Sentence examples for riders sir from inspiring English sources

Of the six Tours since Team Sky first appeared at la Grande Boucle in 2010 they have won three overall with two riders, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome, and taken 12 stages, a record which is beginning to bear comparison with some of the best-known teams in cycling history such as Bernard Hinault's Renault and Miguel Indurain's and Pedro Delgado's Reynolds-Banesto.

Key riders Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton, who looked in top form at February's Track World Cup, are both in action in the team sprints on day one.

Geraint Thomas can win the Tour de France, according to his fellow Team Sky rider Sir Bradley Wiggins.

Britain boasts the reigning Tour de France champion, with Team Sky rider Sir Bradley Wiggins the country's first man to win the event last July.

Meanwhile, Sutton has received backing from a number of British riders, including Sir Chris Hoy.

In the lead-up to the race, there had been disappointment that the big name British riders - Sir Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish and Chris Froome - were not competing in the event.

British riders like Sir Bradley Wiggins have often been sneered at in this way, which must make winning road races feel so much better.

It is an area in which Sky have several years of experience with other riders such as Sir Bradley Wiggins and more recently Geraint Thomas.

On the startline will be top riders including Britons Sir Bradley Wiggins and Ben Swift, and Germany's Marcel Kittel, who won the first stage of the Tour de France in Harrogate last summer.

It sounds insignificant but whereas in the past a strong rider such as Sir Chris Hoy could make his move as the motorbike moved away, the extra 125m is enough to make the riders stall briefly before launching their sprints, making for a more tactical race.

Sutton said he felt the cycling world had seen two contrasting Cavendishes on the Olympic velodrome in London, the tentative figure who rode to fifth overall in the omnium and the assured rider who partnered Sir Bradley Wiggins to gold in the Madison relay the following day.