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Join legendary British cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins as he reflects on life on and off the bike to celebrate his new memoir, The Chain.
A national hero and the first Briton to win the Tour de France, Wiggins boasts five Olympic golds, eight world titles, and eight Olympic medals. But behind the accolades lies a story tainted by contradiction, controversy, and confusion.
In 2012, fresh off Tour de France victory and Olympic gold, Wiggins had the world at his feet. Sporting hero. People’s champion. Everyone knew who ‘Wiggo’ was. Everyone, that is, but him.
His own truth was one of a chaotic and disturbing upbringing mired in abandonment, violence, and abuse. The bike had been his escape, a place where Wiggins pushed himself to extraordinary heights. But after retirement, he spiralled into deep personal despair, battling a drug addiction that nearly cost him his life.
Now, Wiggins sheds the mask to share his journey of survival and self-discovery, as a man finally comfortable in his own skin. In an evening of raw honesty, hear from the man behind the medals as he tells the story of how he came back from the brink and broke the chain.
Bradley Wiggins
Sir Bradley Wiggins is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist and Britain’s most decorated Olympian. Wiggins made his name on the track and racked up six world titles and three Olympic gold medals before focusing fully on the road. A podium place at the 2009 Tour de France demonstrated Wiggins’s Grand Tour potential and he earned a spell in the Maglia Rosa at the 2010 Giro d’Italia before taking his first UCI World Tour race win at the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine. A second Grand Tour podium followed at the 2011 Vuelta a Espana before Wiggins embarked on a near-perfect run in 2012 which saw him win four races on his way to the Tour de France yellow jersey. His 2012 Olympics win on the streets of London cemented his position not just within his sport but as a household name in Britain. His easy charm in front of the press was legendary and he won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, voted for by the public, this proved that cycling was smashing its way into the mainstream. The Summer of 2016 saw Wiggins win his 5th gold medal at the Rio Olympics in the team pursuit and his eighth Olympic medal, making him Britain’s most decorated Olympian ever.
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on Wed 5 November 2025