I was addicted for many years, walking on a rope

Former winner of Tour de France’s largest cycling race Bradley Wiggins acknowledged that after the end of his career, he became drug addict. He is fortunate to get rid of a cocaine embrace a year ago.

Wiggins, who retired in 2016, won the Tour in 2012 as the first Briton, also won eight Olympic medals and was a real national hero in his homeland.

In an interview with the newspaper Observer 45-year-old Wiggins admitted how his addiction influenced his family. “Sometimes my son thought they would find me in the morning. I was a functional addict. People did not know that for a few years I had been « hit » for almost all the time, « the former star began.

“I had a really big problem. The kids wanted to send me for treatment. I walked down the rope. That’s when I realized where I was going. I had to stop. I’m happy. I was a victim of my decisions, « continued the winner of the race at home games in London.

He won the Tour in 2012. Photo: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

He also revealed that he helped him out of the crisis Lance Armstrongwhich was taken by all seven titles on the Tour due to doping. “My son Ben was often heard with Lanc and told him how I was and that I moved to the hotel. Now I can talk openly about it, « added Wiggins, who accepted Armstrong’s help and went to treatment.