Bradley Wiggins has confirmed his intention to ride the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire in May, a race that will mark his transition from Team Sky to the Team Wiggins squad that he hopes will carry him to the 2016 Olympic Games.

Wiggins is currently riding the Paris-Nice stage race, where he's acting as a super-domestique for Team Sky's Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte. The final day time trial is likely to be the last time Wiggins wears the rainbow jersey of time trial world champion at the highest level.

He told Lionel Birnie of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast:

"It'll be nice to (wear it) a last time at this level anyway. I know I'm doing the Tour of Yorkshire, but this is Paris-Nice, it's such a historic race."

Wiggins' current contract with Team Sky ends on April 30, so the first edition of the Tour de Yorkshire looks set to be the first outing for Wiggins' own team.

The Tour de Yorkshire starts on May 1 with 174km stage between the seaside towns of Bridlington and Scarborough. Stage 2 travels from Selby to York, also covering 174km, and the final stage is 167km from Wakefield to Leeds.