Bradley Wiggins: I was a functioning cocaine addict
Bradley Wiggins has revealed that he was a 'functioning cocaine addict' and that his son feared he would find him dead.
Wiggins, 45, became the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France in 2012 and — with eight Olympic medals, including five gold — he is one of the most decorated Britons ever at the Games.
However, after retiring in 2016, Wiggins fell into debt and addiction. Last year, it emerged that he had been left bankrupt and had resorted to 'sofa surfing' between friends' houses. He lost his £975,000 family home and his marriage collapsed and — in his new autobiography, The Chain, which is being published this year and serialised in The Observer — he reveals that his family
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