Wiggins accepts Worlds time trial defeat

Bradley Wiggins, Road World Championships 2009, men's time trial

Bradley Wiggins was just four seconds from taking a bronze medal before a mechanical problem wrecked his ride in the World Championships time trial in Mendrisio. Yet after getting changed and recovering from his ride, he took it pretty well.

Wiggins sportingly admitted that he would have felt guilty taking a bronze medal because of the slipstream advantage he had when he was caught by Fabian Cancellara.   

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