{"id":293040,"date":"2023-10-04T08:26:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=293040"},"modified":"2023-10-04T08:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:26:28","slug":"on-this-day-in-2014-sir-bradley-wiggins-wins-time-trial-gold-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/cycling\/on-this-day-in-2014-sir-bradley-wiggins-wins-time-trial-gold-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in 2014 \u2013 Sir Bradley Wiggins wins time-trial gold in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/sport\/sport-135x135.png\" width=\"134\" height=\"134\" layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news<\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Sport email<\/h2>\n<p>Sir Bradley Wiggins won gold in the men\u2019s time trial at the Road World Championships in Spain on this day in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Wiggins clocked 56 minutes 25.52 seconds for the 47.1-kilometre route in Ponferrada to win by an emphatic margin of 26.23secs.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s Tony Martin, seeking a fourth straight world title, had to settle for silver, while Tom Dumoulin of Holland took bronze.<\/p>\n<p>It was Britain\u2019s first gold in the event in 20 years, since Chris Boardman won the inaugural edition of the road time trial.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2022\/11\/30\/15\/GettyImages-1388382959%20copy.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2022\/12\/01\/03\/GettyImages-1245251240.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Wiggins said: \u201cI paced it perfectly. I still had gas in the final. Even on the last descent, I knew I was ahead, but I was pushing all the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what to say. I knew coming into it that I had the legs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce I saw the course I knew if I was ever going to beat Tony it would be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wiggins \u2013 Olympic time-trial champion as well as Tour de France champion in 2012 \u2013 added a first road world title to multiple golds he had achieved at World Championships on the track.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/cycling\/sir-bradley-wiggins-spain-tony-martin-british-cycling-tom-dumoulin-b2417429.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Sir Bradley Wiggins won&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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