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Bradley Wiggins

Key Stats

Nationality: British
Born: 04/28/1980
Hometown: Ghent, Belgium
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 170 pounds
Strengths: sprint, track
Turned Pro: 2001

Palmares

Career Highlights:

2009 Tour of Qatar, 1st stage 1 team time trial
2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, Gold, individual pursuit; gold, team pursuit (world record time)
2008 World Track Championships, Manchester, Gold, individual pursuit, team pursuit, madison
2007 Dauphine Libere, 1st stage 1 prologue
2007 World Track Championships, Gold, individual pursuit, team pursuit
2007 Tour de France, 1st stage 1 prologue, most aggressive stage 6
2004 Olympic Games, Athens, Gold, individual pursuit; silver, team pursuit; bronze, madison
2003 World Track Championships, Gold, individual pursuit; silver, team pursuit
2003 Six Days of Ghent, 1st overall
1998 U19 World Track Championships, Gold, individual pursuit

Biography