Cycling: Bradley Wiggins (Sky), winner of the 2012 Tour de France, announced in an interview with BBC Scotland that he would no longer be racing in the Grand Tour.
"I'm done with road racing and would like to focus more on the track again in the future"
Wiggins also went so far as to put it bluntly:
He was done with road racing and would like to focus more on the track in the future for a chance of a medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Wiggins will probably attack this goal in the colors of Sky. Only recently had he commented on this matter. [Link] He also revealed that his return to the track also came on the advice of Sky team manager Dave Brailsford, who wants to support him with Team Sky on the road to Rio.
“The track is where it all began for me and I would like to finish it on a high level here”, explained the 34-year-old professional athlete. In order to achieve this goal and to reward himself with a gold medal in Rio, he says he has to build muscle again and get stronger. A period of hard training is ahead of him, because a few years ago he had reduced a lot of weight for his road career in order to be able to be competitive in the mountains.
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