Bradley Wiggins considers the day he helped Mark Cavendish win the rainbow jersey his “proudest moment in a GB jersey”

Bradley Wiggins says helping Mark Cavendish win the 2011 world road race title in Copenhagen was his “proudest moment in a GB jersey”.

"In 2011, I was very fortunate to be part of a World Championships winning team which was amazingly 12 years ago now," said Wiggins. "The key to success was basing a team around Mark, that could control 200+ riders from various nations throughout the day to make sure the race finished together, all to unleash the sprint for the world’s fastest sprinter."

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"The race tactics were executed to perfection with myself and my team-mates taking up the riding soon after the start and nullifying any attacks from other nations whose goal was simply to disrupt the race just so it didn’t end up in a bunch sprint as Mark was the clear favourite of the day."

"Looking back, it was my proudest moment in a GB jersey in what was an incredible team effort both on and off the bike for Mark to become Britain’s second men's world road race champion since the great Tommy Simpson."

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