By Pa Reporter Movistar's Alex Dowsett stormed into the race lead of the Friend's Life Tour of Britain as Matthias Brandle collected his second consecutive stage victory in another breakaway. Essex-born Dowsett began stage six one minute 25 seconds behind Omega Pharma-Quick Step's Michal Kwiatkowski in the general classification but got himself in the break along with IAM Cycling's Brandle and Tom Stewart of Madison Genesis, and together they entirely changed the shape of the Tour. Capitalising on the time trialling skills of both Brandle and Dowsett, they built a lead of more than nine minutes on the road, and the peloton rarely looked capable of bringing it back despite some frantic efforts from Omega Pharma-Quick Step in the closing stages of the challenging 205.6km run from Bath to Hemel Hempstead.
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Matthias Brandle wins stage six of the Tour of Britain
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Alex Dowsett part of breakaway that built a lead of nine minutes
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Essex-born rider now has a lead of 34 seconds
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Bradley Wiggins is in seventh place, 62 seconds behind
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