TT
Ed Clancy was an early leader, only to be beaten by Paul Manning by 1 second. But there were only two men that the crowd came to see today: David Millar and Bradley Wiggins.
Millar was the first to go and he was very quick! Cummings was the rider before him and is a decent TT himself, but Millar nearly caught him! He came into the finish and took a comfortable lead.
As soon as he finished, Millar knew he had won. Bradley Wiggins had only gone through the first checkpoint in 6th, and although Wiggins would recover to 3rd at the 2nd check and then 2nd at the finish, he still lost nearly a minute on Millar.
1
David Millar
ACCUMALUX
48'15
2
Bradley Wiggins
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
+ 55
3
Paul Manning
TEAM FLOGAS
+ 1'22
4
Ed Clancy
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
+ 1'23
5
Ian Stannard
VIRGIN MEDIA PRO CYCLING TEAM
+ 1'38
6
Steven Cummings
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
+ 1'45
7
Ben Swift
BARLOWORLD
+ 2'30
8
Daniel Fleeman
United Kingdom
+ 2'33
9
Charles Wegelius
TEAM FLOGAS
+ 2'37
10
Robert Hamish Haynes
TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM
+ 2'40
11
Mark Cavendish
TEAM FLOGAS
+ 2'46
12
Kieran Page
PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM
+ 3'01
13
Tom Southam
AISAN RACING TEAM
+ 3'03
14
Geraint Thomas
ACCUMALUX
+ 3'05
15
Matthew Megson
GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM
+ 3'20
16
Peter Kennaugh
United Kingdom
+ 3'29
17
Russell Downing
HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS
+ 3'32
18
Daniel Lloyd
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
+ 3'33
19
Kristian House
BMC RACING TEAM
+ 3'38
20
Roger Hammond
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
+ 3'51
21
Matthew Brammeier
DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
+ 4'08
22
Yanto Barker
POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM
+ 4'12
23
Alex Coutts
TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM
+ 4'25
24
Evan Oliphant
TEAM FLOGAS
+ 4'35
25
Elliot Storey
GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM
+ 4'38
26
Tom Farrow
PYTHON PRO NÆSTVED
+ 4'51
27
Jeremy Hunt
NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA
+ 5'02
28
Adam Blythe
United Kingdom
+ 5'22
29
Brett Wan
PICTOFLEX - THOMPSON - HYUNDAI
+ 5'28
30
Luke Rowe
MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY
s.t.
RR
The breakaway:
Downing, Brammeier, Haynes, Southam, Rowe and Megson.
With the brak's gap under control it's time for the favourites to step forward. Millar, Wegelius, Cummings and Wiggins attack!
But Cummings isnt strong enough to stick with the other 2.
They pass most of the break before catching Hamish Haynes and Luke Rowe.
And they dont waste any time in dropping them! On the final ascent of the main hill, Millar appears to be struggling a little.
But heis able to catch up again in time for the sprint - but will be able to compete with the stronger Wiggins and Wegelius?
Wegelius leads the sprint up the 5% incline before the route flattens for the final kilometre. Millar is gapped slightly!
Can Wiggins find a way past Wegelius? No! Wegelius is the new British champion!
Wiggins 2nd (Again), with Millar 3rd.
Steven Cummings hangs on for 4th, only just ahead of Hunt and Hammond.
