Lance Armstrong, a disgraced cyclist, is “indebted” to Sir Bradley Wiggins, a five-time Olympic champion, for his assistance in battling drug addiction.
Wiggins, who won the Tour de France for the first time in 2012, revealed last month in The Observer how he developed a cocaine addiction throughout his career.
The 45-year-old Britishman claimed that Armstrong, who had lost seven Tour de France titles for using performance-enhancing drugs, has supported him since he retired in 2016.
According to Wiggins, “He’s been a great strength to me and a great inspiration to me, and it’s on a human level.”
“Lance has treated me very well. Everyone doesn’t want to hear that because they only want to hear the negative things.
I’m indebted to Lance because he has been a constant source of inspiration for me and a constant source of support for me, which is one of the main reasons why I’m in this position right now, both mentally and physically, and he has helped me greatly.
When asked how frequently he communicated with Armstrong, he replied, “I work for him, not every day.
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I held cycling accountable for everything that went wrong in my life.
Wiggins has spoken about his father’s jealousy and being groomed by a coach as a child since his retirement, and he was also declared bankrupt in June 2024.
Wiggins spoke last month about how much of his cocaine addiction he overcame after retiring from cycling, and how his family was afraid for him.
Wiggins claimed in an interview with the BBC that he wanted to be “the teller of my story.”
At the end of the day, he said, “We are all humans, and it is a human story, and many things in my life have influenced the issues I had with my life after I cycled.”
Because you are perceived as a cyclist, or as a cyclist when you are an Olympic champion or Tour de France winner, you are incredibly mentally strong. “I never had therapy or counseling during my time as a cyclist.”
Two weeks after winning the Tour de France, Wiggins won two Olympic gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, as well as the 2016 Olympic track championship.
He continued, “I was one for not asking for help or offering it.”
I’ve kind of promised myself that I’ll never repeat myself. From the past, I’ve learned.
“I’m approaching ten years of retirement, and I only really knew what I wanted to do: cycling and doing everything for you every day.
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Source: BBC
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