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Sunday, September 14: Stage 8b, final stage. London Circuit Race, 10 laps of 8.88km = 88.8 km

Stage 8b map |

2014 Tour of Britain race winner Dylan van Baarle, at the start of this year's Tour of Flanders. Sorry, I don't have a Tour of Britain photo. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: It was a stage of pure aggression, with breaks escaping and getting caught. The final escape wasn't reeled in until after the final lap had begun.

The sprint for the stage win was a race between Marcel Kittel and Mark Cavendish. So far this season Kittel has been the faster finisher and today it was no different, with Kittel winning the Tour of Britain's final stage by a half-length.

Race leader Dylan van Baarle emerged from the morning's time trial still at the top of the standings. He finished 29th in the final stage to win the 2014 Tour of Britain. Not only is this van Baarle's first professional win, I believe it is his first trip to the final podium of a professional race.

Michal Kwiatkowski was second overall, 10 seconds behind van Baarle.

Complete Stage 8b Results:

1	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	1hr 50min 33sec
2	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
3	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
4	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar
5	Rick Zabel	BMC
6	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh
7	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
8	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
9	Adam Blythe	NFTO
10	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction
11	Barry Markus	Belkin
12	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
13	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk
14	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
15	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh
16	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk
17	Alex Dowsett	Movistar
18	Ben Swift	SKY
19	Michael James Northey	Madison-Genesis
20	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura
21	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
22	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
23	Jetse Bol	Belkin
24	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp
25	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO
26	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
27	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction
28	Yanto Barker	Raleigh
29	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
30	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
31	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh
32	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
33	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
34	Stephen Cummings	BMC
35	Dylan Teuns	BMC
36	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar
37	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
38	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka
39	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
40	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
41	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
42	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
43	Germain Burton	Great Britain
44	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka
45	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
46	Bradley Wiggins	SKY
47	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
48	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
49	James Moss	Giordana
50	Sebastian Lander	BMC
51	Steve Lampier	Giordana
52	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
53	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY
54	Richard Handley	Rapha-Condor-JTL
55	Rick Flens	Belkin
56	Chris Opie	Rapha-Condor-JTL
57	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
58	Maarten Wynants	Belkin
59	Bram Tankink	Belkin
60	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling
61	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
62	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
63	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction
64	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling
65	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana
66	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
67	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar
68	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction
69	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka
70	Martin Kohler	BMC
71	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
72	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
73	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp
74	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar
75	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk
76	Dale Appleby	NFTO
77	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
78	Kristian House	Rapha-Condor-JTL
79	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction
80	George Atkins	Raleigh
81	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis
82	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
83	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis
84	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis
85	Robert Partridge	Giordana
86	Mark Christian	Raleigh
87	Thomas Moses	Rapha-Condor-JTL
88	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis
89	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana
90	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis
91	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	21
92	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	24
93	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura	35
94	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	37
95	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	48
96	Christopher Latham	Great Britain
97	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	50
98	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
99	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
100	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
101	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	55
102	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	1:45
103	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	2:42
104	Joshua Hunt	NFTO

Final GC after Stage 8b: 1,376.7 km raced at an average speed of 42.52 km/hr

1	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp	32hr 22min 50sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 10 seconds
3	Bradley Wiggins	SKY	22"
4	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	37"
5	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	42"
6	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar	46"
7	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling	50"
8	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	54"
9	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura	1:09
10	Dylan Teuns	BMC	1:10
11	David Lopez Garcia	SKY	1:11
12	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
13	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka	1:19
14	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:24
15	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain	1:52
16	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:53
17	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	1:59
18	Steve Lampier	Giordana	2:06
19	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh	2:13
20	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	2:16
21	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	2:44
22	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	3:16
23	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:31
24	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka	3:41
25	Ben Swift	SKY
26	Richard Handley	Rapha-Condor-JTL	3:42
27	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY	4:42
28	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis	5:18
29	Bram Tankink	Belkin	5:39
30	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka	5:41
31	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana	5:45
32	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling	6:10
33	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	7:14
34	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura	7:29
35	Mark Christian	Raleigh	9:15
36	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis	10:46
37	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	10:47
38	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction	11:58
39	Rick Zabel	BMC	12:37
40	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	13:29
41	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	13:42
42	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar	14:03
43	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura	16:13
44	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	16:21
45	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	16:27
46	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling	16:28
47	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	18:33
48	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	18:39
49	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	19:33
50	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar	20:25
51	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp	20:31
52	Stephen Cummings	BMC	20:48
53	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	21:23
54	Adam Blythe	NFTO	22:00
55	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction	24:07
56	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp	24:32
57	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	24:50
58	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	25:00
59	Martin Kohler	BMC	26:27
60	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	26:54
61	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	28:47
62	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura	29:05
63	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis	30:09
64	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka	33:04
65	Thomas Moses	Rapha-Condor-JTL	36:13
66	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar	36:34
67	Michael James Northey	Madison-Genesis	37:18
68	Jetse Bol	Belkin	39:18
69	Robert Partridge	Giordana	39:33
70	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura	41:05
71	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	41:20
72	Germain Burton	Great Britain	41:31
73	Rick Flens	Belkin	42:38
74	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction	43:01
75	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo	44:07
76	Kristian House	Rapha-Condor-JTL	44:33
77	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	44:45
78	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis	45:03
79	George Atkins	Raleigh	46:29
80	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	46:46
81	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	49:04
82	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	49:08
83	Dale Appleby	NFTO	50:12
84	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	50:32
85	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction	51:04
86	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	51:41
87	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain	54:56
88	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	57:15
89	Sebastian Lander	BMC	57:18
90	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	58:43
91	Joshua Hunt	NFTO	59:21
92	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis	59:28
93	Yanto Barker	Raleigh	1:03:10
94	Barry Markus	Belkin	1:04:43
95	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	1:05:22
96	Chris Opie	Rapha-Condor-JTL	1:08:41
97	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	1:09:56
98	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh	1:11:15
99	Bradley Morgan	Giordana	1:12:15
100	James Moss	Giordana	1:14:09
101	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO	1:19:58
102	Christopher Latham	Great Britain	1:20:39
103	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction	1:26:44
104	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	1:29:02

Stage 8b map:

Stage 8b map

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Sunday, September 14: Stage 8a, London 8.8 km individual time trial

Stage 8a map |

The Race: Sir Bradley Wiggins won the Tour of Britain's penultimate stage, an 8.8 km individual time trial on the streets of London. But, because he had lost so much time earlier in the race (he was down 47 seconds in the GC), capturing the lead with such a short time trial was always going to be unlikely.

Race leader Dylan van Baarle finished 11th, 25 seconds slower than Wiggins. More importantly, he lost only nine seconds to second-place Michal Kwiatkowski, allowing him to retain the race lead, now down to ten seconds over Kwiatkowski.

There remains the afternoon's 88.8 km London circuit race and barring catastrophe, van Baarle should retain his lead. This would be especially true if Kwiatkowski is called on to help teammate Mark Cavendish win the final sprint.

