Rowe retained the young rider’s jersey on stage two

The 20-year-old from Banchory had relished Lincoln’s punchy climbs but had the chance to put his sprinting skills to the test in Skegness after a series of mishaps in his team.

“Our plan was to sprint with Ollie [Wood] and [Matt] Bostock. Unfortunately, Ollie just missed the split. Bostock was in with us but unfortunately, he punctured with about 20km left, so we had to change up the plan,” explained the Great Britain Cycling Team rider.

“We went for me in the sprint, and we got stuck in. The boys did a really good job actually, and I was with Ben [Wiggins] in the last kilometre, but unfortunately, he hit a hole and dropped his chain, so I got a bit stuck trying to get past.

“It’s all a good experience. It’s not really my thing, sprinting like that, so it was good to give it a go.”

Rowe finished 14th in the sprint but was awarded the same time as the winners, minus bonus points, as he finished in the lead group to retain his eighth place standing overall.

He made his Commonwealth Games debut in July at Glasgow 2026, where he was part of a team pursuit squad that set a national record by going sub-4:00 for the first time.

And having represented in blue alongside fellow jersey winner Lewis Askey, Rowe is continuing to fly the Scottish flags ahead of targeting the U23 road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Canada at the end of the month.

"It isn’t a long time ago that I was at the Commonwealth Games with Lewis [Askey],” he added.

“We had some fun there on the track, but we are back on the roads doing what we do best. It is good to see him doing so well, so it is good for Scotland.

“It is really nice to have the young rider jersey again. It was nice to pull on the jersey at the end of the day at my first stage of the Tour of Britain yesterday.”

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