Bradley Wiggins believes that the Great Britain track team are starting to collectively pull in the right direction. The team were under fire at the start of the championships after their sprint teams disappointed and riders spoke out against certain management decisions. However, Wiggins, who led the men's pursuit team to silver on Thursday, is confident that the squad are on track for the Rio Olympics. The former Tour de France winner also offered his backing to team performance director Shane Sutton, likening him to Jose Mourinho and telling Cyclingnews that the Australian is the "kind of guy you want in the trenches with you."
Cyclingnews spoke exclusively to Wiggins after a training session on Saturday at the UCI Track World Championships, finding time to sit down with him inside the London Olympic velodrome. He rides with Mark Cavendish in Sunday's Madison and has seen the Great Britian team find their feet in these championships after a rocky start.
"It seems to be pulling in the right direction now. There were some murmurs at the start of the week but we're top of the medal table at the moment. Jason Kenny is looking good in the sprint and Laura Trott is good for the Omnium and I've got the Madison with Mark. As a whole, the big guns for the team pursuit, Jason, Laura, all those guys now seem to be on track for Rio," Wiggins told Cyclingnews.
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Wiggins recently praised the team pursuit coach, Heiko Salzwedel, likening him to Manchester United manager, Louis van Gaal. The pursuit rider came up with another football analogy for Shane Sutton, comparing him to Jose Mourinho.
"He's a bit more like Jose," Wiggins said, before giving an insight into how Sutton operates and the Australian's passion and hunger for success.
"He speaks from the hip and he doesn't mind upsetting people. He says it how it is and people either like that or they hate it, but when he's on your side he's 100 per cent behind you and he will give you the world. He's the kind of guy you want in the trenches with you when you're in these battles. Interestingly Jose and van Gaal worked together in the past."
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