Wiggins: I was saved from doping.
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| Title: | Wiggins: I was saved from doping. |
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| Authors: | JONATHAN McEVOY; SAM CUNNINGHAM |
| Source: | Daily Mail. 10/12/2012, p88. 3p. |
| Abstract: | BRADLEY WIGGINS admitted last night he could easily have got caught up in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal that has rocked cycling. The Tour de France winner joined British Cycling aged 18 and claimed they saved him from peer pressure that may have led to him taking drugs. The 32-year-old said: 'It's not about (Lance Armstrong) as a person, it's about the culture of the sport and the peer pressure.' A former team-mate of Armstrong at US Postal, Michael Barry, yesterday admitted he had doped after becoming frustrated with his performances. Wiggins said: 'People like Michael Barry, I can relate to. I don't envy him the peer pressure at US Postal with Armstrong there. You can't condemn these people for the rest of their lives, they're not Jimmy Savile. I'm very fortunate I was in the system. British Cycling supported me. Chris Boardman in my early 20s probably saved me, he taught me to do things the right way. That could've been me.' Wiggins, who rides for the British Sky team, said he had no sympathy for Armstrong, who has had his seven Tour de France titles taken away after the US Anti-Doping Agency released a report into 'the most sophisticated, professional and successful doping programme in history'. 'Not really, no,' said Wiggins. 'My main concern is that I'm the winner of the Tour de France having to pick up the pieces for other people. I saw a report on the BBC saying this now leaves the sport in tatters. It is quite the opposite considering the summer we've had as a British cycling nation. Now we're the ones picking up those pieces. We're the ones that have changed the sport. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Abstract: | BRADLEY WIGGINS admitted last night he could easily have got caught up in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal that has rocked cycling. The Tour de France winner joined British Cycling aged 18 and claimed they saved him from peer pressure that may have led to him taking drugs. The 32-year-old said: 'It's not about (Lance Armstrong) as a person, it's about the culture of the sport and the peer pressure.' A former team-mate of Armstrong at US Postal, Michael Barry, yesterday admitted he had doped after becoming frustrated with his performances. Wiggins said: 'People like Michael Barry, I can relate to. I don't envy him the peer pressure at US Postal with Armstrong there. You can't condemn these people for the rest of their lives, they're not Jimmy Savile. I'm very fortunate I was in the system. British Cycling supported me. Chris Boardman in my early 20s probably saved me, he taught me to do things the right way. That could've been me.' Wiggins, who rides for the British Sky team, said he had no sympathy for Armstrong, who has had his seven Tour de France titles taken away after the US Anti-Doping Agency released a report into 'the most sophisticated, professional and successful doping programme in history'. 'Not really, no,' said Wiggins. 'My main concern is that I'm the winner of the Tour de France having to pick up the pieces for other people. I saw a report on the BBC saying this now leaves the sport in tatters. It is quite the opposite considering the summer we've had as a British cycling nation. Now we're the ones picking up those pieces. We're the ones that have changed the sport. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| ISSN: | 03077578 |
