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One-day races and Classics. Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins , CBE born 28 April is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between and He began his cycling career on the track, but later made the transition to road cycling.

The son of the Australian cyclist Gary Wiggins, Wiggins was born to a British mother in Ghent, Belgium, and raised in London from the age of two.

He won world titles in four disciplines Madison, individual pursuit, team pursuit and road time trial , and Olympic gold in three individual pursuit, team pursuit and road time trial. He is the only rider to have won both World and Olympic championships on both the track and the road as well as winning the Tour de France. He has worn the leader's jersey in each of the three Grand Tours of cycling and held the world record in team pursuit on multiple occasions.

He won a gold medal at four successive Olympic Games from to , and held the record as Great Britain's most decorated Olympian with 8 medals until Jason Kenny won his 9th in He is the only rider to win both the Tour de France and Olympic Gold in the same year, winning them a week apart in He competed on the track from the early part of his career until Between and he won ten medals at the track world championships, of which six were gold: three in the individual pursuit, two in the team pursuit and one in the madison.

His first Olympic medal was a bronze in the team pursuit in Sydney , before winning three medals including the gold in the individual pursuit at the Athens , and two golds in the individual and team pursuit at the Beijing On the road, Wiggins turned professional in but made it his focus from Initially viewed as a time trial specialist and as a rouleur, he showed his ability in stage races when he came fourth in the Tour de France; he was later promoted to third after Lance Armstrong 's results were annulled in Wiggins returned to the track at the Commonwealth Games , and in June he set a new hour record with a distance of In , he won a further world championship in the madison, and gold in the team pursuit at the Olympics , his fifth successive medal winning appearance at the Games.

He retired from all forms of professional cycling on 28 December Wiggins was appointed a CBE in