The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time.
Gordon Thomas receiving the 1953 Tour of Britain cup
The caravane before the race passed near Halifax
Stage 3 of the 2005 race passing through Honley, near Huddersfield
Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but later made the transition to road cycling. He won world titles in four disciplines, and Olympic gold in three. He is the only rider to have won both World and Olympic championships on both the track and the road as well as winning the Tour de France. He has worn the leader's jersey in each of the three Grand Tours of cycling and held the world record in team pursuit on multiple occasions. He won a gold medal at four successive Olympic Games from 2004 to 2016, and held the record as Great Britain's most decorated Olympian with 8 medals until Jason Kenny won his 9th in 2021. He is the only rider to win both the Tour de France and Olympic Gold in the same year, winning them a week apart in 2012.
Wiggins at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Wiggins began track cycling at the age of 12, at Herne Hill Velodrome, pictured in 2009.
Manchester Velodrome, pictured in 2010, where Wiggins won two silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Wiggins finished fourth in the prologue of the 2007 Tour de France in London, riding in his second season for Cofidis.
