Tour de France victor, Englishman Bradley Wiggins, rolls straight into Olympics road race training

BRADLEY Wiggins has mentally zeroed in on Saturday's London Games road race, resuming training less than 24 hours after winning the Tour de France.

Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain and SKY Procycling punches the air with delight

BRADLEY Wiggins has mentally zeroed in on Saturday's London Olympic Games road race, resuming training less than 24 hours after winning the Tour de France - and putting victory celebrations on hold.

Wiggins, Mark Cavendish and Tour runner-up Chris Froome were whisked out of Paris on Sunday night as jubilant Sky team-mates remained to celebrate the Englishman's triumph.

Determined to win a fourth gold medal in London, Wiggins was back on his bike near his Wigan home in preparation for the road race and Tuesday's time trial.

"If I'm 100 percent honest, its gold or nothing in London now, really," he said.

"That's the way I'm treating the next nine days. Ive set a precedent now for performances.

"I cant sit and say Ill be happy with a silver, or happy with a bronze.

"Its got to be gold now. That's the way I'm treating the next nine days."

Wiggins' approach is further evidence of his reform from rebel to professional benchmark.

The reformed Londonder, son of Australian cycling hard man Gary Wiggins, said he was "almost alcoholic" after winning gold in Athens in 2004.

But since moving from track cycling to the road, he has stopped drinking, cut out junk food and lost 12kgs.

"Times have changed. I'm 32 now, not 23 anymore," he said.

"Ill just continue. I'm loving what I'm doing at the moment. I'm in my element on days like this.

"I love that whole process of going out, warming up, getting in the zone, out there flying along the road. That's what I love doing.

"Its London, the Olympics. You don't get much bigger than that in Olympic terms.

"Its how Ive ridden all year. I could have switched off after Paris-Nice. Forget about it, move on to the next thing.

"Its something that comes from within. Its probably what makes you a good athlete. That mental strength.

"Its age as well. I couldn't have done it eight, nine years ago. As I'm getting older, you want more out of yourself. Turn the screw a bit more."

Wiggins has six Olympic track medals, including three golds, but wants more.

He has already created history on several fronts, including being the first Briton to the win the Tour de France and is also the first Olympic track champion to win the Tour.

He is now the only rider in to have won the Paris-Nice, Dauphine, Tour of Romandie and Tour de France in the same season.

The sport's roughest diamond has no intentions of stopping, especially with the chance of helping Cavendish in Saturday's road race and winning himself in the time trial.

"I don't want to stop the season here," he said.

"Then attentions turn to next year. I don't want this to go tits up.

"So I need to keep going, keep the momentum, have your normal post-season break, get back to training and start thinking of the goals again in October when we do all our meetings for next year.

"Its a continuing process. I don't want to be doing this for another six, seven years.

"Ive got a couple more years and I want to keep this momentum going and think about my goals for next year. But its not the time to think about it now. Its way too early."

Wiggins has no concerns about backing his Tour heroics with Olympic excellence.

"Ive just done world class time trial (on Saturday), averaging a ridiculous amount of power," he said.

"After three weeks of bike racing and two really tough Pyrenees stages, a 222km at a 44km per hour average speed with a lead out on the final and then I still did that (time trial)..

"So physically, you'd think not a lots going to change in 9 days.

"If anything, I'm going to be fresher.

"And once you start thinking in those terms, that you're so fit and you've trained for the demands of the three weeks and you've actually got three days off in between the road race and the time trial, so it shouldn't be a problem.

"An Olympic athlete cant envisage doing the Tour de France 10 days before the biggest race of their life, a marathon or whatever, but racing is what we do, and we do so many during the year that actually nine days is a holiday.

"Physically, nothing changes "