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Alaphilippe wraps up overall victory in the Tour of Britain in London

Julian Alaphilippe wrapped up overall victory at the OVO Energy Tour of Britain in London . Credit: PA

France's Julian Alaphilippe wrapped up overall victory at the OVO Energy Tour of Britain in London on Sunday as Australia's Caleb Ewan won the final stage on Regent Street.

As expected, the 77-kilometres eighth and final stage finished in a bunch sprint, with Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott) winning ahead of Fernando Gaviria (QuickStep-Floors) and Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal).

Germany's Greipel had won two stages earlier this week, but Ewan was triumphant on this occasion.

Alaphilippe protected his 17-second lead on Saturday's penultimate stage and completed victory ahead of Holland's Wout Poels (Team Sky) and Slovenia's Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo).

Scott Davies (Team Dimension Data) was the highest-placed Briton in 12th place, one minute 54 seconds behind Alaphilippe.