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Sir Bradley Wiggins
Wiggins at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Full nameBradley Marc Wiggins
NicknameSir Wiggo
Born (1980-04-28) 28 April 1980 (age 44)
Ghent, Belgium
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Team information
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DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist/all-rounder (Road)
Pursuitist (Track)
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General Classification (2012)
2 stages, ITT (2012)
Giro d'Italia
1 stage, ITT (2010)

Stage Races

Critérium du Dauphiné (2011, 2012)
Paris–Nice (2012)
Tour de Romandie (2012)
Herald Sun Tour (2009)

Single-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championship
(2011)
National Time Trial Championship
(2009, 2010)
Olympic Time Trial Champion (2012)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Representing  Great Britain
Road bicycle racing
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Time trial
Track cycling
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Madison
World Championships
Representing  Great Britain
Road bicycle racing
Silver medal – second place 2011 Copenhagen Time trial
Track cycling
Gold medal – first place 2003 Stuttgart Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2007 Palma de Mallorca Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2007 Palma de Mallorca Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester Madison
Silver medal – second place 2000 Manchester Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2001 Antwerp Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2003 Stuttgart Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Ballerup Team pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Representing  England
Track cycling
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester Team pursuit

Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTeam You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Misplaced Pages.. Wiggins began his career on the track, but has made the transition to road cycling and is one of the few cyclists to gain success in both forms of professional cycling. He won the 2012 Tour de France, becoming the first British winner since it began in 1903.

Wiggins is the only cyclist to have won the Tour de France and an Olympic gold medal in the same year. Wiggins has won seven Olympic medals, the most won by any British Olympian (a total equalled by Sir Chris Hoy); four of them are gold, the third most gold medals won by a British Olympian, behind Hoy (six) and Sir Steve Redgrave (five).

Wiggins's career began in track cycling, specialising in the pursuit and the madison, before he gradually moved towards road racing. He has won six cycling World Championships, his first in 2003 and his most recent in 2008. He won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a gold, a silver and a bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics, two golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

After the 2008 Olympics, Wiggins took a break from the track to focus on the road. Initially viewed as a time trial specialist and as a rouleur, Wiggins showed his ability in stage races when he came 4th in the 2009 Tour de France (later promoted to 3rd after Lance Armstrong's results were voided in October 2012). His first victory in a major stage race came in the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné, and he also finished third in the 2011 Vuelta a España and second in the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships. In 2012 Wiggins won the 2012 Paris–Nice, the 2012 Tour de Romandie, the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné, the 2012 Tour de France and the time trial at the Olympics, receiving the Vélo d'Or award for best rider of the year. He also won the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, and was awarded a knighthood as part of the 2013 New Years Honours.

Early life

Wiggins was born in 1980 in Ghent, Belgium, to English mother Linda and Australian father Gary Wiggins, who was based in Belgium as a professional cyclist. His father left the family when Bradley was two years old, and Bradley moved to London with his mother to stay with her parents in the Dibdin House estate in Maida Vale. He has a younger brother, Ryan.

The Herne Hill Velodrome in south London, where Wiggins started his track cycling career at the age of 12.

Linda was a school secretary at St Augustine's Church of England High School, a voluntary aided state comprehensive school in Kilburn, north London, which Bradley attended. At age 12 he raced on the unopened A312 dual carriageway in Hayes, west London, the Herne Hill Velodrome and the circuits at Crystal Palace and Eastway in London. "At 12", he recalled in an interview, "I told my art teacher, I’m going to be Olympic champion, I’m going to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour." He represented Camden in the London Youth Games as a teenager, and in 2010 he was inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame.

Career

Early years

In 1997 Wiggins made his major breakthrough, winning the World Junior Pursuit title in Cuba aged 17. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur he won a silver medal in the team pursuit competing for England. When he was 20, Wiggins won a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2001 he signed for the Linda McCartney Racing Team, a British professional road cycling team, and won the UCI ranked Cinturón a Mallorca and Flèche du Sud. In 2002 he joined the French team You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Throughout 2003, Wiggins was mentored by Chris Boardman and was seen as Boardman's successor. At the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Stuttgart, he won gold in the individual pursuit and silver in the team pursuit. In September he won the opening individual time trial of the Tour de l'Avenir and in November with Matthew Gilmore won the Six Days of Ghent. In 2004 he moved to the You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Wiggins became the first British athlete for 40 years to win three medals at one Games, the last being Mary Rand at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He won the gold in the individual pursuit, silver in the team pursuit and bronze in the madison with his race partner Rob Hayles. Wiggins was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours for services to sport.

