Just when you thought the British makeover of the Champs-Elysees was complete, Bradley Wiggins stepped up on to the podium to add a finishing touch that was all his own. Grasping a microphone that had been thrust in his hand to replace the trophies which will for ever proclaim him as winner of the Tour de France, the 32-year-old Londoner surveyed the faces — half a million of them — pressed towards him from every angle. It seemed a daunting task to set a bike rider and Wiggins looked to be struggling for the words to express his joy and gratitude. He wasn’t. Triumphant: Bradley Wiggins celebrates as he crosses the line in Paris Top of the tree: Wiggins (centre) is...
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