Eventual winner Wiggins considered quitting 2012 Tour de France after issues with Froome
Bradley Wiggins has claimed Chris Froome’s antics almost led to him quitting the 2012 Tour de France, the year he won the race.Wiggins says what he perceived as Sky team-mate Froome’s aggressive riding in the mountains left him so disillusioned he wanted to walk away from the race.
In a new book from former Sky director Sean Yates, it is revealed Wiggins wrote a text from his hotel room which read: ‘I think it would be better for everyone if I went home.’
Controversy: Wiggins felt Froome hadn't stuck to the team's tactics
Yates says: ‘Wiggins felt like Froome had stabbed him in the back.’
Yates says he and team principal Dave Brailsford had to convince Wiggins to stay on the race.
The problem arose on stage 11 to La Toussuire. Yates says there had been a plan for Froome to attack 500 metres from the end but he was asking to attack much earlier. This angered Wiggins.
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