Ben Wiggins

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Ben Wiggins
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Ben Wiggins (2024)
Personal information
Born (2005-03-26) 26 March 2005 (age 19)
Ormskirk, England
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current team Hagens Berman Jayco
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur team
2022–2023Fensham Howes–MAS Design
Professional team
2024– Hagens Berman Jayco
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Junior time trial
Men's track cycling
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Cali Madison
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Anadia Points race

Ben Wiggins (born 26 March 2005) [1] is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco. [2] In 2023, he became the Junior World Champion in the Madison. He is the son of Bradley Wiggins, the first British winner of the Tour de France, and the grandson of Australian cyclist Gary Wiggins. [3] [4]

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Career

In 2022, Wiggins signed to ride for the junior team of Fensham Howes-MAS Design team, run by Giles Pidcock, father of Tom Pidcock. [5] Wiggins finished sixth in the Time Trial at the 2022 junior Nations Cup race Grand Prix du Morbihan, which starts in Josselin in Brittany. He won silver in the junior individual time trial at the British National Road Championships in 2022, behind Josh Tarling. [6] Wiggins won the gold medal for the points race at the 2022 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Anadia, Portugal in 2022. [7] That year, he also raced in the six-day event in Ghent for the first time. [8]

Wiggins started 2023 by returning to ride for Fensham Howes-MAS Design. [9] In July 2023, he finished runner-up in the British Junior individual time trial competition behind Jacob Bush. [10] Wiggins told The Times in August 2023 that he planned to race both in track cycling and road cycling in the short term. He was selected for the junior road race and junior time trial at the 2023 UCI World Championships held in Glasgow. [11] He won a silver medal in the time trial. [12] That month, competing at the Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia, he became the junior world champion in the Madison, alongside Matthew Brennan. [13]

He signed for Hagens Berman Axeon ahead of the 2024 season. [14] [15]

Personal life

He is the son of cyclist Bradley Wiggins. [16] Ben grew up playing a number of different sports, he was a keen rugby player from a young age and attended Kirkham Grammar School where he played rugby throughout his school years. Despite being a cyclist his whole life, he only turned his full attention to racing in 2021.

Ben has also stated he is a Liverpool FC supporter.[ citation needed ]

Major results

Road

2022
2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships
2023
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships
7th Overall Tour de Gironde
9th Overall Guido Reybrouck Classic
2024
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships

Track

2022
UEC European Junior Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Points race
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit
National Junior Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit
2nd Madison (with Jed Smithson)
3rd Points race
3rd Team pursuit, National Championships
2023
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Matthew Brennan)
UEC European Junior Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Matthew Brennan)
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Individual pursuit
2024
UEC European Under-23 Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Points race
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Noah Hobbs)
3rd Team pursuit, National Championships
3rd Three Days of London (with Yoeri Havik)

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