Well what a day, blind drunk and overwhelmed': Cycling hero Bradley Wiggins tweets pictures as he celebrates Olympics triumph with a 'few vodka tonics' on first night out in NINE MONTHS

Cycling superhero Bradley Wiggins’s Olympic gold and Tour de France wins have left him feeling like a child on Christmas Day, he revealed last night.
After a night out celebrating, he also acknowledged the clamour for him to be rewarded with a knighthood by admitting: ‘Sir Wiggo sounds nice.’
Wiggins, now Britain’s most decorated Olympian with seven medals, said: ‘It’s a bit overwhelming all this because it’s a bit like Christmas Day when you’re a kid and you have all these presents and you don’t know which one to play with. It feels a little bit like that.’
Scroll down for video

 

V for victory: Bradley Wiggins (right) and a friend, with drinks in hand, celebrate the cyclist's seventh Olympic medal

 

Getting 'blind drunk': Bradley Wiggins and friends celebrate near St Paul's Cathedral after the cyclist won Olympic gold

 

Champion: Wiggins, posing with his gold after the time trial, has won more Olympic medals than any other Briton

Asked if the Queen had been in touch when, just ten days ago, he became the first Briton to win the Tour, he said: ‘She sent me a lovely letter which was nice to receive but whatever comes next is fantastic, I’ll take it. Sir Wiggo sounds nice.’
After his triumph on Wednesday in the men’s individual road time trial, the 32-year-old had vowed to toast his success with a few vodka tonics.

 

And true to his word, within hours he had posted pictures on Twitter of himself ‘getting wasted’ on a terrace overlooking St Paul’s Cathedral.
Around 2.30am he wrote: ‘Well what a day, blind drunk at the minute and overwhelmed with all the messages. Thank you everyone it’s been emotional X.’
Wiggins, who grew up in Kilburn, north-west London but lives in Chorley, Lancashire, was thought to be partying at the five-star Grange St Paul’s hotel, which boasts views of the Thames on one side and St Paul’s on the other.

 

Thanks: Bradley Wiggins posted the pictures on Twitter and told followers he was 'blind drunk' after an emotional day

 

Olympic great: Wiggins takes it all in after being presented with his gold medal

 

 

 

History-maker: The gold was Wiggins's seventh Olympic medal, taking him above rower Sir Steve Redgrave, who won six

Interviewed by Sky News last night, Wiggins said he was having to get to grips with his newfound stardom.
‘It’s a little bit strange all that,’ he admitted. I’m not really sure what’s going to happen next with how everyone perceives you now ... I seemed to make a lot of people happy yesterday which is nice and humbling. It was an amazing day yesterday and I will never forget it, the crowds were just phenomenal.’
The father-of-two said he now intends to soak up the success before planning for next year.
After he raced to glory in the time-trial around Hampton Court, Wiggins revealed his plan to get drunk with a few vodka tonics.
He told the BBC: 'I'm just going to get really drunk tonight and have a good think about things.'

But after winning gold an overzealous fan stole his cycling shorts while he showered, ITV News reported.

 

NICE SIDEBURNS, SIR STEVE! ROWER'S HILARIOUS TRIBUTE TO 'WIGGO'

 

 

Hairy tribute: Sir Steve Redgrave wore some Wiggins-style fake sideburns with pride (left)... but grimaced with pain when he took them off later (right)

Britain remained gripped by 'Wiggomania' today, with even Sir Steve Redgrave sporting a pair of novelty sideburns in a tribute to the record-breaking cyclist.

The former rower, who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympics, wore the stick-on sideburns while presenting for the BBC from Games rowing venue Eton Dorney.

The gesture, a recognition of music fan Wiggins's Mod-style haircut, proved that Sir Steve holds no hard feelings at losing his record as Britain's most decorated Olympian of all time.

However, he appeared to grimace in pain later when he pulled the fake sideburns from his face.

Wiggins said: 'It's only a bit of cycling kit. But you don't expect pilferers to do that in a five-star spa. Sweaty cycling kit is probably on eBay tonight.'

His seventh medal takes him one clear of rower Sir Steve Redgrave, who has six, making him the most decorated British Olympian of all-time.

His delight at the conclusion of the 44km time-trial was shared by thousands of Union flag-wielding supporters.

He said: 'It's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.
'When you win in the velodrome there are three or four thousand people cheering. Here, around the streets of London, the noise is just amazing.

'I don't think anything will top that. It's just been phenomenal.'
During an interview with BBC presenter Gary Lineker, he said 'I know how the Beatles felt now' as jubilant fans cheered in the Olympic Park.
It is believed the cyclist could earn £30million in the next two years through lucrative sponsorship deals.

 

High speed: Bradley Wiggins decimated the rest of the field to claim gold

 

Support: Huge crowds lined the route to cheer Wiggins on to glory

And there are calls for Britain's most decorated Olympian to receive another honour - a knighthood.
Labour MP Emily Thornberry told the Evening Standard: 'He is a national hero, a fantastic role model. If anybody should be knighted, he should be.'
John Whittingdale, Tory chairman of the Commons culture, media and sport committee, said: 'His achievement is utterly extraordinary. He is particularly deserving of recognition.'

British Olympic Association chairman Lord Moynihan was quick to dismiss suggestions that Wiggins was wrong to celebrate his achievement by going out drinking.

