Bradley Wiggins: I forgot about being World Time Trial Champion

The Team Sky rider will get to wear the rainbow jersey for the first time in next week's Tour of Qatar.

Wiggins celebrates his victory in the World Championship time trial in Ponferrada, Spain in 2014, his first rainbow bands won on the road.

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Bradley Wiggins says he had not considered the significance of the Tour of Qatar's 10-kilometre time trial on Tuesday, the first of possibly two occasions this year on which he'll wear the World Champion's rainbow jersey, until recently.

Wiggins starts his 2015 season tomorrow in the middle east, with stage three's pan-flat course in Lusail the Team Sky rider's biggest objective of the week.

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Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles, as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group, which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport. His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling, and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of Britain.