[July 14, 2014](Reuters) - Bradley Wiggins says he
will stay at Team Sky for another season, despite the 2012 Tour de
France winner being overlooked for a spot in this year's race.
Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport quoted the 34-year-old
as saying he was targeting the Paris-Roubaix one-day race and
possibly the hour record on the track, but his time as a tour
contender was over.
"My time as a Grand Tour rider is over. I’ll still ride them but not
to win them," Wiggins said at the Pinarello Cycling Marathon event
in Treviso.
"I’m thinking about it (the hour record)," added the Briton. "Not
this year but I’ll try next year. And I’ll do it on these bikes
because I’m going to stay at Sky."
Wiggins, included in Team England's track cycling team for the July
23-Aug 3 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, has clashed with team mate
and 2013 Tour winner Chris Froome, who was picked as Sky's team
leader before pulling out with injury after the fifth stage.
Wiggins, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, has not raced a grand
tour since pulling out of last year's Giro D’Italia but will ride
the Tour of Spain in August.
Sky’s team principal Dave Brailsford told The Guardian that Wiggins
was "a great champion who has been integral to the Sky story. We are
keen to support him in the best way as he works towards his ultimate
goal of achieving Olympic success in Rio."
