Wiggins wants to put Hour record beyond reach (Reuters)

Bradley Wiggins believes he can put the Hour world record “out of reach” when he tackles one of cycling’s toughest challenges next month at London’s Olympic velodrome. A few weeks after fellow Briton Alex Dowsett set a new world record of 52.937 kilometers in Manchester, Olympic time trial champion Wiggins says it is not a matter of “if” he can better that distance, but by how much. “But I don’t just want to break it, I want to put it right up there, as far out of reach as I can.” The seven-times Olympic medalist who left his track roots to become the first Briton to win the Tour de France in 2012, believes he can add two kilometers to Dowsett’s mark. “I don’t see it as being any harder than climbing the Ventoux to save fourth place in the Tour de France,” he said.