Bradley Wiggins has said he has not renewed his punditry contract with Eurosport and said he definitely did not want to be commentating on cycling for a living in 10 years time. He was also unsure if he would be doing it this year.
Wiggins has also spoken of becoming a father again, with his new partner after his marriage ended. He said he had also been spending more time with his son, Ben, who won a junior European title on the track last year.
"I’m 43 this year, so I’m just having to rethink what I want to do. I just want a normal job really. It’s hard to rethink what you want to do at 36 when you’ve been a cyclist for 20 years," he told The Mail.
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"I found myself for many years not knowing what to do," he said of reaching the end of his cycling career. "I do the punditry, but that all comes easy, and there’s no longevity in it. I’ve actually not extended my contract with Eurosport, so I don’t know if I’m going to be doing that this year.
"I really don’t want to be on Eurosport in 10 years’ time, doing cycling from the back of a motorbike. I’m just going with the flow at the moment," he said, adding speaking out about sexual abuse and campaigning on that subject, after he himself was abused by cycling coach, interested him more.
Wiggins added when he started supporting his son, Ben, in cycling and traveling to races with him, it forced him to re-examine how intense he had been as a young cyclist and how normalised that lifestyle became for him.
He added his daughter, Ava Joy, who was born almost two years ago has kept him busy and looking after her was now something he was very involved in and really enjoyed.
"I never thought I’d do it again, but I’m enjoying parenthood. She takes up a lot of my time. I’m more of a day-to-day dad than back in the day, when I was away cycling. And I love it, I’d be happy doing it for the rest of my life."
