Bradley Wiggins pays tribute to fellow Olympic champion Sir Chirs Hoy following his terminal cancer diagnosis

Cycling fans were shocked to discover last month when Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy revealed that he had been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, aged just 48. Hoy received widespread support following his announcement, with many athletic figures and members of the public applauding him for his bravery and attitude despite his illness.

And now Sir Bradley Wiggins has made his opinion of Sir Chris Hoy clear, and told the High Performance Podcast, “That hit everyone quite hard that, and those of us that know Chris know what an absolute gentleman he is, what a heart of gold. The worst things happen to the best people - and he truly is a great, great person.

“I spent all my Olympic career with Chris. When we were young, I remember sitting in dope control in Athens, where we both won gold - he won the first night, I won the second night - and he was sat there in dope control having just won the kilometre and he was going, “Do you want to touch my medal?”

“I said, “No, Chris, I’m going to try and win mine tomorrow night”,” Wiggins continued. “I thought it would give me bad luck!

“And he was the first person who congratulated me when I won mine - he came across the pen - and when I won my fifth in Rio he was there with Steve Redgrave at a BBC interview.”

It’s touching memory of two of Britian’s best ever cyclists, and best ever Olympic Games athletes. Wiggins went on to say, “He’s one of our greatest in many ways, not just on the bike, because what I think he’s doing, and the way he’s handled it, is going to help a lot of people.

‘”And his lasting legacy is going to be infinite.”