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Sunday, September 10: 8th & final stage, Worcester - Cardiff, 180.2 km

Edvald Boasson Hagen nails the final stage.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing:

Lars Boom resisted the elements and the attempts of his rivals to seal the overall victory at the OVO Energy Tour of Britain as wind and rain battered the peloton on its way through the Welsh Marches to the finish line in Cardiff.

The Dutchman resisted the attempts of his rivals as the race exploded into life among thousands of spectators on the opening SKODA King of the Mountains climb at British Camp in the Malvern Hills and continued that way until the final metres of the Cardiff circuit, with Edvald Boasson Hagen soloing to the win.

“It’s a great feeling,” said Boom, reflecting on his second overall win in the race following his 2011 success.  “I didn’t expect today to be that hard but with the intermediate Sprints and then some really tough climbs in the beginning it was really hard.

“The first hour was quite critical, we lost two guys from the team in the second peloton, but luckily some other guys came back so we were still quite strong.  If we had to do something we could do something but the first hour was almost killing me!”

After a dry start in Worcester, riders almost immediately faced the rain as the peloton approached the foot of the Malvern Hills.  An initial group of seven riders had struck out, but amid the throngs of spectators the field fell apart into four groups, with 14-riders at the front for the fast descent into Ledbury including general classification contenders Michal Kwiatkowski, Vasil Kiryienka, Stefan Küng, Boasson Hagen and Boom.

Boasson Hagen took the time bonuses at the first Eisberg Sprint in Ledbury, ahead of Kwiatkowski and Küng, moving them all one step closer to Boom’s OVO Energy Green Jersey.

With the pace slackening there was a regrouping at the front, with the lead pack swelling to 53-riders, including home favourites Geraint Thomas and Owain Doull who had missed the initial selection.  At that point Team Sky began to drive the front group clear, and with the presence of entire line-ups from Sky, Quick-Step and Katusha Alpecin, plus Boom and teammates Victor Campenaerts, Primoz Roglic and Jos Van Emden there was no way back for the second half of the race, chief losers among them being twelfth placed Alex Dowsett and the SKODA King of the Mountains leader Jacob Scott.

At the Eisberg Sprint in Usk it was Boasson Hagen again picking up three bonus seconds, but Boom was alert snaffling second placed and two seconds, while Kwiatkowski again picked up a time bonus.

With the wind and rain becoming heavier, the 17% gradient of Belmont Hill on the outskirts of Newport was the next battleground, with Quick-Step using each climb as a chance to up the pressure and increase the temp, over the top Zdenek Stybar took the points ahead of Lukasz Owsian, who sealed the SKODA King of the Mountains jersey as result.

On the slick descent Movistar’s Gorka Izagirre went clear, being joined on the roads of Newport by Mark Stewart with the pair dodging the puddles to build a 30-second lead on the run to Cardiff.  The pair held off the charging 51-rider group, led by Sky for the first tour and a half of the city centre, but with the final intermediate Eisberg Sprint approaching Boom, Boasson Hagen, Kwiatkowski and Küng went away in the sprint, with the Sky man taking the time bonuses, ahead of the attentive race leader.

With the four reeled in on the final circuit and the group watching each other, Boasson Hagen struck out inside the final three kilometres, holding off the remains of the field through the wet streets of Cardiff to just survive, as Maximiliano Richeze and Alexander Kristoff led the peloton along King Edward VIII Avenue in the sprint to ultimately fall short.

“It was really nice after all the work the guys in the team have done here this week. We had a plan for the day, which was if it came back to a bunch sprint I would attack in the last three kilometres, and I stayed with the plan and nobody managed to catch me, which was really great,” said Boasson Hagen speaking after his win.  “If you don’t try, you don’t win anything!”

“It was a hard start in the beginning, Team Sky were riding hard on the front so the opened up a gap.  I expected there to be a small group and someone to control it, but there was a big group and nobody came up from behind so it turned out well for me.”

The Norwegian finishes second overall, eight-seconds back from Boom, with Küng a further two in arrears and Geraint Thomas the top Brit overall in seventh, winning his weight in beer from Official Partners Adnams.

Thanks to his move on the run in to Cardiff Mark Stewart picked up the HIGH5 Combativity Award for Stage Eight, while Graham Briggs collected the same overall prize for the week.

