Bradley Wiggins: Missing the Tour de France was "the best thing" for me

Bradley Wiggins press conference, Tour of Britain 2013, stage three TT

Bradley Wiggins believes missing this year's Tour de France was the "best thing that could have happened" to him.

Wiggins goes into the final weekend of this year's Tour of Britain poised to become the first Sky rider to win the modern edition of the race.

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