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Bradley Wiggins: It’s all about Olympics, regardless of Tour de France

If Bradley Wiggins had to choose between a Tour de France title and an Olympic gold medal, it sure sounds like he’d pick the latter.

The British cyclist with seven Olympic medals, including four golds, eyes his fifth Games next year.

“To represent your country at the Olympics is about as good as it gets, really,” Wiggins, 35, said in a Sky Sports interview published Tuesday. “Put a gold medal on top of that, and it doesn’t ever get any better. So that hasn’t changed for me since Sydney 15 years ago. This is my fifth Olympics.