Ben Wiggins

In 2022, Wiggins signed to ride for the junior team of Fensham Howes-MAS Design team, run by Giles Pidcock, father of Tom Pidcock.^[5] Wiggins finished sixth in the Time Trial at the 2022 junior Nations Cup race Grand Prix du Morbihan, which starts in Josselin in Brittany. He won silver in the junior individual time trial at the British National Road Championships in 2022, behind Josh Tarling.^[6] Wiggins won the gold medal for the points race at the 2022 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Anadia, Portugal in 2022.^[7] That year, he also raced in the six-day event in Ghent for the first time.^[8]

Wiggins started 2023 by returning to ride for Fensham Howes-MAS Design.^[9] In July 2023, he finished runner-up in the British Junior individual time trial competition behind Jacob Bush.^[10] Wiggins told The Times in August 2023 that he planned to race both in track cycling and road cycling in the short term. He was selected for the junior road race and junior time trial at the 2023 UCI World Championships held in Glasgow.^[11] He won a silver medal in the time trial.^[12] That month, competing at the Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia, he became the junior world champion in the Madison, alongside Matthew Brennan.^[13]

He signed for Hagens Berman Axeon ahead of the 2024 season.^[14][15] In July 2024, Wiggins won the silver medal in the points race at the 2024 UEC European Track U23 Championships, in Cottbus, behind Conrad Haugsted of Denmark.^[16]

In June 2025, he finished runner-up in the men's U23 race at the British National Time Trial Championships.^[17][18]

In February 2026, Wiggins rode as part of the British team that won a bronze medal at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships in Konya, Turkey, in the men's team pursuit. He also had a fourth place finish in the men's points race in his debut event at the elite level.^[19]

He is the son of cyclist Bradley Wiggins.^[20] Ben grew up playing a number of different sports, he was a keen rugby player from a young age and attended Kirkham Grammar School where he played rugby throughout his school years. Despite being a cyclist his whole life, he only turned his full attention to racing in 2021.

Ben has also stated he is a Liverpool FC supporter.^{[citation needed]}