WIGGINS DESCENDED INTO DRINK AND DEPRESSION POST-ATHENS

Bradley Wiggins's first gold medal individual pursuit Olympics 2008

Bradley Wiggins went on a nine-month drinking binge after the Athens Olympics, according to the serialisation of his autobiography in today?s Guardian.

In his book, Bradley Wiggins: In Pursuit of Glory Wiggins admits to drinking to excess at the post Olympic parties and ceremonies in 2004, but how that then transformed in to something far more serious.

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Simon Richardson