Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Cycling: Wiggins scoops Velo d'Or award
PARIS (Reuters) - Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins won the prestigious Velo d'Or award as the best rider of 2012.
Briton Wiggins beat Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders winner Tom Boonen and Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez in a poll of cycling journalists set up by French publication, Velo Magazine.
Britain's cyclist Bradley Wiggins attends the presentation of the itinerary of the 2013 Tour de France cycling race in Paris October 24, 2012. REUTERS/Benoit TessierIn addition to the Tour de France, Wiggins also won the Paris-Nice, Tour de Romandie, Criterium du Dauphine and the Olympic time trial titles.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot. Editing by Patrick Johnston)
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