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Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) made it three wins on the Tour of Britain from 5 levels, launching a long-range dash on the dragging end into Northampton on stage 5 and holding off the problem from Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Mobility) in second.
The three-man breakaway of the stage that bought away within the opening 10km of the 149.6km route made all of it the best way to the ultimate kilometre till they have been swallowed up on the final by the hectic peloton after the likes of Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) had labored tirelessly to peg them again.
With out a lot of a lead-out left after the contact chase, Magnier made his transfer early within the dash within the purple factors jersey, proving he was each bit worthy of carrying it as he powered to the road forward of the Norwegian and Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech), who took one more prime three end. This win marks Magnier’s fifth win of his neo-pro season.
Miraculously, Danish champion Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), who was within the three-man 130km transfer with Connor Swift (Ineos Grenadiers) and Matthew Holmes (GB), managed to nonetheless dash within the end to fifth but it surely was nonetheless heartbreak for these within the break.
Stevie Williams (Israel-Premier Tech) stored his total lead on GC after ending safely within the entrance group, holding a 16-second lead over Oscar Onley (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) heading into the ultimate stage tomorrow from Lowestoft to Felixstowe.
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