British Invasion! After 109 years of waiting, Great Britain finally clinched its greatest ever sporting achievement - a debut victory in the Tour de France - with a poise and collective domination by its number one squad, Team Sky, rarely, if ever, matched in the race s hallowed annals. Mutton-chopped Londoner Bradley Wiggins, 32, and his blue-clad Sky troops brushed aside everything the Tour could throw at him: brutal first week crashes, relentless media pressure, hooligans sabotaging the roads with nails and flares, mammoth time trials and infernal Alpine and Pyrenean mountain stages. Not to mention the threat of treason from within the ranks of Sky itself...Acclaimed as Britain s greatest ever sportsman, Wiggins victory was far from the only highlight of the 2012 Tour. 2012 was the year, too, that Colorado s Tejay Van Garderen, fifth overall and Best Young Rider champion, became America s new Tour de France hero, and outshone teammate and 2011 Tour winner Cadel Evans. 2012 was the year that triple stage winner Peter Sagan, just 22 but already predicted a future Tour champion, kept the green points jersey out of Sky s clutches a herculean task. 2012 was the year, too, that World Champion s Mark Cavendish s fourth straight victory on the Champs Elysées saw the Briton - finally - crowned the Tour s top all time sprinter, bringing down the curtain on a Tour packed with the greatest of historic sporting breakthroughs.
C**T
Sir Wiggo has long been a favorite of mine and at one time I had every ...
Sir Wiggo has long been a favorite of mine and at one time I had every stage of the ITV 2012 Tour coverage on my MacBook, but that took up a lot of space. These discs had been on my wish list for quite some time and the price just could no longer be beat. Plus from what I gather World Cycling Productions no longer exists, which had they not focused on Lance so much and realized there are other races other than the Tour they'd be around.I digress, this race was fantastic and I'm enjoying re-watching it. It truly was a British Tour given Wiggo's success, Cav & David Millar!
W**H
Excellent Tour!
This is an excellent tour marked by the first Brit to win. I had a number of DVDs by World Cycling Productions. Shame the company went out of business. Now there is no other company out there producing such videos.If you are in to collecting DVDs of the Tour de France, this is definitely one i would recommend.
R**X
Great coverage lots of hours of inspirational viewing
Riding the rollers in winter is boring..... I used to watch old movies until a decade ago when multi-hour DVDs of bike races came out. It is much more interesting to ride the rollers watching Bradley Wiggins and others as they race. When they sprint, I sprint, but somehow, I'm always caught at the line.
K**N
They picked the best moments - just as I remember them when I ...
I spent a few weeks watching this DVD in the basement while spinning on a trainer. They picked the best moments - just as I remember them when I watched it live - Froome dropping Wiggins, Wiggins leading the peloton to the bunch sprint, Cavendish bringing water bottles to his team. Classic! All the pre-stage specials they had are pretty interesting too.
D**.
Go Wiggo!
Great DVD, I missed the race when it was first broadcast so it was great to get all that bonus coverage.
B**B
Glad I got this!
So much fun to have this material on hand either to watch while on the trainer, or to keep me pumped up for the rides that I will be doing.
B**D
Great buy!
Great viewing while I ride my rollers. Watch the corners!
D**G
the crash scene was the best.
Many exciting footage caught on tape....the crash scene was the best.
R**W
Wiggo is fab, but this DVD has it's faults.
Unfortunately the some of the commentary is done by Phil Liggett who is not a very good commentator at all, whereas Paul Sherwin is an ex racing cyclist and he knows what he is on about. Other than Liggett's annoying remarks, the DVD is OK, but it should be in HD for the money and in this day and age.
P**T
Tour de France 2012 British invasion dvd ,featuring Sir Bradley Wiggins.
Very nice Tour de France 2012 dvd with winner Sir Bradley Wiggins .Relive all the highlights from every stage.The dvd arrived very fast and the quality is excellent.
M**S
Excellent, extras just ok
This is a great blu-ray, all the action from our (UKs') greatest cycling success, Mr Wiggins winning de tour, the extras where a bit dissapointing, many are shown on the main discs during the tour, then when you put in the extras disc, "wait a minute ive just seen this, thought this was the extras"? aside from that, if your a cycling fan (and obviously if your thinking of buying this you are) I would say buy it, you will love it!
M**L
The content is excellent but where is the colour
BEWARE! The content is excellent but where is the colour? If you like yellow and green and grey then this will suit. BUT I LIKE COLOUR. WHERE IS THE COLOUR??? I wus robbed. And no, my player is not faulty.
A**R
Five Stars
Wonderful coverage of a magnificent achievement, a shame that the more recent tours are not readily available on DVD.
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