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The duel between Wout van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe on the Tour of Britain has gone decisively towards Belgium in the first half of the race, but although Van Aert took the second stage victory over four days on the Great Orme peninsula in Llandudno, back to race lead, the French ran close to him and a repeated its total profit for 2018 is amazingly accessible.
Not far from a pair thanks to the mature display of controlled riding, 22-year-old Londoner Ethan Hayter achieved a mustache to maintain his lead in the toughest finish of the race. He only has a 2-second deficit for Van Aert, and he has a chance to grab it back on Thursdays through Cheshire.
Behind the right wind, Van Aert and Alaphilippen should be hot favorites in the Belgian road race championship in two and a half weeks, and Orme’s sprint finish was worthy of the world championship. The backdrop was stunning: slopes, caves, boulders and massive cliffs, though wild goats invading the Llandudno Orme area graciously shut out of the way.
Hayters Ineos Grenadiers teammates dominated the first ascent from Llandudno at the beginning of the loop around the headland, and the first section of the last steep ascent to the line, the tram to the right of the riders, dropped about 50 leading groups to three with a mile left: Van Aert, Alaphilippe and Canadian Michael Woods, at their own pace a few meters behind.
As the slope eased and the lead trio stopped and pretended, the race leader returned to them 300 meters from the line along with his Alaphilippes teammate Mikkel Frlich Honor, who started his leader’s sprint. Alaphilippe jumped clearly for 150 meters, Van Aert clawed his way to his bike 50 meters later and leveled exactly 50 meters to the left, clearly pulling only as the checkered flag approached.
Previously, the stage had traveled north through the Irish Sea coast and Snowdonia, and Jake Scott of the Canyon dhb SunGod team made his presence in the early escape of the third possible of the third road race. His ability to smell every day break means that his chances of taking either a mountain king or a midweek at the end of the week are good.
The overall situation is more difficult to predict. Hayter finished fifth, 8 seconds after Van Aert, and the Belgian regained the blue leader’s seat thanks to a 10-second time bonus. Just 11 seconds separates Van Aert and Alaphilippen, who is third. One of these trios should win in Aberdeen on Sunday, and it could be a pick-up all the time.
Meanwhile, on Thursday night intervals, sprints at Congleton, Wilmslow, and Chelford include all three, two, and one-second bonuses from the first three, and it’s in Hayter’s best interest to deny them; the finish in Warrington, however, is one of Mark Cavendish’s ear tags.
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