Ben Wiggins may feel pressure to live up to his father Bradley Wiggins' accomplishments, but that hasn't dampened his ambitions for his nascent cycling career. He says he wants to be world champion on the road and track at the junior level in 2023, and dreams of winning the Tour de Flanders and Paris-Roubaix as a professional in the long run.

Ben Wiggins wants to avoid comparisons with his father, who won the Tour de France in 2012. But when speaking to Belgian media at the t'Kuipke Velodrome, where he is competing in the "Future" field of the Ghent Six Day, a special event for his family, he was more bold about his cycling dreams.

"This was my father's favorite racing venue. His father used to race here too, so three generations of the Wiggins family have raced on this course," Ben Wiggins told Sporza.

"It's a special place. It's a cycling mecca for hardcore cycling fans. I was here when he won with Cav in 2016. I hear stories all the time and my dad loves this place. It's hard to put into words. I got goosebumps just walking around. There is an atmosphere that you can't get anywhere else. It's special."

Like his father, Ben Wiggins combines track and road racing. A European junior champion in points racing earlier this year, he is learning the ropes in European road racing with Tom Pidcock's father's Fensham Hausmuth junior team.

He admitted that his family name made things "quite difficult" and brought "a lot of pressure," but also that "it comes with a lot of blessings." In any case, he did not shy away from aiming high.

"My goal for next year is to be Junior World Champion in road and track. It's a big goal, but if I don't it won't mean anything. I have confidence in myself and my abilities."

"I look like my father, probably. He's pretty skinny and I'm a little bit bigger. I'm still young, so I don't want to label what I am. He was told when he was younger that he would never be able to climb. I want to win it all.

As for long-term aspirations: "In an ideal world, I would be the best ever, but not necessarily in an ideal world," Wiggins said.

"My dream is to win Flanders and Roubaix, become world champion, and wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France. Hopefully, I can go higher and bigger than that. I have the work ethic and ambition to do that. So keep your eyes on me."