Even though many would expect Bradley Wiggins to participate in the track Word Cup held at the Lee Valley Velodrome in London after he had announced that Olympic Games in Rio would be his biggest objective for next two seasons, nothing like this is going to happen. Even though, despite his tendency to change his mind quite often, there are no serious doubts that the 34-year old Briton will focus on track racing in upcoming months, apparently he really intends to win Paris-Roubaix first.

Wiggins famously fell in love with the Hell of the North last season, stating that he would consider winning the Paris-Roubaix no lesser achievement than a victory in the Tour de France. Team Sky rider also said that he would gladly give it another try again in 2015 and apparently he meant his words this time around, as instead of training ahead of the track event he was seen training on the cobbles alongside Bernhard Eisel.

Or rather he allowed the world to be seen, posting a picture of his team-mate drenched in mud on his Instagram account on Tuesday.

His short-term focus on the Flemish classics most likely rules him out of contention for a selection to Great Britain’s squad for World Championships held in February in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and it’s perfectly possible that the 34-year old Britain won’t compete on the track before the next winter.

More interestingly, also on Tuesday rumors broke off that Wiggins may participate in the upcoming edition of the Giro d’Italia, what seems a rather absurd idea considering how seriously he seem to treat cobbled classics. There’s no need to remind anyone that the former Tour de France champion will stand in front of an opportunity to become the most decorated British Olympian after Rio and that when the last time he treated something seriously, he beat Tony Martin at World Championships, riding one of the most flawless time trials the cycling world has ever seen.