Elliott rolls back years with sprint victory

MALCOLM ELLIOTT, the doyen of British sprinters, finally achieved his stage victory when he won the big bunch sprint into Millstreet yesterday.

The FBD Milk Rás has now entered the second half of the race with Valter Bonca of Slovenia, who took the yellow jersey, looking as if he can become the first man to lead all the way since the Russians in 1970 and only Shay O’Hanlon in the 1960’s before that.

It was Elliott’s third visit to the podium since the race started on Sunday but it was by far his sweetest, producing the sprint that made him famous to claim victory.