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Video: Sir Bradley Wiggins - a career in numbers

Bradley Wiggins celebrates on the winners podium after winning the 2012 Tour de France in Paris 
Bradley Wiggins celebrates on the winners podium after winning the 2012 Tour de France in Paris  Bradley Wiggins celebrates on the winners podium after winning the 2012 Tour de France in Paris 

Sir Bradley Wiggins’s retirement from cycling will leave a huge gap in the sport, after a long-standing career achieving the highest accolades in the sport.

The 36-year-old will perhaps be best remembered for becoming the first Briton to win the Tour de France, but there’s a lot more to his career beside the yellow jersey.

Wiggins competed in five Olympic Games, from Sydney to Rio, and became Britain’s most decorated Olympian along the way, earning eight medals, including five golds over the four most recent Games.

Wiggo quickly became a household name, with his sideburns and cool persona capturing the imagination of the public to such an extent that they voted him Sports Personality of the Year in one of the greatest 12 months for British sport in living memory.