Sir Bradley Wiggins: a glittering cycling career in numbers

Sir Bradley Wiggins has retired from professional cycling. Credit: PA

Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced he will step down from the saddle after a cycling career which has brought him Tour de France and Olympic glory.

In a statement, he said it was "the end of the road" for this chapter of his career.

Here, we take a numerical look at Wiggins' achievements.

1

  • Wiggins was the first Briton to win the Tour de France with his victory in 2012.

5

  • Major stage race general classification wins on the road.

8

  • Wiggins has won more Olympic medals than any other Briton, with his haul of eight including five golds.

13

  • Combined titles at the Olympics and UCI Track World Championships.

Wiggins clocked an Olympic record time in the 2008 individual pursuit. Credit: PA

4:15.031

  • Wiggins' Olympic record time in the 2008 individual pursuit.

3:50.265

  • His team's world record time in winning Olympic team pursuit gold at Rio 2016.

Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France. Credit: PA

3,496.9km

  • The number of kilometres raced in Wiggins' 2012 Tour de France victory.

6

  • Major victories for Wiggins' eponymous development team in their first season in 2015.

Wiggins enjoyed a stunning 2012. Credit: PA

2012

  • Wiggins' annus mirabilis, in which he won the Tour de France, Olympic gold in the road time trial, the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award and the Velo d'Or as well as further successes in Paris-Nice, the Tour de Romandie and the Criterium du Dauphine.

54.526km

  • The world record distance ridden by Wiggins in an hour at the former London Olympic velodrome in June 2015.

Wiggins and Cavendish have twice teamed up to win the world Madison title. Credit: PA

2

  • Wiggins and Mark Cavendish have twice teamed up to win the world Madison title, in 2008 and 2016.

18

  • Wiggins' age when he won his first senior medal, silver in the team pursuit at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Wiggins won three medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics Credit: PA

120

  • His position when eliminated from his first Grand Tour event, the 2003 Giro d'Italia, after stage 18.

40

  • Wiggins' three medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics made him the first Briton to achieve that feat in 40 years, since Mary Rand in Tokyo in 1964.