Ben Wiggins

Ben Wiggins

Ben Wiggins (2024)
Personal information
Born	(2005-03-26) 26 March 2005 (age 19) Ormskirk, England
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current team	Hagens Berman Jayco
Discipline	Track Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2022–2023	Fensham Howes–MAS Design
Professional team
2024–	Hagens Berman Jayco
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2023 Glasgow Junior time trial Men's track cycling World Junior Championships 2023 Cali Madison European Junior Championships 2022 Anadia Points race

Ben Wiggins (born 26 March 2005)^[1] is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco.^[2] In 2023, he became the Junior World Champion in the Madison. He is the son of Bradley Wiggins, the first British winner of the Tour de France, and the grandson of Australian cyclist Gary Wiggins.^[3][4]

Career

In 2022, Wiggins signed to ride for the junior team of Fensham Howes-MAS Design team, run by Giles Pidcock, father of Tom Pidcock.^[5] Wiggins finished sixth in the Time Trial at the 2022 junior Nations Cup race Grand Prix du Morbihan, which starts in Josselin in Brittany. He won silver in the junior individual time trial at the British National Road Championships in 2022, behind Josh Tarling.^[6] Wiggins won the gold medal for the points race at the 2022 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Anadia, Portugal in 2022.^[7] That year, he also raced in the six-day event in Ghent for the first time.^[8]

Wiggins started 2023 by returning to ride for Fensham Howes-MAS Design.^[9] In July 2023, he finished runner-up in the British Junior individual time trial competition behind Jacob Bush.^[10] Wiggins told The Times in August 2023 that he planned to race both in track cycling and road cycling in the short term. He was selected for the junior road race and junior time trial at the 2023 UCI World Championships held in Glasgow.^[11] He won a silver medal in the time trial.^[12] That month, competing at the Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia, he became the junior world champion in the Madison, alongside Matthew Brennan.^[13]

He signed for Hagens Berman Axeon ahead of the 2024 season.^[14][15]

Personal life

He is the son of cyclist Bradley Wiggins.^[16] Ben grew up playing a number of different sports, he was a keen rugby player from a young age and attended Kirkham Grammar School where he played rugby throughout his school years. Despite being a cyclist his whole life, he only turned his full attention to racing in 2021.

Ben has also stated he is a Liverpool FC supporter.^{[citation needed]}

Major results

Road

2022

2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships

2023

1st Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan

2nd Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships

2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships

7th Overall Tour de Gironde

9th Overall Guido Reybrouck Classic

2024

2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships

Track

2022

UEC European Junior Championships

1st Points race

3rd Team pursuit

National Junior Championships

1st Individual pursuit

2nd Madison (with Jed Smithson)

3rd Points race

3rd Team pursuit, National Championships

2023

1st Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Matthew Brennan)

UEC European Junior Championships

2nd Team pursuit

2nd Madison (with Matthew Brennan)

3rd Individual pursuit

2024

UEC European Under-23 Championships

2nd Points race

2nd Madison (with Noah Hobbs)

3rd Team pursuit, National Championships

3rd Three Days of London (with Yoeri Havik)

2nd U23 National Time Trial Championships

References

1. "Ben Wiggins". procyclingstats. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
2. "Hagens Berman Jayco". UCI.org. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. Sedghi, Amy (17 June 2024). "Exclusive: Cycling was a 'great distraction' says Bradley Wiggins as he opens up about trauma and mental health". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
4. "Ben Wiggins". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
5. Fletcher, Patrick (31 March 2022). "Pidcock's dad and Wiggins' son: The future of bike racing". Retrieved 9 August 2023.
6. "Bradley Wiggins's teenage son Ben wins first European Champs title". Sticky Bottle. 20 July 2022.
7. Netherton, Alexander (18 July 2022). "BEN WIGGINS, SON OF BRADLEY WIGGINS, SECURES 2022 EUROPEAN JUNIORS TRACK WIN IN MEN'S POINTS RACE". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
8. Fletcher, Patrick (16 November 2022). "'I want to win everything' – Ben Wiggins, son of Bradley, outlines big ambition". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
9. "Team News: MAS Design – Fensham Howes Junior Team". Velouk. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
10. "CN Great Britain ITT-JR". First Cycling. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
11. Greechan, John (9 August 2023). "Ben Wiggins: How do I compare to my dad? I'm a lot better". The Times. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
12. Collins, Ben (12 August 2023). "UCI Cycling World Championships 2023: Ben Wiggins, son of Sir Bradley, wins junior time trial silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
13. "2023 Junior Track World Championships Madison Results". api.veloresults.com. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
14. Tyson, Jackie (1 November 2023). "Ben Wiggins, Adam Rafferty among five fresh faces at Hagens Berman-Jayco". Cycling News. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
15. "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RUNNER-UP BEN WIGGINS JOINS HAGENS BERMAN AXEON FOR 2024 SEASON". Cyclinguptodate. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
16. Winter, Gareth (5 July 2021). "The Wiggins's #NewBikeDay". Roadbookofcycling. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

External links

• Ben Wiggins at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Ben Wiggins at ProCyclingStats