Bradley Wiggins took TT gold at the World Road Championships in 2014, now he's coming back for more (Photo: Sirotti)
Having been embroiled in more controversy at the end of his career than during his glory days, Bradley Wiggins still wants more.
The Tour de France winner and five-time Olympic champion has been included in British Cycling’s just-published new national team.
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However, while his biggest achievements have come on the road, it is the track that remains his key focus as he looks ahead to the immediate future.
He has been included in British Cycling’s men’s track endurance panel for 2016-2016 along with: Steve Burke, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Chris Latham, Mark Stewart, Andy Tennant and Oliver Wood.
Wiggins had already hinted at the end of the recent Ghent Six that it may not be his last event after all.
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"This will be the last time we race together for sure," Wiggins said of riding the madison with Mark Cavendish.
"Maybe (it’s) not my last, individually. I'm not sure. I just want to enjoy this moment.
"I still have really good legs, so I don't want to say it's 100 per cent the end, and then make an announcement next week. At the moment, I'm just going to enjoy today."
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The British team pursuit riders on their way to the gold medal at the Rio Olympics in August, bringing Wiggins his fifth career gold medal at an Olympics (Photo: Sirotti)
Wiggins has seen his reputation seriously dented in recent months since the Fancy Bears hackers team accessed WADA’s records and took details of high profile athletes who had been availing of TUEs.
Wiggins and Chris Froome were on the list, though the details of Froome’s TUEs were already known and he emerged with no reputational damage.
It emerged Wiggins took triamcinolone acetonide, to treat hay fever, under TUE via intramuscular injection.
He took it three times while riding for Team Sky; before the Tour de France in both 2011 and 2012 and before the Giro in 2013.
He has insisted he stayed within the rules and there is no evidence to the contrary.
But other cyclists were critical of his taking medicines that aided weight loss and increased power. Former team mate Nicolas Roche felt it was "ethically wrong".
Wiggins made no mention of the TUEs in his book released just after his 2012 Tour win.
And both he and Team Sky handled the controversy very badly, only worsening it by not speaking out immediately and more clearly.
Team GB Olympic Podium Program, 2016-2017
- Men's road: Mark Cavendish, Steve Cummings, Jon Dibben, Owain Doull, Alex Dowsett, Andrew Fenn, Chris Froome, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift, Simon Yates, Adam Yates, Peter Kennaugh, Geraint Thomas
- Women's road: Lizzie Deignan, Alice Barnes, Hannah Barnes, Nikki Brammeier, Dani King
- Men's track endurance: Steve Burke, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Chris Latham, Mark Stewart, Andy Tennant, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Oliver Wood
- Women's track endurance: Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Emily Kay, Danni Khan, Joanna Rowsell Shand, Laura Kenny
- Men's track sprint: Phil Hindes, Jason Kenny, Ryan Owens, Callum Skinner
- Women's track sprint: Becky James, Katy Marchant, Victoria Williamson, Shanaze Reade
- BMX: Kyle Evans, Liam Phillips, Tre Whyte. Mountain bike: Grant Ferguson
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