Overview

• Wiggins says he was high for years after retiring, describing a two‑week hotel binge that he estimated could have involved up to 120 grams of cocaine.
• He recounts smashing his 2012 Sports Personality of the Year trophy and his knighthood while expressing contempt for his achievements.
• He reports periods of homelessness and a bankruptcy filing last year tied to mounting debts and the cost of hotels and drugs.
• He credits Lance Armstrong with helping arrange rehab and offering to pay for therapy, adding that he is now sober with stable housing and work.
• Extracts from his forthcoming memoir, The Chain, also revive his complaints about Team Sky and the ‘Jiffy‑gate’ saga, which he says tarnished his reputation.