I watched Bradley on The Move with Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie during stages of the 2024 Tour de France and started to warm to him - especially after the media here in the UK was posting news relating to his financial woes. His appearance then was an eye-opener but in a good way. His appearance on High Performance seems to be a continuation of this rehabilitation - which for Bradley, can only be a good thing and offering as it does a peace of mind on some level. Keep up the good work Bradley.
Brilliant interview. We expect SO much from these complex humans, all in the name of entertainment (for us) while they are challenging and wringing every gram out of themselves in pursuit of their own complicated objectives, agenda and validation. Also, SO GLAD to hear another experienced GOAT stand up for Lance Armstrong - the person. Very few among us can hold a candle to the efforts Lance has made to improve the lives of others while also recognizing his own issues and working through them out in the open as he has.
Social media kicked the dog when he was down.... Really enjoyed watching this.. The truth beneath the surface.. Nice bloke.. Glad hes getting through his issues 🙏
You know, Wiggins was never one of my favorite riders. Watching interviews and his behavior he always seemed so cranky and I just didn’t like his persona. However, I would tell myself don’t fall into the trap. I don’t even know this guy he might be a good guy if I got to know him. Well, now I’m really getting to know him and he really has a nice spirit about him. It was just the overwhelming stress of being a top athlete and the pressure. I always try to remember not to judge people too much because now, I really like him and his honesty. He’s really exposing his vulnerabilities and I think that will help others. Kudos to him.
Sir Brad, you must know that you are loved. Not simply for your achievments on the bike. You are respected for your sincerity. In this world of corruption, positive characteristics mean a great deal to us all. Winning the Tour was a hell of a thing, but I think you're greatest achievements are yet to come. Dig in there buddy.
Interesting some of the comments already made people like to have ago at people they don't even know . Wiggins had some wise words there if you want to actually listen and not judge. Successful professional sportspeople have very unique personalities.
He wasn’t prepared mentally for 2012 success in 10 days he won tour and gold in Olympics and became a global star he said himself he lost his wife family and was acting a different persona back then to cope but under it all he’s a really good bloke and quite interesting to listen to to best of luck to him in the future!
Brad Wiggins is a genuinely decent bloke. He has done an amazing job for British Sport. Alongside that he is a caring human. Some years ago my female friend M was working on the production team on “The Jump”, a UK TV show which took celebs and tried to turn them into ski jumpers. Her aunt died from terminal illness during the show. M was naturally extremely upset. M told me the story that Brad, having only met her in passing on the show, brought her a coffee and croissant having seen her sitting alone one morning and asked if she was ok, having learned about her loss, from colleagues on production team. A very kind and thoughtful gesture.
We are all Bradley's in our own way. We know this. Broken. There is only one who can truly reach into our hearts and heal us. The one said I came to heal the broken hearted meaning those who see their lives like a mirror thrown on the ground shattering into hundreds of pieces. Beyond repair. The one says he heals them. Meaning he makes the mirror new.
Elite athletes aren't like the rest of us, they can't be. The part of them that is willing to torture themselves on a daily basis, for decades, often comes from a dark place. Also they aren't part of "real life" until their career is over, and they suddenly have to deal with the mundane routine of living. They are institutionalised by their elite routine. "Eat this now, go to sleep now, train now, rest now, drink this now, eat now ....." from being a teenager until their thirties. I can fully understand why so many find the transition, from Elite to "normal", is so difficult, especially if their elite routine was helping hide the "dark place" that helped them become elite. Wiggo is finally confronting what it was that made him the best on the planet. That has to be good news. As a final note, can I say that watching him help lead-out his mate Mark Cavendish to the Champs Elysees in Paris, whist wearing Yellow, is up there with my all time favourite sporting moments.
If that’s how you talked to yourself on the bike and you got those results… Well maybe….. Maybe people should give themselves a hard time….. life isn’t easy so we’ve gotta be able to accept that.
All sports are the same mate. Don't delude yourself into believing they're not. Lance is a legend of the sport. No newspaper article or Irish Journalist will tell me otherwise.
cyclists are soldati they take what they need to perform. your simplistic definition of "clean" doesn't apply to them. cry more he's a champion you might think you can take that away but you cant. 7x.
There's far too much forgiveness for lance. "Everyone was on drugs" etc. yeah, largely because of people like him. He didn't just dope. He threatened, slandered and fired people. He was a bully who ruined lives. That team took doping to a whole new level, forcing everyone in the peloton to risk their own health doping or lose their career. His remarks since show he has no genuine remorse whatsoever. He's a sociopath.
If you think a ‘big place you stay at for a week and they take your phone off you’ will achieve any worthwhile results in ‘recovery’ you are still deluded. Bradley needs to get away from all the nonsense and the fake friends and get real help. I hope he finds that path sooner rather than later.
