TOM Stewart conquered the border's roads and sprinted to victory in The Grand Prix of Wales.

The 26-year-old, from near Doncaster was at the forefront of the action for almost 113 miles before having enough left for a sprint victory.

Britain's top professional cyclists battled it out on Sunday during the televised event which formed part of British Cycling's National Series.

Starting and finishing in Abergavenny Town Centre the 144 riders from professional teams including Hereford based NFTO headed towards the county before completing three laps of a loop around Grosmont, where two king of the mountains sprints were held.

The village attracted a huge crowd for the race which was altogether on the first passing on the climb before Team Wiggins rider Daniel Pattern attacked and led the race up the Grosmont on the second and third time.

Stewart was part of a chasing group which caught the lone leader and included Rob Partridge (NFTO).

As the race looped back to Abergavenny for the 10 finishing circuits of five miles 15 riders included Partridge and team-mate Ian Bibby joined at the front.

However, due to the pace of the race both riders from the Hereford team were caught by the resurgent bunch.

Stewart remained out front with three others who were caught in the final five miles of the race.

Erick Rowsell (Madison Genesis) made a late bid for glory around the Abergavenny streets but was chased down by Chris Lawless (JLT Condor) and Stewart.

Despite his earlier efforts Stewart sprinted around his team-mate for victory with Rowsell in third.

NFTO's James Lowsley Williams, from Tetbury, was not so fortunate crashing head-on into an Audi A3 during the race cracking its windscreen, he was was uninjured by the crash.

Abergavenny also played host to a town centre criterium race on Friday night which saw the best riders in the country compete over an hour around the town streets.

NFTO's Ian Bibby was the fastest clinching victory in his national criterium race jersey.