New Delhi, May 1 (Inditop.com) England’s triple Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins, who also has five world championship titles, has decided to skip the road World Championships cycling in Melbourne to concentrate on the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
“I’m still doing the Commonwealth time trial but I’m not doing the Worlds. You’d have to go (to Australia) a good chunk (of time) in advance and I just don’t fancy it,” Wiggins was quoted as having said in an interview to Cycling Weekly.
The 30-year-old Wiggins, who suffered a bike failure while on course for a world championship medal last year, has won three silver medals in the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002.
Meanwhile, according to reports in the British media, British Cycling officials are confident star names such as Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton, gold medallists for Scotland and England in Melbourne four years ago, will be free to compete in Delhi despite some scheduling issues as the European championships, in Pruszkow, Poland, is slated for Oct. 8-10.
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