Ben Wiggins
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| Born | 26 March 2005 Ormskirk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Hagens Berman Jayco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022–2023 | Fensham Howes–MAS Design | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024– | Hagens Berman Jayco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit | edit source]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] In June 2025, he finished runner-up in the men's U23 race at the British National Time Trial Championships.[16][17]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He is the son of cyclist Bradley Wiggins.[18] 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
[edit | edit source]Road
[edit | edit source]- 2022
- 2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships
- 2023
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
- 2nd File:Silver medal uci.svg 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
- 2025
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 6th Chrono des Nations Under-23
Track
[edit | edit source]- 2022
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Points race
- 3rd File:Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit
- National Junior Championships
- 1st File:Jersey of Great Britain.svg Individual pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Jed Smithson)
- 3rd Points race
- 3rd Team pursuit, National Championships
- 2023
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Matthew Brennan)
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit
- 2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Matthew Brennan)
- 3rd File:Bronze medal europe.svg Individual pursuit
- 2024
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Points race
- 2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Noah Hobbs)
- 3rd Team pursuit, National Championships
- 3rd Three Days of London (with Yoeri Havik)
- 2025
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
- 3rd File:Bronze medal europe.svg Madison (with Noah Hobbs)
- 3rd Points race, National Championships
References
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External links
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