Edvald Boasson Hagen gave a taste of what he will offer British fans next season as he sprinted for victory in stage three of the Tour of Britain.

Norwegian Boasson Hagen, 22, held off Michele Merlo of Barloworld and stage one winner Chris Sutton of Garmin to take his first win in this year's race.

Currently riding for Columbia-HTC, he has already agreed to join the British-based Team Sky next season.

He moved up to second in the overall standings, 11 seconds behind Kai Reus.

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