Emma Pooley emulated GB team-mate Nicole Cooke with victory in the Grande Boucle Feminine - the women's Tour de France.
Pooley, who won Olympic time-trial silver in Beijing, clinched overall victory by 22 seconds ahead of Cervelo Test Team team-mate Christiane Soeder of Austria and Marianne Vos of Holland in the four-stage race.
The 27-year-old from London won the individual time-trial on day one and triumphed in stage three by 20 seconds on Saturday before consolidating her position with a fifth-place finish in Sunday's final stage to follow up Cooke's triumphs in 2006 and 2007.
Cooke (Vision 1 Racing), who is the world and Olympic road race champion, won the Giro del Trentino in Italy last Friday.
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