Complete Stage 8a results:

Winner's average speed: 53.63 km/hr

1	Bradley Wiggins	SKY	9min 50.710sec
2	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling	@ 8sec
3	Stephen Cummings	BMC	9
4	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura	14
5	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	15
6	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	16
7	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction	20
8	Alex Dowsett	Movistar
9	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	24
10	Martin Kohler	BMC	25
11	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
12	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	26
13	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
14	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	28
15	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
16	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	29
17	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura	30
18	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp
19	Peter Velits	BMC	31
20	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
21	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	32
22	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
23	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	34
24	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	35
25	Ben Swift	SKY
26	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	37
27	Rick Flens	Belkin
28	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis	39
29	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo	40
30	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	42
31	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	45
32	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
33	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	46
34	David Lopez Garcia	SKY	47
35	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	ST
36	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	49
37	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
38	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura	50
39	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh
40	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis
41	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain	52
42	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction
43	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis	53
44	Rick Zabel	BMC	54
45	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana	55
46	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
47	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	56
48	Steve Lampier	Giordana
49	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	57
50	Dylan Teuns	BMC	59
51	Bram Tankink	Belkin
52	Sebastian Henao	SKY	1:01
53	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
54	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
55	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	1:03
56	Christopher Latham	Great Britain
57	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
58	Richard Handley	Rapha-Condor-JTL
59	Michael James Northey	Madison-Genesis	1:04
60	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp	1:06
61	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
62	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
63	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	1:07
64	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura	1:08
65	Jetse Bol	Belkin	1:10
66	Chris Opie	Rapha-Condor-JTL	1:12
67	Adam Blythe	NFTO
68	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	1:13
69	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka
70	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction	1:15
71	Barry Markus	Belkin	1:16
72	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka
73	Thomas Moses	Rapha-Condor-JTL
74	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk
75	Mark Christian	Raleigh	1:19
76	George Atkins	Raleigh	1:20
77	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	1:21
78	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction	1:23
79	Germain Burton	Great Britain	1:25
80	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
81	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis	1:26
82	Robert Partridge	Giordana	1:27
83	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain
84	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	1:29
85	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	1:31
86	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	1:33
87	James Moss	Giordana	1:35
88	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar	1:37
89	Sebastian Lander	BMC	1:38
90	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar
91	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	1:39
92	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO	1:43
93	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	1:45
94	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar	1:47
95	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
96	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh	1:48
97	Joshua Hunt	NFTO	1:49
98	Dale Appleby	NFTO	1:52
99	Kristian House	Rapha-Condor-JTL	1:54
100	Yanto Barker	Raleigh	2:00
101	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka	2:06
102	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling	2:08
103	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction	2:25
104	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling	2:36
105	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis	7:33

GC after Stage 8a:

1	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp	30hr 32min 17sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 10 seconds
3	Bradley Wiggins	SKY	22"
4	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	37"
5	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	42"
6	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar	46"
7	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling	50"
8	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	54"
9	Dylan Teuns	BMC	1:10
10	David Lopez Garcia	SKY	1:11
11	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
12	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
13	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka	1:19
14	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:24
15	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain	1:52
16	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:53
17	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	1:59
18	Steve Lampier	Giordana	2:06
19	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh	2:13
20	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	2:16
21	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	2:44
22	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	2:55
23	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:31
24	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka	3:41
25	Ben Swift	SKY
26	Richard Handley	Rapha-Condor-JTL	3:42
27	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY	4:42
28	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis	5:19
29	Bram Tankink	Belkin	5:39
30	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka	5:41
31	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana	5:45
32	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling	6:10
33	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura	6:54
34	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	7:14
35	Mark Christian	Raleigh	9:15
36	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis	10:46
37	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	10:47
38	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction	11:58
39	Rick Zabel	BMC	12:37
40	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	13:29
41	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	13:46
42	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar	14:03
43	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	15:50
44	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura	16:13
45	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	16:21
46	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling	16:28
47	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	18:09
48	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	18:39
49	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	19:33
50	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar	20:25
51	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp	20:31
52	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	20:33
53	Peter Velits	BMC	20:35
54	Stephen Cummings	BMC	20:51
55	Adam Blythe	NFTO	22:00
56	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	24:00
57	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction	24:07
58	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp	24:32
59	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	25:00
60	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	26:04
61	Martin Kohler	BMC	26:27
62	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	28:47
63	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura	29:05
64	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis	30:09
65	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka	33:04
66	Thomas Moses	Rapha-Condor-JTL	36:13
67	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar	36:34
68	Michael James Northey	Madison-Genesis	37:18
69	Jetse Bol	Belkin	39:18
70	Robert Partridge	Giordana	39:33
71	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura	41:05
72	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	41:20
73	Germain Burton	Great Britain	41:31
74	Rick Flens	Belkin	42:38
75	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	43:00
76	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction	43:01
77	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo	44:07
78	Kristian House	Rapha-Condor-JTL	44:33
79	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis	45:03
80	George Atkins	Raleigh	46:29
81	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	46:52
82	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	48:18
83	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	49:04
84	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	49:37
85	Dale Appleby	NFTO	50:12
86	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction	51:04
87	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	51:41
88	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain	54:56
89	Joshua Hunt	NFTO	56:39
90	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	57:17
91	Sebastian Lander	BMC	57:18
92	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	58:43
93	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis	59:28
94	Yanto Barker	Raleigh	1:03:10
95	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	1:04:34
96	Barry Markus	Belkin	1:04:43
97	Chris Opie	Rapha-Condor-JTL	1:08:41
98	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	1:09:56
99	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh	1:11:15
100	Bradley Morgan	Giordana	1:12:15
101	James Moss	Giordana	1:14:09
102	Christopher Latham	Great Britain	1:19:51
103	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO	1:19:58
104	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	1:26:20
105	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction	1:26:44

Stage 8a map:

Stage 8a map

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Saturday, September 13: Stage 7, Camberley - Brighton, 226.5 km (140 miles)

Stage 7 map |

I don't have any pictures from the Tour of Britain. But here is race leader Dylan van Baarle at the 2014 Eneco Tour. Photo ©Sirotti.

The Race: Again, an early break decided the race. Five riders slipped their leashes and half-way through the stage, they had a lead of about nine minutes. And like yesterday, efforts to bring back the break came too late and was done with insufficient force.

Julien Vermote left his breakaway companions behind on the first category Ditchling Beacon ascent. That was it. He was gone. Vermote won the stage.

Two other members of the break survived as well, Ignatas Konovalovas and Dylan Van Baarle. They followed Vermote to the line 23 seconds later.

Former race leader Michal Kwiatkowski led in the 17 remaining members of the peloton 1 minute, 23 seconds later. That was enough time to make Van Baarle the new overall leader.

Tomorrow is a split stage day with an 8.8 km individual time trial in the morning. Less than a minute separates the top ten GC men with Bradley Wiggins sitting in 7th place, 47 seconds down. Should be interesting.

Complete Stage 7 results:

Winner's average speed: 43.479 km/hr

1	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	5hr 12min 34sec
2	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka	@ 23 seconds
3	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:20
5	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin
6	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
7	Dylan Teuns	BMC
8	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
9	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
10	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
11	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh
12	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
13	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana
14	Bradley Wiggins	SKY
15	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
16	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
17	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
18	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
19	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
20	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
21	Steve Lampier	Giordana	1:35
22	Ben Swift	SKY	2:03
23	Mark Christian	Raleigh
24	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	2:15
25	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain	2:29
26	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka	2:34
27	Alex Dowsett	Movistar
28	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
29	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
30	Bram Tankink	Belkin
31	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF
32	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling
33	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
34	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis
35	Sebastian Henao	SKY
36	Richard Handley	Rapha-Condor-JTL
37	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp
38	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
39	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka
40	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	2:40
41	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis
42	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:51
43	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction	3:14
44	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	3:40
45	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	6:08
46	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	6:35
47	Joshua Hunt	NFTO
48	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction
49	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura	7:18
50	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	7:30
51	Peter Velits	BMC
52	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	11:25
53	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
54	Rick Zabel	BMC
55	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
56	Rick Flens	Belkin
57	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
58	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
59	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar
60	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar
61	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling
62	Jetse Bol	Belkin
63	Martin Kohler	BMC
64	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
65	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction
66	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
67	Maarten Wynants	Belkin
68	Stephen Cummings	BMC
69	Adam Blythe	NFTO
70	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	16:53
71	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk
72	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka
73	Barry Markus	Belkin
74	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura	24:00
75	Thomas Moses	Rapha-Condor-JTL
76	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO
77	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
78	Germain Burton	Great Britain
79	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis
80	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction
81	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain
82	Kristian House	Rapha-Condor-JTL
83	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp
84	Sebastian Lander	BMC
85	Robert Partridge	Giordana
86	George Atkins	Raleigh
87	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk
88	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo
89	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
90	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction
91	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
92	Chris Opie	Rapha-Condor-JTL
93	Christopher Latham	Great Britain
94	Yanto Barker	Raleigh
95	Michael James Northey	Madison-Genesis
96	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF
97	James Moss	Giordana
98	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh
99	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis
100	Dale Appleby	NFTO
101	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
102	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar
103	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
104	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana
105	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
106	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
107	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis

