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At the 2008 Beijing Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4km Individual Pursuit, defending his title from four years earlier. In doing so he became the first rider ever to successfully defend his pursuit title at the Olympics. On 17 August, he was a key member of the Olympic team pursuit squad which broke the world record in the heats with a time of 3:55:202, beating their Russian opponents comfortably to go through to the final ride-off for silver and gold.[5] The following day, on their way to winning the gold medal, the British Team pursuit broke their own world record in a time of 3:53:314, beating their Danish competitors by 6.7 seconds.[6] Wiggins paired up with Mark Cavendish but finished eighth.

The statement "Wiggens paired up with Mark Cavendish but finished eighth" has no antecedent. Clearly it does not refer to the team pursuit event, which is a four man event in which he won gold. Almost undoubtedly it refers to the Madison event, a two man team event, so it probably should read something like "Wiggens also partnered with Mark Cavendish in the Madison event in which they garnered an eighth place finish." Acerbas (talk) 18:17, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Palmarès

As this is an English language article, I think it would make more sense to list the title of this section as "Career Achievements" or something similar. This is how the same information is listed on Mark Cavendish and Thor Hushovd's pages. 170.141.177.66 (talk) 13:46, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say Palmarès is an acceptable word in English to describe a cycling career results list, the way that peoloton is also now an English langauge word. --Pretty Green (talk) 19:15, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mind you, it's not in the dictionary... well it could be changed I suppose. --Pretty Green (talk) 19:17, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree - "palmarès" is not an English word so should be replaced by one which is.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:40, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Palmares is used in the English language but rarely by people who don't know too much about the sport. Severo^TC 09:04, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Quotations

I have removed the Quotations section. Mainly because there is no specific point to this section other than rants towards a subject at the time. For instance what does Big Brother have in relevance to this article. Also the last quote is rather inappropriate. Edinburgh Wanderer 22:49, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Medals table in infobox

I think the chronology is all messed up. Shouldn't they be listed by class and year?? Manchester came after Stuttgart for instance in the World Championships. 109.150.46.16 (talk) 16:03, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Colour comes before year. There's a couple out of place. Severo^TC 16:07, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note that road and track cycling are separate sports and should be treated as such in this list. --Pretty Green (talk) 16:20, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Timeliness

BaldBoris, the wikiaudience will still give you attention if you wait until the olympics are aired on television around the world before you give the results. how about thinking a little when it comes to publishing sports results before the events have been broadcast. Mr etler (talk) 16:53, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Wikipedia is not censored, Wikipedia contains spoilers, and Wikipedia is not responsible for checking the broadcasting schedules of the world. In other words, don't go onto Wikipedia if you don't want to know a sports result. --Pretty Green (talk) 17:41, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and Use Wikipedia at your own risk!. --Pretty Green (talk) 17:45, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I say NICE ONE, BaldBoris, for getting the results on here before other places! In fact, during the Olympics the Wiki medal table (2012_Summer_Olympics_medal_table) has often been more up-to-date than even the official table. That's Wikipedia at its best. 86.171.205.70 (talk) 06:57, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New image?

Given his recent Olympic success, it would be cool to see a new image for wiggo on his page. I mean the current one doesn't even have his trademark sidebrns lol

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.215.66.160 (talk) 01:43, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Simply put, well done at the olympics and TDF. With his recent pre-Tour success, there was no doubt he could do it, but he did it without much Tour pedigree. The previous fourth place finish is good, but one would expect more of a winner. Doesn't really matter as all that does matter is what you do on this year's tour and this includes all stages and all time trials. You don't need to win any stage, but rather just come in better than the top competitors on each day. Great formula and the only one to come close to him was his own teamate. Aganin, well done.