- Title: Bradley Wiggins retires from cycling
- Date: 28th December 2016
- Summary: VERVIERS, BELGIUM (JUNE 29, 2012) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ***WARNING CONTAINS PROFANITY*** CHRIS FROOME ON HIS BIKE FROOME CLOSE UP TAKING OFF HELMET LONDON, UK (JANUARY 4, 2012) (REUTERS) WIGGINS AND MARK CAVENDISH PREPARING FOR TRAINING, ZOOM IN TO CAVENDISH VERVIERS, BELGIUM (JUNE 29, 2012) (REUTERS) WIDE OF WIGGINS BEING INTERVIEWED BEFORE START OF TOUR DE FRANCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRADLEY WIGGINS SPEAKING ABOUT WINNING THE TOUR DE FRANCE: "To be in this position now, emulating some of my heroes like Miguel Indurain and that ... fucking (expletive) amazing, you know. I keep saying it but it is, for me it is like, you know, in England it is like football and every child its dream is to lift the FA Cup at Wembley or wherever. This is like my Wembley you know."
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- Keywords: Cycling Wiggins Retirement Olympics Tour de France
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Cycling,Sport
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Tour de France winner and five-time Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins said on Wednesday (December 28) he was retiring from professional cycling.
In a statement posted on social media, the 36-year-old said: "2016 is the end of the road for this chapter, onwards and upwards." - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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