Briggs does however miss out on the Eisberg Sprints Jersey by a solitary point, with Mark McNally adding that jersey to his 2014 mountain’s prize.  This year’s SKODA King of the Mountains jersey goes to Lukasz Owsian of the CCC Sprandi Polkowice team.

The last word on the 2017 OVO Energy Tour of Britain goes to Boom though; whose team also claimed the overall team classification, and for once during a week marked by wind and rain, the Dutchman wasn’t complaining about the conditions he faced.

“For sure I like racing in Britain, since 2011 I always have a good feeling here.  The weather suits me, so that’s always nice.”

Complete results:

180.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.745 km/hr

1	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	4hr 19min 0sec
2	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
3	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
4	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
5	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
6	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
7	Floris Gerts	BMC	s.t.
8	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
9	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
10	Elia Viviani	Sky	s.t.
11	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
12	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
13	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	s.t.
14	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
15	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
16	Owain Doull	Sky	s.t.
17	Stefan Küng	BMC	s.t.
18	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
19	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
21	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
22	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	s.t.
23	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	@ 6sec
24	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
25	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
26	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
27	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
28	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
29	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
30	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
31	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
32	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
33	James Oram	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
34	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
35	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
36	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	+21''
37	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	+36''
38	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+51"
39	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	+1' 04''
40	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	+1' 13''
41	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+1' 31''
42	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 40''
43	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	+2' 58''
44	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	+2' 58''
45	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+3' 15''
46	Ben Hermans	BMC	+3' 59''
47	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
48	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
49	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
50	Kyle Murphy	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
51	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	+21' 12''
52	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	s.t.
53	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
55	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
56	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
57	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
58	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
59	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
60	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
61	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
62	Eric Marcotte	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
63	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	s.t.
64	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
65	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
66	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	s.t.
68	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	s.t.
69	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	s.t.
70	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
71	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	s.t.
72	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
73	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	s.t.
74	Pete Williams	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
75	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
76	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
77	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
77	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
79	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	s.t.
80	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
81	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
82	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
83	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
84	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
85	Andrés Díaz	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
86	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	s.t.
87	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	s.t.
88	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
89	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
90	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	s.t.
91	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	s.t.
92	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 8:

• GC winner: Lars Boom (LottoNL-Jumbo)
• Points classification winner: Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin)
• Mountains classification winner: Lukasz Owsian (CCC Sprandi Polkowice)
• Best British rider: Geraint Thomas (Sky)
• Team classification winner: LottoNL-Jumbo

1,309.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.331 km/hr

1	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	30hr 56min 24sec
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	@ 8sec
3	Stefan Küng	BMC	+10''
4	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	+13''
5	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	+18''
6	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
7	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+24''
8	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	+25''
9	Owain Doull	Sky	+33''
10	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	+38''
11	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	+1' 02''
12	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
13	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	+1' 04''
16	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	+1' 21''
17	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	+1' 23''
18	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 27''
21	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1' 42''
22	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	+1' 44''
23	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 52''
26	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	+2' 05''
28	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	+2' 20''
29	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 26''
30	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	+2' 38''
31	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
32	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
35	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	+3' 32''
37	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	+3' 59''
40	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+8' 43''
41	Elia Viviani	Sky	+8' 49''
43	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+9' 53''
45	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	+14' 58''
46	Ben Hermans	BMC	+15' 41''
48	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	+21' 48''
50	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro Cycling	+22' 14''
52	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	+22' 45''
53	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	+23' 16''
54	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+25' 11''
56	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+27' 29''
58	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro Cycling	+30' 12''
59	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	+30' 22''
60	Eric Marcotte	Cylance Cycling	+30' 53''
63	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+33' 11''
64	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro Cycling	+34' 17''
65	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	+34' 41''
69	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+35' 41''
71	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	+37' 20''
72	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	+38' 11''
76	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	+39' 09''
81	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	+43' 37''
82	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	+43' 50''
87	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+45' 56''
89	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+50' 27''
90	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	+52' 07''
91	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	+1h 00' 15''
92	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+1h 10' 02''

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Saturday, September 9: Stage 7, Hemel Hempstead - Cheltenham, 185 km

Dylan Groenewegen celebrates his stage seven win.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage 7 report:

Lars Boom retained the overall lead of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain heading into the final day to Cardiff, surviving an explosive day of racing through the Cotswolds to Cheltenham as his teammate Dylan Groenewegen took the stage win.

