ROSS TUCKER: Bradley Wiggins, Team Sky and the science of 'marginal gains'
'He is not the first person to cast doubt on the mythical marginal gains concept, neither is he likely to be the last'
“I think it’s a load of rubbish, if I’m honest. A lot of people made a lot of money out of it and David Brailsford used it constantly as his calling card. But I always thought it was a load of rubbish.” So said 2011 Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins, about the concept of marginal gains, during a public appearance last week. Wiggins, it must be said, speaks with some personal venom fuelled by his perception that he has been sacrificed by his former team in the sport’s latest doping scandal. He is not, however, the first person to cast doubt on the mythical marginal gains concept, neither is he likely to be the last.
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