they only had to wait two years as bradley wiggins won the tour de france. to back tours in 2015 and 2016. but it wasn‘t all good news. there were some significant downs for british cycling too news of a jiffy bag delivered to wiggins at a race in 2011 became the subject of a long investigation by uk anti—doping. wiggins was cleared chris froome was investigated — and cleared — after a drug was found in his urine during his succesful 2017 tour of spain... froome‘s fourth triumph on the champs—elysees and then in spain kick started another incredible run. he went on to win the tour in italy earlier this year — his third grand tour in a row geraint thomas reigned in paris as he won the sport‘s biggest prize and this weekend simon yates made it a british clean sweep in the grand tours. michael hutchinson — sports writer and a former british cyclist — joins us on sportsday. simon yates was known to those in the sport and had been getting better and better — just how good is he? how good is the situation we have 110w how good is the situation we have now for brit

joining us is ovi to wiggins. wiggins. pamela wood from the baltimore sun. from the hagerstown maryland herald mail, tamala baker. from wndt, ryan eldridge. i would like to thank those four organizations for participating. also, our other partners including wbal baltimore, wypr radio, and the league of women voters. here's how the questions will work. each candidate will respond to each question. each question will alternate the orders. answers will be 60 seconds. there will be time for sixty second rebuttals. while this debate began in an unusual manner, it was negotiated directly between the campaigns in a bilateral agreement. now that we are on the air, this is a production of maryland public television and the reporters and i are under no restrictions whatsoever in terms of the questions that can be asked. let's go to ovida from the "post." reporter: governor hogan, although the economy has rebounded and wage growth remains stagnant in maryland, many have not seen their paychecks grow. what would you do to grow the private sector and raise wages? gov. ho

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managed it really has been a rapid rise for british cycling since that first victory for bradley wigginssome reaction from the day's racing. patrickjust give us a sense of what yates has done today and how close he is now...? he has taken a massive step towards that title. it was a really bold display. i think it's caught a lot of people by surprise. normally when riders are in the situation where they are in the lead and so close to they are in the lead and so close to the end, they tend to go on the defensive. they sort of mark their nearest rival. and follow and follow and react. whereas what simon yates did today was go on the offensive. and from far out he attacked tank lodgers from the summit. that is a long way to go from. it shows how progressive a rider he is and how unafraid he is to really take the race on against... when he feels it in his legs as he feels the right moment to go, he go go for it. and i think it did catch us by surprise. no one would expect him to go from that far. you can see that they were hesitating behinds. in the end, to ta ke hesitating behinds. in the e

9 of the past 20 grand tours have been won by british cyclists starting in 2012 with sir bradley wigginsthat there hadn't been a single british winner of a grand tour it's particularly huge considering the sport six years a ago. chris froome has been the name that's stood out garr land thomas had his year and now simon yates before he was chased down by chris froome, used that to his advantage didn't sulk. came back stronger not all of the solid time and you can see here with his michelin scott team, first place in madrid and now he's amongst cycling's elite. as you can hear from him now, still probably at a little bit of disbelief over what's happened. >> i think it's still sinking in what i've really accomplished here i came back from a really, you know, heart break and really rebounded well yeah i don't know what to say i'm just really, you know, shock that i've been able to pull it off. >> now staying with the british theme but switching from two wheels to four, it was another great weekend for lewis hamilton in the mercedes. impressive as he was in qualifying, a sparkling. was the t

doing wiggins and mama's family.nd people are still buying the dvd. >> laura: and tyler perry, i love "madea." >> raymond: need unifying comedy, carson is right, humor suffers, we don't need that anymore. >> laura: worst offense? it is not funny. >> raymond: it is not. >> laura: conan is. seinfeld is speaking about the roseanne reboot. >> raymond: everybody was saying, this is great, i said, she is a loose cannon and abc had to let her go. seinfeld is saying, shouldn't have redone that, recast the role with another actress and added this controversy. >> i didn't see why it was necessary to fire her. why murder someone committing suicide. i never saw someone end their career with one button push, that was fresh. >> raymond: i think what he was saying, tongue and cheek, the audience should have decided what to do with roseanne. maybe give her another chance. i don't know. seinfeld hates pc culture and doesn't speak on college campus es. >> laura: he said that. >> raymond: play the bite. >> laura: ducktails back to what

it is a massive event, in terms of cyclist in great britain, bradley wiggins and chris froome have alsoe achievement means that victory in the felt as spaniel means that three different cyclists from the same country have won the three biggest races in the same year, which has never been done before. —— vuelta a espana. simon yates had led the giro d'italia three months ago but fatigue set in on the 19th stage and he went from first to 18th, but he learned from that and he showed physical and mental strength to come back and win yesterday. he is still only 26, so plenty of time to get stronger and improve his talent and he is the youngest of the recent grand tour winners. lots of stories about him on the back pages, but he is not expecting to be recognised on the streets just yet. is not expecting to be recognised on the streetsjust yet. i don't is not expecting to be recognised on the streets just yet. i don't think superstar is the correct word. cycling is still a small sport, especially in the uk. we have many su ccesses especially in the uk. we have many successes now, but compare i

it has also picked up from wiggins in 2012.it is quite extraordinary by any standards, never mind for britain. it was almost invisible as a force in road cycling. we have had simon who won with the mitchelton—scott team rather than team sky and all the other winners have come from team sky, so that is also interesting and a distinctly positive development. simon yates has never got the call up simon yates has never got the call upi simon yates has never got the call se simon yates has never got the call up i suppose from team sky, which i suppose could happen now. would he move? they did try to sign him back in 2013, 201a and he races with his twin brother adam. team sky didn't wa nt to twin brother adam. team sky didn't want to sign adam, theyjust wanted simon. both of them in the end went to mitchelton—scott. i would be surprised if he moved. i think mitchelton—scott are building a team around the brothers and they are probably going to stay where they are for the moment. team sky acronym and —— at the minute have an embarras

chris broadman — barcelona olympic gold and lottery funding 1997. 20 years after boardman, bradley wigginsrst 259 grand tours, but yates' victory in madrid means a british rider has now been victorious in nine of the last 20, inlcuding winning the last five in a row. they have gone from being challenges to dominating the sport, although italy have won 85 titles and france and spain have around 50. england women's rob reteam, it is a significant day for them? —— rugby team. england women's rugby union players will be given full—time professional contracts from next year. that's after they had been controversially scrapped after the 2017 world cup as the rfu focused on sevens rugby. but now there will be 28 contracts available. the sport's govering body said it demontrated their commitment to growing the women's game and their ambition to be the world's number one team. some other sport to tell you about. two english players dominated major league soccer on sunday as dc united and new york red bulls drew 3—3. wayne rooney scored dc‘s second, which put them in front midway through the second