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Friends and former teammates Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish at the 2014 Tour of California (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins on his Olympic gold medal Bolide at the Eneco Tour in 2013 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins relaxing on the first rest day of the 2012 Tour de France (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins' 2012 season also saw him win the Critérium du Dauphiné (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins also won the 2012 Tour de Romandie (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins claims a rare road race win at the 2012 Tour de Romandie (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins big 2012 season started with victory at Paris-Nice (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins with Richie Porte at the Volta ao Algarve after Porte won the stage (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins in the red leader's jersey at the Vuelta a España (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins celebrates overall at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
British champion Bradley Wiggins during the 2011 Tour of Qatar prologue (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins at the start of his only day in the Giro d'Italia's maglia rosa (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky at the 2010 Tour of Qatar after winning the opening stage of the race (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins Tour de France winner in 2012
Bradley Wiggins crashed out of the 2011 Tour de France on stage 7 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
On course for victory at the 2014 Tour of California
Leading the Tour of Britain in 2013. He went onto win the race.
Bradley Wiggins waves goodbye to Team Sky
Wiggins suffered through the Giro d'Italia in 2013 before retiring with injury
The pressure is on: Wiggins had to deal with the daily stress of leading the Tour de France
Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins at the Tour in 2012
Wiggins credited weight loss as a main reason for his transformation into a stage race rider
Worlds apart: Wiggins and Froome at the Tour de France presentation in October 2012
2012 culminated in an Olympic Gold medal in the time trial
Wiggins held his Tour de France right through until the Olympic Games in 2012
When Wiggins races in the United Kingdom the fans turn out to meet him
Second on the podium in the Worlds time trial in 2013
Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) made Paris-Roubaix his final objective
Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) sets the pace in Paris-Roubaix
What might have been: WIggins at the finish of Paris-Roubaix
Bradley Wiggins leads his rivals onto the velodrome in Roubaix
At the finish of the 2015 Paris-Roubaix
Bradley Wiggins leads his rivals onto the velodrome in Roubaix
Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) in his final race for Team Sky
Bradley Wiggins rides to the world time trial title in 2014
Bradley Wiggins rides to the world time trial title in 2014
Bradley Wiggins becomes Sir Bradley Wiggins
Heading for gold in the time trial at the London Olympics
Bradley Wiggins lines up for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic road race.
2011 and Wiggins starts the season well with wins in Paris-Nice and the Dauphine
Defeat: Bradley Wiggins cracked as leader of Team Sky at the 2010 Tour de France
Bradley Wiggins' custom saddle from the 2010 Tour de France
Suffering through the mud and cobbles of the 2010 Giro d'Italia, a race Wiggins was using as training for the Tour de France
The Giro d'Italia started well for Team Sky and Wiggins in 2010
Riding Fleche Wallone in 2010
Bradley Wiggins and Dave Brailsford linked up in 2010
First training rides for Wiggins in his Teaam Sky colours
Wiggins rolls onto the stage as a Team Sky rider
Bradley Wiggins is presented as a Team Sky rider in 2010
Bradley Wiggins takes shelter behind his Team Sky train
Bradley Wiggins came into the Tour in 2011 after a number of stage race wins
On the podium in Paris at the end of the 2012 Tour de France
Sealing the Tour de France win 2012
Liquigas try to crack Wiggins in the mountains of the 2012 Tour de France
I see you: Wiggins keeps a close eye on Vincenzo Nibali at the 2012 Tour de France
Edvald Boasson Hagen does the work for Sky and Wiggins at the 2012 Tour de France
Always at the centre of attention at the Tour de France (2012)
Riding with Mark Cavendish after the world champion joined Team Sky for 2012
Leading the Vuelta a Espana in 2011
Facing the media at a press conference ahead of the Tour de France in 2011
Waiting in the shadows: Wiggins and his new teammates at the first Team Sky presentation
British time trial champion Bradley Wiggins (Sky) powers to victory in the Giro's opening stage. (Image credit: www.ispaphoto.com)
World Champion Bradley Wiggins was third on Tuesday in Qatar. (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The final podium in the 2011 Vuelta a España (Image credit: Vuelta a Espana)
2012 Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins (Sky) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sky teammates Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome finish 5th and 6th on stage 14 and put time into their GC rivals. (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Bradley Wiggins finally brought the curtain down on his Team Sky career on Sunday with a solid 18th place in Paris-Roubaix.
The 2012 Tour de France winner has made the Classic his major objective for the last two springs and despite a daring attack with just over 30 kilometers to go on Sunday he was unable to make the winning break, with John Degenkolb taking a deserved victory.
Paris-Roubaix is always a lottery of a race but despite falling short in his final outing for Team Sky, Wiggins has undoubtedly been their most influential and successful rider since signing for them in 2010.
A huge transformation into a stage race rider in 2009 meant that the new British squad were always going to build a team around him and he duly delivered with their first Tour de France win in 2012.
There have been crashes, fallouts, losses of form and comebacks along the way, and in this gallery Cyclingnews looks back at Bradley Wiggins' entire racing career at Team Sky.
