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Sir Bradley Wiggins with his fifth Olympic gold medal (copyright Britishcycling.org_.uk).jpgSir Bradley Wiggins to ride 2016 Tour of Britain
Fresh from winning his eighth Olympic medal in Rio, Sir Bradley Wiggins will take part in this year’s Tour of Britain from Sunday September 4. Fellow team pursuit gold medallist Owain Doull and points race world champion Jon Dibben will also be part of the Team Wiggins line-up.
This will be the ninth edition of the modern Tour of Britain in which Wiggins has taken part. Doull, meanwhile, finished third overall last year as well as taking the points classification.
Race Director Mick Bennett said:
"We are delighted to be welcoming two of our Olympic champions to the Tour of Britain just three weeks after their success in Rio.
"As a former winner of the Tour of Britain it is always a pleasure to welcome Sir Bradley Wiggins back to Britain's biggest race, while Owain Doull was the star of the 2015 Tour, showing he has a very bright future ahead of him.”
Mark Cavendish is another Olympic medallist who is due to ride. The Manxman is part of a Team Dimension Data line-up that will also include Steve Cummings.
Later in the year, Cavendish will also be riding the Six Days of Ghent, where Wiggins will be drawing his professional racing career to a close.
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I thought his prime objective with team Wiggins this season was to give the young guns the benefit of his experience and not necessarily to compete for himself. He's, in effect, been a Super Domestique and road Captain for his own team. He retires after Ghent so it's up to them from then on. I don't know if he'll then take on a 'Directeur Sportif' type of role. Any ideas?
Hopefully he'll last longer than the first hill as he did in Tour of Yorkshire this year.
Is Wiggins going to actually give this a go or just ride at back like he's done last few times?
He's always used the excuse that he didn't want to jeopardise his chances training for theOlympics so hopefully he will now.