Yates: It's one of my best victories

Simon Yates (Great Britain) bided his time, letting his rivals burn themselves out to subsequently pound his opponents into submission and take the win on the Haytor climb which provided the undulating background for the summit finish of stage six in the Tour of Britain today.

The 21-year-old hit the front with 200 metres of the climb up to the line to go to finish two seconds ahead of nearest rivals Martin Elmiger (IAM) and David Lopez (Sky).

"It's one of my best victories – to win a stage of my national tour. With the company that was there. Yeah, you can’t get much better," Yates said when talking to Eurosport after his impressive final burst of pace.

"I just hoped for a good position as I hit the climb and people just started to fall away. Dan Martin and Alvaro Quintana started to attack and slowly it started to whittle down. I know I have quite a fast kick but I still didn’t believe it until I looked behind a few metres before the line."