Groenewegen outsprinted triple stage winner Caleb Ewan and Brenton Jones but it was only thanks to the hard work of his Lotto NL Jumbo team that the race had come back together for the sprint alongside Cheltenham’s Imperial Gardens having resisted attacks from general classification contenders Tony Martin, Alex Dowsett, Edvald Boasson Hagen among others, the latter of whom was caught within the final 1,500-metres.

“The stage was very hard but I survived it.  It was a little bit freestyle sprint so I used Caleb Ewan’s wheel and Gaviria’s”, said Groenewegen afterwards, who won Stage Four in 2016 at the Royal Welsh Showground.

“He [Ewan] is in great form so it’s really good that I could beat him.  After the Tour de France I was a little bit tired, but I think the form is good so it’s good for morale.”

After a start under clear blue skies in Hemel Hempstead, the race exploded into life – as did the rain clouds – with an aggressive start to the stage and Cannondale Drapac in particular making several attempts to put riders up the road.

In the end two groups of three riders went away, but with neither a threat to the overall they were allowed to merge and build a four-minute plus lead, with Jacob Scott extending his SKODA King of the Mountains lead as a result.

With the race entering the Cotwolds and the gap just over the three minute mark, Tiago Machado sparked the attacking, going clear of the peloton but not quite making it to the leading six.

Behind him a strong five-rider group made an attempt to work their way across, including his Katusha Alpecin teammate Reto Hollenstein, Michal Kwiatkowski, Sylvian Diller, Ryan Mullen and Dowsett.  The five got 30-seconds clear of the peloton, but with Lotto NL Jumbo alert to the threat to Boom’s lead began to work hard bringing the whole race back together.

This immediately spurred another Katusha Alpecin into action, with World Time Trial Champion Tony Martin driving clear in heavy rain on an impressive, and sustained, solo effort, but one that was ultimately doomed under the Lotto pressure.

With everyone back together the intermediate Eisberg Sprint at Winchcombe became the new general classification battleground, with BMC’s Stefan Küng grabbing the bonus seconds to elevate him into second overall – between Boom and teammate Victor Campenaerts – while Mark McNally took two points to leap him over Graham Briggs and into the Eisberg Sprints jersey.

On the day’s final SKODA King of the Mountains climb at Cleeve Hill, topping out with less than 10-kilometres remaining five riders went clear including former winners Boasson Hagen and Dylan Van Baarle.

Van Baarle then crashed out on the descent, obstructing Laurens De Plus and leaving Dion Smith, Gorka Izagirre and Boasson Hagen out front.  With the teams of the sprinters sensing the chance of success again – that earlier in the day had seemed highly unlikely – they came to the front on the final five kilometres in Cheltenham, reeling the trio in just before the final kilometre arch.

“It was quite a hectic start but we controlled it quite well,” said Boom after the stage, praising the work throughout the day of this team.  “It was a good situation for us, Gijs van Hoecke and Primoz Roglic controlled the bunch quite well.

“We never had any problems except a small problem with 30, 40 kilometres to go when the group with Dowsett and Kwiato went.  I did not react straightaway and Campenaerts had to pull on the front.

“There was a small breakaway with Boasson Hagen, which was a bit critical, but I went full downhill to try and keep the gap as small as possible and then the sprinters teams took over.

“The main goal was to not allow Boasson Hagen and Kwiato to take seconds as tomorrow if you take all of the seconds – there are 19-seconds in total available if you’re lucky.  But now we are a little bit more comfortable so it’ll be a good day tomorrow.”

Heading towards Wales and the final stage Boom leads overall by eight-seconds from Küng, with teammate Campenaerts and Vasil Kiryienka each a further second behind.  Geraint Thomas is the best placed Brit and leader of the Adnams classification heading to his home city of Cardiff in ninth, 20-seconds back.

