Bradley Wiggins won’t begin the key preparations for his Hour Record attempt in London on 7 June until the Tour de Yorkshire finishes, but the Briton has already seen positive indications that he should be able to set a new mark in this illustrious test.
“Everything’s gone OK since Roubaix. All of the initial track sessions were way above what we were expecting, because I hadn’t been on the track for a year so we didn’t really know where we were going to be in terms of the record. It’s been a good transition, and there’s just a month to go now,” said Wiggins.
Speaking at the Tour de Yorkshire, Wiggins said that as well as helping his young teammates on the WIGGINS team, his goal at the race was simply to keep out of trouble. “I’d like to stay safe because I don’t want to put the Hour in jeopardy. I want to be part of the race. I don’t want to just sit at the back every day,” said Wiggins, who will be very interested to find out how compatriot Alex Dowsett fares when he makes an attempt this afternoon in Manchester on the Hour Record mark of 52.491km set by Australia’s Rohan Dennis in February.
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Asked about former hour record holder Francesco Moser’s comment that Wiggins should be aiming to challenge Chris Boardman’s 1996 of 56.375km, which was removed as the official mark when the rules on aerodynamic aids were changed, the world time trial champion insisted the Italian was wrong.
“I disagree strongly actually because Chris was 20 years ahead of his time. I’ve got that bike that he rode in 96 at home. Aerodynamically that Superman position is streets ahead of anything that you’re allowed in the regulations,” Wiggins explained.
“The bike itself also beats anything from the modern era in the wind tunnel. Other than the skinsuits, which have moved on since Chris’ time, he was 20 years ahead of his time.”
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