The first Briton to win the Tour de France — and an Olympic gold cyclist across two very different disciplines.
Bradley Marc Wiggins was born in Ghent, Belgium in 1980 to an Australian father who was a professional cyclist and a British mother. He won Olympic gold medals in team pursuit cycling (2004, 2012, 2016) and individual pursuit (2004) and Olympic time trial (2012) — across two very different cycling disciplines. He won the Tour de France in 2012 — the first British rider to do so — followed a week later by a sideburned, mod-fashion time trial gold at the London Olympics. He was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours. He later admitted using therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) for triamcinolone — a corticosteroid — before major races.
Tour de France 2012
Career Honours
- Tour de France 2012
- Olympic Gold 5x (track and road)
- Knighted 2013