Cycling legend Sir Bradley Wiggins has revealed how he was sexually groomed by a coach as a teenager. The 41-year-old Olympic gold medal winner has told how he kept the ordeal from his stepfather Brendan and claimed it had affected his adult life.
Sir Bradley said: "I was groomed by a coach when I was younger and I never fully accepted that. I was such a loner. I just wanted to get out of the environment. I became so insular. I was quite a strange teenager in many ways."
He claimed he could not speak about the issue to family members so buried the pain. He admitted: "It all impacted me as an adult. I think the drive on the bike stemmed from adversity."
