Sir Bradley Wiggins keen to keep racing after Rio 2016 Olympics
Last Updated: 30/10/15 1:53pm
Sir Bradley Wiggins has revealed he hopes to continue racing after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Wiggins had previously said he wanted to end his career by winning a fifth Olympic gold but is enjoying track racing so much that he may postpone retirement until the end of 2016.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, he said: "It's been refreshing coming back to the track. I'm just enjoying it. I was going to stop after Rio, but now I think I'd just love to carry on doing events throughout the winter.
"The likelihood is that I'll retire in December 2016. Rather than stop in Rio, I'd like to come back and do events like the Revolution Series, the London Six [in October] and the Ghent Six Day [in November].
"I'd like to go back to Ghent because it will be 18 years since I first rode it, so I'd love to go back. I'd be completing the circle if you like."
Wiggins is currently in Colombia for the first of the season's three UCI Track Cycling World Cups, which takes place from Friday to Sunday.
It is a key meeting in Great Britain's preparation for the Olympics, where Wiggins is hoping the men's team pursuit quartet can break the existing world record of 3min 51.659sec.
He added: "The goal for Rio is 3min 50sec. If you look at each Olympic cycle, you'll see the world record come down each time by two or three seconds.
"It was 3min 59sec in Sydney when I first rode and then it was 3min 56sec in Athens, 3min 53sec in Beijing and then 3min 51sec in London, so that's what we're working to each day."
