Bradley Wiggins: "That was the most animated cobbled stage of the Tour de France"

The Tour de France's much-discussed cobbled stage presented several difficulties to even the most seasoned riders and teams. Bradley Wiggins described the Tour de France's cobbled Stage 5 as "the most animated" in the tour.

Tadej Pogacar, the defending champion, was able to avoid accidents which impressed Wiggins. "From 1km, that was carnage. That was the most animated cobbled stage of the Tour de France for the 20 years it’s been included. It had everything today, and I think it’s had a real shake-up of the GC. But the big man, of course, Pogacar, what can he not do. Pogacar, a bit like yesterday when we found it hard to digest with Van Aert, Pogacar on the cobbles – amazing,” said Wiggins.

Team Jumbo-Visma suffered the most, with Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard, and Wout van Aert all involved in accidents ."When Van Aert crashed, the yellow jersey, who would’ve thought that this morning? Geraint Thomas made it through, so, all in all, it was a good day for the Brits,” concluded Wiggins.