Why do people talk when they dont ponder what they say sewage is sewage whether even if you put sugar on it and lance cheated he maybe was the best but we will never know what he could of done without the drugs
Armstrong was the best because he juiced the entire time he was winning big. If 'woke' means being clean and not intimidating other riders who challenged him, I'll take woke every day of the week. LA's a toxic prick. To me, BW admiring Armstrong so unambiguously only lends weight to the deep suspicion that he himself was a cheat.
@@MrGraceanddanger Johnson was better and faster than Lewis! They were ALL doped. The winner, Johnson, beat 7 other dopers. It was an equal playing field.
@christianCarbstrong I'm talking about how lance Armstrong cheated his way to 7 tour de france wins and over 100 million in wealth taking from other clean athletes
@LAndrewNext now tell me the difference between what lance did, and what Eddy merckx did, Bernard hinault, indurian. What's the difference? From your own understanding, lance stole 1 single race a year against a peloton who has the same ability to make the same choices, who had similar programs if not worse. Fausto coppi's era made way for the modern doper. Again. These riders cheated every single race they entered. Lance only entered 1 a year. Think about that ....
Lance Armstrong offering to pay for a weeks therapy in the USA . I have heard of places like this and the cost is $30grand . Isn’t sir Bradley Wiggins a wealthy man? I know every business his name was attached to is now bankrupt. None of his money mind you.
"He's a good man". I think there are a lot of people who would disagree!! Why would be a 'clean' sportsman take money from, and speak about, Armstrong in this way?
@2011hwalker they can but he has only 'changed' after being caught with nowhere else to hide. I'd be happy if he just went off and did good stuff quietly but any athlete speaking positively about him like this is associating themselves with the biggest drug cheat in sport.
@@ramalufc322 I mean literally everyone in 90s cycling was drugged to the max. It sounds like you dont believe in forgiveness or someones ability to change for the better. Its been 20 years and people are still acting like he murdered people in cold blood.
@@2011hwalker fair enough and I get that but a) I don't believe everyone was drugged to the gills back then and b) LA's behaviour throughout wasn't the action of a man likely capable of genuine reflection and remorse. He'd do it again in a heartbeat imo.
it takes a cheat to help a cheat with PR?. Lance is a criminal manipulator who is un apologetic about the offenses and aggression he has committed against other racers, never mind the cheating. wiggins wants the public's attention again, he needed, and needs constant attention. screw them both. solve your personal problems in private and move along like any other person attempting normal-hood.
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I watched Bradley on The Move with Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie during stages of the 2024 Tour de France and started to warm to him - especially after the media here in the UK was posting news relating to his financial woes. His appearance then was an eye-opener but in a good way. His appearance on High Performance seems to be a continuation of this rehabilitation - which for Bradley, can only be a good thing and offering as it does a peace of mind on some level. Keep up the good work Bradley.
Brilliant interview. We expect SO much from these complex humans, all in the name of entertainment (for us) while they are challenging and wringing every gram out of themselves in pursuit of their own complicated objectives, agenda and validation. Also, SO GLAD to hear another experienced GOAT stand up for Lance Armstrong - the person. Very few among us can hold a candle to the efforts Lance has made to improve the lives of others while also recognizing his own issues and working through them out in the open as he has.
Social media kicked the dog when he was down.... Really enjoyed watching this.. The truth beneath the surface.. Nice bloke.. Glad hes getting through his issues 🙏
This is a changed man. So glad for him.
You know, Wiggins was never one of my favorite riders. Watching interviews and his behavior he always seemed so cranky and I just didn’t like his persona. However, I would tell myself don’t fall into the trap. I don’t even know this guy he might be a good guy if I got to know him. Well, now I’m really getting to know him and he really has a nice spirit about him. It was just the overwhelming stress of being a top athlete and the pressure. I always try to remember not to judge people too much because now, I really like him and his honesty. He’s really exposing his vulnerabilities and I think that will help others. Kudos to him.
Sir Brad, you must know that you are loved. Not simply for your achievments on the bike. You are respected for your sincerity. In this world of corruption, positive characteristics mean a great deal to us all. Winning the Tour was a hell of a thing, but I think you're greatest achievements are yet to come. Dig in there buddy.
Interesting some of the comments already made people like to have ago at people they don't even know . Wiggins had some wise words there if you want to actually listen and not judge. Successful professional sportspeople have very unique personalities.
He wasn’t prepared mentally for 2012 success in 10 days he won tour and gold in Olympics and became a global star he said himself he lost his wife family and was acting a different persona back then to cope but under it all he’s a really good bloke and quite interesting to listen to to best of luck to him in the future!
Brad Wiggins is a genuinely decent bloke.
He has done an amazing job for British Sport.
