Williams keeps Tour of Britain lead as Magnier kicks to hat-trick on stage five

Williams keeps Tour of Britain lead as Magnier kicks to hat-trick on stage five

07-Sep-2024 15:25:34 | The Guardian

  • Frenchman eyes fourth stage victory
  • Race finishes in Felixstowe on Sunday

If Paul Magnier was not already aware of the French saying “never two without three” then he should be now, having taken his third stage win in the Tour of Britain. This time it was in Northampton, yet it was the same picture as in Kelso on Tuesday and Newark on Friday: a last kilometre lead-out from Julian Alaphilippe and a perfectly timed final surge that caught the other sprinters napping. Overall, Stevie Williams remains in the lead with just one day remaining.

French sprinters are few and far between and it is six years since a French fastman – Arnaud Démare in this case – last landed a Tour de France stage win.

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