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National Time Trial titles for Wiggins and Pooley

Wiggo to fly the flag in 2010 Tour ITTs

Bradley Wiggins will be sporting the British champions’ jersey when he lines up at the starting gate for next year’s Tour de France prologue in Rotterdam after winning this afternoon’s British Time Trial Championship in Buckinghamshire.

Wiggins, the penultimate rider to go out, finished the 31.2-mile course in 1:02:15, with last man out, defending champion Michael Hutchinson of In-Gear Quickvit RT, coming second, more than two minutes down in 1:04:34. Rapha Condor’s Chris Newton, who won the title in 2005, came third, a second shy of four minutes down on Wiggins.

Matt Bottrill of Team I Ride had looked set to secure a podium place, but was disqualified for drafting Wiggins as the Garmin-Slipstream star overtook him.

The women’s title, meanwhile, was contested over a shorter course by two of Team GB’s Beijing silver medallists. Emma Pooley of Cervélo TestTeam, who finished second in last year’s Olympic time trial, took victory today, coming in 30 seconds ahead of Science in Sport’s Wendy Houvenaghel in 0:46:11. Julia Shaw of Utag Yamaha took third spot on the podium.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Jon Burrage | 15 years ago
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There is nothing to him, how can calf muscles like that generate such speed? Amazing

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Fringe | 15 years ago
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well he looks like he's going faster in that picture!

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dave atkinson | 15 years ago
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happy now?

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cat1commuter | 15 years ago
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Sure, but don't you at least have a picture of him in his Garmin kit?

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James Warrener | 15 years ago
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Go Twiggo!!!!

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dave atkinson | 15 years ago
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we were too busy hobnobbing at eurobike to have a lens trained on the nationals... can't be everywhere at once!:)

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cat1commuter | 15 years ago
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That picture of Wiggo is a bit old!

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