'Just don't wreck yourself' - Fred Wright on his GB track gamble and the Olympics

The Bahrain Victorious rider is set to compete at the European Track Championships next week

Fred Wright and Ethan Hayter during Ghent Six
(Image credit: Getty)

Fred Wright is a track rider at heart. 

As a child, he'd ride down to his local velodrome in Herne Hill, London and race around the concrete banking with his friends. It turned out he had a real knack for it. Then the road came calling, and he was whisked away by the romantic promise of Grand Tours and Classics.

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