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Goss is boss but Hammond's still hot in the Tour of Britain

Matthew Goss avoided a mass pile-up in the closing stages to win a sprint for victory in the Tour of Britain second stage in Newbury.


Australian Goss, 21, of Team CSC, who won the third stage of last year's race, edged out Garmin-Chipotle team-mates Julian Dean and Chris Sutton.

Victory salute: Matthew Goss celebrates victory

Victory salute: Matthew Goss celebrates victory

Great Britain's Roger Hammond was a place further back in fourth and Alessandro Petacchi retained the yellow jersey after finishing sixth.

Team Columbia's Hammond moved up to second in the points competition with 22, three behind Petacchi.

Olympic pursuit hero Bradley Wiggins, a team-mate of Hammond's, said: 'It was a great performance from Roger - I'm here this week purely to help him out. Anything I can do to get him up the field, I'll be doing. We're capable of competing and mixing it with the best.'

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