FORMER TOUR DE France winner Bradley Wiggins said he will no longer compete in road cycling events.

The Briton picked up the fourth Commonwealth Games silver medal of his career on Thursday after England were beaten by Australia in the 4000 metres team pursuit.

Wiggins was not selected by Team Sky for the Tour this year, with Chris Froome preferred as leader, and the 34-year-old has suggested he will focus solely on track racing now.

The 34-year-old will not compete in any other races in Glasgow and told the BBC after his team’s second-place finish: ”I’ve done with the road now. I think I’ve bled it dry.

“The road is quite cut-throat. The track feels more like a family and a closer knit of people.”

As Wiggins’ Glasgow commitments are finished, Britain’s first Tour winner also explained his focus would now turn to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

“We’ve had limited preparations for this and hopefully we will look back in two years’ time with gold medals around our necks thinking ‘this was the starting point in Glasgow’,” he added.

“I’ve said all along that the track was always what I was going to go back to. I need to put some muscle on and get stronger.

“It’s going to be two years of graft and we can’t underestimate how much work we have ahead to get in the right place for Rio.”

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