Jon Dibben was the main man for Team Sky on stage two of the Tour de Yorkshire and admitted there was frustration at messing up his sprint in Harrogate.

Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni cruised home in the bunch sprint ahead of Australian Caleb Ewan, who takes the overall lead thanks to the bonus seconds, while Dibben eventually came home in 27th.

That came as a disappointment for the 23-year-old from Southampton, who was earmarked for the sprint with usual sprinter Danny van Poppel not feeling great.

He explained: “I was doing the sprint because Danny wasn’t on a good day. We knew the finish and we watched the girls race (won by Lizzie Deignan) and we planned to come late on the little dip and we did exactly that but the bunch came by and we got blocked in traffic and that was it.

“I was going for it. I felt really good, it was a pretty easy day and we kept good position. The main climb was easy and I just messed it up at the end. It’s really frustrating especially for me, I don’t get many chances.

“Normally Danny would have been sprinting but he wasn’t on a great day so I got the backing of the boys. You don’t get many chances to do them so to mess it up is frustrating.

“As it was short there was quite a lot of energy left so people were attacking in the final so a few lead out trains lost a few guys to really control it. So the pace wasn’t too high at the end and it made it a bit scrappier to fight for position.”

The final stage between Bradford and Fox Valley near Sheffield will be the most demanding in the race’s three-year history including some exceptionally difficult climbs.

With that in mind, Dibben’s role on Sunday will simply to help team leader Tao Geoghegan-Hart, who has recovered from his crash on Friday, while trying to hang in there for as long as possible.

Dibben added: “My main bit of the race is done now. We’ll try to help Tao now, he can definitely get up there as long as he’s not feeling too bad from his crash and then it’s survival.

“He’s ok, just cut up and you never know how you are going to bounce back from a crash.”

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