Tour De France 2011

'podium' is not a verb.

edit: ha! you edited it!

The Oxford dictionary disagrees with you Mr Wigan

Pronunciation:/ˈpōdēəm, /
noun (plural -di·ums or -di·a /-dēə/)

[]a small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience, as when making a speech or conducting an orchestra.
[]a lectern.
[]a continuous projecting base or pedestal under a building.
[]a raised platform surrounding the arena in an ancient amphitheater.
verb

[no object]

* finish first, second , or third, so as to appear on a podium for an award:I‘ve had great results in the sprint and I’ve podiumed in the individual

To be fair it is the American version though.