Yesterday Bradley Wiggins filled the obvious gap in his plamares when he conquered the World Time Trial Championships. Team Sky principal describes the performance as one of the best time trials ever and says that there is more to come from the decorated athlete.

Dave Brailsford has described Bradley Wiggins’s world time trial victory as one of the best performances against the clock he has ever seen.

Wiggins won his first world time trial title by defeating defending three-time champion Tony Martin by 26 seconds on a 47.1km course in Ponferrada, northern Spain.

The result makes up for second-place finishes to Martin in 2011 and 2013 and means Wiggins now holds the national, world and Olympic time trial titles at the same time.

Brailsford, who is acting head coach of Great Britain at this week’s UCI Road World Championships, told Sky Sports News HQ: “It was a healthy margin in the end, that’s for sure.

“It’s one of the best executed time trial rides I have ever seen and it was a fitting way for Brad to get that title.”

Wiggins is only the second Briton to win the world time trial title after Chris Boardman, who claimed the rainbow jersey in the event’s inaugural year in 1994.

It also means he now has a world title on the road to go with the six he has won on the track, and Brailsford is confident Wiggins can continue to add to his palmares.

“He is one of the greats,” Brailsford added. “He is iconic now in the world of British sport and I think he can still go on from here. He has still got ambitions for Rio, Paris-Roubaix and for the hour record.

“He is hungry and still wants to keep adding to what is already an incredible roster of titles.”