Wiggins has previously spoken about suffering from depression and a difficult childhood. But four years ago, in a post-retirement theatre tour, he spoke candidly about how his stepfather would beat him. Until the couple split in his late teens, 'we rubbed along fine,' he wrote. In his 2008 autobiography, In Pursuit of Glory, Wiggins wrote about how his mother Linda's new partner Brendan became his 'quasi-stepfather' when he was a teenager and was 'totally supportive.' Wiggins, 41, made the revelation in an interview with Men's Health 'Talking Heads' columnist and former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell in the May issue of the magazine, which goes on sale on April 20. I was quite a strange teenager in many ways and I think the drive on the bike stemmed from adversity.' 'I was such a loner.I just wanted to get out of the environment. My stepfather was quite violent to me, he used to call me a f****t for wearing Lycra and stuff, so I didn't think I could tell him. It all impacted me as an adult.I buried it. The 2012 Tour de France winner and five-time Olympic champion spoke to Men's Health UK magazine and said: 'I was groomed by a coach when I was younger - I was about 13 - and I never fully accepted that.'Īsked if he was groomed sexually, Wiggins added: 'Yes. Sir Bradley Wiggins has revealed he was sexually groomed by a coach when he was just 13 years old but 'buried' his ordeal because he feared his 'violent' stepfather.
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