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26 March 2005(Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom)
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Introduction

Ben Wiggins (born 26 March 2005, Ormskirk) is a British cyclist. He rides for Fensham Howes-MAS Design cycling team. In 2023, he became the Junior World Champion in the Madison. He is the son of Bradley Wiggins.

Career

In 2022, Wiggins signed to ride for the junior team of Fensham Howes-MAS Design team, run by Giles Pidcock, father of Tom Pidcock. Wiggins finished sixth in the Time Trial at the 2022 junior Nations Cup race Grand Prix du Morbihan, which starts in Josselin in Brittany. He won silver in the junior individual time trial at the British National Road Championships in 2022, behind Josh Tarling. Wiggins won the gold medal for the points race at the 2022 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Anadia, Portugal in 2022. That year, he also raced in the six-day event in Ghent for the first time.

Wiggins started 2023 by returning to ride for Fensham Howes-MAS Design. In July 2023, he finished runner-up in the British Junior individual time trial competition behind Jacob Bush. Wiggins told The Times in August 2023 that he planned to race both in track cycling and road cycling in the short term. He was selected for the junior road race and junior time trial at the 2023 UCI World Championships held in Glasgow. He won a silver medal in the time trial. That month, competing at the Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia, he became the junior world champion in the Madison, alongside Matthew Brennan.

He signed for Hagens Berman Axeon ahead of the 2024 season.

Personal life

He is the son of cyclist Bradley Wiggins. Ben grew up playing a number of different sports, he was a keen rugby player from a young age and attended Kirkham Grammar School where he played rugby throughout his school years. Despite being a cyclist his whole life, he only turned his full attention to racing in 2021.

Ben has also stated he is a Liverpool FC supporter.

Major results

Road

2022
2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships
2023
1stOverall Trophée Centre Morbihan
2ndTime trial, UCI World Junior Championships
7th Overall Tour de Gironde
9th Overall Guido Reybrouck Classic
2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships

Track

2022
UEC European Junior Championships
1stPoints race
3rdTeam pursuit
National Junior Championships
1st
Ben Wiggins
Individual pursuit
2nd Madison (with Jed Smithson)
3rd Points race
3rd Team pursuit, National Championships
2023
1st Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Matthew Brennan)
UEC European Junior Championships
2ndTeam pursuit
2ndMadison (with Matthew Brennan)
3rdIndividual pursuit
4th Points Race, UCI Junior World Championships