Wiggins was abandoned by his father as a child, saw his school headmaster murdered and was sexually abused as a boy by his first cycling coach. Bradley Wiggins has five Olympic gold medals.

Sir Bradley Wiggins has revealed that cycling drug cheat Lance Armstrong funded a spell of therapy for him. At the London 2012 Olympic Games, Wiggins, fresh off winning the Tour de France ...

The people who are responsible are paying a heavy price for it' Wiggins says at event, An Evening with Bradley Wiggins ...

Lance Armstrong has proven to be somewhat of a lifeline to Team GB hero Sir Bradley Wiggins. Wiggins, who became the first Brit to win eight Olympic medals, has since struggled with retirement.