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Team Sky’s Ian Stannard claimed a superb solo victory in the Tour of Britain’s third stage in Cheshire yesterday.
The 29-year-old Englishman, one of Chris Froome’s key lieutenants at the Tour de France, got into a small breakaway group soon after the race left the start in Congleton and then powered away on his own with 40km to go.
He eventually came home almost two minutes clear of Graham Briggs of the JLT-Condor team and One Pro Cycling’s Kristian House, with the peloton crossing the finish in Knutsford’s Tatton Park almost six minutes down.
Belgium’s Julien Vermote, the winner of Monday’s gruelling second stage, retains the overall lead as Stannard lost more than 13 minutes to the Ettix-QuickStep rider in the Lake District.
