I caught a TV advert on Quest featuring the inspiring life story of Sir Bradley Wiggins. At the end  he got into a silver Mark 3 Skoda Combi. Current model and not a facelifted one.

Surprised and pleased at that. 

Was it a Skoda advert?  They are paying him a few quid to boost the brand 

He's the new celebrity face of the brand. 

 

Skoda has a long history and strong connection with cycling competitions, they also used kodiaqs as support vehicles long before their official release. 

Maybe they've made more than one, but I thought it was a Superb? I saw a link to an article (probably on here) that he drives a 280 Superb as part of a sponsorship deal. 

 

http://www.skoda.co.uk/why-skoda/driven-by-something-different/pages/default.aspx

It's a superb in the advert, they also use them as support vehicles. 

I wanna be sponsored by Fred Perry and Skoda, lucky barstard.

A good Ambassador for the VW Group.

Both Sir Bradley and some VW's benefit from 'A fix' after approval from the governing authorities to get the required performance that meets testing.

 

Jonathan Browning the CEO of VW USA 2010-2013 is now the head of British Cycling, so that is all sorted now for any inquiries into wrong doing.

Knows nothing about anything being underhand or concerning cheating..

Edited 12 February, 20179 yr by Offski

My mistake. What's the very quick way to ID the front end of a Superb v Octavia ?

Too quick live to see the headlight washers,  if that's  still the difference.

14 minutes ago, gregoir said:

My mistake. What's the very quick way to ID the front end of a Superb v Octavia ?

Too quick live to see the headlight washers,  if that's  still the difference.

The triangular shape under the outside edge of the headlights on the Superb isn't there on an Octy.
Of course once the facelift arrives, if it's pig-ugly it's an Octavia.

It's all a part of the new campaign. You can be on it too

 

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/announcement/9-looking-for-real-skoda-drivers-for-media-campaign-updated/

 

I'd love for 10-% of wiggins fee to be dropped into a owners support pot! 

 

 

Well Sir Brad is not going to be dropping off any ski jumps.   His 'Broken leg' looks to be a non serious fracture requiring neither cast or operation 

just leaving the Celebratory Earner that is 'The Jump'. 

On 12/02/2017 at 13:49, gregoir said:

My mistake. What's the very quick way to ID the front end of a Superb v Octavia ?

Too quick live to see the headlight washers,  if that's  still the difference.

The line of the bonnet on the Superb comes down to the hard chine at the side that goes all the way down the side of the car to join the front and rear lights.  Whereas on the Octavia the bonnet line is slightly above the chine.

Why is he a 'Sir' anyway. Why was he Knighted?

 

Ok, so he is a world class cyclist, but so were / are all of his team and a lot of other teams.

 

Has he done anything else, such as charity work or the likes? or was the recognition just for his cycling?

17 minutes ago, Tilt said:

Why is he a 'Sir' anyway. Why was he Knighted?

 

Ok, so he is a world class cyclist, but so were / are all of his team and a lot of other teams.

 

Has he done anything else, such as charity work or the likes? or was the recognition just for his cycling?

For the same reasons as Sir Chris Hoy

On 21/02/2017 at 11:58, Tilt said:

Why is he a 'Sir' anyway. Why was he Knighted?

 

He plays guitar in a band and if you squint he sort of looks like Paul Weller used to.

Will Skoda just stick with their advertising campaign?, as obviously Sir Bradley Wiggins has never done wrong, and the VW Group are fine with ignoring 

any suggesting of dodgy testing or practices.

George,

Hope the British Cycling Executives, didn't also impact on the previous Olympic Indoor Cycle Team - Hope the  Scottish Knight of the Realm doesn't get roped in with retrospective checks.

Lets hope the Amateurs the Professionals and the Professional Amateurs are not all in the same boat when it comes to doctors signing them to 

be allowed medicines for their debilitating illnesses and injuries while in or out of the season.

While the highly professional team that supports their lives and training & competitions keep so poor records of the medication procured and supplied.

Edited 5 March, 20188 yr by AwaoffSki

Amazes me how many top athletes profess to suffer from asthma.

Shane Sutton’s testimony outed Sky and their ethics.

Edited 5 March, 20188 yr by kevberlin

Asthma comes in different forms

He is speaking very very sincerely in the interviews being aired.

I sincerely hope he was not involved in cheating in anyway, same with Chris Froome, but holy sh!t Team Sky and the riders are very very lax on record keeping when it comes to medicating it would appear, yet everything else is so controlled, recorded, oxygen intake, fluids, food, weight, in and out of training.

Even Non sports people with asthma or other possibly debilitating illness's know when they take orally, anally, or intravenously.

(well you hope you know when you have a wee ***** or a suppository, medicine or just caffeine..)

17 hours ago, kevberlin said:

Amazes me how many top athletes profess to suffer from asthma.

I used to think that but I heard one top athlete, who also suffers from it explaining that, asthma is a reaction / allergy to pollutants in your lungs. The more lung capacity you have, the more you're liable to have a reaction. It made sense to me. It may have been Jessica Ennis Hill, but don't quote me.

Handy that it can assist in weight loss & performance / recovery, but it does have the side effects obviously.

 

That Russian / American Tennis player was so very seriously affected that she needed the medication until banned, 

and now she appears to be managing to play without that, maybe just some other form of medication that does not break the rules.

David Millar_ 'I took powerful, dangerous drug thanks to TUE loophole' - Cycling Weekly.mhtml

Millar says drugs Wiggins took cause rapid weight loss, power gain - Sticky Bottle - Sticky Bottle.mhtml

Edited 6 March, 20188 yr by AwaoffSki