Bradley Wiggins has revealed he is unlikely to make a second attempt at the Hour Record as the clock ticks down on the final part of his career.
Wiggins will be 36 in April and is expected to end his professional career in the next 12 months, targeting the team pursuit at the Rio Olympics in August. He will then say his farewell in track events such as the London Six and the Gent Six, perhaps only making occasional ‘player-manager’ appearances to raise the profile of his WIGGINS team and help secure sponsorship.
The 2012 Tour de France winner is currently working in the gym to add muscle, speed and power in preparation for the team pursuit. He recently revealed he is aiming to add a total of 16kg to the skinny physique he had when he won the Tour de France. That metamorphosis is the main reason why another Hour Record attempt, even for the so-called Athlete’s Hour using a traditional bike position, is unlikely.
“Now it’s all about the focus for Rio, so it’s looking like never again. The time to do it would be now, but my body shape is changing for the team pursuit and it’s gone further away from what it should be for the Hour,” Wiggins said in an interview with the Guardian newspaper.
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“I have to accept that the Hour was what it was, a record of its time. There is a tinge of disappointment as I wanted to go past 55 kilometres and get past Tony Rominger’s record [of 55.291km] if conditions had been different. The record (54.526km) is beatable and it will be beaten but another 700 metres would have made people think twice.”
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