GC after Stage 7:

1	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp	30hr 22min 2sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 19 seconds
3	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	25
4	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	35
5	Dylan Teuns	BMC	36
6	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar	45
7	Bradley Wiggins	SKY	47
8	David Lopez Garcia	SKY	49
9	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	51
10	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	59
11	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
12	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling	1:07
13	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura	1:22
14	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:25
15	Manuel Bongiorno Francesco	Bardiani-CSF	1:27
16	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:32
17	Steve Lampier	Giordana	1:35
18	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh	1:48
19	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	2:11
20	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	2:13
21	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	2:22
22	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain	2:34
23	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka	2:50
24	Richard Handley	Rapha-Condor-JTL	3:04
25	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:07
26	Ben Swift	SKY	3:31
27	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis	3:38
28	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY	4:06
29	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis	4:18
30	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling	4:27
31	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka	4:53
32	Bram Tankink	Belkin	5:05
33	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana	5:15
34	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	6:14
35	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura	6:49
36	Mark Christian	Raleigh	8:21
37	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	10:57
38	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	11:18
39	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction	11:31
40	Rick Zabel	BMC	12:08
41	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar	12:50
42	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	13:22
43	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	13:43
44	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling	14:17
45	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura	15:37
46	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	15:40
47	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	15:43
48	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	17:52
49	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	18:09
50	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	18:45
51	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar	19:03
52	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	20:24
53	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp	20:25
54	Peter Velits	BMC	20:29
55	Stephen Cummings	BMC	21:07
56	Adam Blythe	NPC	21:13
57	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction	23:09
58	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	23:19
59	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp	23:51
60	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	23:54
61	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	25:40
62	Martin Kohler	BMC	26:27
63	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	27:51
64	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura	28:22
65	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis	29:44
66	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka	31:23
67	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar	35:22
68	Thomas Moses	Rapha-Condor-JTL
69	James Northey Michael	Madison-Genesis	36:39
70	Robert Partridge	Giordana	38:31
71	Jetse Bol	Belkin	38:33
72	Germain Burton	Great Britain	40:31
73	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura	40:40
74	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	40:49
75	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	42:09
76	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction	42:11
77	Rick Flens	Belkin	42:26
78	Kristian House	Rapha-Condor-JTL	43:04
79	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo	43:52
80	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis	44:49
81	George Atkins	Raleigh	45:34
82	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	46:48
83	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	47:56
84	Norman Hansen Lasse	Garmin-Sharp	48:15
85	Dale Appleby	NPC	48:45
86	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	49:36
87	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	50:21
88	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction	51:09
89	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain	54:18
90	Joshua Hunt	NPC	55:15
91	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	55:55
92	Sebastian Lander	BMC	56:05
93	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	57:39
94	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis	59:00
95	Yanto Barker	Raleigh	1:01:35
96	Barry Markus	Belkin	1:03:52
97	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	1:03:58
98	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF	1:05:51
99	Chris Opie	Rapha-Condor-JTL	1:07:54
100	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	1:08:42
101	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh	1:09:52
102	Bradley Morgan	Giordana	1:11:34
103	James Moss	Giordana	1:12:59
104	James Lowsley Williams	NPC	1:18:40
105	Christopher Latham	Great Britain	1:19:13
106	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction	1:24:44
107	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	1:25:18

Stage 7 map:

Stage 7 map

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Friday, September 12: Stage 6, Bath - Hemel Hemstead, 205.6 km (127.9 miles)

Stage 6 map |

The Race: Just like yesterday, the peloton let a quality break get away and then waited too long to shut it down. And when the attempt to close the gap was made, the chase lacked fervor.

Alex Dowsett (Movistar), Matthias Brandle (IAM Cycling) and Thomas Stewart (Madison-Genesis) took off when the stage was 50 kilometers old. The trio managed to get five minutes up the road. It was strange that a break with Alex Dowsett, only 1min 25sec down on GC and a good rider, was allowed to get away.

When race leader Michel Kwiatkowski's Omega Pharma team finally tried to catch the trio, they just couldn't.

Near the end, Matthias Brandle again scooted away to win his second stage in a row. Dowsett's reward for a day of hard riding is the GC lead.

Complete Results:

1	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	4hr 44min 49sec
2	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	@ 1 second
3	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis
4	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	1:51
5	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
6	Ben Swift	SKY
7	Martin Kohler	BMC
8	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
9	Rick Zabel	BMC
10	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
11	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura
12	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction
13	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
14	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
15	Adam Blythe	NFTO
16	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp
17	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
18	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
19	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
20	Dylan Teuns	BMC
21	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
22	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana
23	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
24	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
25	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
26	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling
27	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk
28	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
29	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar
30	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh
31	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
32	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar
33	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
34	Germain Burton	Great Britain
35	Maarten Wynants	Belkin
36	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka
37	Steve Lampier	Giordana
38	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura
39	Richard Handley	Rapha-Condor-JTL
40	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
41	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
42	Robert Partridge	Giordana
43	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
44	Sebastian Henao	SKY
45	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis
46	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
47	Bradley Wiggins	SKY
48	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
49	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
50	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis
51	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka
52	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction
53	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
54	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar
55	Mark Christian	Raleigh
56	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
57	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin
58	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
59	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk
60	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar
61	Thomas Moses	Rapha-Condor-JTL
62	Bram Tankink	Belkin
63	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:01
64	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
65	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	2:36
66	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	3:20
67	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:36
68	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction	5:23
69	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo	7:01
70	Stephen Cummings	BMC
71	Michael James Northey	Madison-Genesis
72	Peter Velits	BMC
73	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis	7:24
74	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF
75	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	8:40
76	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	11:43
77	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp	13:59
78	Kristian House	Rapha-Condor-JTL
79	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp
80	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura
81	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka
82	Joshua Hunt	NFTO
83	Rick Flens	Belkin	19:17
84	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
85	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk
86	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk
87	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
88	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk
89	Barry Markus	Belkin
90	Jetse Bol	Belkin
91	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO
92	George Atkins	Raleigh
93	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis
94	Chris Opie	Rapha-Condor-JTL
95	Dale Appleby	NFTO
96	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
97	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
98	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain
99	Sebastian Lander	BMC
100	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
101	Yanto Barker	Raleigh
102	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh
103	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano
104	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
105	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana
106	James Moss	Giordana
107	Christopher Latham	Great Britain	21:51
108	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk
109	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction
110	Glen O'Shea	An Post-Chain Reaction
111	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction

GC after Stage 6:

