Tour de France 2012

I never thought I'd see a British rider win the Tour.

I've been a fan of Wiggo for a while. I like his manner, and his integrity, and he is a stylish fucker off the bike. I also believe him to be a clean rider, which counts for a lot.
I have loved seeing him absolutely slay the TT competition.
I have loved seeing him get and then retain the yellow.
I have loved seeing the sky juggernaut tear the arse out of their competition up the mountains, especially when early on the experts were saying that they would be vulnerable in the mountain stages. Seeing Cadel Evans dropping out of the back was a proper moment of pure delight for me.
I don't care that Froome is stronger up the mountains. I don't think he could have won the tour this year because he probably does not have enough maturity and experience to hold it together. Wiggo has and even he let the monumental nature of his achievement get the better of him yesterday. This tour will give Froome the mental strength to win the tour next year and maybe many more years.
I totally respect and appreciate Froome's loyalty and commitment to his team. That kind of character is worth any number of stage wins.

I am enjoying this year so much, and as I rejoiced in Cav's green jersey win last year, so shall I rejoice at Wiggo's yellow jersey win this year (barring any disasters). It is fucking marvellous.

big fat +1 to that.

To win Froome would need someone doing the job for him, that he is doing for Wiggins - and there isn't anyone to do that job. Maybe he could have won it, personally I don't think he'd have been able to drop Wiggins enough to make up for the time he lost in the TT and will probably loose in the TT tomorrow. Because of how they have been working together Wiggins has not had to push himself into the red, as he would have if they were competing, so it's impossible to know how much more he could have given, if he'd had to.

All I care about is that it really looks like Wiggins is going to win (which is brilliant) and that the future looks very bright for British Cycling. As Mr Blackfoot said up there^ I'm also really glad that this has happened when I'm at an age to really appreciate it. The last three weeks have been enthralling.