Bradley Wiggins revealed his son Ben’s fears he would be found dead in the morning as the British cycling legend opened up about his addiction to cocaine.
The Tour de France champion and five-time Olympic gold medallist revealed earlier this year that he had struggled with a drug addiction following his retirement from the sport in 2016.
Wiggins has now admitted he had become a ‘functioning addict’ and had been doing ‘s***loads of cocaine’.
The 45-year-old explained how his children Isabella and Ben, who is part of the British Cycling set-up, had tried to put him into rehab having become concerned over his addiction.
‘There were times my son thought I was going to be found dead in the morning,’ Wiggins told the Observer. ‘I was a…