Sir Bradley Wiggins’ representatives have apologised after Britain's most decorated cyclist stunned guests by making a crude joke about a sex act at a charity dinner held for child abuse victims, saying it was “friendly banter� after he was “caught unawares� by the event’s auctioneer Jon Hammond.

At the Firecracker Ball in aid of Barnardo’s children’s charity, Hammond approached Wiggins, who had donated a signed shirt for the auction, the cyclist’s face then appeared on a giant video screen as he told the host: “You’ve got a posh voice. I like posh voices. S*** me off.�

Wiggins’ shirt still sold for £5,000.

Guests said that alcohol was running “extremely freely� at the Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate, and although reports make it clear that Wiggins was not drunk when he made the remark, fellow diners at the £300-a-head event have spoken of their “complete disgust� in his actions, which would have been better suited to a raucous “stag do�.

Selwink wrote:
Di Luca suspended for life

Selwink wrote:
Di Luca suspended for life

Strydz wrote:
Lotto 2014 jersey, they go retro https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lotto...014-jersey

I like it

Selwink wrote:
Di Luca suspended for life

Aquarius wrote:
Not sure if many here follow track cycling, but the 200 m record has been broken today : 9.347" by François Pervis. 77,0 km/h.