Ethan Hayter sprints to victory and retakes overall lead on Tour of Britain stage five

The young British rider out-sprinted Mark Cavendish and Giacomo Nizzolo

Ethan Hayter sprints to stage five victory and the leader's jersey at the 2021 Tour of Britain
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Ethan Hayter took victory on stage five of the Tour of Britain in a bunch sprint, beating Giacomo Nizzolo, as well as re-taking the overall race lead.

Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) pulled a sensational sprint out of the bag to beat Nizzolo (Qhubeka-NextHash) and Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) with Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) missing out on taking part in the sprint due to a late crash in the final corner.

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