Palma.Bradley Wiggins, who flew back to England last night for a weekend break with his family before returning to Majorca to compete with Team Sky in the Tour of Majorca which starts in Palma next weekend, said at the Sky training camp in Alcudia on Thursday evening that Majorca is his second home. This year was my tenth consecutive January here and this was also the tenth time I've spent the Spanish Christmas, the Three Kings on the island as well. I've got an apartment down the road (in the Port of Pollensa) and I come out with the family every half term and summer holiday apart from the annual winter training camps we have here. So, I guess I nearly spend half of the year here. I came here to celebrate winning the Tour de France, that's when I got photographed enjoying a pint and having a fag, he joked. But, from a professional point of view, it's a great place to have a training base. It's easy for all of the team whether they live in the UK or elsewhere in Europe to get down here. But, we've been using the island for so many years now, the team directors and the cyclists know all the roads which this time of year are pretty quiet. What is more, the varying terrain, from the flat to the mountains really enables us to get some serious training in and that is what this camp is all about, Wiggins said.
Majorca is like a second home for me...
The Daily Bulletin interviews Sir Bradley Wiggins.
27/01/2013 00:00
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