Wiggins and Team Sky rewrite the history books at the 2012 Tour de France
Monday, July 23, 2012

It's been a great year for British sport. First Andy Murray becomes the first Brit since 1938 to reach the final of Wimbledon, and then came the Tour de France.

An epic three weeks for British cycling saw the first ever winner of the yellow jersey in Bradley Wiggins, a first ever British one-two in Wiggins and team-mate Chris Froome and a fourth consecutive year that Mark Cavendish is victorious on the Champs-Elysees.

Holding the yellow jersey since Stage 7, Wiggins has proven himself to be one of the greats of British cycling, battling adversity (and a few tacks) to stay on top and become the first Brit in the history of the Tour de France to win the yellow jersey. Wiggins was even victorious in the two time-trials, cementing his lead over the others and winning his first ever stages at the Tour de France.

It wasn't all about Wiggins though. Team Sky played a team game, helping those when they needed it, as Wiggins and co. upheld the cherished traditions of cycling when he waited for Cadel Evans after the 2011 champion had a puncture, as well as helping out team-mate Mark Cavendish in Paris to win for a historic fourth consecutive year on the Champs-Elysees.

Major credit has to go to Team Sky for a great team showing this year. Chris Froome has displayed the potential to win a future Tour and showed great teamwork for helping Wiggins when he was struggling in the Pyrenees. Cavendish, to his credit, sacrificed personal gain for team victory, and Wiggins repaid the favour in the latter stages of the Tour.

Now attention turns to the Olympics, as three-time gold medal winner Wiggins will aim to take his extraordinary victory in France and capitalise in London in the individual time-trial, with Cavendish also aiming for Olympic glory in the road race, which would really cap off a monumental year for British cycling.

To celebrate this year's Tour de France, Corley Cycles have been giving away a prize a day for the Tour de France, for the people that correctly guessed the winners of each individual stage.

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Why 2012 is the year of Wiggins
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

15 stages down, 5 to go. As we approach the final stages of this year's Tour de France with a gruelling stage in the Pyrenees and another mountain stage on Thursday, Bradley Wiggins has a firm hold over the yellow jersey.

Currently 2 minutes and 5 seconds ahead of team-mate and fellow Brit Chris Froome, with Vincenzo Nibali in third place, Wiggins has held the yellow jersey since the seventh stage (eclipsing Chris Boardman's record) and a great collaborative effort from Team Sky has seen “Le Gentleman”, as he been nicknamed by the French press, sit comfortably on top for most of this competition.

With a Brit one-two in the standings for the first time ever in the Tour de France, we only have 5 stages left to see if Wiggins can create history for British cycling at this year's Tour de France.

Corley Cycles are giving away a prize a day in our Tour de France. You can win Rotor Chain Catchers, Park Track Pumps and a host of cycling goodies in our competition.

Find out all you need to know at http://www.corleycycles.com/tour-de-france-2012 and keep up to date with what's happening on the Corley Cycles Facebook and Twitter pages.

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Nine stages in, can Wiggins continue his dominance of the Tour de France?
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

 

 

Before the beginning of the 99th Tour de France, many bookmakers predicted that Bradley Wiggins was the number one choice to wrestle the yellow jersey away from defending champion Cadel Evans.

The 32 year old Wiggins was the clear favourite to become the first Brit in the 109-year history of the Tour de France to win the competition, and nine stages in, he hasn't disappointed.

In Stage 9 on Monday, Wiggins opened up a commanding lead over nearest challenger Evans, creating a gap of one minute and 43 seconds to take his first ever stage win and beat time-trial specialists Fabian Cancellara and Tony Martin.

With Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish each winning a stage this year, this is the most successful start for British cycling ever at the Tour de France. We've seen the first ever British one-two in a stage, as well as the first ever time that three British cyclists (Wiggins, Froome and Cavendish) have won a stage in a single tour.

As Wiggins and Team Sky head into the mountains to tackle the Alps and the Pyrenees, the pressure is on Wiggins to see if he can hold on to the yellow jersey and become the first ever Brit since the Tour began to win it all.

At Corley Cycles we are celebrating the Tour de France by giving away a prize a day. We've got rotor chain catchers, park track pumps, Specialized starter kits and CatEye micro wireless computers to win, and all you have to do is tell us who you think will win each stage of the Tour.

Visit the Tour de France page on our website and make sure you Like Corley Cycles on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to find out what's going on and if you are the lucky winner of the prizes.

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