"I really don’t want to be on Eurosport in 10 years’ time" - Wiggins believes end of punditry career is in sight

Former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins has been one of the faces of Eurosport's cycling coverage for many years, however that time could be coming to an end. "I’ve actually not extended my contract with Eurosport, so I don’t know if I’m going to be doing that this year."

After calling time on his career at the end of 2016, Wiggins admits he found the initial adjustment hard. "When you retire, you go down the route of game shows and things like that. But then I did The Jump when I first stopped, and I found myself thinking: 'What am I doing?'" Even now, Wiggins isn't sure he's found his post-career calling. "I found myself for many years not knowing what to do. I do the punditry, but that all comes easy, and there’s no longevity in it."

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"I really don’t want to be on Eurosport in 10 years’ time, doing cycling from the back of a motorbike. I’m just going with the flow at the moment," he continued before alluding to what his future career path could be. "The social worker idea was just the start of a process of moving towards something completely different, something fulfilling. It is rewarding, finding myself in this position, 10 years on from London 2012."

Wiggins has become an NSPCC ambassador after revealing he was himself a victim of child abuse in his youth, admitting it's become a big part of his life. "I went through quite a lengthy process after I stopped in 2016 and started revisiting my past. One of the big things I’ve come to accept now is that maybe it [the abuse] was one of the reasons I was a bit of a contentious w****r at times. It [the abuse] really affected me in general, made me a bit insecure."

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