At the start of stage 3 of the Tour of Britain the consensus was that the day would end in a bunch sprint. However, stage winner Ian Stannard and his breakaway companions clearly hadn't read the script, and stole the show as the sprinters' teams were left empty-handed.
As the dust settled in Tatton Park, and riders had the chance to analyse the action, there were a number of reasons as to why the break had survived to take the spoils of victory.
"We were looking out for GC," Mark Cavendish told Cyclingnews as he signed autographs by his Dimension Data team bus.
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Cavendish's team were of course riding with Steve Cummings' GC position in their thoughts. Cummings started the stage second on GC, six seconds off the lead and with a demanding parcours and small teams at the Tour of Britain, Cavendish stressed that his and every squad needed to dial in their ambitions.
"With six man teams you have to pick whether you go for stages or if you go for GC. You can't do everything because then you lose everything.
"When the break was at six minutes, it's safer to look after GC when there's no sprint. We can seriously win the GC with Steve here so we'll try for that."
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