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Bradley Wiggins: I'm better than that dope Lance

Why the North London boy gets so angry about what Lance has done to the Tour

Wiggins is an angry man, and it's not directed towards the driver who landed him in hospital during a training ride recently.

In an interview in January's GQ magazine, it's Lance Armstrong he's got the hump with - for taking the gloss off Wiggo's Tour win, his most spectacular cycling achievement to date.

He said: “In some ways I think the scandal enhances what I did.

“His success was built on lies. I look at him now and I think to myself, ‘He didn’t win those Tours fairly, so maybe this superhuman cycling legend was never as good a rider as me.’

“That makes me feel proud that my victories aren’t built on sand.”

But that aside, it's the pressure of having to constantly defend himself now that the public is of the opinion that pro cycling is a murky grey zone, says Wiggins.

“It’s like I am having to atone for the sins of another generation.

"Cycling is a different sport now. This scandal is very much a snapshot of what cycling was like at that time. It's not like that now.

"What angers me is that I feel I have to justify my position and what I am achieving.

"I understand why people ask the questions they do about cycling.

"But it's something I struggle to cope with and keep responding to."

The January 2013 issue of GQ Magazine is out on Thursday.

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Velo_Alex replied to new-to-cycling | 11 years ago
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Opinions are wonderful things.

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Linkinbassist | 11 years ago
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Wiggins and Voeckler are my favourite riders purely because they actually speak their mind. Same with Cav and Pinotti. Athletes aren't robots - they're people with thoughts and opinions.

If the thought of an athlete saying what they think disgusts you for whatever reason, then you lack empathy - simple as.

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Nzlucas | 11 years ago
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Anyone who uses the C word during a international press conference is alright by me.....

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wheelsucker replied to Nzlucas | 11 years ago
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Nzlucas wrote:

Anyone who uses the C word during a international press conference is alright by me.....

Whats that? Twat?
I agree

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ribbledibble | 11 years ago
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Just like being in the clubhouse. Overopinionated know alls berating the achievements of others. Cycling in this country suffered for years because of this " I've suffered you haven't" snobbery. It won't be drugs or even the atrocious behaviour of some drivers that throws us back to the dark days of non achievement., it will be the aggressive mocking snobbery of no hopers like SOME of the comments above.

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