Bradley Wiggins | Cambridge Union
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Sir Bradley Wiggins speaks in the Chamber on 17th March at 3:30pm
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Sir Bradley Wiggins is a former track and road cyclist. He has achieved world titles in four cycling disciplines and has won eight Olympic medals, five of them gold, holding the title of Great Britain's most decorated Olympian until 2021. In 2012, Sir Bradley made sporting history when he became the first man to win the Tour de France and an Olympic gold medal in the same year. He was appointed a CBE in 2009 and was later knighted in 2013. He retired in 2016, after winning his fifth gold at Rio.
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I love how honestly he puts things in front of listeners. No exsuses, no sugar-coating. Tough, rough life and a path to success and all the prices that were paid on the way.
For the British nationalists and/or delusionalists who somehow believe Wiggins was 'clean' when he won the Tour de France: he won the TdF on a PED - the corticosteroid, triamcinolone. No matter why he took the drug - nor that he got a TUE signed off by a doctor with a 'reputation' (Mario Zorzoli) - the drug is still a PED. He only took it immediately before attempting to win the 2011 and 2012 TdF, and the 2013 Giro - never before or since. He says he took it because he was ill - so ill he won the Dauphiné in 2011 and 2012 before taking the drug. And in 2013, for some reason, he had the asthma/allergies that meant he needed the drug two months earlier than in 2011 and 2012.
Great interview! Fascinating listening to Bradley being so open and honest. The interviewer did a super job.
I just purchased a Rouen 540c and a Rouen 700c for my kids.
Respect to the legend that is Wiggins!!
Great interview. I still have fond memories of the halcyon days back in 2012, watching BW win TdF.
The way he answered the doping question was a little menacing. Shades of how Armstrong used to handle those kinds of questions back in the day. Not saying that makes him an ex doper, because I really don't know, but it does make me wonder.
He is a cheat, for sure.
The humility of Bradley is an example to everyone.
yeah, unfortunately his doping is not.
@@1headtheball ssshhhhtttt, be quiet little boy.
@@maartenkranendonk8954 Credible when you provide the proof: real verified test results, legal statements etc:- thanks chum.
@@1headtheball For the British nationalists and/or delusionalists who somehow believe Wiggins was 'clean' when he won the Tour de France: he won the TdF on a PED - triamcinolone. No matter why he took the drug - nor that he got a TUE signed off by a doctor with a 'reputation' (Mario Zorzoli) - the drug is still a PED. He only took it immediately before attempting to win the 2011 and 2012 TdF, and the 2013 Giro - never before or since. He says he took it because he was ill - so ill he won the Dauphiné in 2011 and 2012 before taking the drug. And in 2013, for some reason, he had the asthma and allergies that meant he needed the drug two months earlier than in 2011 and 2012.
Great content ive always emjoyed listening to Bradley he would be a amazing peer mentor to youngsters great life experience fair play cycling is an extremely difficult sport i have seen him race professionally quite a number of times very quick rider.
Great interview
The Kimmage comment makes no sense. Even if he's correct and Kimmage only spoke out because he wasn't good enough to compete at the highest level when on drugs, that still doesn't mean Kimmage didn't do his job as a journalist correctly by challenging the omerta and calling out cyclists for taking performance enhancing drugs.
The “sour grapes” angle by wiggo seems more like a joke
Once he had left the sport….
Kimmage had an excellent amateur record . Wiggins was pally enough with Kimmage he before 2012 . Suppose , Kimmage and the peloton would be forgiven to believe what they saw after the woeful climbing efforts of Giro 2010. Bradley stopped Kimmage getting an access all area meeting before the Tour .. this was when Sky promised to be fully transparent etc . Sure compare his written opinion about Lance and yet he did a u turn and joined Lance on his podcast …
Sir Bradley Wiggins a Legend, Hero, Role Model, Man. Thank you Wiggo.
Legen, Hero, Doper.
I really miss Wiggo on commentary. He had remarkable command of the history of the sport.
