The
33-year-old said he was humbled to be honoured for his services to the sport,
which include seven Olympic medals and becoming the first Briton to win the
Tour de France.
In
keeping with his ‘mod’ obsession, the London 2012 hero went down on bended knee
in front of Her Majesty in a flared suit.
It was
designed by Mark Powell – who has also made clothes for Paul Weller.
Sir
Bradley, accompanied by his wife and their two children, said he was shaking
and found the ceremony at Buckingham Palace nerve-racking. ‘The Queen asked
what I’m doing now, and it was an incredible summer last year,’ he added. ‘I
mean it’s quite humbling, really, being here.
‘I was
just talking to some of the other people getting stuff, and asking them what
they’ve been honoured for, and they’re historic things, ground-breaking
sciences or whatever.
‘I’ve
won a bike race, you know, and I feel a little bit inferior to everyone.’
Sir
Bradley said the honour brought a close to the London Olympics, when he took
gold in the time trial event.
Despite
having the perfect excuse to celebrate, he said he was busy training for the
next Games in 2016.
Sir
Bradley also reacted to a spate of cycling deaths on busy London roads in
recent weeks and said ‘people have to help themselves’. He added: ‘With
successes in the sport, more people get on bikes and obviously accidents
happen.
‘I think
the fact that there is more publicity around it means more is being done now.
There’s more publicity towards cycle safety.’
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