TEAM Wiggins sprinted to their first victory as a professional outfit yesterday as Andrew Tennant took victory in the Cycle Wiltshire Grand Prix.

Part of a four-man break which led for much of the race, Tennant outsprinted One Pro Cycling’s Yanto Barker after opening a 45-second gap on Mike Northey (Madison Genesis) and Edmund Bradbury (NFTO).

The Cycle Wiltshire Grand Prix was round three of the British Cycling Elite Road Series and also marked the final round of the Spring Cup.

The 173-kilometre race set off from the Guildhall before heading to Wilton where the riders headed out on a large circuit towards Burcombe before taking in Fovant, Broad Chalke and Bishopstone.

They completed this circuit five times before finishing the race on four laps of a smaller circuit between Wilton and Burcombe.

The weather conditions were ideal for the riders, with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius but with a few spots of rain are in the air and low winds.

The race came alive on the final large lap when Northey, Barker, Bradbury and Tennant attacked and managed to get a lead of 1m15sec over the rest of the lead group.

With two of the four finishing circuit laps done, that leading group of four had extended the lead to 2m48sec and the chasers had an extra 2m15sec over the second bunch.

On the third lap, Barker put in an attack and managed to move 200 metres clear of the other three riders whom he had worked so hard with.

Then, with just over a lap left, Tennant of Team Wiggins joined Barker and helped to open up a ten second gap over Northey and Bradbury.

On the final lap, Barker and Tennant increased the gap to 45 seconds but as the line approached, it was Tennant who produced the better form to beat Barker in the sprint and claim victory. With Barker second, Mike Northey managed to hold off Edmund Bradbury to finish third.

Speaking after the race, Tennant said: “I didn’t feel good at the start and I didn’t feel good all race to be honest. It just kept splitting. It split from a 100-something man field to 50 and then 20. I made a big effort with Owain Doull to get across to the 20-man break.

"To be honest, the attack came from me being fattest and being able to get down the hill the quickest! Apart from John Dibben, I reckon I would have had fastest top tube speed.

“So, I got the break with Yanto and Northey and we were away. Ed from NFTO was being slightly annoying, shall we say, during the bike race.

“At first, we understood why he was sitting on, because we thought Steele Von Hoff was getting back on.

“But after two or three minutes, there was no reason for him to sit on so we made a bit of a pact between us that he wasn’t going to win.

“Yanto attacked and I was sitting on and I was hoping Mike would go first and he did. But he got dragged back.

“I just went straight over the top and me and Yanto just worked together and then it was man versus man in the sprint basically.

“It was Team Wiggins’ first win. I got a third the other day but this was the first time we started with eight riders so there were no excuses today really. It was good to have a team mate with me and I saw Doull come in to win the bunch gallop so a good result all round.”