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Bradley Wiggins (born April 28, 1980, Ghent, Belgium) Belgian-born British cyclist who was the first rider from the United Kingdom to win the Tour de France (2012). Wiggins was the son of an Australian track cyclist. He moved to London with his English mother at the age of two following his parents’ divorce.
Jul 22, 2012 · Wiggins Becomes First Briton to Win Tour. Bradley Wiggins celebrated after crossing the finish line of the 20th and final stage of the Tour de France. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters. PARIS — It was an ...
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With internal rivalries put to one side for now, the race resumed but more drama was to come. On stage 14 spectators threw tacks on the road. Defending champion Cadel Evans was among those to suffer a puncture and Wiggins ordered his team-mates and the rest of the peloton to slow and wait for the Australian, believing it unfair to press on their ad...
Wiggins had long been at his best when racing against the clock, and effectively sealed overall victory by winning the stage 19 time trial. He had one more job to do, however, as Wiggins and his yellow jersey led out his old friend and team-mate Mark Cavendish, who took victory on the final stage on the Champs-Elysees.
Wiggins barely had time to celebrate his win as he headed straight to London for the Olympics, but a little over a week later he could offer a victory salute from a throne after doubling up with time trial gold. Wiggins' win proved a breakthrough as Team Sky/Ineos went on to win six of the next seven Tours, five with Brits as Froome took four and G...
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. In 2014, he won gold in the time trial at the road world championships, and founded the WIGGINS cycling team.
- Bradley Marc Wiggins
- Wiggo
- 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
- 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour in 2011. The following year, Bradley Wiggins became the first British cyclist to win the Tour. Chris Froome became the second successive British winner in 2013, which was the 100th edition of the race.
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- Since 1975, finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris
The 1962 Tour de France design of the yellow jersey, as worn by Tom Simpson on stage thirteen as leader of the general classification. Since the establishment of the competition in 1903, nine British riders have led the general classification in the Tour de France at the end of a stage during one of the 103 editions of the Tours de France.
Dec 15, 2023 · Wiggins, who retired from cycling in 2016, became the first Briton to win the Tour de France in 2012. "A lot of my cycling career was about running away from my past really," said Wiggins, who was ...