Cambridge University sort out your sound, it was very difficult making out what questions were being asked. Otherwise good job
Cycling 🚲 legend 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
i don't watch anything to do with him anymore, or believe anything he says. I was a big fan until his TUE incident, with brailsford, sky and the rest complicit in couriering 'stuff' across europe. if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...
Not a fan of ‘marginal gains’ when they make a mockery of the rules & any notion of fair-play.
Will we ever find out what was in the jiffy-bags?
How can it be that Wiggins, Froome et al in the Sky operation, can be legitimately prescribed drugs for their ‘asthma’?
Wiggins was a brilliant track-rider but his move into road racing & winning the TDF blemished for me.
Hopefully the truths will out at some point but money talks in our society & money has transformed competitive cycling for the worst.
RIP Marco Pantani & all the other victims of Charlatanism & greed.
Agree but Pantani killed himself with Cocaine and alcohol
He has an awful lot to make up for, might as well get started.
Lap top,Asthma, No needle policy.😂😂😂😂😂
Very profound. Totally sincere and deep human being. See him in a totally different way now.
Beautifully honest. A great interview. Shout out to the young fellow that was interviewing. Was unfazed when challenged on his question around doping and held his composure and carried on like a true professional. Also the good grace in which Sir Bradley handled it. Congratulations to all involved, great viewing.
Yeah but the fact is he is a cheat
@@FannyShmellar Every big sports star you know will be cheating kid. Get over it. Messi, Ronaldo, Modric, Halland, Mbappe, Tiger Woods,Brady, etc
@@itellyouwhy6957 My sporting hero is a footballer called Tugay and I can absolutely guarangoddamtee he was not doping. The man used to smoke at half time, he didn’t need performance enhancing drugs as his superior technical ability meant he didn’t need to to get ahead of the opposition.
Brad is a good speaker.
You can tell he upped the dosage of test because his voice has fully cracked open. Mine did too.
Pog and co are the cleanest riders in history 🧐??? Interesting.
Sometimes highly intellectual people have little social awkwardness filter - in this case a brilliant choice of interviewer.
Nothing remotely intellectual , never mind highly, about that chap , Wiggins ! His comment regarding Paul Kimmage was a joke . Kimmage didn’t dope in major races , but two poxy crits . Next to know one saw or accept Wiggins becoming a mountain goat , especially after Giro 2010.
@@gavintuesday4959 interviewer.
@@gavintuesday4959 Firstly, the ‘highly intellectual’ description quite obviously refers to the interviewer. Secondly, and regardless of your attempt at clarification, BW’s point remains: Paul Kimmage has made much more of a living from pointing the finger at others than he ever did from being a professional cyclist.
Wiggins been on EPO his whole life
Usually highly intellectual people have no social skills/no empathy/no common sense and only have any use in their specialised subject work in which they excel.
Thanks Sir Bradley for your openness and insight.
Great Video - please do a sound test next time for the mike used by the audience!
Wiggins is an interesting dude, I didn’t know anything about him until I watched a few videos today. It’s sad he doesn’t love cycling, but considering his circumstances I probably wouldn’t either. Either way he’s a legend, hope he grows into his life off the bike and finds the meaning he deserves.
Brutally honest, but refreshing. Hats off to Bradley a true trailblazer. Being the first British to win a Tour de France. Easy to say. But mamoth achievement
Brad, what a legend. Had a massive amount of respect for him before (he influenced me taking up cycling) but even more respect for him now 👍
Hearing Sir Bradley defend Armstrong, say he’s a good father to his children and that today’s Grand Tour winners are clean, is pure comedy. Sir Bradley Wiggins has a fine pair of clay feet himself, those that know, know.
It seems like you KNOW what you're talking about. Certainly know more than me. Where does that knowledge come from !
Pray tell, what do you know. Enlighten us. Show us how Lance is NOT a good father and husband and the evidence of doping in the peloton?
