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Wiggins is a racing cyclist, where helmet wearing is compulsory, not a transport campaigner who was asked about this during a press conference. I think too much is being read into what he said.
Meanwhile Cavendish makes much more sense;
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3451896.ece#tab-3