Bradley Wiggins wins Olympics gold in cycling time trial

Bradley Wiggins claimed a British record seventh Olympic medal with a sensational gold in the men's time trial.

The Tour de France winner stopped the clock at 50 minutes 39 seconds for the 44km course.

This was a convincing 42 seconds quicker than Germany's world champion Tony Martin, and 68 seconds faster than British team-mate Chris Froome, runner-up to Wiggins in Paris 10 days ago.


Wiggins' seven Olympic medals - four golds, a silver and two bronzes - give him one more than rowing great Sir Steve Redgrave.

"I don't think my sporting career will ever top this now," said Wiggins. "That's it. It will never, never get better than that. Incredible."

He added: "It had to be gold today or nothing. What's the point of seven medals if they're not the right colour?

"The main number is that is gold number four. So I have got to carry on to Rio now and make it five. Just to be mentioned in the same breath as Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Chris Hoy is very special."

Comparisons between different eras and sports are notoriously subjective, but Wiggins' results in 2012 put him among a select group of British sports heroes.

His victory at the Tour, the first by a British rider, was already an achievement of historic proportions, but to back that up with a fourth gold medal - in three different events, across three Games - is unparalleled in cycling history.   (BBC.co.uk)