Wow, what a forthright attitude about your farther, who abandoned you and your mother as a kid . My farther pulled the same stunt and
i have never been able to forgive him. Gary to me was a wild man's man who died in a back ally in a drunken fight. Funny thing happened to me; one of the detectives involved in the murder investigation came to Cuba and rode one of my cycle tours. She was a strong cyclist and was well aware that Gary and I were friends and I got the impression she travelled all the way to Cuba to tell me abut what went wrong with the investigation into his death. She was adiment that it had nothing to do with the selling of drugs.
Enjoyed that. He couldn’t wait to get out of there. 😅
Never been a big fan of BW but his honesty is remarkable. I just hope he finds what he is looking for.
A complex person. A very likeable person.
I had no idea I would enjoy this interview so much. Respect to Bradley Wiggins.
Would like if someone asked his opinion on legal medications if he taught some of them offered unfair advantage...
Caffeine offers an advantage, but it is within the rules and available to every competitor.
Medical treatment is not denied to athletes
That was a fantastic and courageous interview Brad. It is so humbling to hear you talk about the missing human story behind the public perception that we have from cameras, media and the tour etc. You have really learned to begin to find yourself again through your charity work, your own kids and giving back something from your own experiences. You have experienced so much trauma too, and show huge resilience in bouncing back from it all. I would love to chat with you myself and find out more but that may not be possible unless you are interested in this. I am doing some research for my MSc next year (Sports Psychology) and may focus on the person behind the elite athlete persona and their motivations for turning to their sport, what it gives them and how it protects them from facing traumas in their life. Good luck with whatever you do, and keep on following your heart.
Excellent interview as a cyclist Bradley Wiggins is one of my hero’s ad this was great to watch 😊 Many thanks.. Pete
Great interview by the Cambridge union lad , always liked Wiggo and a raw interview , got to agree at being brought up in that Era you were never encouraged at school you were laughed at , well done Wiggo
Contrast Obri, Burrows, Redgrave - somehow come over a lot more positive...
I heard Bradley on talksport in the aftermath of his retirement generally talking about elite level sport. Comparing that man talking to here they really are two different people. Here at the Cambridge Union you're getting the real Bradley Wiggins. Can't get over the difference. But the real Bradley Wiggins is uncomfortably honest and that is a sure sign of real worth.
The question someone should have asked is why he didn’t share a % of his winnings to Chris Froome . It’s traditional for the winner to share his winnings with his team. If it wasn’t for Froome, he wouldn’t have won the Tour
If Froome wasn't held back by the team in 2012 Wiggins would never have won.
Froome was waiting to hand his back side to him on a plate.
@@Thomas891010just like he did at the Vuelta 2011
INEOS GRENADIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wiggins is always an interesting interview subject. He has great depth unlike many other pros in the sport.
Of course he has imposter syndrome - Froome was better that year. LA denied doping for years and also attacked Kimmage.
2012 Tour de France is still one of my favorite editions of the race.
Probably the most boring TDF ever
@@Chickenbonetony Nah
@@dorseykindler9544 team sky first and second riding on the front all day the white Kenyan not allowed to attack boring
THE GUY IS A CHEAT
Wiggins gained a therapeutic use exemption to have the anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone injected on three specific occasions before the 2011 and 2012 Tours and the 2013 Giro D'Italia.
Everyone uses kenacort mate. Still today in all the big races, marathons, swimming events etc. Also in tennis. Just ask Nadal!
@@durianridersdoes that make it O.K?
You're whingeing about people following the rules of the sport.
Athletes are not denied all medical treatment
Watched the Matt Stephens Cafe Ride interview with Wiggins the other day - that was recorded in 2022. He seemed friendly, upbeat, and positive in that one, so what's happened in the year since then? This is one of the most depressing interviews I've seen with someone who's been that successful (in any field)! I suggest he gives mountain biking a go, as it might rekindle his interest in cycling. It's good fun and not all just about the suffering (that he clearly seems to resent about road cycling).
He completely dodges the fact that he doped and that even current winners are doping.