Complete results:

185 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.578 km/hr

1	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	4hr 26min 58sec
2	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	s.t.
3	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
4	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
5	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
6	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
7	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
8	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	Floris Gerts	BMC	s.t.
10	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
12	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
13	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
16	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
17	Stefan Küng	BMC	s.t.
18	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
19	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
20	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
22	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	s.t.
23	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
24	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	s.t.
25	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
26	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	s.t.
27	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
28	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
29	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	s.t.
30	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
31	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
32	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreacton	s.t.
33	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
34	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
35	Owain Doull	Sky	s.t.
36	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
37	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
38	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
40	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
42	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
43	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
44	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
45	James Oram	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	s.t.
47	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
48	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
49	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
50	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
51	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
52	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
53	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
54	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	s.t.
56	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
57	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	+14''
58	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+26''
59	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	+34''
60	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	+48''
61	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+1' 02''
62	Eric Marcotte	Cylance Cycling	+1' 57''
63	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2' 33''
64	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
65	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	+3' 20''
66	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	+7' 39''
67	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
69	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
70	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
71	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	s.t.
72	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	s.t.
73	Pete Williams	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
74	Andrés Díaz	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
75	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreacton	s.t.
76	Elia Viviani	Sky	s.t.
77	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
78	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	s.t.
79	Ben Hermans	BMC	s.t.
80	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
81	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
82	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	s.t.
83	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	s.t.
84	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+8' 22''
85	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreacton	s.t.
86	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
87	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	s.t.
88	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
89	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
90	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	s.t.
91	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	s.t.
92	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreacton	+8' 36''
93	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	+9' 20''
94	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	+12' 05''
95	Kyle Murphy	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
96	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
97	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
98	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	s.t.
99	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreacton	s.t.
100	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
101	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
102	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	+13' 04''
103	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	+24' 18''
104	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	s.t.

GC after Stage 7:

1,132 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.517 km/hr

1	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	26hr 37min 28sec
2	Stefan Küng	BMC	@ 8sec
3	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	+9''
4	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	+10''
5	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	+14''
6	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	+15''
7	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	+20''
8	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
10	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	+28''
11	Owain Doull	Sky	+29''
12	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	+32''
13	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	+40''
14	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	+52''
15	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
16	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	+54''
17	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	+55''
18	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
19	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	+56''
20	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	+57''
21	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro Cycling	+58''
22	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	+1' 05''
23	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
24	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	+1' 11''
25	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	+1' 13''
26	James Oram	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 20''
27	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	+1' 21''
28	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	+1' 24''
29	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 26''
30	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 29''
31	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
32	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1' 38''
33	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	+1' 40''
34	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreacton	+1' 41''
35	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 42''
36	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 48''
37	Floris Gerts	BMC	+1' 49''
38	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 58''
39	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 59''
40	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	+2' 00''
41	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	+2' 01''
42	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
43	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	+2' 04''
44	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 16''
45	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
46	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2' 34''
47	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 42''
48	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3' 22''
49	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	+3' 24''
50	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3' 55''
51	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	+4' 18''
52	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	+5' 23''
53	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	+5' 28''
54	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+7' 08''
55	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	+7' 54''
56	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	+8' 06''
57	Elia Viviani	Sky	+8' 45''
58	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro Cycling	+8' 56''
59	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	+9' 06''
60	Eric Marcotte	Cylance Cycling	+9' 37''
61	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+9' 49''
62	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	+9' 55''
63	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	+10' 11''
64	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreacton	+11' 03''
65	Ben Hermans	BMC	+11' 38''
66	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+11' 55''
67	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	+11' 56''
68	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+12' 25''
69	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro Cycling	+13' 01''
70	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	+14' 15''
71	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	+14' 24''
72	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+14' 25''
73	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	+15' 35''
74	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	+16' 04''
75	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreacton	+16' 55''
76	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	+17' 19''
77	Pete Williams	ONE Pro Cycling	+17' 36''
78	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	+17' 42''
79	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	+17' 44''
80	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	+17' 53''
81	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	+18' 05''
82	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+18' 12''
83	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+18' 36''
84	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	+20' 21''
85	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	+20' 31''
86	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+22' 05''
87	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	+22' 21''
88	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreacton	+22' 34''
89	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreacton	+23' 19''
90	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+23' 26''
91	Andrés Díaz	Cylance Cycling	+23' 31''
92	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	+23' 58''
93	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+24' 10''
94	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+24' 40''
95	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	+27' 23''
96	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+27' 44''
97	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+29' 11''
98	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	+30' 38''
99	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	+30' 51''
100	Kyle Murphy	Cylance Cycling	+31' 04''
101	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	+33' 17''
102	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	+38' 59''
103	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	+41' 29''
104	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+48' 46''