Alongside that he is a caring human.
Some years ago my female friend M was working on the production team on “The Jump”, a UK TV show which took celebs and tried to turn them into ski jumpers.
Her aunt died from terminal illness during the show. M was naturally extremely upset.
M told me the story that Brad, having only met her in passing on the show, brought her a coffee and croissant having seen her sitting alone one morning and asked if she was ok, having learned about her loss, from colleagues on production team.
A very kind and thoughtful gesture.
Even the best at what they do appear vulnerable to twists and turns...Go gettum Bradley!
Well done guys loved it. Hello from Australia 🇦🇺 😊
Definition of high performance wow… thank you!
We are all Bradley's in our own way. We know this. Broken.
There is only one who can truly reach into our hearts and heal us. The one said I came to heal the broken hearted meaning those who see their lives like a mirror thrown on the ground shattering into hundreds of pieces. Beyond repair.
The one says he heals them. Meaning he makes the mirror new.
To my mind Armstrong's 7 wins stand. They were all probably on drugs so it was a level playing field.
They are all on drugs, and the new generation are on evan on better drugs
Looks like you may be on a bucket load of them too after writing that garbage 🤪🤣
Correct! ✅
Garbage Armstrong had the uci in his pocket anyone who challenged him was tested the next day and thrown off the tour
He was a great kid when I saw him
Let’s be clear, Lance won 7 TDF on a level playing field.
really
@ really, why don’t we remove every other doper off the TdF winners list then. So yes he did win against a 98% doped field.
@SiVispacemparabellum045 hahaha
@@martinduggan4077 ahh so you are 12 years old apologies.
100% totally agree
Brad all the best for 2025 .. some great points there ..Discipline nice 💪💪😁🙏
Elite athletes aren't like the rest of us, they can't be. The part of them that is willing to torture themselves on a daily basis, for decades, often comes from a dark place.
Also they aren't part of "real life" until their career is over, and they suddenly have to deal with the mundane routine of living. They are institutionalised by their elite routine. "Eat this now, go to sleep now, train now, rest now, drink this now, eat now ....." from being a teenager until their thirties.
I can fully understand why so many find the transition, from Elite to "normal", is so difficult, especially if their elite routine was helping hide the "dark place" that helped them become elite.
Wiggo is finally confronting what it was that made him the best on the planet. That has to be good news.
As a final note, can I say that watching him help lead-out his mate Mark Cavendish to the Champs Elysees in Paris, whist wearing Yellow, is up there with my all time favourite sporting moments.
If that’s how you talked to yourself on the bike and you got those results… Well maybe….. Maybe people should give themselves a hard time….. life isn’t easy so we’ve gotta be able to accept that.
Nice conversation. Those chairs look pretty awkward though.
What the hell is with those chairs? Who made that structural fashion call? 😂
They're tall fellas.... Doesn't look comfortable.
Bradley… Lance DID WIN those Tours… everyone else was doing the same thing!
Well said about Lance the living legend. People judge Lance as if he killed someone but reality is he was a scapegoat for a dirty sport.
All sports are the same mate. Don't delude yourself into believing they're not.
Lance is a legend of the sport. No newspaper article or Irish Journalist will tell me otherwise.
He killed people's carriers and livelihoods
Cheers 🍻🎩😎🇺🇸
If I’m the same man at 50 as I was at 25, I’ve done something wrong. Mohamed Ali
hand built old steel tube bikes, Wiggins could lean to build bikes as therapy , he got where he is from old bikes
Go on Brad, tell us what was in the jiffy bag.
They are all on it. Doesn't make it right. Fat men in suits control cycling not the cyclists.
The jiffy bag is next week's therapy session.
Triamcinalone. Possibly, probably. Admit nothing, hide everything. Tainted!
cyclists are soldati they take what they need to perform. your simplistic definition of "clean" doesn't apply to them. cry more he's a champion you might think you can take that away but you cant. 7x.
as below, clean is not what you think. Its pushing the rules with in a milimeter of them, and then push it some more.
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I loved watching Lance all those years, broke my heart when it all came out but! He still had to be good at the game with or without the drugs 😀🙌❤️
There's far too much forgiveness for lance. "Everyone was on drugs" etc. yeah, largely because of people like him. He didn't just dope. He threatened, slandered and fired people. He was a bully who ruined lives. That team took doping to a whole new level, forcing everyone in the peloton to risk their own health doping or lose their career. His remarks since show he has no genuine remorse whatsoever. He's a sociopath.
If you think a ‘big place you stay at for a week and they take your phone off you’ will achieve any worthwhile results in ‘recovery’ you are still deluded. Bradley needs to get away from all the nonsense and the fake friends and get real help. I hope he finds that path sooner rather than later.
