Bradley Wiggins

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Bradley Wiggins
Personal information
Full name Bradley Wiggins
Date of birth April 28, 1980 (1980-04-28) (age 28)
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Team information
Current team Team High Road
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2001
2002–2003
2004–2005
2006–2007
2008–		 Linda McCartney
Française des Jeux
Crédit Agricole
Cofidis
Team High Road
Major wins
Olympic Games, Pursuit (2004)
World Championship, Pursuit (2003, 2007, 2008)
World Championship, Madison (2008)
World Championship, Team Pursuit (2007, 2008)
Dauphiné Libéré, 1 stage (2007)
Infobox last updated on:
March 31, 2008
Wiggins in the 2007 Tour de France prologue in London
Wiggins in the 2007 Tour de France prologue in London

Bradley Wiggins, OBE (born April 28, 1980) is an English professional track and road bicycle racer. He won three medals on the track at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

The son of a professional cyclist, Gary Wiggins, Bradley Wiggins was born in Ghent, Belgium but grew up in Maida Vale, London. Following his father, he started cycling early, racing at south London's Herne Hill Velodrome aged 12.[1]

At the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, Wiggins won bronze in the team pursuit. He won gold in the 4km individual pursuit in Athens before winning a silver in the team pursuit, and a bronze with Rob Hayles in the Madison.

In 2001 Wiggins signed for the British professional road cycling team, the Linda McCartney Racing Team before it disbanded in early 2001[2]. In 2005, Wiggins rode for the French pro team Crédit Agricole, and rode in the 2005 Giro d'Italia. He then moved to the French professional road cycling team Cofidis in 2006, and participated in the 2006 and 2007 Tours de France.

In the New Year's Honours List published 31 December 2004 he was awarded an OBE for services to sport.

Wiggins returned to the track for the Manchester round of the UCI World Cup and the world championships in 2007, winning the individual and team pursuit. He followed on the road by winning the prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.

He raced in the 2007 Tour de France for Cofidis and took 4th in the Prologue in London. He also won the combativity award on Stage 6 for a long solo breakaway (Incidentally, Stage 6 was the day of the 40th Anniversary of the death of British cyclist Tom Simpson); his team were withdrawn after Cristian Moreni failed a doping test [3].

In 2008 he signed with Team High Road, successor of the T-Mobile Team however the main focus of the year is the Olympic Gold at the Beijing Olympics. At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, Bradley won three gold medals: in the Individual Pursuit, Team Pursuit, and Madison.

Bradley Wiggins in the Prologue of the 2008 Tour of California
Bradley Wiggins in the Prologue of the 2008 Tour of California

Contents

[edit] Accomplishments

Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain
Track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens 4km individual pursuit
Silver 2004 Athens Team pursuit
Bronze 2004 Athens Madison
Bronze 2000 Sydney Team pursuit

[edit] Olympic Medals

2000 Summer Olympics
Bronze, Team Pursuit
2004 Summer Olympics
Gold, 4km Individual Pursuit
Silver, Team Pursuit
Bronze, Madison

[edit] World Championships

1998 UCI U19 Track World Championships
Gold, 2km Individual Pursuit
2000 UCI Track World Championships
Silver, Team Pursuit
2001 UCI Track World Championships
Silver, Team Pursuit
2002 UCI Track World Championships
Bronze, Team Pursuit
2003 UCI Track World Championships
Gold, 4km Individual Pursuit
Silver, Team Pursuit
2007 UCI Track World Championships
Gold, 4km Individual Pursuit
Gold, Team Pursuit
2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Gold, 4km Individual Pursuit
Gold, Team Pursuit (World Record Time)
Gold, Men's Madison

[edit] Commonwealth Games

2002 Commonwealth Games
Silver, 4km Individual Pursuit
Silver, Team Pursuit

[edit] Other races won

2003
2005
2007
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[edit] Quotes

"Most people were too drunk to notice me" On his experiences of late-night practice runs for the London leg of the Tour de France.

"It is nice to be recognised for actually achieving something in life as opposed to spending seven weeks in a house on TV with a load of other muppets." A reference to the television programme, Big Brother, after finishing fourth in the Tour de France prologue. [4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sport blog: Looking down from Herne Hill, I can see the future is bright. Guardian Unlimited (8 April 2007).
  2. ^ Wiggins wheels his way to history. BBC SPORT (31 December 2004).
  3. ^ Wiggins' Cofidis team out of Tour. BBC SPORT (25 July 2007).
  4. ^ Fun and Games:Quotes of the Week. BBC News (17 July 2007).
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Persondata
NAME Wiggins, Bradley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiggins OBE, Bradley
SHORT DESCRIPTION Racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 1980-04-28
PLACE OF BIRTH Ghent, Belgium
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH