Wiggins turns his back on Tour de France and questions Sky

English pursuit team settle for silver in Glasgow, but it marks start of new chapter for Wiggins

Bradley Wiggins
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Bradley Wiggins won't compete in the Tour de France again after admitting he is "done” with road racing. The winner of the 2012 Tour was controversially overlooked for this year's event by Team Sky and that decision appears to have left its mark on the 34-year-old. "I've kind of done the road now,” Wiggins told BBC Sport. "I've bled it dry... [so] that will probably be it for the Grand Tours. I can't imagine doing that now."

Wiggins, the leader of Team Sky for many years, was replaced in that role by Chris Froome, the 2013 Tour winner, for this year's race although the decision appeared to backfire when Froome was forced out of the event after a heavy fall.

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