While many might classify Sir Bradley Wiggins as Britain’s finest Olympian the man himself says he can’t hold a candle to the likes of Sir Chris Hoy or Sir Steve Redgrave.
Wiggins made his Olympic bow at Sydney 2000 and is now gearing up for his fifth outing at Rio 2016 as he looks to add to his seven medals.
That haul – which includes four golds – is one more than Redgrave’s six while Hoy also has seven medals to his name, six of which are gold.
Success in Rio would see Wiggins take on the mantle of the Briton with the most Olympic medals to his name but he believes he will never be on a par with Hoy or Redgrave.
"Just to be mentioned in the same breath as those people is an honour for me. I don't ever think about those kinds of things,” he told Sky Sports.
"In my eyes, I will never be up there with the Sir Steve Redgraves and the Sir Chris Hoys of this world. It's not something that drives me; I just enjoy going to the Olympic Games.”
As well as Olympic success in 2012 Wiggins also became the first British man to claim the Tour de France crown as he rode to glory in the same year.
But for Wiggins the Olympics will always be the pinnacle of the sport and a fifth is just as exciting as the first.
"It's an Olympic Games, at the end of the day, and to represent your country at the Olympics is about as good as it gets,” he added.
“Put a gold medal on top of that and it doesn't ever get any better. That hasn't changed for me since Sydney 15 years ago.
"This is my fifth Olympics and that buzz and that feeling I get in the run-up to it, and the whole thing surrounding the Olympics, is still the same. It's still the height of every four years for me, regardless of Tours de France and everything; it's all about the Olympics."
Sportsbeat 2015