"They're not using the brakes" - Remco Evenepoel tests himself but not everyone at Quick-Step was happy after late crash at Tour of Britain

Remco Evenepoel is at the Tour of Britain to get his racing rhythm back and also test his form ahead of the World Championships. However he has to wait until stage 4 for the riders to face some hilly terrain, in the meantime he has been busy supporting the team's sprinting ambitions with Luke Lamperti.

"We have Luke Lamperti with us, and I asked him if I should take the lead. He didn't want to at first, but then I told him that if I didn't help him, we wouldn't make it. That we wouldn't even have a chance to sprint," Evenepoel told VTM Nieuws.

There was a dangerous breakaway on the day which threatened the peloton's chances towards Stowmarket, and so the Olympic Champion put in an effort at the head of the peloton voluntarily so as to provide his American teammate with a shot at victory.

"So I just took the lead and rode until we caught those early breakaway riders. And after that, I was able to finish safely, despite another crash. So for me, it was a good day." Lamperti was ultimately seventh on the day, but that won't come as much of an issue for the Belgian who isn't having much pressure this week in Britain. With a summit finish in The Tumble later in the week, he will have a proper climbing test, but he must also stay upright in the tricky and often wet British roads.

"It's like always: not using the brakes and then being upside down with a few guys," Ilan van Wilder said in words to Sporza. The Belgian, also an overall classification contender in this race, was a victim of one of the several falls during the second day of the race but he was mostly unhappy with the amount of risks being taken.

"It was in the last three kilometers, so yeah. As long as we're not lost, I don't care. Because they're not using the brakes. That's cruel, but that's cycling lately," he laments.