Wiggins insists he's still going to take Tour day by day

Bradley Wiggins, Tour de France 2009

published 20 July 2009

Bradley Wiggins has reiterated that he will take the final week of the 2009 Tour de France day by day without letting the thought of a place on the final podium in Paris put him under pressure.

Wiggins is pragmatic to the extreme and is still a little uncomfortable in the Tour de France media spotlight but he is focused on his final goal, whatever it might turn out to be, like a mountaineer climbing Everest.

“For sure they'll attack, attacking for attacking's sake, whether it's Contador or us. The race is not over and everyone wants to finish as high as possible. There's a long way to go. Andy is a racer and so is Frank. They'll race right to Paris and Bjarne [Riis - Saxo Bank manager] is not going to sit back ether. They were trying to win the bike race on Verbier and they'll keep doing that to the last day.”

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Wiggins insists he's still going to take Tour day by day

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