Wiggins' Team Sky Procycling has controlled the 2012 Tour de Frace in a style reminiscent of Lance Armstrong's former U.S. Postal Service team. The Briton lost his composure Sunday when asked by a reporter to comment on comparisons between the teams and on the "cynics who believe that you have to be doped up to win the Tour de France."

Wiggins answered in a tirade, saying he "cannot be dealing with people like that" and added that it "justifies their own bone idleness because they can't ever imagine applying themselves to anything in their lives."

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has recently filed charges against Lance Armstrong, accusing him of using performance-enhancing drugs.