That was rough... serial killer confession rough - which makes me think of OJ Simpson who has to be the most cheerful and well adjusted (alledged) k-ller on earth
Might have been a good idea to ask if any of the students are on an accounting course😂😂😂😂
Shame we can't hear the audience questions... But otherwise great.
He is '' says '' it as he wants to. Brave man to ' show his heart '. Surely he has written a book. Nice that he is open to other people.
The kid asks Bradley such naive questions it’s painful.
Thanks Bradley. 🙏
So interesting to hear his perspective and his look back on what was meaningful or not to him personally. Most of us look in at these elite athletes, in whatever sport, and think what an amazing existence that must be and how lucky they are etc. etc., when in fact the more I read and hear about these people's accounts of their sporting lives, it was clinical, tough and not very emotionally rewarding. They seem to be caught in this competitive drive, where they don't get a chance to really evaluate what it means to them personally and how happy they are in life, until they retire and realise it. Then it seems maybe that they are ungrateful for the life they led.
An amazing cheat who never got caught, good work
Look at his body language when the issue of doping comes up. Curious.
He couldn't get out that room quick enough at the end!😂
Always been a big fan of Bradley. Learnt nothing now but still a very interesting talk/answers by Bradley. Big respect.
Trauma can eat away at you, which then ripples out to everyone around you. I know from experience that it can also bring a certain kind of humility. Good to see Bradley has come out of his life experience the right way.
Great chat but 20:55 was a bit weird.
all that Epo has caught up with him. Can’t even breath properly
Congrats on young Wiggins winning silver at the Worlds like his dad 🎉
Nothing about drug talking on the tour??😅
Facts ? Times Journalists ? Two of them played a role in bringing down the big dog ! House of Common Parliament wasn’t impressed with Bradley’s testimony and his coach behaviour (Sutton ) . But they don’t have power to impose a verdict .
Thanks for sharing and thanks to Wiggo for his time
Idiotic not to be able to hear the questions.
Rather than embrace his wins, seems to have shrunk as an individual since these amazing fears. Has obvs undergone therapy to resolve some of the traumas but overall what a dude and no shame, he never caused any of these events in his youth
he did cycling to get away from school, thats what he has said before, HISPTER, riff raff ,
Amazing honesty, and he puts it so well. I think he's managed to find and open the pressure valve which should save him now. xxxx
Wiggins is self-aware. Way to go
You think before these interviews that these people could never dope, they then open themselves up and you realise they did.
Totally excellent interview. Honest,Open,Interesting. Also the man directing the discussion has wonderful qualities,facilitating this flow.
Looks a tormented soul
Master Drug Cheat.
The doper, should've been stripped of his title
They cant afford a second camera to show the audience? Good talk though.
Superb discussion. Total honesty, proud of this Knight of the Realm.
"No substance... and a lot of bad blood" no doubt.
There are many many people involved in cycling who will tell you he was far from being honest
FOR ME HE WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE FINEST ONE OF THE GREATEST thank you Sir Brad .
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Doping never dies...
Interesting.....but sort out your audio 'Cambridge Union'
Great interview, it's a shame you can't hear the questions very clearly on the video.
I'm enjoying this, but disagree with something Bradley just said. Where he suggested that the current crop of GC riders are clean. I just don't see how that can be. The 2023 TdF was one of the fastest on record, with ascent times by Armstrong being shattered. We know Armstrong was a doper, and we know that even without drugs he was an excellent rider, so how can it be that these kids are beating him clean? Logic isn't working, they cannot be living on bread and water.
