Sir Wiggins wins Tour of Britain MyZA

Champagne moment: Sir Bradley Wiggins celebrates his Tour of Britain win. Photo: Getty Images

Sir Bradley Wiggins completed victory in the Tour of Britain on Sunday as Mark Cavendish won the 88-kilometre eighth and final stage in central London.

Cavendish triumphed in a sprint finish at the end of 10 8.8km laps on Whitehall after a near-perfect leadout from Omega Pharma-QuickStep team-mate Alessandro Petacchi.

Team Sky’s Wiggins, wearing the leader’s gold jersey, rolled in safely in the bunch to claim overall victory.

In claiming his first stage race triumph since the 2012 Tour de France, Wiggins became the second British winner in the 10th edition of the race.

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke won the Tour of Britain in 2012, earning a move to Team Sky, which has now won its home race at the fourth attempt.

Wiggins rode last year’s event, abandoning with a chest infection and after making a U-turn at one point to go back to support Cavendish, then his team-mate. – Mail Online

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