Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British professional road and track racing cyclist, riding for the UCI ProTeam Team Sky. Wiggins began his career on the track, but has made the transition to road cycling, becoming one of the few cyclists to gain success in both forms of professional cycling. He won the 2012 Tour de France, becoming the first British winner in its history.
Among his many accomplishments, Wiggins holds two unique achievements: he is the only cyclist to have won the Tour de France and an Olympic gold medal in the same year[4] and the only person to have won a Grand Tour and a gold medal in Olympic track cycling. Wiggins has won seven Olympic medals, including four gold, the joint most of any British Olympian and the third most gold medals by a British Olympian, behind Chris Hoy and Steve Redgrave.

Wiggins's career began in track cycling, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison events, before he gradually moved towards road racing. He has won six cycling World Championships, his first in 2003 and his most recent in 2008. Wiggins won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, three additional medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, two golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics and one gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

After the 2008 Olympics, Wiggins took a break from the track to focus on the road. Initially viewed as a time trial specialist and a rouleur. Wiggins showed his ability in stage races when he came 4th at the 2009 Tour de France, later promoted to 3rd after Lance Armstrong's results were voided in October 2012. His first major stage race victory came in 2011 at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné, also finishing 3rd in the 2011 Vuelta a España and taking silver at the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships. In 2012, Wiggins won the 2012 Paris–Nice, the 2012 Tour de Romandie, and the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné, before winning the Tour de France and gold in the time trial at the Olympics, winning the Vélo d'Or award for best rider over the year.