Edvald Boasson Hagen takes solo victory on Tour of Britain stage eight as Boom wins overall

The Norwegian attacked to try and take overall victory but missed out by eight seconds despite taking stage victory

Edvald Boasson Hagen wins stage eight of the 2017 Tour of Britain (Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

(Image credit: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) took victory on stage eight of the Tour of Britain as Lars Boom (LottoNL-Jumbo), held on for overall victory.

Boasson Hagen had attacked with just under 3km to go to try and take the overall victory from Boom, but while he was able to hold on to take the stage victory, Boom was able to remain in the group which finished on the same time as Boasson Hagen and claim victory and his second career overall victory at the Tour of Britain.

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