Bradley Wiggins
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Never going back to the Tour de France and trying to win again.
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What keeps you awake at night?
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The realisation that I am no longer young.
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A Henry Darger painting. Sadly, I lost it in the divorce, but it was a great parting gift.
Five years ago, a concrete plug, a little bigger than a baseball, fell off a building on Hollywood Boulevard when I was riding in an open convertible. It shattered the windshield. It really shook me. I still have it on my mantel.
To the Scissor Sisters. Back in the day, I could be an absolute monster; I was a real asshole.
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