Dutch sprinter Amy Pieters beat British national champion Hannah Barnes to victory on stage two of the OVO Energy Women's Tour in Stoke-on-Trent.
Pieters, a Boels-Dolmans teammate of Lizzie Deignan, edged out Canyon/SRAM's Barnes and Ellen van Dijk [Sunweb] to take the win, while stage one winner Katarzyna Niewiadoma was fifth to retain the overall lead.
The 144.5km stage around Stoke-on-Trent finished in a reduced sprint after lone escapee Lucinda Brand [Sunweb] was caught with seven kilometres left to go.
Brand had sought to follow the blueprint of Niewiadoma's solo win on Wednesday as she attacked off the front after Ipstones, the first of the two categorised climbs late in the day.
Brand built a lead of one minute and 20 seconds over the peloton and was still almost a minute clear as she began the final 20km, but in contrast to the opening day there was no hesitating in the pack as the chase was on.
Barnes' sister Alice, riding for the Drops team, was eighth while Dani King [Cylance] was ninth as three British riders finished in the top 10.
Niewiadoma continues to lead the general classification by one minute 42 seconds from her WM3 teammate Marianne Vos, with Hannah Barnes third on the same time.