Bradley Wiggins returned to Tour of California this week for the first time since he won the race in 2014, but the 2012 Tour de France champion and Olympic time trial gold medallist was quick to downplay his chances to repeat his 2014 title during the pre-race press conference Friday in San Diego.
When Wiggins won in 2014 he was riding for Team Sky and fighting for a spot on the British squad’s Tour de France team that was hoping to defend Chris Froome’s 2013 Tour win. Wiggins was in stellar condition and proved it on the roads of California.
He’s retired from road racing since then, saying Friday that he only competes in a couple of road races each year; his mental preparation and physical training are now focused solely on the track. Wiggins rides for his own Team WIGGINS now, helping mentor younger British riders who hope to break into the sport’s upper echelons.
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“This is only my second road race of the year,” he told journalists assembled for the press conference at the San Diego Yacht Club. “I don’t race on the road. I’m retired, but I get talked into doing a couple of races a year.”
Wiggins has only nine road race days so far in 2016, with his best finish a 77th place at the Dubai Tour. Most recently he dropped out of the Tour of Yorkshire on the first day.
On Friday, he joked that he and his teammates on the British Continental team will just try and stay out of the way of the WorldTour riders he shared the press conference dais with.
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