WORLD OF SPORT

ITALIAN Alessandro Tonelli claimed the overall lead in cycling’s Tour of Britain despite losing a sprint finish to Australian Cameron Meyer on the second stage in Devon. Commonwealth Games time trial champion Meyer said: ‘I just picked my moment to go. It was a shock to take the win.’

exeTer’S Drew Langdon and Miles Jennings have been crowned Powerboat world champions after winning the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes endurance race for Silverline. They lifted the prestigious Harmsworth Trophy, which was founded in 1903 by Alfred Harmsworth, then proprietor of the Daily Mail.