In early 2005, he revealed his desire to compete in road cycling and in April won the time trial on stage 2 of the Circuit de Lorraine, then went on to win stage 8 of the Tour de l'Avenir in September. Wiggins rode the 2005 Giro d'Italia, finishing 123rd overall. He moved to You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2007

Wiggins finished 4th in the opening time trial of the 2007 Tour de France in London

In 2007 Wiggins returned to the track for the Manchester round of the UCI World Cup and the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the individual pursuit and team pursuit.

On the road he won the prologues of the Four Days of Dunkirk and 2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, before competing in the 2007 Tour de France and finishing 4th in the prologue in London. He won the combativity award on stage 6 for a long solo breakaway on the 40th anniversary of British rider Tom Simpson's death in the 1967 Tour de France. Cofidis withdrew from the race before stage 16 after their Italian rider Cristian Moreni failed a doping test. Wiggins and his team mates were interviewed by police. In the aftermath of the positive drug tests on Moreni and on race leader Alexander Vinokourov, Wiggins spoke out against dopers in the tour and threw away his Cofidis kit in a bin in Pau Pyrénées Airport, vowing never to race for the team again. In August he won the stage 4 time trial of the Tour du Poitou-Charentes and in September, with team mate Michiel Elijzen, won the Duo Normand, a 53.4 km (33.2 mi) two-man team time trial. His season ended with a disappointing 10th place in the time trial at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships in Stuttgart.

2008

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Wiggins and Mark Cavendish on their way to becoming the 2008 world madison champions in Manchester

At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester he won three gold medals: pursuit, team pursuit and madison (with Cavendish).

He went to th 2008 Giro d'Italia riding in a team role, using it to keep up his fitness level for the Olympics. He came 4th in the final stage's time trial and finished the race in 134th place.

At the Olympics he again won the individual pursuit, becoming the first rider to defend an Olympic pursuit title successfully. He was a member of the team pursuit that broke the world record in the heats with 3:55:202, beating Russia to the ride-off for silver and gold. Next day, the team won the gold medal with a new world record of 3:53:314, beating Denmark by 6.7 seconds. He paired with Cavendish in the madison. As the reigning madison world champions, they were favourites for the gold medal, but they only finished 9th. Cavendish was left as the only British cyclist (from a team of thirteen) not to have won a medal, and he felt that Wiggins had not performed to the best of his ability in the madison. They did not talk to each other for months. "Cav is like my little brother", said Wiggins, "and I love him dearly. But we left the stadium without saying a word to each other and we've yet to speak". They restored their friendship with an exchange of texts and have remained good friends since then, as they both made the transition to road cycling.

In October Wiggins published an autobiography, In Pursuit of Glory, and in September joined the American team You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2009

Wiggins finished 4th in the the 2009 Tour de France (later promoted to 3rd after Lance Armstrong's results were voided in 2012)

Wiggins started the season in February by helping You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Wiggins arrived at the Tour de France having lost 6 kilograms (13 lb). He came 3rd in the opening time trial in Monaco and helped You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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In September Wiggins won the British National Time Trial Championships, and in October he ended the season by winning the Herald Sun Tour in Victoria, Australia, after helping team-mates for most of the race. He led after winning the stage 5 time trial in Geelong by 14 seconds over team-mate Svein Tuft. Wiggins had been contracted to ride for Garmin Slipstream again in 2010, but it was announced in December 2009 that he was to leave to join You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2010

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Wiggins began 2010 as a team leader for the first time. He was part of the team that won the team time trial on stage 1 of the 2010 Tour of Qatar. On 10 May he took his first major win of the year in Amsterdam with the opening time trial of the 2010 Giro d'Italia – his first win in a Grand Tour. He lost the pink jersey to Cadel Evans on stage 2 and continued to lose time in the early stages, but recovered much of it on stage 11, in which he finished 4th. He faded quickly towards the end of the race, however, losing a lot of time over the final stages and finishing 40th.

