Wiggins to join London-Surrey Classic

ByReuters

Updated 07/08/2014 at 14:40 GMT

Former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins will return to the road after his Commonwealth Games track exploits in the elite Prudential Ride London-Surrey Classic on Sunday.

Bradley Wiggins

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Wiggins, who won the Tour in 2012, is a late addition to the Team Sky squad having won a silver medal for England in the team pursuit in Glasgow.

"I'm really looking forward to Sunday and to being back on the road with Team Sky," said Wiggins, who will be the first Tour de France winner to take part in the event.

"I always enjoy competing in front of home fans and have great memories of riding this route at the Olympics.

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"The support we got then was unbelievable, and it was the same again at the Tour of Britain again last year, so this promises to be a really special day."

Wiggins will join the likes of Philippe Gilbert, Laurens ten Dam, Mark Renshaw, Alessandro Petacchi and Elia Viviani in the 200-kilometre elite race.

"We are delighted to welcome Sir Bradley to Prudential RideLondon this weekend," said race director Mick Bennett in a statement.

"He completes an already first-class line-up for the event."

British Eurosport HD will broadcast live coverage of the RideLondon-Surrey Classic from 1.45pm on Sunday.

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