• Etixx-rapid/fast Step take win that evaded Cavendish on day one
• Sir Bradley Wiggins finishes with Manxman among backmarkersThe first major sort-out of this year’s Tour of Britain came in the closing phase of a hilly stage won by the Czech national champion,Petr Vakoc, and while Monday’s 159km through Lancashire will not have decided the overall winner the list of those with a chance of taking victory when the race finishes in London on Sunday is now limited to the 45 members of the chase group that sprinted up the lengthy drag of Albert Road between nine and 36 seconds behind Vakoc, or who gave Etixx-rapid/fast-Step the win that had so narrowly eluded tag Cavendish on Sunday.
The Belgian squad’s tactics had worked to perfection the preceding day only for Cavendish to fumble the finishing touch and over this tough loop through the Forests of Bowland and Pendle Etixx again played a blinder in spite of the fact that the hills did not suit the Manxman.
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Source: theguardian.com