‘For a breakaway to stick at the Tour of Britain it would have to be a lucky day’

Madison-Genesis have been almost ever present in the 2017 Tour of Britain breakaways, but say it'll have to be a lucky day to thwart the sprinters

Connor Swift in the stage six breakaway at the Tour of Britain (Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com )

(Image credit: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

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The 2017 Tour of Britain route looked tailor made for the sprinters before the race had even begun, and the five road stages so far have all been contested by the fast men.

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