Patrick Bevin loses Tour of Britain leadGETTY IMAGES Patrick Bevin has dropped to fourth place at the Tour of Britain. Patrick Bevin has lost the lead at the Tour of Britain after BMC Racing struggled through the closing stages of the team time trial on Thursday (Friday NZT). BMC had the advantage of being the final team to begin stage five's 14km race against the clock, and they looked on course to challenge the quickest time of 19min 37sec posted by LottoNL-Jumbo. Bevin has also fallen behind Quick-Step Floors riders Julian Alaphilippe and Bob Jungels, after they posted the second quickest time of 19min 53sec to keep themselves in GC contention. There will be fewer opportunities on the final two stages, as they are expected to be decided by bunch sprints.

Source: Stuff September 06, 2018 14:03 UTC