Analysis: Fernando Gaviria's difficult Tour of Britain

Five stages of the Tour of Britain have been contested and all five have been flat and, except for the last one due to an attack by Wout van Aert in the last kilometer, the rest have been decided by sprint. Fernando Gaviria did not finish higher than 30th in any of the five stages.

The Colombian sprinter was in the Movistar Team's pre-list for the Vuelta a España, but was finally taken off of the final '8' and, seeing his form on British soil, it is not surprising. Jumbo-Visma is dominating the race with authority so far, having won all the stages: the first four thanks to Olav Kooij and the last one, as mentioned above, thanks to van Aert.

Fernando Gaviria's problem in the five days is not that he hasn't won, not even that he hasn't finished in the top five, it's that he hasn't been able to get into any sprint. A very underwhelming performance by the rider from La Ceja.

Stage 1 - 84th

Stage 2 - 88th

Stage 3 - 84th

Stage 4 - 76th

Stage 5 - 33rd