Wiggins made a poor start in the 2010 Tour de France, taking 77th place in the opening prologue after an early starting position left him exposed to poor conditions. He finished 8th on stage 3, as cobblestones troubled a number of favourites, but on stage 8 at Morzine-Avoriaz, the first mountain summit finish of the Tour, he could only manage 19th place, losing 1 minute 45 seconds to stage winner Andy Schleck. Next day he lost more time on stage 9, coming 30th and losing 4 minutes 55 seconds to the main contenders. He finished in 24th place, 39 minutes 7 seconds behind winner Alberto Contador and 7 places behind team-mate Thomas Löfkvist. Contador was later found guilty of doping and Andy Schleck was named winner. In September he retained the British national time trial title at the National Championships in Llandeilo.

2011

Wiggins was team leader of Team Sky again at the start of 2011. He opted not to enter the 2011 Giro d'Italia, concentrating instead on shorter events and the classics before undertaking altitude training to improve his climbing for the Tour de France. He finished 3rd overall in the 2011 Paris–Nice after finishing 2nd on stage 6, and in March he finished 2nd on stage 3's time trial of the 2011 Critérium International.

Wiggins took one of his biggest road racing victories at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné.

Wiggins won the stage 4 time trial of the 2011 Bayern-Rundfahrt and finished the event in 14th place overall, while also helping team-mate Geraint Thomas to win the event. He then went for altitude training in preparation for the Tour de France. He took the overall lead in the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné after finishing 2nd in the stage 3 time trial. On the final three mountain stages, Wiggins maintained his lead over second-placed Evans to win the Dauphiné, at that time his biggest victory in road racing. On 26 June Wiggins won the British National Road Race Championships in Northumberland, his final race before the Tour de France. On 8 July he crashed out of the 2011 Tour de France on stage 7 with a broken collarbone.

After he had recovered from his injuries, Team Sky confirmed that Wiggins would ride in the 2011 Vuelta a España for the first time, as well as in the World Championships. Wiggins also confirmed that he would take part the Tour de France in 2012, even though the Olympics would follow soon after. The Vuelta and the World Championships were seen as a dress rehearsal for 2012. He had a difficult start to the Vuelta, as Team Sky finished 42 seconds behind in the opening team time trial in Benidorm, but a strong first week brought him back into contention, leaving him 19th overall after stage 8. On stage 9, Wiggins and teammate Chris Froome attacked on the final climb to finish 4th and 5th respectively, gaining time on Joaquim Rodríguez, Michele Scarponi and other contenders. Wiggins was expected to take the overall lead in the time trial on the following day, but Froome confounded expectations by finishing 2nd on the stage, and Wiggins only rose to 3rd overall. He eventually took the lead after the rest day. After losing a few seconds to Vincenzo Nibali on the following days, stage 14 saw Wiggins and Froome gaining on most of their rivals, while Nibali lost more than a minute. Wiggins lost the lead to Juan José Cobo on stage 15, when he finished 5th on the climb up the Angliru and dropped to 3rd in the standings, behind Froome, who was 2nd. Wiggins finished the Vuelta in 3rd place, his first Grand Tour podium.

In September Wiggins finished 2nd behind Tony Martin in the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Four days later, he was part of the Great Britain team that set up Mark Cavendish's victory in the road race.

2012

Wiggins wearing the yellow jersey on his way to victory on the stage 19 time trial of the 2012 Tour de France

In 2012 Wiggins continued to focus on road racing. The individual pursuit is no longer an Olympic event, and in December 2011 coach Rod Ellingworth told The Guardian, "The chances of him doing the team pursuit are really slim now". He began his 2012 season with 3rd place in the 2012 Volta ao Algarve, including victory in the concluding time trial, edging out world champion Tony Martin of You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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In March, Wiggins finished 2nd in the opening time trial of the 2012 Paris–Nice, despite setting his time in wet conditions. The following day he took the lead in the race after being part of a 30-man breakaway as the peloton split into echelons. He held the lead for the rest of the event, winning the final stage, a time-trial on the Col d'Èze, to win the race by eight seconds overall and become the first British rider to win the race since Simpson in 1967. His final stage victory was also good enough to give him the points classification.

On stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de Romandie in April, Wiggins took a rare sprint victory from a group of 59 riders. He lost the jersey to Luis León Sánchez after Sánchez won two consecutive stages, but won the final time trial, despite suffering a dropped chain, to take the overall victory and become the first Briton to win the race in its 65-year history.

