Tour de France winner turns attentions to Olympics

PARIS – Bradley Wiggins will not celebrate his Tour de France win and instead turn his focus to the London Olympics.The 32-year-old sealed Britain’s first Tour victory on Sunday, finishing ahead of Sky team-mate Chris Froome.Londoner Wiggins will now target 2012 glory in the men’s road race and the individual time trial.“Everything turns to the Olympics and I’ll be out on the bike on Monday. I’ve got an Olympic time trial to try and win,” he said.He added: “It’s a little weird to leave Paris without a party because it would be nice to spend time with the team and really enjoy it.”Wiggins, whose main focus in the early part of his career was on the track, will compete in the Olympic road race on 28 July before taking part in the time trial on 1 August.The three-time Olympic track champion became Britain’s first winner of the Tour de France by finishing three minutes and 21 seconds ahead of compatriot Froome, with Italian Vincenzo Nibali third.In the final stage, which finished in Paris on Sunday, Wiggins also helped set up Mark Cavendish’s sprint victory in front of thousands of British fans on the Champs Elysees, who roared the 2012 winner home.He said the turn near the Arc de Triomphe was “just a sea of Brits”, adding that “the noise was incredible” and comparing the experience to winning track gold at the Athens Games in 2004.

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Tour de France winner turns attentions to Olympics