Bradley Wiggins

Biography

Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but later made the transition to road cycling. He enjoyed an illustrious career, highlighted by his historic victory in 2012 as the first British winner of the Tour de France. He became Great Britain’s most decorated Olympian, amassing eight medals across five Games, and remains the only rider in history to have won both World and Olympic titles on the track and the road. In 2015 he broke the world hour record with a distance of 54.526 kilometres. He has also won several other stage races, and won the Vélo d'Or in 2012. He received a Knighthood in 2013 for services to cycling.