BEN Wiggins is following in his father’s footsteps when it comes to his cycling accomplishments.
The cyclist who is the only son of Bradley Wiggins. has taken up the sport that made his father famous.
Ben Wiggins is the son of former cycling star Bradley Wiggins.
He was born on March 26, 2005 and rides for the Fensham Howes-MAS Design team.
Ben won the a European juniors point race title in Portugal in 2022 and also took home a general classification win at the Trophee Centre Morbihan in France in May 2023.
The young star has spoken out about coming from such a star-studded sporting lineage, saying the attention he gets from being Bradley’s son is “more difficult to manage when it’s not going so well.”
He explained: “Say you’ve had a few bad races or whatever it starts, I don’t know if it’s just in my own head, but you start to think about what people are thinking or saying.
“People are always going to compare me to him but actually if you look at my junior results compared to when he was a junior, I’m actually a lot better than he was.”
Lifting the lid on the how his dad has not shared too much wisdom with him despite his experience in the field, Ben said: “There’s not much advice he can really give you.
“If you think about it, it’s 25 years since he rode a junior race himself and the sport has changed so much.
“It’s more just (having) the presence there than any advice.”
Ben has also stated that he has his sights set on the Olympics, with hopes of competing in the 2028 LA games.
Ben isn’t married, nor does he have children.
The athlete tends to keep his personal life private, and hasn’t posted anything on Instagram about being in a relationship.
Ben’s parents are Bradley and Catherine Wiggins (née Cockran) but the pair announced their separation in 2020.
Along with Ben, the former couple also have a daughter called Isabella.
Sir Bradley Wiggins is a former British professional cyclist, who was born in Ghent, Belgium on April 18, 1980.
Wiggins competed professionally 2001 and 2016, on both road and track.
During his career, Bradley won an incredible eight Olympic medals for Team GB.
He also won the Tour de France in 2012 and is the only rider to have ever to have won both the Tour de France and Olympic Gold in the same year.
Sadly, in June 2024, it was revealed how Wiggins had been declared bankrupt.
His lawyer said his client had “lost absolutely everything”.
Wiggins now risks having to handover all of his gongs, which could include his Olympic medals.
Having been declared bankrupt by a court on June 3, 2024, trustees will be appointed to seize and dispose of his assets, which could include medals and trophies.
2017
Spear’s Magazine cited Sir Bradley’s net worth as £13million.
It was a figure that had him only behind Andy Murray and Justin Rose in Team GB’s class of 2016.
There were lucrative brand deals with companies such as Fred Perry and Skoda, the latter of which was a seven-figure deal.
2022
Liquidators made a £1m claim against him – something he disputed.
A claim for £760,373 made a year prior had been escalated, with administrators, who were seeking money from to pay back an overdrawn director’s loan, “reviewing the company’s books and records”.
In September that year administrators’ documents revealed Sir Bradley entered into an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) in order to stave off bankruptcy.
2024
The cyclist was declared bankrupt at Lancaster county court on June 3.
