Mathieu van der Poel vanquishes Matteo Trentin on stage seven of the Tour of Britain

The Italian gave Van der Poel a thumbs up as the Dutchman rolled across the line to extend his race lead

Mathieu van der Poel wins stage seven of the Tour of Britain 2019 (Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images)

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Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) extended his race lead at the Tour of Britain 2019 with a dominating show of strength to claim stage seven ahead of rival Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott).

British road race champion Ben Swift (Ineos) kicked things up on the final ramps up to the finish, before Van der Poel came storming through with Trentin on his wheel.

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