Hoy and Wiggins still negotiating their way with new-found fame

Published Date: 07 October 2008 Olympic success provides new impetus for cycling across Britain THE aftermath of a major championship is traditionally an awkward time for athletes to deal with. They have spent so long preparing for one event: once it's gone, a feeling of pointlessness can set in. Bradley Wiggins is a case in point, albeit an extreme one. In his new autobiography In Pursuit of Glory (Orion, £18.99), the Olympic cyclist reveals that after the Athens Games of 2004 he went on a nine-month bender. He had worked hard for years, he had come home with a gold medal, but his family were still in financial trouble and there was little external recognition of his achievement. For example, neither Wiggins nor his team-mate and fellow-gold-medallist, Chris Hoy, got so much as a look-in at the traditional BBC Sports... [read full story]