Brilliant moment full-kit kid joins breakaway at Tour of Britain | Video | Sticky Bottle

*Pascal Eenkhoorn of Team JumboVisma hands a bottle to the full-kit kid during today's stage 7 at the Tour of Britain (Photo: SWpix.com)*

Pascal Eenkhoorn of Jumbo Visma won the hearts of TV viewers on today's stage 7 of the Tour of Britain when he rewarded a young kid's efforts to keep up with the breakaway by handing him his bidon - see video below.

Though the breakaway was almost 3½ minutes up the road with just over 10km to go, Dutch rider Eenkhoorn still made time for the boy despite the stage victory being in the balance.

The boy was on his racing bike and dressed in full kit when he rode along the footpath so he could keep pace with the riders as they passed. He put in a very good effort, getting his speed up before the breakaway caught him. He was then able to ride alongside the escape group for a few seconds.

UPDATED: The boy in the video below is Xander Graham, a young racing cyclist who won silver in the British U12 National Criterium Series this morning and then went out on his bike again to see the Tour of Britain. And after starring in this brilliant racing incident, Xander (and his family) have been offered a VIP trip to the race for the final stage tomorrow, courtesy of Eisberg wine. His mam and dad may be the ones grabbing the, erm, 'bidons' tomorrow! And here's that story now 24 hours later...

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Seeing his efforts, Eenkhoorn (24) made sure to get to the side of the road and handed the boy his bidon, much to the delight of many people on social media who were watching the race.

Unfortunately the kid’s momentum was destroyed by taking the bottle – and the excitement it caused – and he instantly lost touch with the group. A little further up the road at the finish in Edinburgh, things didn’t go much better for Eenkhoorn.

He had to settle for 5th on the stage - of the five breakaway survivors - as he lost contact with his four breakaway companions – hopefully not through dehydration - and Yves Lampaert of Deceuninck-QuickStep took victory instead.

Still, it was a very nice moment….