ALTHOUGH beaten by Dean Downing (Rapha-Condor RT) in a two-man sprint at the end of the opening 56-kilometre road stage, Ian Wilkinson (Science in Sport-Trek) is in yellow tonight after the first day of the Bikeline-Mersey Roads Club two-day race at Hope, Flintshire.
Downing (pictured) took the stage as he and Wilkinson crossed the line 11 seconds clear, but overall Wilkinson leads by seven seconds from Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk), winner of the earlier individual time trial over a 1.6km course.
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