Tour of Britain: Stevie Williams holds off Julian Alaphilippe for stage 2 victory

Stevie Williams (Israel-Premier Tech) outsprinted Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) from a three-man breakaway to take victory on stage 2 of the Tour of Britain in Redcar, ahead of Oscar Onley (Team DSM-Firmenich) in third.

Alaphilippe opened up his sprint with 200m to go, having sat on the wheels of his two breakaway companions in the final 5km, but Williams was able to move past the former World Champion.