Bradley Wiggins set for rowing debut in December

Updated 17/11/2017 at 09:41 GMT

Bradley Wiggins is set for a return to competitive sport as he prepares to contest the British Rowing Indoor Championships in December.

Sir Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain

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The eight-time Olympic medallist, and 2012 Tour de France winner, retired from cycling last year.

Earlier this week, UK Anti-Doping ended its investigation into a controversial package Wiggins received during the 2011 Dauphine due to a lack of available records.

Wiggins released a statement saying he had suffered a “living hell” while suggestions of improper conduct swirled around him, Team Sky and British Cycling.

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But he will make a return to the sporting arena when he takes on members of the Great Britain Rowing Team at the Indoor Champs on December 9 at the Olympic Velodrome.

British rower Matt Rossiter said on Friday:

It’s really exciting that Wiggo is going to be racing. On a personal level, I’m a massive cycling fan and he’s probably a large reason for that. What he did in the Tour in 2012 was absolutely immense and he’s got a bag full of Olympic gold medals. He has to have one of the biggest engines ever in world sport and for him to try and tune it to rowing is awesome. To be lining up against one of your ultimate sporting heroes is an absolute privilege. He just better not beat me!

According to The Times, Wiggins has been training with Olympic rowing champion James Cracknell.

In June he said he was targeting a place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games: