On stage 2 of the Tour of Britian the riders faced a 114 mile stint from Sherford to Exeter. A five man-break including Rally Cycling’s Robin Carpenter led most of the race until Carpenter went solo with 16 miles to go. Carpenter rode the finale with class holding off the chasing peloton by 33 seconds to win stage 2. Carpenter now leads the race by 22 seconds ahead of Wout van Aert. It’s the biggest win of the 29-year-old American’s career and his Rally team this season. Tuesday’s stage 3 is an 11 mile team time-trial that suits Van Aert and Jumbo Visma.

2021 TOUR OF BRITAIN STAGE 2 RESULTS

1	CARPENTER Robin	Rally Cycling	4:45:56
2	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	0:33
3	PETERS Alex	SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling	0:33
4	KANTER Max	Team DSM	0:33
5	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:33
6	TOWNSEND Rory	Canyon dhb SunGod	0:33
7	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:33
8	VERNON Ethan	Great Britain	0:33
9	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	0:33
10	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Team Qhubeka NextHash	0:33

2021 TOUR OF BRITAIN OVERALL STANDINGS

1	CARPENTER Robin	Rally Cycling	9:19:33
2	VAN AERT Wout	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:22
3	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	0:26
4	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar Team	0:28
5	PETERS Alex	SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling	0:28
6	TOWNSEND Rory	Canyon dhb SunGod	0:32
7	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:32
8	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Team Qhubeka NextHash	0:32
9	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	0:32
10	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:32

Photos: Alex Broadway/SWPix/CV/Bettini