Rally Cycling team take honours in stage two across ExeterRobin Carpenter’s last win was Cascade Classic in 2017Almost invariably the Tour of
Britain follows a script written by the strongest teams. They decide which of the minnows is permitted to be in each day’s escape, to scrabble for the minor awards, and they decree when the escape is reined in before the big n
ames do battle for the stage win. Very occasionally, however, a rider strikes a more than welcome blow for the smaller fry.