Bradley Wiggins and Lizzie Armitstead win 2011 British National Road Race Championships
Sky Pro Cycling team’s Bradley Wiggins won the 2011 British National Road Race Championships on Sunday, June 26.
The 31-year-old Bradley took a total of 4 hours, 41 minutes and 8 seconds to cover the distance of 197 kilometres.
His team-mate, Geraint Thomas, was the runner-up with the difference of 35 seconds and Peter Kennaugh was in the third spot.
Wiggins told the media, “It hasn’t hit home yet really. It means everything to me. You see how I wear that time trial jersey with pride and so to go into the Tour in the jersey is fantastic, it really is. This was all or nothing today. Everyone wants to
win this race.”
Recently, Wiggins took the overall Criterium du Dauphine and grabbed the first place in Bayern-Rundfahrt. He also took the overall third spot in Paris-Nice Race.
Ben Swift (Sky Pro Cycling) was in good form, but he grabbed the seventh spot with a difference of 8 minutes and 13 seconds ahead of Yanto Barker (Pendragon - Le Col - Colnago) Scott Thwaites (Endura Racing).
In the Rylas climb, the team forced several cyclists to make the first break which included Ian Stannard, Chris Froome and Alex Dowsett. However, in the final lap a group of three cyclists Kennaugh, Wiggins and Geraint Thomas got away and gained an advantage
of two minutes over the peloton.
Wiggins increased his pace and managed to cross the finish-line first, ahead of other cyclists without any difficulty.
In the women's category, Lizzie Armitstead of Garmin-Cervelo won the title of 2011 British Road Race Championships on Sunday. The 22-year-old Lizzie took a total of 2 hours, 48 minutes and 40 seconds to cover the distance of 103 kilometres.
Lizzie said, “It’s going to great to wear the jersey now. I’m very proud to be British and we’re one of the strongest nations in the world at the moment as females so it’ll be great to be leading the way.”
Nicole Cooke (Mcipollini) was in the second spot with a difference of 2 seconds. A group of four cyclists, which included Lizzie, Cooke, Laws and Emma Pooley, made a decisive move in the last lap.
Lizzie maintained her pace and built a huge gap on the rest of the field and her team-mate, Sharon Laws, took the lead in the sprint and grabbed the third spot, ahead of Emma Pooley.
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