Tour of Britain: final stage – in pictures

Team vehicles park up on Westminster Bridge before the 55-mile eighth and final stage of the Tour of Britain in central London
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It's clear who owns the roads around here
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Hannah Barnes of Great Britain wins a special women's criterium race, the Johnson Heath Tec Westminster GP, prior to the start of the men's race.
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Sir Bradley Wiggins ties up his shoes on the start line
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Just look at Mark Cavendish's bulging calf muscles before the race.
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The peloton pass under Waterloo Bridge, where a bunch of Boris bikes sit idle
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It's like a procession, this, as Wiggins chats to teammate Josn Edmondson during one of the stage's 10 8.8km laps around Whitehall
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Mark Cavendish is at the centre of the peloton as the riders make their way past the London Eye
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The peloton exit Blackfriars tunnel
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Wiggins, the overall leader, tucks in comfortably behind teammate Bernhard Eisel
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The stage comes down to a sprint finish, which Mark Cavendish wins in a time of 1hr 47mins 22sec - his second stage win of this year's tour
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It is the third successive year he has won the final stage of the Tour of Britain
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Crowds gather to see the trophy presentation: guess who has won overall?
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Yep, it's that man, Sir Bradley Wiggins. His final time (29hrs 45mins 22sec) was 26 seconds ahead of the Swiss rider Martin Elmiger
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