Team Sky enjoyed a remarkable day at the British National Time Trial Championships with Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas achieving a one-two-three in Wales.

The trio were the only riders from the squad competing on the 52km Llandello course and Froome set a formidable target late in the day by beating the previous best time of Matthew Bottrill (I-Ride.co.uk) by two minutes and 17 seconds.

Thomas - who led a similar clean sweep at the British Road Race Championships last June - hit the road four minutes later and crossed the finish line just 13 seconds behind his team-mate to seal another place on the podium.

The duo had been neck and neck during the first two time splits but Froome's dogged display in the closing stages ultimately proved key.

As reigning champion, Wiggins was the final rider to exit the start gate and looked back to his brilliant best as he clocked a time of 1hr 04min 55sec to retain his title by a margin of 1min 22sec.

Wiggins impressed

Afterwards Wiggins told BritishCycling.org.uk: "It's nice to keep the jersey for another 12 months and each year this event seems to get bigger and bigger. It's just a privilege for me to be able to wear this jersey in events like the Tour and I'll probably be back next year."

And Wiggins was also full of praise for the event's organistation: "The circuit was brilliant and was a proper TT course, as opposed to the usual dual carriageway courses," He added.

"It is the sort of thing that you find in any stage race in Europe, so it's nice to race one over here. The climb was good, it gave a bit more atmosphere to the event. Riding up that hill with all the people felt quite good for a British TT Championship event."

Thomas happy with home form

Thomas was also encouraged by his performance and admitted it was nice to be back competing on Welsh soil.

He said: "I have obviously got quite good legs from the Tour but this past few weeks I have been struggling a bit to do any training. But I didn't feel too bad today, it's just a long way and you need to feel really on it and quite up for it to be able to go for it.

"I'm not disappointed with the result, it is always nice to race around my home roads and it's always good to come back home to Wales.

"The course was pretty hard but it's definitely got some nice roads and they have put on a good race and I enjoyed it.

"I always knew Bradley was on good form and I knew he didn't quite get what he wanted out of the Tour but he's still a phenomenal athlete. So I just wanted to get to the finish having done my best."