Cycling: The Australian Mark Renshaw (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) won the second stage of the Tour of Britain and thus also took over the overall lead from Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano). The man from Arnstadt played no role in the final.
The second stage ran over 200 kilometers from Knowsley to Llandudno in Wales. After Cavendish's injury, the Omega Pharma-QuickStep team relied on Renshaw this time - with success. The Australian sent off Ben Swift (Team Sky) and Sam Bennett (Team NetApp-Endura) in the final.
Thanks to the day's victory, Renshaw also took over the overall leader's gold jersey. In this ranking, four seconds ahead of Swift and Nicola Ruffoni (Bardiani CSF), who was second the day before.