Four-time Olympic cycling champion Bradley Wiggins is calling it quits with his tumultuous relationship with road racing’s Grand Tours. The Sir-titled cyclist won the Tour de France in 2012, but Team Sky left him off of the tour team prior to this year鈥檚 race.聽
After taking silver at the Commonwealth Games Thursday with Team England, Wiggins announced that he would no longer pursue races such as the Tour de France, Tour of Spain, and Tour of Italy. And all seems well with Wiggins when it comes to not participating. 鈥淭hat will probably be it for the grand tours鈥擨 can鈥檛 imagine doing that now,鈥 he told . 鈥淚鈥檝e kind of done the road now. I鈥檝e bled it dry. The road is quite cutthroat and as we鈥檝e seen this year there鈥檚 no loyalties in cycling.鈥
Wiggins added that the track feels more like a family and is a close-knit group. With Thursday being his first turn on the track since 2008, Wiggins has set his sights on the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro for the team. 鈥淚t takes four people to be on par and firing on all cylinders to succeed,鈥 he told . 鈥淲e are all just on different levels. There鈥檚 a lot of positives to take from it.鈥