Bradley Wiggins pulls out of Abu Dhabi Tour
36-year-old doᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚesn't want to🦩 jeopardise London Six Day appearance
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bradley Wiggins has pulled out of the upcoming 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Abu Dhabi Tour, meaning his career as a professional road cyclist is indeed🌳 over.
The 36-year-old, who has been caught up in controversy in recent weeks, was a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:surprise inclusion when the four-day Emirate race announced its first batch of participants last month, despite saying "168澳洲5最新开奖结果:that is certainly it for the road" after the Tour of Britain.
The Abu Dhabi Tour yesterday published its provisional start list for the race, w🅷hich begins on October 20, and Wiggins’ name was at the top of the list for his eponymous Continental-level team.
However, his representatives confirmed to Cyclingnews to💧day that he will not take part in the💞 race.
They explained that, despite being on the provisional list, he had never actually committed to racing, and does not want to jeopardis♔e his appearanc💫e on the track at the London Six Day, which begins on October 25.
After that event, Wiggins is🥃 set to🔯 close out his career at the Ghent Six in November.
Update: Abu Dhabi Tour response
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Later on Thursday, the Abu Dhabi ✅Tour organisers issued a statement, saying they were "surprised and disappointed to see different stories in the media regarding Bradley Wiggins and the Abu Dhabi Tour".
They did not acknowledge they've had direct confirmation of Wiggins' withdrawal and explained that as far as they were concerned he was going to race and eve𒊎rything was🦄 in place for that.
"Before the first announcement (20 September) 🐻we received the approval from Team Wiggins to communicate the presence of Bradley Wiggins at the upcoming Abu Dhabi Tour," read the statement. "Last week the Official Enrolment Form was submitted by a Team Wiggins officialꦕ to RCS Sport with the name of the rider Bradley Wiggins included in the provisional entry list.
"In addition, as is usual practise for a major race, flights and accommoౠdation have been booked in the name of Bradley Wiggins and those accompanying him.
"It is important to clarify that the long-standing expectation has been that Sir Bradley will be riding the 2016 Abu Dhabi Tour, and that all operations by the race owner, race organiser and its r🐲epresentatives and agents have been based on that expectation in good faith."
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