Wiggins mentioning someone has a big ego is rich coming from him 🙄
Birds of a feather
I think he's aware he has a big ego and he's fine with it. Probably the reason he was elite at his sport. It all works together
Well he does get these invitations to talk about himself a lot.🤔
@@bod3102someone call the wahmbulance please
Literally his next indirect acknowledgement... Move on.
people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones
lance should get back his god dam trophys... They are getting insane hormonal work done today, what the hell is the difference mates
Bring Sadiq back on hes amazing ...
Massive negative vibes in this interview. And to stiill refuse therapy, something is not right.
Therapy isn't typical of British culture. It's also expensive and he's bankrupt.
Why do people talk when they dont ponder what they say sewage is sewage whether even if you put sugar on it and lance cheated he maybe was the best but we will never know what he could of done without the drugs
lance was the best and will always be the best despite the woke saying bs
😂😂
Armstrong was the best because he juiced the entire time he was winning big. If 'woke' means being clean and not intimidating other riders who challenged him, I'll take woke every day of the week. LA's a toxic prick. To me, BW admiring Armstrong so unambiguously only lends weight to the deep suspicion that he himself was a cheat.
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He cheated ffs. That's like saying Ben Johnson was better than Carl Lewis.
@@MrGraceanddanger
Johnson was better and faster than Lewis!
They were ALL doped. The winner, Johnson, beat 7 other dopers. It was an equal playing field.
They were all juiced and everyone is still crying about Lance.
Eh… he doesn’t condone what he did???? Bradley, you truly did exactly the same. Better not talk about him.
so did everyone try again
Do please hand over your evidence to the relevant authorities to prove your claim. But you haven’t got any, have you?
@ Of course I do. I’m friends with a certain one of his ex-coaches 🤣
Lance ruined the sport, despicable man. Lied, stole and cheated....how can he call him a hero
The sport was ruined well before lance come along. Lance just joined in and jumped on 100%
Are we talking about lance, or Eddy merckx? And what's the difference between what lance did and what Eddy merckx did?
@christianCarbstrong I'm talking about how lance Armstrong cheated his way to 7 tour de france wins and over 100 million in wealth taking from other clean athletes
@LAndrewNext now tell me the difference between what lance did, and what Eddy merckx did, Bernard hinault, indurian. What's the difference? From your own understanding, lance stole 1 single race a year against a peloton who has the same ability to make the same choices, who had similar programs if not worse. Fausto coppi's era made way for the modern doper. Again. These riders cheated every single race they entered. Lance only entered 1 a year. Think about that ....
@LAndrewNext 😂😂😂"clean athletes" wtf did you even follow cycling in 80's & 90's
Come clean about jiffy,brailsfraud
Just come clean already! We can all feel you’re harbouring the truth.
Ya lance was a great athlete maybe he would of been the best but we will never know he cheated and who knows but whatever he still cheated
Birds of a feather...
He has "issues". Good cyclist but troubled individual.
Bloody hell! Cry me a river….
Dopers sticking together?
I knew someone who met the whole sky team back in the day. He said they were all great and generous with their time... except Wiggins who was a git.
Lance Armstrong offering to pay for a weeks therapy in the USA . I have heard of places like this and the cost is $30grand .
Isn’t sir Bradley Wiggins a wealthy man? I know every business his name was attached to is now bankrupt. None of his money mind you.
"He's a good man". I think there are a lot of people who would disagree!! Why would be a 'clean' sportsman take money from, and speak about, Armstrong in this way?
People can change. Its clear Armstrong has gone through a time of change and gives a lot to others these days.
@2011hwalker they can but he has only 'changed' after being caught with nowhere else to hide. I'd be happy if he just went off and did good stuff quietly but any athlete speaking positively about him like this is associating themselves with the biggest drug cheat in sport.
@@ramalufc322 I mean literally everyone in 90s cycling was drugged to the max. It sounds like you dont believe in forgiveness or someones ability to change for the better. Its been 20 years and people are still acting like he murdered people in cold blood.
@@2011hwalker fair enough and I get that but a) I don't believe everyone was drugged to the gills back then and b) LA's behaviour throughout wasn't the action of a man likely capable of genuine reflection and remorse. He'd do it again in a heartbeat imo.
@@ramalufc322 You are objectively wrong on a). Read some books on the subject. It was a requirement in the 90s and 2000s to be on EPO.
Tell the truth? Injections & Jiffy bag?!
it takes a cheat to help a cheat with PR?. Lance is a criminal manipulator who is un apologetic about the offenses and aggression he has committed against other racers, never mind the cheating. wiggins wants the public's attention again, he needed, and needs constant attention. screw them both. solve your personal problems in private and move along like any other person attempting normal-hood.
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Both cheated.i hope it rots them away.shame on you people