But it took a huge effort which may seriously affect his chances of further success.
If Maro Itoje, Owen Farrell, George Kruis, Jamie George, Will Fraser and the Vunipola brothers stay together, Wray believes there is every chance of further success in the years ahead.
Were Wiggins in yellow, the Tour would have got off to a perfect start for Britain, and with expectations of further success more than justified.
But with the promise of 2009 turned into reality by 2012, the lack of further success on the big stage with this group has fans ready for another big win.
Among many medal hopefuls Victoria Pendleton, who won the women's individual sprint in Beijing, and Sir Chris Hoy, who took gold in the men's individual sprint and the keirin, will be confident of further success in front of their home crowd.
On March 29 , 1853 he published a notice in the Hartford Daily Courant announcing plans to close his gallery, "not from any want of further success or patronage," he wrote, "but for the purpose of foreign travel, and to mingle in other scenes of activity and usefulness".
If it came late in the year, it would suggest that they believed the cyberprogram, once exposed, had little chance of further success, and that they were turning back to plans for airstrikes like the one Israel mounted, on a smaller scale, against a Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007.
In another classroom, an accomplished Fulbright scholar from Morocco, who studies education policy, spent 15 minutes trying to elicit descriptive words about family members by repeatedly asking the bewildered children "Why your mother is nice?" But there were signs of further success, too.
Carlo Ancelotti's side signed Colombia's World Cup top-scorer James Rodriguez from Monaco during the summer and Bale is confident of further success this season.