1	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	25hr 7min 53sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 34 seconds
3	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	40"
4	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	50"
5	Dylan Teuns	BMC	51"
6	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar	1:00
7	Bradley Wiggins	SKY	1:02
8	David Lopez Garcia	SKY	1:04
9	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura	1:06
10	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
11	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	1:07
12	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	1:17
13	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling	1:22
14	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp	1:25
15	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	1:31
16	Steve Lampier	Giordana	1:35
17	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura	1:37
18	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:40
19	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
20	Manuel Bongiorno Francesco	Bardiani-CSF	1:42
21	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:47
22	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka	1:51
23	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh	2:03
24	Richard Handley	Rapha-Condor-JTL	2:05
25	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:08
26	Rick Zabel	BMC	2:18
27	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
28	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	2:28
29	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis	2:33
30	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar	3:00
31	Ben Swift	SKY	3:03
32	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY	3:07
33	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis	3:19
34	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling	3:28
35	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka	3:54
36	Bram Tankink	Belkin	4:06
37	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	5:15
38	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana	5:32
39	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura	5:47
40	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	5:53
41	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura	5:57
42	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis	7:19
43	Mark Christian	Raleigh	7:53
44	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	8:36
45	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka	8:58
46	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar	9:13
47	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction	9:52
48	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	10:19
49	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	10:34
50	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	11:17
51	Stephen Cummings	BMC
52	Adam Blythe	NFTO	11:23
53	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	12:27
54	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	12:33
55	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar	12:57
56	Thomas Moses	Rapha-Condor-JTL
57	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	13:19
58	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	13:29
59	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	13:45
60	James Northey Michael	Madison-Genesis	14:14
61	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling	14:34
62	Peter Velits	BMC
63	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	15:50
64	Robert Partridge	Giordana	16:06
65	Martin Kohler	BMC	16:37
66	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	17:10
67	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	17:29
68	Germain Burton	Great Britain	18:06
69	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction	18:09
70	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp	19:26
71	Kristian House	Rapha-Condor-JTL	20:39
72	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo	21:27
73	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis	22:24
74	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp	22:52
75	George Atkins	Raleigh	23:09
76	Norman Hansen Lasse	Garmin-Sharp	25:50
77	Dale Appleby	NFTO	26:20
78	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	27:11
79	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	27:56
80	Jetse Bol	Belkin	28:43
81	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction	28:44
82	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura	30:50
83	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	30:59
84	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain	31:53
85	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction	32:21
86	Rick Flens	Belkin	32:36
87	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	32:38
88	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	33:30
89	Sebastian Lander	BMC	33:40
90	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	35:14
91	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	36:14
92	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis	36:35
93	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	36:58
94	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura	37:38
95	Yanto Barker	Raleigh	39:10
96	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	41:33
97	Glen O'Shea	An Post-Chain Reaction	42:51
98	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF	43:26
99	Chris Opie	Rapha-Condor-JTL	45:29
100	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	46:17
101	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh	47:27
102	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	47:32
103	Barry Markus	Belkin	48:34
104	Bradley Morgan	Giordana	49:09
105	Joshua Hunt	NFTO	50:15
106	James Moss	Giordana	50:34
107	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO	56:15
108	Christopher Latham	Great Britain	56:48
109	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction	1:02:19
110	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	1:02:53
111	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk	1:07:36

Stage 6 map:

Stage 6 map

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Thursday, September 11: Stage 5, Exmouth - Exeter, 177.3 km (110.3 miles)

Stage 5 map |

The Race: An important part of stage racing tactics is deciding how much energy to expend corralling an opponent and when to do it. Today, the big teams got it wrong.

A five-man break was never allowed to go too far down the road, but the decision to make the actual catch was made too late.

From the break, Austrian rider Matthias Brandle escaped and rode up the final ascent and downhill to the finish in Exeter, finishing alone. Behind him two other riders from the day's break, Shane Archbold and Maarten Wynants also made it to the line without being caught. The chasing pack came in fourteen seconds after Brandle had won the stage.

Michal Kwiatkowski finished in the main peloton to preserve his three-seconds lead in the GC over Edoardo Zanini.

Complete Stage 5 results:

1	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	4hr 32min 3sec
2	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction	@ 8 seconds
3	Maarten Wynants	Belkin
4	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	14"
5	Ben Swift	SKY
6	Rick Zabel	BMC
7	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
8	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
9	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
10	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp
11	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
12	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
13	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh
14	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
15	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
16	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
17	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
18	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
19	Alex Dowsett	Movistar
20	Dylan Teuns	BMC
21	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
22	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling
23	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
24	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura
25	Steve Lampier	Giordana
26	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka
27	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
28	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
29	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
30	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
31	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
32	Richard Handley	Rapha Condor JTL
33	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin
34	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka
35	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar
36	Bradley Wiggins	SKY
37	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar
38	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
39	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis	48"
40	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis
41	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	53"
42	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction
43	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar
44	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
45	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
46	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	57"
47	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis
48	George Atkins	Raleigh
49	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk
50	Kristian House	Rapha Condor JTL
51	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana
52	Germain Burton	Great Britain
53	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar
54	Dale Appleby	NFTO	1:29
55	Chris Opie	Rapha Condor JTL
56	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	1:45
57	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction	1:56
58	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk
59	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk
60	Jetse Bol	Belkin
61	Michael James Northey	Madison-Genesis
62	Peter Velits	BMC	2:12
63	Adam Blythe	NFTO
64	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	14
65	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis	2:12
66	Bram Tankink	Belkin
67	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura	3:02
68	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
69	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk
70	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO
71	Thomas Moses	Rapha Condor JTL
72	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction
73	Robert Partridge	Giordana
74	James Moss	Giordana
75	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
76	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
77	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
78	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis
79	Joshua Hunt	NFTO
80	Yanto Barker	Raleigh
81	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka
82	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-Qhubeka
83	Mark Christian	Raleigh
84	Stephen Cummings	BMC
85	Sebastian Henao	SKY	14
86	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF	3:40
87	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	3:50
88	Barry Markus	Belkin
89	Rick Flens	Belkin
90	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction
91	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	3:59
92	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
93	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	4:32
94	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
95	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
96	Christopher Latham	Great Britain
97	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
98	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
99	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain
100	Martin Kohler	BMC
101	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh
102	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
103	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp
104	Sebastian Lander	BMC
105	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo
106	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
107	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
108	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk
109	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:53
110	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	5:07
111	Glen O'Shea	An Post-Chain Reaction
112	Jonathan Mould	NFTO	6:13
113	Samuel Harrison	NFTO

GC after Stage 5:

