{"id":779546,"date":"2026-07-05T00:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/779546\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T00:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:14:09","slug":"bradley-wiggins-questioned-pogacars-tour-de-france-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/779546\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradley Wiggins questioned Pogacar’s Tour de France ‘loss’"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s one man who knows a thing or two about winning a time trial (and winning a yellow jersey), it\u2019s Sir Bradley Wiggins<\/a>. The 2012 Tour de France winner and Olympic time trial champion (same year), is one of the greatest British testers of all time. So when he thinks something is off about Tadej Pogacar’s result<\/a>, it’s worth paying attention.Hincapie on Evenepoel: \u2018He only let three guys pass him\u2019Firstly, Evenepoel. \u201cIn my opinion, the best GC ride was Remco,\u201d said George Hincapie<\/a> on The Move podcast<\/a>. \u201cYou saw he started off the TTT. He was the only GC guy that started off the TTT. Took a long pull after the first corner, he’s looking back already. He was composed from the start of that team time trial.”Speaking about Red Bull’s team time trial tactics, Hincapie noticed the extra work Evenepoel took on. \u201cAnd then he slotted into fourth wheel. He only let three guys pass him, so they planned that as well. But he did not miss one pull, the whole TTT,\u201d said Hincapie, clearly impressed. Something that cannot be said about Jonas Vingegaard<\/a> after stage 1.Hincapie also waded into the Evenepoel vs Lipowitz debate, something that is starting to get more traction<\/a>: \u2018He won the battle on the road with his own teammate, Lipowitz, rode him off the wheel. It’s a big statement in my opinion,\u201d the Modern Adventure Pro Cycling owner concluded.Armstrong on Lipowitz vs Evenepoel: \u2018The road decided\u2019\u2018Remco vs Lipo is fast becoming a talking point at the 2026 Tour de France. Never one to shy away from controversy, Lance Armstrong<\/a> of course had something to add. \u201cWe talked about it yesterday. What the team direction said: \u2018We’re just going to let the road decide<\/a>\u2019. Whether or not that was just lip service, we don’t know. But the road decided and so he’s going to take a lot from that.\u201dLance Armstrong<\/a> was also impressed by the size of Evenepoel\u2019s chain ring. \u201cFun fact,\u201d gushed Armstrong. \u201cRemco today, for you gear nerds at home, had a 68 tooth front chain ring.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s crazy. That’s ridiculous,\u201d agreed Hincapie. \u201cBe careful in the corners,\u201d joked Armstrong.<\/p>\n

Bradley Wiggins thinks Pogacar lost the yellow jersey on purpose<\/p>\n

Back to Wiggins, who remained pretty quiet throughout Armstrong and Hincapie\u2019s Remco love-fest. But it turns out that Wiggins had said before the show that he thought Pogacar had missed out on the stage win and yellow jersey, on purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cBradley, you said it,\u201d begins Armstrong, speaking for the former Tour de France winner. \u201cWith Pogacar losing just the little amount of time that he did, you said this sets him up perfectly. Because there is so much stress and pressure that comes with the yellow jersey.\u201d Wiggins nods and tries to squeeze in a word, but Armstrong is on a roll. \u201cI mean he didn’t really lose any time. He’s right there\u2026\u201d Wiggins is still nodding.<\/p>\n

But then Hincapie cuts them both off with maybe the non team leader\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean you know how it is. The first days of the Tour you get that yellow jersey. Now you got that high, that motivation, that confidence in your team. Vingegaard hasn’t worn the yellow jersey in several years. He’s in the yellow jersey once again. I feel like that’s just going to elevate him even more.<\/p>\n

Tune in tomorrow to see if Sir Bradley Wiggins<\/a> can get a word in edgeways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there\u2019s one man who knows a thing or two about winning a time trial (and winning a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,235280,784,186551,172195,90670,301239,8396,85,6494],"class_list":["post-779546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bradley-wiggins","tag-cycling","tag-george-hincapie","tag-idl-productions","tag-lance-armstrong","tag-latest-cycling-news","tag-remco-evenepoel","tag-sports","tag-tadej-pogacar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}