Great Britain's Matt Brennan sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday as overall race favourite Tadej Pogacar held on to the leader's red jersey.
The 21-year-old Brennan, riding his first Grand Tour, pounced in the final kilometres of the 214km ride from Monaco to Manosque to claim his first stage win.
It looked like Brennan's team-mate Wout van Aert and Tour de France winner Pogacar would fight for victory.
However, in the final kilometres Van Aert was caught and Pogacar opted to conserve energy, giving Brennan his chance.
"We started off with the ambition of Wout trying to get in the red jersey today," said Englishman Brennan, who joined Team Visma-Lease a Bike's world tour squad in 2025.
"We had that plan and then I was always going to be in the background for the sprint in case that plan [didn't work] ... and that's exactly what happened.
"Hopefully it's not the last one, but it's nice."
Spaniard Pau Miquel Delgado of Bahrain Victorious came second, as UAE Team Emirates' Pogacar crossed the line in third.
Pogacar remains top of the general classification after winning Saturday's opening time trial by 0.09 seconds and will take a nine-second lead over second-place Van Aert into Monday's third stage.
Brennan moves up to third in the overall standings, 10 seconds behind Pogacar.
Britain's Ethan Hayter, who was pipped in the opening stage time trial by Pogacar, was part of a small early breakaway and looked set to take the overall lead after winning the final intermediate sprint for six bonus seconds.
However, the 27-year-old fell behind and crossed the line 31 seconds off the lead, leaving him 13th in the general classification.
After finishing third in the opening stage just eight days after his brother Finlay lost his life in a crash, Britain's Josh Tarling came 125th.
Monday takes the riders into the French Pyrenees with a mountain finish in Font Romeu near the Spanish border.
Kim le Court-Pienaar became the first African winner of the Tour of Britain as Lorena Wiebes won her fourth stage of the event.
Mauritian rider Le Court-Pienaar finished in the peloton to secure the biggest stage race victory of her career.
"This win is very special for me and the team. I had a bad experience last year [crashing out on stage three] and I just wanted to redeem myself after that," said the AG Insurance - Soudal Team rider.
"In 2015, I came here and I was dead last, so I didn't have a good experience of the Tour of Britain in the past."
The fifth and final stage of the race - a 123.8km course starting and finishing in Royal Leamington Spa - was won by Dutch rider Wiebes, who claimed the overall points jersey after winning four of the five stages.
The Dutchwoman pulled away from the pack to charge over the line in a sprint finish and secure second overall in the general classification.
Wiebes now has 11 stage wins, the most of any rider in the history of the men's or women's event, one more than previous record holder Mark Cavendish.
"It always feels good, winning feels good, so I am happy to finish the week off with four victories," Wiebes said,
"The team worked hard, but at the end I didn't have so many team members left, they did everything they could.
"Last year, we expected way more from the Tour of Britain, but it didn't work out. But this year it was really successful and we can be really happy with that."
There was success for event hosts Britain, as Lauren Dickson (FDJ United – Suez) was crowned the queen of the mountain, and Alice Towers (Great Britain National Team) won the final stage combativity award.