1	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	20hr 21min 50sec
2	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	@ 3 seconds
3	Dylan Teuns	BMC	14
4	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
5	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar	23
6	Bradley Wiggins	SKY	27
7	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
8	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura	29
9	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
10	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	40
11	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling	45
12	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp	48
13	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	54
14	Steve Lampier	Giordana	58
15	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura	1:00
16	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:03
17	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
18	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	1:05
19	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:10
20	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka	1:14
21	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	1:25
22	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh	1:26
23	Richard Handley	Rapha Condor JTL	1:28
24	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:31
25	Rick Zabel	BMC	1:41
26	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
27	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	1:51
28	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis	1:56
29	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar	2:23
30	Ben Swift	SKY	2:26
31	Sebastian Henao	SKY	2:30
32	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	2:35
33	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis	2:42
34	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling	2:51
35	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka	3:17
36	Bram Tankink	Belkin	3:29
37	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	3:53
38	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana	4:55
39	George Atkins	Raleigh	5:06
40	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura	5:10
41	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	5:16
42	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura	5:20
43	Stephen Cummings	BMC	5:30
44	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp	6:41
45	Mark Christian	Raleigh	7:16
46	Kristian House	Rapha Condor JTL	7:54
47	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	7:59
48	Dale Appleby	NPC	8:17
49	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka	8:21
50	Michael James Northey	Madison-Genesis	8:27
51	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar	8:36
52	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis	8:38
53	Peter Velits	BMC	8:47
54	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction	9:15
55	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	9:42
56	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	9:53
57	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	9:57
58	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp	10:07
59	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	10:40
60	Jetse Bol	Belkin
61	Adam Blythe	NPC	10:46
62	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	11:39
63	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	11:40
64	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction	11:44
65	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	11:56
66	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar	12:20
67	Thomas Moses	Rapha Condor JTL
68	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	12:32
69	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura	12:47
70	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	12:52
71	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	12:56
72	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-Qhubeka	13:03
73	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain	13:50
74	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling	13:57
75	Rick Flens	Belkin	14:33
76	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	15:07
77	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	15:13
78	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	15:21
79	Robert Partridge	Giordana	15:29
80	Sebastian Lander	BMC	15:37
81	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo	15:40
82	Martin Kohler	BMC	16:00
83	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis	16:14
84	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	16:33
85	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	17:11
86	Germain Burton	Great Britain	17:29
87	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction	17:32
88	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	18:11
89	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis	18:32
90	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	18:55
91	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	19:45
92	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	19:53
93	Yanto Barker	Raleigh	21:07
94	Glen O'Shea	An Post-Chain Reaction	22:14
95	Jonathan Mould	NPC	22:48
96	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	23:30
97	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction	24:35:00
98	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura	24:53:00
99	Chris Opie	Rapha Condor JTL	27:26:00
100	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	28:14:00
101	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh	29:24:00
102	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	29:29:00
103	Barry Markus	Belkin	30:31:00
104	Bradley Morgan	Giordana	31:06:00
105	Samuel Harrison	NPC	31:30:00
106	James Moss	Giordana	32:11:00
107	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	32:53:00
108	Christopher Latham	Great Britain	36:11:00
109	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF	37:16:00
110	Joshua Hunt	NPC	37:30:00
111	James Lowsley Williams	NPC	38:12:00
112	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction	41:42:00
113	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	44:50:00
114	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk	46:19:00

Stage 5 map:

Stage 5 map

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Wednesday, September 10: Stage 4, Worcester - Bristol, 184.6 km (114.8 miles)

Stage 4 map |

The Race: Albert Timmer (Giant-Shimano) had remained off the front after the rest of the day's break had been absorbed. The finale was an uphill in Bristol and there Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) bridged up to Timmer.

But Omega Pharma rider Michel Kwiatkowski is currently enjoying splendid form and used that good condition to catch and pass the pair and win the stage.

Going into the stage Kwiatkowski had been in second place, 13 seconds behind GC leader Edoardo Zardini. Zardini was on the wrong side of a split in the peloton, finishing 19th, six seconds behind Kwiatkowski. With Kwiatkowski's 10-second stage winning bonification, he now leads the Tour of Britain, three seconds ahead of Zardini.

Complete Stage 4 results:

1	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4hr 19min 9sec
2	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
3	Dylan Teuns	BMC
4	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp
5	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
6	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
7	Ben Swift	SKY	@ 6 seconds
8	Rick Zabel	BMC
9	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF
10	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
11	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
12	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh
13	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
14	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura
15	Peter Velits	BMC
16	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin
17	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
18	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
19	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
20	Manuel Bongiorno Francesco	Bardiani-CSF
21	Stephen Cummings	BMC
22	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka
23	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
24	Alex Dowsett	Movistar
25	Bram Tankink	Belkin
26	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
27	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis
28	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
29	Germain Burton	Great Britain
30	Steve Lampier	Giordana
31	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
32	Richard Handley	Rapha Condor JTL
33	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
34	Bradley Wiggins	SKY
35	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
36	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
37	Maarten Wynants	Belkin
38	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
39	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
40	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY	@ 25 seconds
41	Jetse Bol	Belkin
42	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
43	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling
44	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar
45	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis
46	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka
47	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana	42"
48	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis
49	George Atkins	Raleigh
50	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
51	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	52"
52	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	1:05
53	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk
54	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	1:20
55	Robert Partridge	Giordana
56	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction
57	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar
58	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	6"
59	Norman Hansen Lasse	Garmin-Sharp	1:42
60	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis	1:44
61	Adam Blythe	NFTO
62	Thomas Moses	Rapha Condor JTL
63	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
64	Dale Appleby	NFTO
65	Glen O'Shea	An Post-Chain Reaction
66	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	1:48
67	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
68	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain	1:56
69	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	2:03
70	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh
71	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction
72	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis	2:06
73	Martin Kohler	BMC	2:36
74	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura	2:44
75	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
76	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp	3:07
77	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar	3:22
78	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
79	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
80	Rick Flens	Belkin
81	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction
82	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	3:26
83	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
84	Kristian House	Rapha Condor JTL
85	Sebastian Lander	BMC
86	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano
87	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-Qhubeka
88	James Northey Michael	Madison-Genesis
89	Mark Christian	Raleigh	3:29
90	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura	6"
91	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:34
92	Samuel Harrison	NFTO	4:35
93	Jonathan Mould	NFTO
94	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	4:55
95	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo
96	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
97	Yanto Barker	Raleigh	6:09
98	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura	6:56
99	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	7:52
100	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO	18:02
101	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk
102	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF
103	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain
104	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk
105	Barry Markus	Belkin
106	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction
107	Christopher Latham	Great Britain
108	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
109	Rasmus Guldhammer	Tinkoff-Saxo
110	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
111	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction
112	Chris Opie	Rapha Condor JTL
113	James Moss	Giordana
114	Joshua Hunt	NFTO
115	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh

GC after stage 4:

1	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	15hr 49min 33sec
2	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	@ 3 seconds
3	Dylan Teuns	BMC	14"
4	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
5	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar	23"
6	Bradley Wiggins	SKY	27"
7	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
8	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura	29"
9	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
10	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	40"
11	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling	45"
12	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp	48"
13	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	54"
14	Steve Lampier	Giordana	58"
15	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura	1:00
16	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:03
17	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
18	Manuel Bongiorno Francesco	Bardiani-CSF	1:05
19	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:10
20	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis	1:13
21	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka	1:14
22	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	1:25
23	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh	1:26
24	Richard Handley	Rapha Condor JTL	1:28
25	Bram Tankink	Belkin	1:31
26	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
27	Rick Zabel	BMC	1:41
28	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
29	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	1:51
30	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis	2:08
31	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar	2:23
32	Ben Swift	SKY	2:26
33	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY	2:30
34	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura	2:32
35	Stephen Cummings	BMC	2:42
36	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling	2:51
37	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	3:04
38	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka	3:17
39	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	3:53
40	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
41	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana	4:12
42	George Atkins	Raleigh	4:23
43	Mark Christian	Raleigh	4:28
44	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura	5:10
45	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	5:32
46	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp	5:49
47	James Northey Michael	Madison-Genesis	6:45
48	Peter Velits	BMC	6:49
49	Dale Appleby	NFTO	7:02
50	Kristian House	Rapha Condor JTL	7:11
51	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	7:16
52	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka	7:46
53	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	7:53
54	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar
55	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	7:54
56	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis	8:04
57	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	8:20
58	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	8:22
59	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	8:34
60	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction	8:36
61	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	8:38
62	Adam Blythe	NFTO	8:48
63	Jetse Bol	Belkin	8:58
64	Thomas Moses	Rapha Condor JTL	9:32
65	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	9:42
66	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	9:57
67	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
68	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura	9:59
69	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain	10:05
70	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-Qhubeka	10:15
71	Norman Hansen Lasse	Garmin-Sharp	10:28
72	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	10:55
73	Rick Flens	Belkin	10:57
74	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	11:01
75	Sebastian Lander	BMC	11:19
76	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar	11:41
77	Martin Kohler	BMC	11:42
78	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction	11:59
79	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	12:15
80	Robert Partridge	Giordana	12:41
81	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo	12:52
82	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis	13:26
83	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	13:53
84	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling	13:57
85	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	14:28
86	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	14:37
87	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction	14:44
88	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	15:27
89	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	15:29
90	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis	16:34
91	Germain Burton	Great Britain	16:46
92	Jonathan Mould	NFTO	16:49
93	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	17:05
94	Glen O'Shea	An Post-Chain Reaction	17:21
95	Yanto Barker	Raleigh	18:19
96	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura	18:38
97	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	19:12
98	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction	22:33
99	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	23:56
100	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh	25:06:00
101	Samuel Harrison	NFTO	25:31:00
102	Chris Opie	Rapha Condor JTL	26:11:00
103	Barry Markus	Belkin	26:55:00
104	Rasmus Guldhammer	Tinkoff-Saxo	27:47:00
105	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk
106	Bradley Morgan	Giordana	28:18:00
107	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	28:35:00
108	James Moss	Giordana	29:23:00
109	Christopher Latham	Great Britain	31:53:00
110	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF	33:50:00
111	Joshua Hunt	NFTO	34:42:00
112	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO	35:24:00
113	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction	38:06:00
114	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	40:32:00
115	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk	43:31:00

