Safety in numbers: Bradley Wiggins won the Tour after he and his team-mates produced some impressive statistics Team Sky general manager Dave
Brailsford hails Bradley Wiggins as the best British rider ever after he
became the first British rider to win the Tour de France.
Shane Sutton, head coach of Team Sky, says Wiggins's win is comparable to the biggest sporting moments in British history, while Sean Yates, Team Sky's sporting director, says this is the beginning of dynasty for the team.
Wiggins,
32, took the lead in the three-week stage race following stage seven after
team-mate and compatriot Chris Froome won on the summit finish on La Planche
des Belles Filles and wore it all the way to the finishing line on the
Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Despite going into the Tour
as the bookmakers' favourite nobody will have predicted that a nation that
had spent just 11 days in the maillot jaune, the leader's
yellow jersey, in 98 previous editions of the race, would have a rider wear
it for 13 successive days before winning it outright.