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BRADLEY WIGGINS SAYS HE WAS SEXUALLY GROOMED BY COACH AT AGE OF 13

By Peter Stuart published 1 day ago

Former rider discusses mental health, relationships with father and stepfather
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Bradley Wiggins commentating at the 2020 Olympic Games (Image credit: Getty
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Tour de France and Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins has claimed that he was
groomed by a cycling coach when he was a teenager, in an interview with Men’s
Health UK where he also discussed his mental health struggles as an adult.




"I was groomed by a coach when I was younger – I was about 13 – and I never
fully accepted that," Wiggins explained in the interview. 




In excerpts shared from the interview, he confirmed the grooming was sexual in
nature, but did not share further information on the alleged coach, or specific
context. He revealed that it had a substantial impact on his adult life.

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"It all impacted me as an adult… I buried it," he said. He added that his
relationship with his stepfather was troubled, and often violent, meaning he was
unable to confide in him.

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"My stepfather was quite violent to me, he used to call me a f****t for wearing
Lycra and stuff, so I didn’t think I could tell him."




Wiggins also discussed his relationship with his biological father, Australian
cyclist Gary Wiggins, who was murdered in 2008.



"He left us when I was little, so I met him for the first time when I was 18,"
he said. "We rekindled some kind of relationship but then we didn't speak for
the last couple of years before he was murdered… He was my hero.



"I wanted to prove myself to him. He was a good cyclist – he could have been
really good – but he was a wasted talent. He was an alcoholic, a manic
depressive, quite violent and he took a lot of amphetamines and [sports] drugs
back then."



Wiggins went into more detail on his mental health, describing his depression.
"I have to have routine," he said. "Training every day, it's important. Not
drinking too much... With my depression, if I'm not looking after myself it
manifests more like a mania."



He also revealed that after his Tour de France win in 2012 he struggled with the
attention and fame. "Life was never the same again. I was thrust into this fame
and adulation that came with the success," Wiggins said.



"I'm an introverted, private person. I didn't know who 'me' was, so I adopted a
kind of veil – a sort of rock star veil. It wasn’t really me… It was probably
the unhappiest period of my life."



Bradley Wiggins was speaking to Men’s Health 'Talking Heads' columnist, Alastair
Campbell, in the May issue of the magazine, on sale from April 20.



Peter Stuart
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Peter Stuart has been editor of Cyclingnews since March 2022, overseeing
editorial output across all of Cyclingnews' digital touchpoints.




Before joining Cyclingnews, Peter was the digital editor of Rouleur magazine.
Starting life as a freelance feature writer, with bylines in The Times and The
Telegraph, he first entered cycling journalism in 2012, joining Cyclist magazine
as staff writer. Peter has a background as an international rower, representing
Great Britain at Under-23 level and at the Junior Rowing World Championships.

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