Stage 4 map:

Stage 4 map

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Tuesday, September 9: Stage 3, Newtown - The Tumble (hilltop finish), 179.9 km (119.9 miles)

Stage 3 map |

The Race: Today the Tour of Britain was again in Wales. The day's decider was hilltop finish at The Tumble, a 4 km ascent averaging 6.2% gradient.

Tinkoff-Saxo rider Manuele Boaro was the last rider from the day's break that was still off the front, and he was caught as the race approached The Tumble.

Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) was the first to try his luck as the hill began to rear upwards. He was quickly joined by Edoardo Zardini (Bardiani-CSF), who had earlier in the year won a stage at the Giro del Trentino. Bauer was soon shelled by Zardini.

Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff-Saxo) bridged and was ahead of the Italian for a short while, but the Bardiani rider dug deep and was able to drop Roche and head for the line alone. Then Michal Kwiatkowski showed up and passed Roche, but could only come within nine seconds of Zardini.

Zardini accomplished the double coup. He won both the stage and the GC leadership. Zardini made it clear in post-race comments that he intends to defend his lead and emerge on September 14th the 2014 Tour of Britain winner.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 39.246 km/hr

1	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	4hr 35min 2sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 9 seconds
3	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	11"
4	Dylan Teuns	BMC
5	Bradley Wiggins	SKY	14"
6	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar
7	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
8	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	16"
9	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
10	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura
11	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling	32"
12	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp	35"
13	Steve Lampier	Giordana	45"
14	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka
15	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	47"
16	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
17	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain	50"
18	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
19	Mark Christian	Raleigh	52"
20	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
21	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	57"
22	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis	1:00
23	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	1:09
24	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh	1:13
25	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar	1:18
26	Richard Handley	Rapha-Condor
27	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
28	Bram Tankink	Belkin
29	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin
30	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
31	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis	1:20
32	Alex Dowsett	Movistar
33	Rick Zabel	BMC	1:28
34	Sebastian Henao	SKY	1:45
35	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka	2:19
36	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp
37	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling
38	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura
39	Ben Swift	SKY
40	Stephen Cummings	BMC
41	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
42	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana	2:39
43	George Atkins	Raleigh	3:10
44	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:12
45	Michael James Northey	Madison-Genesis
46	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction	3:40
47	Kristian House	Rapha-Condor
48	Dale Appleby	NFTO
49	Jetse Bol	Belkin
50	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
51	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
52	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar
53	Germain Burton	Great Britain	4:38
54	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	5:19
55	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	5:20
56	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	5:44
57	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk
58	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	6:01
59	Robert Partridge	Giordana
60	Jonathan Mould	NFTO	6:12
61	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	6:26
62	Peter Velits	BMC
63	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk
64	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk
65	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-Qhubeka
66	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
67	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction
68	Rasmus Guldhammer	Tinkoff-Saxo
69	Rick Flens	Belkin	6:34
70	Adam Blythe	NFTO	6:57
71	Thomas Moses	Rapha-Condor
72	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
73	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
74	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
75	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh
76	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis	7:16
77	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO	7:20
78	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	7:50
79	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
80	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	8:02
81	Sebastian Lander	BMC
82	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
83	James Moss	Giordana
84	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
85	Brian Bulgac	Giant-Shimano
86	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction
87	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis
88	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis
89	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano
90	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
91	Barry Markus	Belkin
92	Chris Opie	Rapha-Condor
93	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
94	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar	8:43
95	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka
96	Martin Kohler	BMC
97	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	9:56
98	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
99	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF	10:32
100	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
101	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo
102	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
103	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain
104	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
105	Glen O'Shea	An Post-Chain Reaction
106	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction
107	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction
108	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
109	Joshua Hunt	NFTO
110	Yanto Barker	Raleigh
111	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
112	Christopher Latham	Great Britain
113	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
114	Samuel Harrison	NFTO
115	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura	11:19
116	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk	14:21
117	Michael Cuming	Rapha-Condor	15:18

GC after Stage 3:

1	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	11hr 30min 21sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 13 seconds
3	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	17"
4	Dylan Teuns	BMC	21"
5	Bradley Wiggins	SKY	24"
6	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
7	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar	26"
8	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura
9	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
10	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	37"
11	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling	42"
12	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp	45"
13	Steve Lampier	Giordana	55"
14	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura	57"
15	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp
16	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:00
17	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
18	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	1:02
19	Mark Christian	Raleigh
20	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:07
21	Alex Peters	Madison-Genesis	1:10
22	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka	1:11
23	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	1:19
24	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh	1:23
25	Richard Handley	Rapha Condor	1:25
26	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	1:27
27	Bram Tankink	Belkin	1:28
28	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
29	Rick Zabel	BMC	1:38
30	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
31	Liam Holohan	Madison-Genesis	1:46
32	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	1:48
33	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar	2:01
34	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY	2:08
35	Ben Swift	SKY	2:23
36	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling	2:29
37	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura
38	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
39	Stephen Cummings	BMC	2:39
40	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp	2:45
41	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka	2:55
42	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:22
43	Michael James Northey	Madison-Genesis
44	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana	3:33
45	George Atkins	Raleigh	3:44
46	Kristian House	Rapha Condor	3:50
47	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
48	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
49	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar	4:34
50	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chain Reaction
51	Dale Appleby	NFTO	5:21
52	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	5:29
53	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh	5:54
54	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	6:04
55	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	6:14
56	Owain Doull	An Post-Chain Reaction	6:36
57	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
58	Peter Velits	BMC	6:46
59	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-Qhubeka	6:52
60	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	6:57
61	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	7:05
62	Adam Blythe	NFTO	7:07
63	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh
64	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
65	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	7:18
66	Thomas Stewart	Madison-Genesis	7:25
67	Rick Flens	Belkin	7:38
68	Thomas Moses	Rapha Condor	7:51
69	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo	8:00
70	Sebastian Lander	BMC	8:04
71	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	8:12
72	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
73	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
74	Chris Opie	Rapha Condor
75	Jetse Bol	Belkin	8:36
76	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	8:52
77	Barry Markus	Belkin	8:56
78	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
79	Martin Kohler	BMC	9:09
80	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	9:39
81	Rasmus Guldhammer	Tinkoff-Saxo	9:48
82	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk
83	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	10:06
84	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
85	Bradley Morgan	Giordana	10:19
86	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar	10:24
87	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	10:35
88	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	10:36
89	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	10:37
90	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chain Reaction	10:42
91	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	10:58
92	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	11:14
93	Thomas Scully	Madison-Genesis	11:23
94	Robert Partridge	Giordana	11:24
95	James Moss	Giordana
96	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chain Reaction	11:25
97	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura	11:45
98	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	11:47
99	Yanto Barker	Raleigh	12:13
100	Jonathan Mould	NFTO	12:17
101	Christopher Latham	Great Britain	13:54
102	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
103	Ian Bibby	Madison-Genesis	14:53
104	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	15:05
105	Glen O'Shea	An Post-Chain Reaction	15:40
106	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	15:49
107	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF	15:51
108	Michael Cuming	Rapha Condor	15:53
109	Germain Burton	Great Britain	16:43
110	Joshua Hunt	NFTO
111	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO	17:25
112	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chain Reaction	20:07
113	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	20:37
114	Samuel Harrison	NFTO	20:59
115	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	22:33
116	Brian Bulgac	Giant-Shimano	23:08
117	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk	25:32:00

