10% of his body weight when he got serious about winning the Tour, had his own closing message to the world from the top step of the podium. "Have a safe journey home" he told the exultant Brits among the multitude, "and don't get too drunh!" mountainweekends.com Sources: WIKIPEDIA / TELEGRAPH SPORT/ AMAURY SPORT ORGANISATION / THE GUARDIAN CLIMBING 68.900FT