Wout van Aert won the Tour of Britain today, I didn't see the presentations but I assume someone had to show him how to open a bottle of champagne. He did well the last two days to be fair, he was put under a lot of pressure but handled it well. If Ineos had Pidcock today (and if Rodriguez hadn't crashed yesterday) they may have won it but van Aert deserved it over the week as a whole.

A proper stage today, surely Wales and Scotland have got more to offer the race than some of the nonsense English stages seen earlier in the week. Southend to Harlow, what's that about? Looked like good crowds in Caerphilly for the finish, it should have a regular spot in the race.