“Lance has helped me a lot over the last few years,” Armstrong came to the aid of Bradley Wiggins

The Cycling world was worried about Bradley Wiggins. Since the end of his career in 2016, the former British runner has had to deal with mental health concerns as well as financial problems. The five-time Olympic champion explains that he “wallowing in self-pityhe explains in the podcast, The High Performance . I drank, I was late all the time, I let my worries affect my behavior. »

To get out of this situation, Wiggins received an unexpected helping hand from fallen cycling icon Lance Armstrong. The former American champion offered him a week of therapy. “Lance was willing to finance this for me. He's a good man. I obviously don't want to condone what he did, but I think what he's going through is a little disproportionate. “He’s got a heart down there somewhere.” For the moment, Wiggins says he has not accepted Armstrong's proposal. The Texan is not his first attempt, he had already wanted to help Jan Ulrich, his great rival in the 90s, after the latter fell into drugs and alcohol at the end of his career.