BRADLEY Wiggins has dreamed of winning Olympic gold for 12 years - and plotted for two to beat his rival and friend Brad McGee in the individual pursuit - and he finally fulfilled both ambitions yesterday. Wiggins won Britain's second cycling gold of the Games with a win over McGee, the man who had beaten him in the final of the Commonwealth Games two years ago.

The Londoner was overwhelmed by his success. "This means more to me than anything I'll ever do in my career," he said. "I'd be happy if I never win anything ever again."

Wiggins was inspired to chase his Olympic medal by watching Chris Boardman win the pursuit in Barcelona. And the pressure, when his opportunity came, was nearly too much for him to bear even though he had set a new Olympic record in the qualifying round. "I sort of had a grip of it, but it was horrible," he said. "I was almost at the point of saying, 'that's it I'm getting out of here.'

"I'd like to thank Noel and Liam Gallagher for helping me at that point on my iPod."

With Oasis' Champagne Supernova ringing in his ears, he got on his bike and hammered round the track.

source: IC Wales