Bradley Wiggins: People doubted I was a survivor of sexual abuse – I had to tell the full story
Bradley Wiggins opens up on abuse by childhood cycling coach
- Bradley Wiggins first publicly revealed that he was sexually abused as a child by his cycling coach, Stan Knight, during an unplanned interview in 2022.
- His new book, The Chain, details the abuse, including an alleged drugging incident.
- Going public about the abuse prompted four other men to come forward with similar experiences that they had under the supervision of Knight, who died in 2003.
- The book also explores Wiggins' troubled relationship with his father, who left when he was a baby, and the impact of his bullying stepfather.
- Wiggins also addresses the 2011 'Jiffy-Bag scandal' concerning therapeutic-use exemptions, claiming Team Sky “chucked him under a bus” during the controversy.