Cycling: Wiggins backtracks as he eyes another Tour de France title
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Overall leader's yellow jersey, British Bradley Wiggins, wrapped in a national flag, celebrates during his parade at the end of the 120km and last stage of the 2012 Tour de France cycling race starting in Rambouillet and finishing in the famous Paris-Champs-Elysees Avenue, on July 22, 2012. Wiggins says he wants to defend his Tour de France title after previously indicating his focus in 2013 could be on the Giro d'Italia and the Spanish Vuelta. -- PHOTO: AFP
LONDON (AP) - Bradley Wiggins says he wants to defend his Tour de France title after previously indicating his focus in 2013 could be on the Giro d'Italia and the Spanish Vuelta.
The 32-year-old Briton had said he would probably help Team Sky teammate Christopher Froome, who finished second behind him in July, win the 2013 Tour.
But Wiggins said on Thursday: "My goal is to win the Tour next year... whether that is realised or not I don't know really. We're still in this planning phase at the moment."
The decision falls with Sky general manager Dave Brailsford.
