Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) earlier today climbed to victory in the final stage of the 2012 Tour de Romandie - a 16.5 kilometer individual mountain time trial from Crans Montana to Montana Village, Switzerland.

Team Garmin-Barracuda's Andrew Talansky finished 2nd, just seven tenths of a second behind Wiggins while Richie Porte of Team Sky claimed the third spot on the stage podium in Montana Village.

Today's stage victory also secured Wiggins the overall Tour of Romandy race victory. Wiggins finished 16 seconds ahead of Talansky in the overall rankings and Team Movistar's Rui Costa of Portugal finished 3rd overall, 36 seconds behind the race winner.

Wiggins secured his second stage race victory of the season after battling back from a mechanical issue out on course. Wiggins won the Paris-Nice earlier this year.

Despite briefly dropping his chain at the beginning of the climb at Crans-Montana, Wiggins bounced back to set the fastest intermediate time and clock a final time of 28 minutes and 57 seconds.

Commenting on his victory Wiggins said "It's really nice to finish it off in a time trial on the last day for the boys. I think in terms of pressure I've got to grips with that now. I'm pleased with the way I handled that moment because a few years ago I might have thrown my toys out of the pram and chucked my bike down the ravine. I had a super-strong team this week and they've put me in this position going into this final time trial just nine seconds down. So I'm delighted to win the time trial and seal the GC to pay them back.

Competing in today's individual mountain time trial on his BMC teammachine SLR01 defending Tour de Romandie champion Cadel Evans finished in 40th position, 1 minute and 46 seconds behind Wiggins.

After the stage Evans said his form is finally starting to improve after having struggled with the sinus infection, which he says has affected him negatively following his overall victory in this year's Critérium International, which was contested on the isle of Corsica.

"I'm sorry I couldn't have a bit more strength to put on the course and put on the results sheet," Evans commented and continued "When you come here with the No. 1 on your back, like I came here to Romandie, you come to win here. Unfortunately, things haven't been going so well for me this year for reasons a little bit beyond my control. But now things are coming together, which - going toward July and August - is probably more and more important for my year overall."

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Top 30 Tour de Romandie 2012 stage 5 results:
1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky Procycling    00:28:56.60
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:00.70
3 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky Procycling 0:00:16.59
4 Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:22.84
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:00:40.18
6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:41.60
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Sky Procycling 0:00:42.88
8 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:52.17
9 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:53.59
10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0:00:54.63
11 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 0:01:00.46
12 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:01.51
13 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:03.43
14 Jerôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:06.55
15 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:08.26
16 Pieter Weening (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:11.05
17 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:14.59
18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:01:14.62
19 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:17.20
20 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:20.02
21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:22.47
22 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:23.70
23 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:24.15
24 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:25.45
25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:26.47
26 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:27.71
27 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:01:28.38
28 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Team Sky Procycling 0:01:29.20
29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Team BMC Racing 0:01:29.48
30 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:33.56

Top 30 final overall 2012 Tour de Romandie Rankings:
1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky Procycling    18:05:40
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:12
3 Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:36
4 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky Procycling 0:00:45
5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Sky Procycling 0:00:50
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:00:59
7 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:03
8 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 0:01:13
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0:01:14
10 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:15
11 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:01:21
12 Jerôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:22
13 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:26
14 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:31
15 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:33
16 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:35
18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
19 Pieter Weening (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:38
20 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:40
21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:41
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:45
23 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:50
24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:01:54
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:01:55
26 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 0:01:56
27 Steve Morabito (Swi) Team BMC Racing 0:02:01
28 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:02:06
29 Cadel Evans (Aus) Team BMC Racing 0:02:07
30 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:09