Stage 3 map:

Stage 3 map

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Monday, September 8: Stage 2, Knowsley - Llandudno, 200.8 km

The Race: The day's break of six was never allowed much rope and was caught well before the stage finish. After they had been absorbed, Michel Kwiatkowski tried his luck, but he too was chased down, setting things up for a big sprint.

The day was won by Omega Pharma rider Mark Renshaw, who normally has lead-out duty for Mark Cavendish. But since Cavendish crashed badly enough yesterday to warrant a trip to the hospital to make sure he was OK, Renshaw was Omega Pharma's man to go for the stage win.

Renshaw did not waste the opportunity, winning not only the stage but the overall leadership. Yesterday's winner and GC leader, Marcel Kittel, didn't make the front group, finishing 99th, more than 3 minutes behind Renshaw.

Complete Results:

1	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4hr 38min 54sec
2	Ben Swift	SKY
3	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura
4	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
5	Rick Zabel	BMC
6	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
7	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling
8	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
9	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
10	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
11	Bradley Wiggins	SKY
12	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
13	Alex Peters	Madison Genesis
14	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura
15	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp
16	Adam Blythe	NFTO
17	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
18	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh
19	Alex Dowsett	Movistar
20	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
21	Dylan Teuns	BMC
22	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
23	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
24	Bram Tankink	Belkin
25	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
26	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura
27	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
28	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo
29	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
30	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling
31	Kristian House	Rapha Condor JTL
32	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
33	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
34	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
35	Chris Opie	Rapha Condor JTL
36	Thomas Stewart	Madison Genesis
37	Richard Handley	Rapha Condor JTL
38	Mark Christian	Raleigh
39	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
40	Shane Archbold	An Post Chainreaction
41	Maarten Wynants	Belkin
42	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
43	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
44	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
45	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh
46	Sebastian Lander	BMC
47	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
48	Owain Doull	An Post Chainreaction
49	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
50	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
51	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
52	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh
53	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
54	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
55	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
56	Michael James Northey	Madison Genesis
57	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin
58	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka	@ 10 seconds
59	Steve Lampier	Giordana	0
60	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	10"
61	Peter Velits	BMC
62	Stephen Cummings	BMC
63	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	13"
64	Sebastian Henao	SKY
65	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp	16"
66	Martin Kohler	BMC
67	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain	0
68	Liam Holohan	Madison Genesis	16"
69	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-Qhubeka
70	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka
71	George Atkins	Raleigh	24"
72	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka	26"
73	Michael Cuming	Rapha Condor JTL
74	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar	33"
75	Ryan Mullen	An Post Chainreaction	44"
76	Barry Markus	Belkin
77	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk
78	Thomas Moses	Rapha Condor JTL
79	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar
80	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp
81	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
82	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk
83	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana
84	Mark Mcnally	An Post Chainreaction
85	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana	54"
86	Rick Flens	Belkin
87	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:05
88	Yanto Barker	Raleigh	1:31
89	Dale Appleby	NFTO
90	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar
91	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	2:37
92	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	3:12
93	Christopher Latham	Great Britain
94	Thomas Scully	Madison Genesis
95	Rasmus Guldhammer	Tinkoff-Saxo
96	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk
97	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
98	James Moss	Giordana
99	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano
100	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
101	Jetse Bol	Belkin	4:46
102	Glen O'Shea	An Post Chainreaction	4:58
103	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	5:07
104	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF	5:09
105	Robert Partridge	Giordana	5:13
106	Joshua Hunt	NFTO	6:01
107	Jonathan Mould	NFTO
108	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	6:12
109	Ian Bibby	Madison Genesis	6:25
110	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO	9:55
111	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
112	Brian Bulgac	Giant-Shimano
113	Samuel Harrison	NFTO	10:17
114	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk	10:41
115	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	11:55
116	Germain Burton	Great Britain
117	Jack Wilson	An Post Chainreaction

GC after Stage 2:

1	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	6hr 55min 19sec
2	Ben Swift	SKY	@ 4 seconds
3	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
4	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura	6"
5	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
6	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	7"
7	Richard Handley	Rapha Condor JTL
8	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	10"
9	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
10	Rick Zabel	BMC
11	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
12	Alex Peters	Madison Genesis
13	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
14	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling
15	Adam Blythe	NFTO
16	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
17	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
18	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh
19	Bram Tankink	Belkin
20	Chris Opie	Rapha Condor JTL
21	Sebastian Lander	BMC
22	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
23	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh
24	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling
25	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
26	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
27	Owain Doull	An Post Chainreaction
28	Thomas Stewart	Madison Genesis
29	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
30	Kristian House	Rapha Condor JTL
31	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh
32	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
33	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
34	Dylan Teuns	BMC
35	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
36	Bradley Wiggins	SKY
37	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura
38	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura
39	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
40	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
41	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
42	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
43	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo
44	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
45	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
46	Maarten Wynants	Belkin
47	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
48	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
49	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
50	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp
51	Mark Christian	Raleigh
52	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
53	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
54	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
55	Shane Archbold	An Post Chainreaction
56	Steve Lampier	Giordana
57	Michael James Northey	Madison Genesis
58	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
59	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka	20"
60	Peter Velits	BMC
61	Stephen Cummings	BMC
62	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk
63	Sebastian Henao	SKY	23"
64	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar
65	Martin Kohler	BMC	26"
66	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka
67	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-Qhubeka
68	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp
69	Liam Holohan	Madison Genesis
70	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	30"
71	George Atkins	Raleigh	34"
72	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka	36"
73	Michael Cuming	Rapha Condor JTL
74	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar	43"
75	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	50"
76	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	52"
77	Barry Markus	Belkin	54"
78	Thomas Moses	Rapha Condor JTL
79	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar
80	Ryan Mullen	An Post Chainreaction
81	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk
82	Mark Mcnally	An Post Chainreaction
83	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
84	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana
85	Rick Flens	Belkin	1:04
86	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana
87	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:15
88	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar	1:41
89	Yanto Barker	Raleigh
90	Dale Appleby	NFTO
91	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	2:47
92	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	3:12
93	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	3:13
94	Thomas Scully	Madison Genesis	3:21
95	Christopher Latham	Great Britain	3:22
96	Rasmus Guldhammer	Tinkoff-Saxo
97	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
98	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
99	James Moss	Giordana
100	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk
101	Jetse Bol	Belkin	4:56
102	Glen O'Shea	An Post Chainreaction	5:08
103	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	5:17
104	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF	5:19
105	Robert Partridge	Giordana	5:23
106	Jonathan Mould	NFTO	6:05
107	Joshua Hunt	NFTO	6:11
108	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka	6:22
109	Ian Bibby	Madison Genesis	6:31
110	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO	10:05
111	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
112	Samuel Harrison	NFTO	10:27
113	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk	10:51
114	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	12:01
115	Germain Burton	Great Britain	12:05
116	Jack Wilson	An Post Chainreaction
117	Brian Bulgac	Giant-Shimano	15:06

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Sunday, September 7: Stage 1, Liverpool Circuit Race, 104.8 km (8 laps of 13.1 km)

Stage 1 map |

The Race: After the breakaways had been absorbed by the fast-moving peloton, nearly the entire peloton was together for the sprint for the stage win at the end of eight laps of the Liverpool circuit.