Wiggins began defending his 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné title in June with a 2nd place finish in the prologue. He took the overall lead the following day, after Durbridge was dropped on one of the stage's six climbs. Wiggins won stage 4 of the race, a 53.5 km (33.2 mi) time trial, 34 seconds ahead of Martin, his nearest rival, extending his lead over him to 38 seconds. He held the lead to the end, eventually winning by over a minute from team-mate Michael Rogers.

He entered the 2012 Tour de France as one of the favourites to win it. Wiggins began the Tour with second place in the prologue, behind Fabian Cancellara. He took over the yellow jersey by finishing third on stage 7, the first mountaintop finish. In doing so, he became only the second British rider (after David Millar) to have led all three Grand Tours. Wiggins won the stage 9 time trial, and on stage 10, he and his team staved off an attack by Nibali on the descent of the Grand Columbier, leading Nibali to accuse Wiggins of disrespecting him. He extended his lead on stage 11 after Froome helped him to bridge across to his rivals, who had attacked on the finishing climb to La Toussuire.

During stage 14, a mountain stage, a spectator threw carpet tacks on to the narrow road at the top of the Mur de Péguère climb. Several riders suffered punctures, including Evans, the defending champion, who lost approximately two minutes while his team repaired his bicycle. Wiggins and his fellow members of Team Sky emerged without a puncture. Believing that a puncture resulting from an unfortunate incident should not determine the fate of a competitor, Wiggins then had his team-mates and the rest of the peloton slow down to allow Evans and other affected cyclists to catch up. Once they had done so, the peloton remained together for the rest of the race, resulting in little change to the general classification. It was perceived as a generous act of sportsmanship and Wiggins was called "Le Gentleman" as a result.

I send you my warmest congratulations on becoming the first British cyclist ever to win the Tour de France. Your historic achievement of claiming overall victory in this prestigious event is a great testament to the efforts of you and your teammates.

Queen Elizabeth II's message of congratulation, 23 July 2012

On stage 16, Wiggins and Froome were able to follow attacks by Nibali on the final climb of the day and finished with the same time as the Italian. Wiggins won the stage 19 time trial, giving him a lead of 3 minutes 21 seconds at the start of the final stage. On that stage, Wiggins helped Cavendish achieve his 4th consecutive victory on the Champs-Élysées and confirmed his own overall victory in the process. Wiggins became the first, and is currently the only person in history to win the Paris-Nice, the Tour de Romandie, the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour de France in a single season.

Wiggins won gold in the time trial at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming Great Britain's most decorated Olympian with seven medals – four of them gold.

Wiggins rang the bell to start the opening ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was selected to participate in two road cycling events at the Olympics – the time trial and the road race. Wiggins won gold in the Olympic time trial ahead of Martin of Germany and Froome of Britain. By doing so he became the most decorated British Olympian, with seven medals, surpassing the six won by Steve Redgrave. This record is now shared with Chris Hoy, who also obtained his 7th Olympic medal in 2012. He entered the Guinness World Records, becoming the first cyclist to win an Olympic gold medal and the Tour de France in the same year. The last person to win both the Tour and the Olympic gold was Wiggins's boyhood hero Miguel Indurain, while Indurain won five consecutive Tours between 1991 and 1995 his Olympic gold came at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Wiggins returned to racing at the 2012 Tour of Britain, but pulled out on stage 6 with a stomach bug. The road race at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in Limburg, Netherlands, was his last of the season.

In October Wiggins was awarded the prestigious Vélo d'Or trophy in recognition of his achievements in 2012. On 7 November he was involved in a road accident and taken to hospital with suspected broken ribs, but was released next day with only minor injuries. In December he won the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award with 492,064 (30.25%) of the votes cast and was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2013 New Years Honours list.

Personal life

Wiggins is married to Catherine; they have two children together, Ben and Isabella. The family lives in Eccleston, Lancashire, close to the Manchester Velodrome, the home of British Cycling and Team Sky. Wiggins speaks fluent French through his participation in French cycling teams, and he lived in France for a number of years. He is a well-known mod, owns a collection of classic motor scooters and guitars from the 1960s and 1970s, and is a keen musician and guitarist. He supports Liverpool Football Club and Wigan Warriors rugby league club.

