PARIS: Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins won the prestigous Velo d’Or award as the best rider of 2012.
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Wiggins scoops Velo d’Or award
Tour de France champion named best rider of the year
- Reuters
- Published: 13:34 October 30, 2012
Briton Wiggins beat Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders winner Tom Boonen and Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez in a poll of cycling journalists set up by French publication, Velo Magazine.
In addition to the Tour de France, Wiggins also won the Paris-Nice, Tour de Romandie, Criterium du Dauphine and the Olympic time trial titles.
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