Sir Bradley Wiggins is a British professional road and track cyclist born April 28, 1980, in Ghent, Belgium, who in 2012 became the first British rider to win the Tour de France and the same year became Great Britain's most decorated Olympian, finishing his career with eight Olympic medals across five Games. He is the only cyclist to have won world and Olympic titles on both the track and the road, won three individual pursuit and two team pursuit world titles, set the hour record in 2015 at 54.526 kilometers, and was knighted in 2013.
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Career HighlightGreat Britain's most decorated Olympian with eight medals across five Games, and the first British winner of the Tour de France, in 2012. 1 Classification
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Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016.
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Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016.
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Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016.
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He became Great Britain's most decorated Olympian, amassing eight medals across five Games, and remains the only rider to have won World and Olympic titles on the track and road.
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Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016.
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Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016.
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In 2012, Wiggins won the Paris-Nice, the Tour de Romandie, the Critérium du Dauphiné, and became the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France and the time trial at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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In 2018, the British House of Commons Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport concluded that Team Sky had used triamcinolone in 2012 under TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption) "to prepare Bradley Wiggins, and possibly other riders supporting him, for the Tour de France.
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