Sir Bradley Wiggins enjoyed a night on the town after claiming his eighth Olympic medal
CYCLE king Sir Bradley Wiggins went out on the lash after being crowned Britain’s most decorated Olympian.
He won his eighth Games medal, then stunned fans by claiming he was off the booze.
But we can reveal he had already made plans to hit a bar and grab cocktails with friends and family, including his wife Cath.
Four years ago Wiggo, 36, toasted his gold medal at London 2012 by getting “blind drunk” on vodka.
This time a source said: “Bradley had to go back to the Olympic village after the race to change out of his tracksuit and stay with his team.
“He made plans to go out with his wife and friends afterwards. They were intending to have a few cocktails and celebrate properly.”
Wiggo’s team-mates in Rio also gave the game away by making their intentions clear on social media.
Owain Doull, 23 — who with Wiggo, Ed Clancy, 31, and Steven Burke, 28, powered Team GB to gold in the Men’s Team Pursuit on Friday night — posted a picture of himself clutching his medal.
Underneath the snap he wrote: “Time to get p****d with the lads!”
Owain’s dad Iolo, 55, a doctor from Cardiff, and mum Jenny, 51, cheered him on — but missed out on the post-race party.
Iolo said: “I’m not sure we’ll be seeing Owain tonight as he’ll be wanting to celebrate with his team-mates. He deserves a drink if he wants one now because he's deprived himself for so long to get this medal.”
Clancy said: “Crossing the line a second ahead of the Aussies made every single pedal rev and every training session worthwhile.”
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After the win, when asked if he would have a beer to celebrate, Sir Bradley replied with a wry smile: “I don’t drink”.
Cath, who saw her husband overtake fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy’s medal haul, claimed they were “too tired” to celebrate.
Wiggo cheekily poked his tongue out as the national anthem was played at the medal ceremony.
His team-mates standing behind him on the podium saw his face on the big screen and cracked up.
He later posted a snap of his gold medal on social media.
Sir Bradley aims to retire following the Six Days of Ghent cycle race in Belgium in November.
He said: “I’m riding the Tour of Britain in two weeks’ time so I want to get back and keep riding my bike so that doesn’t become a slog.
“Ghent Six Days is where I wanted to end it — my first memory as a child is being there with my dad when he was racing it.”
Wiggo’s medal haul of five golds, one silver and two bronze has resulted from five Games.
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CYCLIST Laura Trott last night became the first UK woman to win a third Olympic gold.
She and teammates Katie Archibald, 22, Elinor Barker, 21, and Joanna Rowsell-Shand, 27, retained their Women’s Team Pursuit title edging out the USA in a new world record time.
Laura, 24, was roared on from the sidelines by her cyclist fiance Jason Kenny — who has four gold medals himself.
The couple could yet walk away from the Rio Olympics with ten gold medals between them.