SIR BRADLEY Wiggins has praised British Cycling National Road and Time Trial Championships organiser Bill Owen and his Monmouthshire County Council team for putting together a Time Trials which 'has set the standard' for everyone else to follow. Sir Bradley won the title over the two-lap course of 40.8 kilometres in Monmouthshire by over a minute from Wales' own Geraint Thomas in a blistering performance that was one of the best seen in the history of the competition. And, wearing the National Championships jersey again after winning it in 2009 and 2010, Sir Bradley said, "I think what we have had today is probably the best British Championships in terms of the field and the standard of the way the event has been run - full closed roads, which has never happened before. "Bill and his team have done an incredible job. They have set the standard now for British Championships for the future." Sir Bradley dominated the competition almost from the moment he left the starting ramp at the Celtic Manor Resort to the second he crossed the line in front of cheering crowds and said it was possibly the final time he will compete in the competition. Wiggins said, "This is probably my last British Time Trial Championships so to win it is a nice way to end it as it were and add it to the Olympic title and try and win the worlds at the end of the year to try and get the set. "You really had to have full commitment off the ramp here, especially with that (tight right hand) corner which kind of set the tone for the rest of it. Every Time Trial you go into as Olympic champion, especially the British Championships, you want to win it." And he admitted that Thomas 'was the one I feared' in a race which saw reigning champion Alex Dowsett, who had won the title three times in a row from 2011, finish in third spot, just ahead of another Welsh star Cardiff's Luke Rowe. Double Olympic Games gold medallist Thomas said, "It was a tough course and hard to know how fast to go around the corners. The rain started falling but it was the same for everyone." The course included two laps up a fearsome climb past the TwentyTen Clubhouse at the Celtic Manor which hurt everyone who tried it. Thomas said, "I was a bit nervous about that last climb because I did not want to get off and start walking. The climb was tough and everyone tried to save a bit for the end. "It was nice to ride on roads I grew up training and riding on. It was nice to come away with a medal and it's not bad being beaten by Brad because he is a decent bike rider. "It (Wiggins) was a pretty special ride. When you look at the time trials Brad has won, he's one of the best in the world so it's no shame being beaten by him. "Time trial is something I want to take more seriously. I have sort of taken it for granted with the amount of time trialling I have done on the track. "I want to give it more focus on the road and this is the start." Dowsett, who would have set a new record for winning the title four times if he won this year said, "No time trial is easy. We go through the same pain together. Today was hard and I made the best of it. Given the last few days, I am quite happy to be on the podium. I am disappointed to lose the jersey but I will get it back some day."