Tour of Britain: Bradley Wiggins seals overall victory as Mark Cavendish wins stage eight

Sir Bradley Wiggins completed overall victory at the Tour of Britain by finishing stage eight in the peloton as Mark Cavendish sprinted to his third win of this year's race.

Wiggins safely negotiated a fast and frenetic final day played out over ten laps of an 8.8km circuit in central London to seal his first triumph at his home tour.

Cavendish (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) claimed his tenth Tour of Britain stage win with a dominant display on Whitehall, beating Ireland's Sam Bennett (An Post - Chainreaction) into second and Italy's Elia Viviani (Cannondale) into third.

Tour of Britain: Mark Cavendish confident of more wins after stage four triumph

Mark Cavendish is confident of claiming more wins at this year's Tour of Britain after his fledgling partnership with Alessandro Petacchi worked perfectly to set up a first victory on stage four in Llanberis.

Cavendish was ushered through a hectic finish by veteran Italian Petacchi and went on to seal a comfortable triumph over second-placed Elia Viviani (Cannondale) and third-placed Steele von Hoff (Garmin-Sharp).

Petacchi is still bedding into the Omega Pharma - Quick-Step team after joining last month, but Cavendish has been impressed with what he has seen so far and is now high on confidence ahead of potential sprint finishes on stages seven and eight this weekend.