Marcel Kittel won his first race since taking the final stage of the Tour de France on the Champs Elysées and becomes the race leader by one second over Sonny Colbrelli. This was Kittel's eleventh race win this season.

Colbrelli had accumulated time bonifications while out on a break.

Mark Cavendish's luck doesn't seem to want to improve. He crashed, but was still able to finish third. After the race he was taken to a hospital for examination.

Complete Stage 1 Results:

Winner's average speed: 46.038 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	2hr 16min 35sec
2	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
3	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
5	Ben Swift	SKY
6	Barry Markus	Belkin
7	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
8	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
9	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
10	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar
11	Alex Peters	Madison Genesis
12	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura
13	Sebastian Lander	BMC
14	Rick Zabel	BMC
15	Yanto Barker	Raleigh
16	Adam Blythe	NFTO
17	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh
18	Jetse Bol	Belkin
19	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
20	Chris Opie	Rapha Condor JTL
21	Alex Dowsett	Movistar
22	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk
23	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling
24	Owain Doull	An Post-Chainreaction
25	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh
26	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
27	Bram Tankink	Belkin
28	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO
29	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk
30	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh
31	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
32	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
33	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling
34	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
35	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
36	Germain Burton	Great Britain
37	Thomas Stewart	Madison Genesis
38	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain
39	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
40	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
41	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
42	Martin Kohler	BMC
43	Kristian House	Rapha Condor JTL
44	Robert Partridge	Giordana
45	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
46	Hugh Carthy	Rapha Condor JTL
47	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY
48	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
49	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
50	George Atkins	Raleigh
51	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
52	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
53	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
54	Manuel Bongiorno Francesco	Bardiani-CSF
55	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
56	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
57	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka
58	Christopher Latham	Great Britain
59	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
60	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF
61	Dylan Teuns	BMC
62	Thomas Moses	Rapha Condor JTL
63	Rasmus Guldhammer	Tinkoff-Saxo
64	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura
65	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar
66	Thomas Scully	Madison Genesis
67	Jack Wilson	An Post-Chainreaction
68	Maarten Wynants	Belkin
69	Dale Appleby	NFTO
70	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
71	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura
72	Ian Bibby	Madison Genesis
73	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
74	Bradley Wiggins	SKY
75	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin
76	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo
77	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar
78	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
79	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka
80	Peter Velits	BMC
81	Joshua Hunt	NFTO
82	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-Qhubeka
83	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
84	Jonathan Mould	NFTO
85	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
86	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk
87	Ryan Mullen	An Post-Chainreaction
88	Richard Handley	Rapha Condor JTL
89	Michael Cuming	Rapha Condor JTL
90	Mark Mcnally	An Post-Chainreaction
91	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
92	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp
93	Mark Christian	Raleigh
94	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka
95	James Moss	Giordana
96	Steve Lampier	Giordana
97	Rick Flens	Belkin
98	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk
99	Samuel Harrison	NFTO
100	Liam Holohan	Madison Genesis
101	Daniel Pearson	Great Britain
102	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
103	Stephen Cummings	BMC
104	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
105	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
106	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar
107	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana
108	James Northey Michael	Madison Genesis
109	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana
110	Glen O'Shea	An Post-Chainreaction
111	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk
112	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF
113	Norman Hansen Lasse	Garmin-Sharp
114	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp
115	Shane Archbold	An Post-Chainreaction
116	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
117	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
118	Ian Stannard	SKY
119	Brian Bulgac	Giant-Shimano	5:01
120	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	0

GC after Stage 1:

1	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	2hr 16min 25sec
2	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	@ 1 second
3	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	4"
4	Jonathan Mould	NFTO
5	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	6"
6	Richard Handley	Rapha Condor JTL	7"
7	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	10"
8	Ben Swift	SKY
9	Barry Markus	Belkin
10	Daniel Mclay	Great Britain
11	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
12	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
13	Enrique Sanz Unzue	Movistar
14	Alex Peters	Madison Genesis
15	Sam Bennett	NetApp-Endura
16	Sebastian Lander	BMC
17	Rick Zabel	BMC
18	Yanto Barker	Raleigh
19	Adam Blythe	NFTO
20	Morgan Kneisky	Raleigh
21	Jetse Bol	Belkin
22	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
23	Chris Opie	Rapha Condor JTL
24	Alex Dowsett	Movistar
25	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk
26	Jérôme Pineau	IAM Cycling
27	Owain Doull	SKT
28	Ian Wilkinson	Raleigh
29	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
30	Bram Tankink	Belkin
31	James Lowsley Williams	NFTO
32	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk
33	Matthieu Boulo	Raleigh
34	Andreas Stauff	MTN-Qhubeka
35	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
36	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling
37	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
38	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
39	Germain Burton	Great Britain
40	Thomas Stewart	Madison Genesis
41	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain
42	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
43	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
44	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
45	Martin Kohler	BMC
46	Kristian House	Rapha Condor JTL
47	Robert Partridge	Giordana
48	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
49	Hugh Carthy	Rapha Condor JTL
50	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY
51	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar
52	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
53	George Atkins	Raleigh
54	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
55	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
56	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN-Qhubeka
57	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
58	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
59	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
60	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-Qhubeka
61	Christopher Latham	Great Britain
62	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
63	Dylan Teuns	BMC
64	Thomas Moses	Rapha Condor JTL
65	Rasmus Guldhammer	Tinkoff-Saxo
66	Leopold König	NetApp-Endura
67	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar
68	Thomas Scully	Madison Genesis
69	Jack Wilson	SKT
70	Maarten Wynants	Belkin
71	Dale Appleby	NFTO
72	Jan Barta	NetApp-Endura
73	Scott Thwaites	NetApp-Endura
74	Ian Bibby	Madison Genesis
75	Paul Voss	NetApp-Endura
76	Bradley Wiggins	SKY
77	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin
78	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo
79	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar
80	Bradley Morgan	Giordana
81	Karel Hnik	MTN-Qhubeka
82	Peter Velits	BMC
83	Joshua Hunt	NFTO
84	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-Qhubeka
85	Kevin Ista	IAM Cycling
86	David Lopez Garcia	SKY
87	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk
88	Ryan Mullen	SKT
89	Michael Cuming	Rapha Condor JTL
90	Mark Mcnally	SKT
91	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
92	Dylan Girdlestone	Garmin-Sharp
93	Mark Christian	Raleigh
94	Songezo Jim	MTN-Qhubeka
95	James Moss	Giordana
96	Steve Lampier	Giordana
97	Rick Flens	Belkin
98	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk
99	Samuel Harrison	NFTO
100	Liam Holohan	Madison Genesis
101	Daniel Pearson	Great Britain
102	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain
103	Stephen Cummings	BMC
104	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
105	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
106	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar
107	Nathan Edmondson	Giordana
108	James Northey Michael	Madison Genesis
109	Marcin Bialoblocki	Giordana
110	Glen O'Shea	SKT
111	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk
112	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani-CSF
113	Norman Hansen Lasse	Garmin-Sharp
114	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp
115	Shane Archbold	SKT
116	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
117	Daniel Schorn	NetApp-Endura
118	Ian Stannard	SKY
119	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk
120	Brian Bulgac	Giant-Shimano	5:11

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Stage 1 map