Bradley Wiggins: Coronavirus could be devastating for riders' livelihoods

Bradley Wiggins on duty for Eurosport at the 2019 Tour de France
Bradley Wiggins on duty for Eurosport at the 2019 Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

While Bradley Wiggins admits that "it's only sport", the 2012 Tour de France winner also says that the ongoing coronavirus crisis could begin to affect riders' livelihoods.

Talking on the first episode of the new season of Eurosport podcast The Bradley Wiggins Show, Wiggins said that the cancellation and postponement of most upcoming professional cycling races was "the least important thing compared to other things in life", but that riders' winter training for their various goals was in danger of being wasted.

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