Wiggins endured a difficult relationship with his father Gary, who made little effort to see Bradley throughout his childhood. Bradley knew that his father had been a professional cyclist, but nothing of his criminal past. They only met once, just before the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and Bradley quickly became disillusioned at his father's alcohol and drug problems. Gary Wiggins died in Aberdeen, New South Wales in 2008, aged 55.

In a period after the 2004 Summer Olympics, Wiggins started to drink heavily. In a 2012 interview he said that he would arrive at his local pub when it opened, often staying to drink 12 pints of beer. He said this ended when his son Ben was born, explaining: "We had a baby. So then it was a case of, well, I've got to earn some fucking money and the responsibility takes over."

In April 2012 it was announced that Wiggins would collaborate with the Fred Perry clothing label "to develop an authentic, non-technical range of cycle wear". In 2012 he launched the Bradley Wiggins Foundation to draw people into sport and regular exercise.

Major achievements

Sources:

Olympic Games

2000 Summer Olympics
Bronze, team pursuit
2004 Summer Olympics
Gold, 4km individual pursuit
Silver, team pursuit
Bronze, madison
2008 Summer Olympics
Gold, 4km individual pursuit
Gold, team pursuit
2012 Summer Olympics
Gold, road time trial

World Championships

1997 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
Gold, 2km individual pursuit
2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Silver, team pursuit
2001 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Silver, team pursuit
2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Bronze, team pursuit
2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Gold, 4km individual pursuit
Silver, team pursuit
2007 UCI Track Cycling 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, madison (with Mark Cavendish)
2011 UCI Road World Championships
Silver, individual time trial

Commonwealth Games

2002 Commonwealth Games
Silver, 4km individual pursuit
Silver, team pursuit
1998 Commonwealth Games
Silver, team pursuit

Road and track cycling – major achievements

2001
1st Overall Cinturón a Mallorca
1st Overall Flèche du Sud
2003
1st Stage 1 ITT Tour de l'Avenir
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Matt Gilmore)
2005
1st Stage 2 ITT Circuit de Lorraine
1st Stage 8 Tour de l'Avenir
2007
1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 1 ITT Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 4 ITT Tour du Poitou-Charentes
1st Duo Normand (with Michael Elijzen)
Combativity award Stage 6, Tour de France
2009
1st British National Time Trial Championships
1st Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Stage 5 ITT
1st Stage 1 TTT Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 3b ITT Three Days of De Panne
1st Beaumont Trophy
3rd Overall Tour de France
2010
1st British National Time Trial Championships
1st Stage 1 TTT Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 1 ITT Giro d'Italia
Held Maglia Rosa for Stage 1
2011
1st British National Road Race Championships
1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 4 Bayern-Rundfahrt
1st Beaumont Trophy
2nd UCI Road World Championship Time Trial
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
3rd Overall Vuelta a España
Held Red Jerseygolden jersey from Stage 11–15
2012
1st Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 9 ITT & 19 ITT
1st Overall Paris–Nice
1st Points classification
1st Stage 8 ITT
1st Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 1 & 5 ITT
1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 4 ITT
3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Stage 5 ITT

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Pink jersey Giro d'Italia 123 — — 134 71 40 — —
Yellow jersey Tour de France — 124 WD — 3 23 WD 1
golden jersey Vuelta a España — — — — — — 3 —

WD = Withdrew
— = Did not compete

World records and other achievements

World records

  • 4000m Team Pursuit, 3:56.322, (as part of the Great Britain team), Manchester, England, 2008
  • 4000m Team Pursuit, 3:55:202, (as part of the Great Britain team), Beijing, China, 2008
  • 4000m Team Pursuit, 3:53:314, (as part of the Great Britain team), Beijing, China, 2008

Achievements

Awards

Hall of Fame

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Sporting positions
Preceded byGeraint Thomas British National Road Race Champion
2011 		Succeeded byIan Stannard
Preceded byMichael Hutchinson British National Time Trial Champion
2009, 2010 		Succeeded byAlex Dowsett
Awards and achievements
Preceded byMark Cavendish BBC Sports Personality of the Year
2012 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Tour de France general classification winners
1903–1919
1920–1939
1940–1959
1960–1979
1980–1999
2000–2019
2020–2039
Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Individual Time Trial
Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Team Pursuit
Vélo d'Or winners
Men's winners
Women's winners
  • Lance Armstrong won the award in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004, but his results were removed due to the doping case.
Riders on Ineos Grenadiers
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

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