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Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) won stage 1 of the Tour of Britain in Kelso, in the Scottish Borders south of Edinburgh, dominating the sprint on the cobbled finish.
Ineos Grenadiers tried to control the peloton in the final ten kilometres but then Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe took over on the front for Soudal-QuickStep on the twisting country roads.
They were swamped, as Israel-Premier Tech and Bahrain Victorious also joined the fight for the front, but then Alaphilippe upped the speed again and Magnier emerged up front for the final sweeping turn and sprinted to victory.
Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech) was second and Robert Donaldson (Trinity Racing) was third in the sprint finish.
Thanks to winning the stage, Magnier also took the race lead.
Stage 2 is over 152.1km from Darlington to Redcar in the north-east of England.
It was Magnier’s third…
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