British success in the Tour de France has been sparse to say the least, we have had no winner of the world’s toughest bike race in its 98 previous editions, but today Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky can make it 99th time lucky.
To put into perspective what winning the yellow jersey would mean, Wiggins said it would be his greatest sporting achievement, which considering he’s a six time World and three time Olympic Champion is saying something.
Wiggins success is due to his superman like performances in the individual time trials, he’s won both with ease and opened up huge gaps on his rivals, however he would be first to admit that he has the best possible team around him and some of them, Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish in particular, have sacrificed their own chances of success to put him in a position to win.
All he has to do is cruise into Paris and victory will be his, and with the Olympics on the horizon it could be the start of a whole host of British success stories this summer, and who knows maybe Froome could make it two in a row next year.
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