Tour of Britain 2021 - Jumbo-Visma's Wout van Aert wins stage 6, cuts Ethan Hayter's lead
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Updated 10/09/2021 at 15:17 GMT
There are now two stages remaining and Ineos Grenadiers' Ethan Hayter holds a four-second advantage over second-placed Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma). The Belgian 26-year-old won Stage 6, his third of the race so far, to give himself an excellent chance of victory ahead of the weekend's upcoming stages.
Wout van Aert
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Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) won Stage 6 at the Tour of Britain on Friday afternoon, cutting Ethan Hayter’s overall lead to the bone.
Hayter led the way on Friday morning and was able to stay ahead of the chasing pack, but Van Aert won enough bonus seconds to cut the Ineos Grenadiers rider’s lead to just four seconds with two stages remaining.
Experienced Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) took third spot.
The win was Van Aert’s third of the tour, earned as he led a break with 15 kilometres of the race left. Hayter joined as he tried to keep within touching distance of his closest rival, as did Carlos Rodriguez to support his Grenadiers teammate.
Mikel Honore then assisted his teammate Alaphillipe to attack, which while enough to secure a top-three finish could not crack the top two.
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