Bradley Wiggins is currently working on the track to prepare his next main goal: The 2016 Rio Olympics. In an interview with Sky Sports News he has again empahsized that he does not want to stop his career after the Brazilian event. He would like to race the Tour of Britain again and end his career at the Six-Days in Ghent and London.
"I'm hoping to race until Christmas and see the year out, just because I have enjoyed the track so much in the last couple of months that I don't want to stop. I wish I hadn't said I'm going to retire", he told. "The changing of the goals helps keep the motivation fresh. Had I been training to win the Tour de France for 15 years, going out five, six, seven hours a day on the road, I would have retired years ago. But because I keep changing the event, it's almost like starting over again."
With his eponymous team, Team WIGGINS, he wants to share his experience with young riders. However, he does not feel ready to manage a team. "It's about that kind of grassroots level for me, which is what the team [WIGGINS] is about. I'm not brave enough [to manage a team]. I never really see myself as in that kind of role in that sense. I couldn't do it. I'd much rather be in the field, on the ground, with the riders. Perhaps we don't use people like that enough, with that kind of experience."
Wiggins is convinced that cycling is in a much better place than it was when he started his career. "I think it's in a better place than it has ever been. You have got Team Sky leading the way on a professional front. They are quite open and have done everything possible on an anti-doping level. Other than that, the sport, compared to 10 years ago, is worlds apart. It has changed dramatically. We don't have the culture now, we don't have the team involvement [in doping] any more."
"People always push the boundaries, especially when the rewards are so high financially. The systems are in place now to catch them; I think that's the difference now."
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