Sir Bradley Wiggins won the World Championship time trial on Wednesday, beating defending champion Tony Martin (German) by a stunning margin of 26 seconds.
Wiggins posted a perfectly-paced time of 56 minutes and 25.52 seconds for the tough 47.1-kilometre course around Ponferrada, Spain - an average speed of 50.084 km/h.
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