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Wiggins Says He Snorted Cocaine Off 2012 Gold, Accuses Team Sky of Cover-Up

A new memoir with a Times interview renews scrutiny of Team Sky's 2012 practices.

Overview

  • Bradley Wiggins details the drug use and fresh accusations in a Times interview tied to his forthcoming autobiography, The Chain.
  • He says he was homeless a year ago but now has stable housing, improved finances, and no longer drinks alcohol.
  • Wiggins claims Team Sky "threw me under a bus" to protect another person and says he expects the full truth to surface.
  • A 2018 UK parliamentary report concluded Team Sky crossed an ethical line by using therapeutic exemptions to give him corticosteroids during the 2012 Tour de France.
  • Wiggins maintains he has only taken substances for medical reasons and is known for winning the 2012 Tour and five Olympic golds.