Wout van Aert wins stage one of Tour of Britain 2021

The Belgian wins his ninth race of the season

Wout van Aert
(Image credit: Getty)

Wout van Aert timed his uphill sprint to perfection to win stage one of the 2021 Tour of Britain.

The Jumbo-Visma man sat behind world champion Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) and then attacked his rival with a few hundreds metre to go, holding off the challenge of Nils Eekhoff (Team DSM) in Bodmin.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.


He lives in Valencia, Spain.