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Stevie Williams (Israel-Premier Tech) claimed his second consecutive stage win within the Tour of Britain, surviving an aggressive day of racing within the rain en path to Barnsley.
Williams out-paced stage 1 winner Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quickstep) and Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain Victorious) to increase his lead within the normal classification.
Early within the stage, Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quickstep), Jake Stewart (Israel-Premier Tech) and Ben Swift (Ineos Grenadiers) launched into an formidable early breakaway. Though they had been joined by Emils Liepinš (DSM-Firmenich-PostNl) and Jelte Krijnsen (Q36.5), the transfer did not final.
Alaphilippe used the assault to brush up the utmost KOM factors on Lengthy Lane and Jawbone Hill. However quickly after Krijnsen claimed the intermediate dash with 94km to go, Soudal-Quickstep upped the tempo to attempt to break up the peloton within the crosswinds, and the transfer was rapidly caught.
Ethan Hayter (Ineos-Grenadiers) then received concerned in a quick escape of 10 riders, however once they had been caught, teammate Tobias Foss powered a seven-rider breakaway that had extra life.
Foss was joined by Gil Gelders (Soudal-Fast Step), Noa Isidore (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Growth), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility), Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5), Julius Johansen (Sabgal/Anicolor), Louis Sutton (Group GB) and Oscar Nilsson-Julien (Van Rysel – Roubaix), however the latter was dropped with 39km to go.
Sutton was the highest-placed within the GC standings but it surely was Gelders who went on the assault because the hole fell underneath the 30-second mark.
The Belgian was caught however the surge kicked Zukowsky, Sutton and Abrahamsen out of the transfer.
Foss, Isidore, Johansen and Gelders stored pushing and ultimately, Abrahamsen recovered and powered again, making it 5 on the head of the race.
The leaders’ trip entrance did not final, nonetheless, and so they had been caught inside 6km to go by a diminished peloton.
Bahrain Victorious led out the dash however Williams was on the wheel and sprinted in for a second stage win.
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