Wiggins lays bare his family anguish

London – The fallout and rumours after British cycling great Bradley Wiggins’ medical records were revealed by the Russia-based Fancy Bears computer hacking group came close to killing his wife, he told The Guardian.

Wiggins says he would have preferred to be tried for murder than the trial by media he underwent when the hacked details revealed he was using Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs).

As a result he was allowed to use triamcinolone, an otherwise banned drug, ahead of his major races in 2011, 2012 and 2013, including the 2012 Tour de France which he won in what was a stellar year for him as he also won the Olympic time-trial gold at the London Olympics.

“It nearly killed my wife (Cath). She ended up in rehab over it. I’m at home having to deal with it,” he said.