Exactly right they aren’t on bread and water. Nutrition science has come a long way in recent years as well as training becoming a lot more precise. One example being the current carb intake being 100g+ an hour when racing when in Lance’s era this was significantly lower. That in itself brings huge gains. The current crop of young guys coming through have been brought up on the marginal gains theories + adopt aero as a matter of course whereas the tour riding older riders remain resistant. Who knows, there may be new drugs out there but testing too has come equally far and the UCI longer has an appetite to turn a blind eye. Then on top of all that aero tech and bikes have become insane. I’d bet on things being clean
Jonas is 10 kg lighter than LA. Or 15% different wKg
@@Cakefield Wow you should go and get a job talking about alternative facts/narratives for Rupert Murdoch. You can't really expect long term cycling fans to believe that drivel, you wrote, can you? Bradley W seems like a nice guy but there is no doubt in my mind that he is a cheat along with some of the riders in TdF '23
Drugs and professional athletes will always go hand in hand. Whether you think is positive or not, that's the reality.
Honestly: to have so much entertainment we need doped athletes. Otherwise any sports event would be much less interesting, due to performance limits
@@Cakefield
The UCI will never have any motivation to catch dopers because they are still living under the shadow of Lance et al and another scandal would be horrific for the sport
great guy to understand, every credit to you Brad.
A very enlightening interview, an insight into aspects of sport we are not always aware of. Thank you, Sir Bradley.
Why the hell did Brailsford pull him from the 2013 tour - he was champion and it started in the UK? Who cares that there may have been issues between them - life's too short to be boring - it should have been a Wiggins-Froome (who crashed out anyway) showdown akin to the Lemond-Hinault rivalry of yesteryear. Brailsford made things too controlled, sterile and boring.
Lol. Wiggins wasn’t good enough to make it a rivalry. Sick boy from Kenya bet him at the Vuelta in 2011 and he would have done it again in TDF in 2012 if allowed .
Bradley was injured in a collision with a car late 2012 and simply wasn't anywhere near his 2012 standard in 2013. The 2012 route favoured Wiggins, while the 2013 one didn't and Froomey beat Quintana by 5m so your memory is distorted. Having 2 team leaders is problematic and divisive, asking one to step down and support someone else with better chances is even worse.
If you listen to Brad himself, he says he didn't want to do it again.
Lemond-Hinault is an example not to emulate, where Hinault had support from Lemond one year but didn't reciprocate when Lemond was favoured, attacking for own advantage and splitting the team trying to screw Lemond over.
Interesting interview with an outstanding athlete but his anger towards the BBC and Paul kimmage for exposing cheats and bullies I don’t understand. He likes Armstrong, maybe he needs to listen to likes of Emma O’Reilly, Betsy Andreu and all the other individuals that scumbag tried to destroy. I wish Wiggo and happy life.
Ah ., Emma O’Reilly is back friends with Lance ! He did a piece for her book . Strange girl
Just watched this 👍
Thanks Brad👍
116k subscribers and still not able to clear the microphone for the public questions or to put some subtitles
"Driven By Something Different"
Why is it so hard to ask? Ask it! “Did you ever take illegal performance enhancing drugs?” “Did you ever blood dope?”
Ask!
Everyone has to have a tattoo.
What an incredible interview.
He mentioned recently that he has no interest in cycling much these days then i heard that he will be commentating on cycling again. He may discover cycling for fun again one day. He'd be one of only a few ex pros that don't ride a bike at some level.
No loss
Personally, I had also lost interest but there are 10 or 20 stand-out personalities in sport ( road) at the moment and Imnow more interested than ever.
He is so down to earth and the conversation went really deep in some dark conners of the sport, thank you Bradley
He certainly did go really deep in some dark corners of the sport.
Wiggins for years looked unhealthy and fat. Not now, he looks good. Way to go
Brilliant!
Depositions under oath please of brailsford Wiggins froome. Now. Already it’s been too long. Now
Needles to say, he took drugs
coffee's a drug
@@middleman9183 best administered without a needle
@chriszzw30 Get over yourself
@@LETOUR7TIMESFRANCE I guess you don't get it.
If you have trouble sleeping buy the book Bradley wiggins (my time) that will put you to sleep in seconds. As for the sky team the most boring duped up team ever
Asthma? LOL. Nah. Hes a cheat.
He never tested positive and for the medication he took for heyfever he had three Dr approve the medication.
@@leerobinson732 exactly!
Indeed. Well said.
Great interview !!