The Tour of Britain may be pitting an array of the world's best sprinters against each other, but within the bluster of this week's bunch finishes there's a more personal, head-to-head, rivalry building.
Alexander Kristoff vs Edvald Boasson Hagen. At stake, a claim to leadership of the Norwegian team at the World Championships, which are taking place on home soil later this month.
The issue might not warrant much attention, were it not for the debacles of the last two Worlds road races. Kristoff was unhappy on both occasions, firstly in Richmond because Boasson Hagen went with the attacks on the final climb and – supposedly against orders – contributed instead of saving himself to tee up a sprint, and again in Qatar when Kristoff publicly accused Boasson Hagen of sprinting for himself instead of performing leadout duties.
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As such, there's enough intrigue here for two separate Norwegian television channels to send crews to Britain for blow-by-blow coverage of the pair's fortunes.
"We still don't agree about what happened last year," Kristoff told Cyclingnews in Mansfield on Wednesday.
The wounds have been bandaged up, if not completely healed. "We talk – we don't have a big problem," he added.
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