Book description
Bradley Wiggins is the son of a professional cyclist and he first
competed at twelve, and immediately knew that this was what he wanted to
do for his career. By the age of twenty, he won his first Olympic medal,
in Sydney, before turning to professional road cycling in 2001. Since
then he has developed into one of the UK's most successful cyclists of
all time, winning a gold in Athens. However, it was when his team
Cofidis was suspended from the 2007 Tour de France that he made his most
outspoken comments yet on the issue of doping in cycling, and earned the
respect of all followers of sport for his stand. Wiggins is an
inspirational figure to many: immensely talented, dedicated and cool, he
has brought his sport to a whole new audience and was awarded the OBE in
2004 for his efforts. He is sure to feature prominently in the 2008
Olympics, and this fascinating and revealing account of his life and
career will come out soon after. In it, he will not only reveal the
sheer hard work required to get to the very top, but also provide a
fascinating and controversial insight into the sometimes murky world of
cycling. Bradley Wiggins is the Olympic gold-medal winning cyclist who
has achieved all there is to achieve in his sport. After his outspoken
comments on drug taking in the Tour de France in 2007, he is now
focusing on the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