He said Wiggins deserved to finally let his hair down, adding: 'He is really a focused guy. He is a success. I have got nothing but admiration and respect for what he did.
'A number of people have commented, wrongly I think, that he was not entitled to go out and enjoy himself yesterday.
'I am of the group who says he is absolutely thoroughly entitled to have a fantastic party and celebrate. Nobody deserves its more.
'He may have got a bit dehydrated - that vodka tonic might have had more of an effect than it might have done under normal circumstances.'

 

First class: Royal Mail has produced a commemorative stamp in recognition of the cyclist's achievements

 

Andy Hunt, Team GB's chef de mission for the 2012 Olympics, said: 'He is entitled to celebrate. What he did was extraordinary.
'I do not think there is a single person in the country who would not want to buy him a drink.'
Mark Adams of the International Olympic Committee agreed that Wiggins deserved a celebration but noted: 'Of course we would ask all athletes after their competition to clearly drink wisely - that would be my parental advice.'
Chorley Council, which covers the Lancashire village of Eccleston where Wiggins lives, is to bestow the freedom of the borough on the cyclist.
Royal Mail has commemorated the Lancashire-based cyclist's win by producing a stamp in his honour, and painting a post box in Chorley town centre gold.
The Wiggo stamp shows him in his Team GB kit and bears the words 'Gold Medal Winner Bradley Wiggins Cycling: Road Men's Time Trial'.
The post box, on Market Street opposite the town hall, was transformed this morning.

 

 

 

Glowing tribute: Councillor Peter Wilson, the deputy leader of Chorley Council, holds the Bradley Wiggins stamp next to a postbox painted gold (left) in honour of the cyclist (right)

 

Family man: Wiggins celebrates with his wife Catherine and children after clinching gold to become the most successful British Olympian of all time

'I KNOW HOW THE BEATLES FELT NOW': HERO'S BEST QUOTES

Bradley Wiggins had much to say after he made British Olympic history. Here are some of his quotes:
'I know how the Beatles felt now'
 - Wiggins on seeing the crowds cheering from the Olympic Park
'There is almost slight melancholy. I realised on the podium that that's probably it for me. To go out there and put a performance like that together nine days after the Tour and win another Olympic title in another event, it is never, ever going to get any better than that.'
- Wiggins takes in the magnitude of his achievements this summer
'The great thing with cycling is that anyone can come and watch it, whereas here you've got to be the chosen few to get in somewhere like this, and it's a bit of a prawn sandwich fest.'
- Wiggins speaks about the time-trial course at Hampton Court
'It's a reward for the months of training, sleeping in an oxygen tent in the spare room, weeks away from my family and the sacrifices they have made.'
- Wiggins dedicates his Olympic success to his loved ones

Chorley Council's deputy leader, Peter Wilson, said: 'It has been truly fantastic to see the effect Bradley Wiggins's success has had on people, not just in Chorley, but across the country.
'It has been the one thing everyone has been talking about and it has been brilliant to see a Chorley resident become such an inspiration to others both here and across the world, acting as an ambassador for our borough.
'We thought it was only right we offered him the highest honour possible we can give to a resident.'
Royal Mail will produce a special stamp every time a Team GB athlete wins gold, making them available by lunchtime the next day after each win.
A post box in each winning athlete's home town will also be turned gold. It is the first occasion in modern times that Royal Mail has changed the colour of its post boxes, with red being the standard colour since 1874.
There are plans to paint post boxes in the centre of Chorley gold to celebrate Wiggins's achievements.
Wiggins joins fellow gold medal-winners, rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, on special stamps.
PR guru Max Clifford said Wiggins’ incredible sporting triumphs could make him one of the most bankable sportsman in Britain.
He said: 'By wining Tour de France and becoming Olympic champion in the same year, Wiggins is someone who has the most amazing window of opportunity in terms of advertising and sponsorship deals.

'He could make £30 million over the next two years which would make him one of the most bankable stars in the country.
'He has selling power across Europe too. He would be a god-send for some advertisers.'

 

Greatest: Wiggins holds his arms aloft after crossing the finishing line with a winning time

 

 

Support: Thousands of fans cheered Wiggins on during the time trial at Hampton Court

 

Mover: Wiggins, a keen music fan, cycles to victory with a Mod symbol on his helmet
Wiggins, who has been an outspoken critic of doping in cycling, grew up on a council estate in Kilburn, north west London, and lost his father to alcoholism.
Mr Clifford said this background made him a great ambassador for the sport.

'Wiggins’ story is a fairytale because it touches all of our lives,' he said. 'He is a modern day hero.
'It is not just that he is such an outstanding champion, it is also that he is seen as such a great sportsman.

'In the Tour de France he slowed down when one of his rivals got a puncture, that would be unheard of in the world of football and its egos.

'He is a true inspiration. His story is going to inspire so many youngsters to take up the sport.
'In terms of sports stories, Bradley is in a league of his own.'
The cyclist has even had a dog named after him following his gold medal-winning exploits.
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home took inspiration from the achievements of Wiggins, Glover and Stanning when naming three dogs in their care.
Two seven-week-old Chihuahuas were named Helen and Heather after the Coxless Pairs winners who scooped Britain's first ever female rowing gold.
A Staffordshire bull terrier aged between one and two years old, who arrived at Battersea as a stray, was named Wiggins.
The home's head of canine welfare training, Ali Taylor, said: 'Helen, Heather and Wiggins are all champions in the making, and we want them all to win the ultimate gold medal, by triumphing with a new home.
'Here at Battersea everyone is right behind Team GB and we hope that naming some of our animals after the team will help spur them on to win even more medals.'