Sir Bradley Wiggins alledges he was sexually groomed by a coach at 13

Sir Bradley Wiggins has said he was sexually groomed by a former coach when he was a teenager. In an interview with Men’s Health UK, the 2012 Tour de France winner didn't name the coach and admitted he struggled to accept what had happened and a strained relationship with his stepfather caused him to ‘bury it’. Ad/> «I was groomed by a coach when I was younger,” Wiggins revealed.

“I was about 13 — and I never fully accepted that.» /> Tour of the AlpsHighlights: Bouchard takes maiden win in Tour of the Alps opener11 HOURS AGO «Yes,” he added when asked if the grooming was sexual. “It all impacted me as an adult. I buried it.

“My stepfather was quite violent to me, he used to call me a f***** for wearing Lycra and stuff, so I didn't think I could tell him.” »I was such a loner. I just wanted to get out of the environment. I became so insular.

I was quite a strange teenager in many ways and I think the drive on the bike stemmed from adversity." The 41-year-old Eurosport pundit was speaking to Alastair Campbell for the May issue of Men’s Health magazine and also spoke about his battles with depression and the impact of his relationship with his biological father. Gary Wiggins, a cyclist himself, left the family when Bradley was just 14 and died in 2008 following a fight at a party. «It was definitely to do with my dad,» he said.

«Never getting answers when he was murdered in 2008. He left us when I was little, so I met him for the first time when I was 18. We rekindled some kind of relationship but then we didn't speak for the last couple of years before he was murdered.

»He was my hero. I wanted to prove myself to him. He was a good cyclist — he could have been really good — but he was a wasted talent.