Tour of Britain 2014, Stage 2: Renshaw wins in Llandudno
8th September 2014
Mark Renshaw won the second stage of the Tour of Britain in Llandudno today. He was the team's lead sprinter, as Mark Cavendish was still recovering from hurting himself yesterday.
Cavendish
changed his cleats near the beginning of yesterday's stage, and as he
was coming back to the peloton through the team cars, one of the
vehicles slammed on its brakes to avoid a rider who had stopped for a
puncture, and Cavendish went left into another car, hurting his left
leg.
Stage 2 was 200km from Knowsley to Llandudno. A few
kilometres from the finish, Michal Kwiatkowski (OPQ) attempted a solo
break, but he was caught by the pack. Alex Dowsett was next to go, and
Sylvain Chavanel got to him, before Bradley Wiggins brought the peloton
back to them. Ben Swift (Team Sky) was the first sprinter to go for the
win, but he was overhauled by Renshaw, who took the win, and the
overall race lead. Swift was second.
This is a link to the results.
See also our Stage 1 report.