• Tour de France

Wiggins resets his goals after tough start

ESPN staff
July 14, 2010
Bradley Wiggins has lost nearly eight minutes on leader Andy Schleck © Getty Images
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Bradley Wiggins has been forced to re-evaluate his targets after a disappointing start to the Tour de France.

Wiggins came into the Tour confident of improving on last year's fourth place, but has now set his sights on a top-ten finish.

The British rider lies in 16th place after nine stages of the three-week Tour, 7:44 behind leader Andy Schleck, but has not given up hope of securing a place in the top ten.

"I don't think general classification's over in terms of getting a respectable position," he said. "That may be top 10 for me."

"We'll just keep pushing on, see what happens, do our best and that's all we can do now. I don't want to give up, there's been so much support out there on the road, it's been fantastic."

Wiggins hit another setback on Sunday when his team-mate Simon Gerrans was ruled out of the Tour after breaking his arm.

"We put everything into it, it hasn't worked - it's not because we haven't tried," Wiggins said."That's just the way it goes. That's life, unfortunately."

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