Bradley Wiggins wins penultimate stage time trial and will now become first ever British winner of Tour de France I wouldn't say it was a lap of honour, because it hurt. But I just wanted to finish the job off in style. There was a lot of emotion in the last 10k. Everything was going through my mind. All the years of getting to this point, my family, disappointments, crashing out the Tour last year, watching Cadel in this very position a year ago in Grenoble. I always imagined what that would feel like and now I know. Wiggins completed the route in one hour four minutes 12 seconds. Froome was 1min 16secs slower in 1.05:29 to place second on the stage and all but confirm second place overall, while Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) is set to complete the podium despite not being in contention today. The Italian finished in 1.07:51 to place 16th on the stage, 3:38 behind Wiggins, to fall 6:19 adrift overall. The margin of Wiggins' victory answered many of those who questioned why Froome, who appeared marginally stronger in the mountains, was not Team Sky's Tour leader. Team Sky were launched in 2010 with the stated aim of winning the Tour with a British rider within five years - it is a target Dave Brailsford and his squad, through Wiggins, are set to achieve in three. Wiggins said: "The time-trial is what I do best. Perhaps I'm not the best climber in the race, but I've always been a good time-triallist who gets his weight down and climbs well. Today was a superb performance. I really wanted to get out there and finish with a bang. Fortunately I managed to do that.