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Friday, September 8: Stage 6, Newmarket - Aldeburgh, 187 km

Caleb Ewan wins stage six.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage six report:

Caleb Ewan completed a hattrick of stage wins in the 2017 OVO Energy Tour of Britain, sprinting to victory in Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast at the end of Stage Six, as Lars Boom finished safely within the pack to retain his overall lead and the OVO Energy Green Jersey.

Ewan hit the front coming out of the final corner, swinging off Maximiliano Richeze’s wheel to power comfortably to the line to add to his wins in Kelso and Scunthorpe.

Fernando Gaviria took second after his lead out was disrupted as Zdenek Stybar pulled his foot out of the pedal through the final corner, while Dylan Groenewegen took third, and with it the final bonus seconds to further help protect his Lotto NL Jumbo teammate Boom’s lead.

Stybar had led into the final right-hander, but took a tighter line and then unclipped, taking Ewan’s teammate Luka Mezgec wide, but at the same time opening the run onto the finish straight for the explosive power of the young Orica Scott man.

“We got information that the final corner was very tight and a little bit off camber as well so we wanted to be in a good position there,” said Ewan post-race.  “I was pretty much in a perfect position exactly where I wanted to be then one of the Quick-Step guys went through the corner and took a really bad line, he unclipped and pushed my lead out man Luka out and I lost him through the corner.  I decided I’d just go for it there and it was a little bit longer sprint than I hoped for, but luckily it paid off.

“I came here with this as a target race for the back of the season for me and training’s been going well.  I did want to come here in good form so I couldn’t be happier with how it’s started.”

Behind the leading trio Alexander Kristoff and Andrea Pasqualon took fourth and fifth, while there was another top ten finish for JLT Condor’s Brenton Jones in sixth.

The day’s seven-rider break took a while to be established in what was the fastest opening hour to any of the five road stages this year, but with Hayden McCormick and James Shaw within the group and both just over a minute down on Boom, their advantage was never allowed to exceed three-minutes.

“The break worked well together but unfortunately it was three kilometres too far for us today,” reflected Shaw afterwards. “There was a slight glimmer of hope about 15-kilometres to go, they came past with the board showing 1’35” and I thought this is going to be a close one.  They came past us with three-kilometres to go, they must’ve really put the hammer down.”

Shaw’s reward for his efforts was a trip to the podium for the HIGH5 Combativity Award, while ONE Pro Cycling’s McCormick moved up three places in the overall to inside the top 30 thanks to bonus seconds collected.

With fourth on the stage Alexander Kristoff of Team Katusha Alpecin moves into the lead of the Wiggle Points Jersey by eight points over Gaviria while Geraint Thomas remains the best placed Brit overall and leader of the Adnams classification, sponsored by the Suffolk brewer.

Both the SKODA King of the Mountains and Eisberg Sprints Jerseys remain on the shoulders of Jacob Scott (An Post Chain Reaction) and Graham Briggs (JLT Condor) respectively going into the penultimate stage.

Briggs lies just one point behind Scott in the climber’s category, with Lukasz Owsian a further four points behind.  The JLT Condor man has just a one point advantage over Mark McNally in the Eisberg Sprints category, sponsored by alcohol free wine brand Eisberg.

Complete results:

187 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.330 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	4hr 13min 6sec
2	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
3	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
4	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
5	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
6	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
7	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
8	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
10	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	s.t.
11	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
12	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
13	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
14	Floris Gerts	BMC	s.t.
15	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
16	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
17	Owain Doull	Sky	s.t.
18	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
19	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
21	Elia Viviani	Sky	s.t.
22	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
23	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
24	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
25	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
26	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
27	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	s.t.
28	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
29	Stefan Küng	BMC	s.t.
30	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
31	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
32	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
33	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
34	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
35	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
36	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	s.t.
37	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
38	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
39	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	+8''
40	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
41	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
42	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
43	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
44	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
45	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
46	James Oram	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	s.t.
49	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
50	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
51	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
52	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
53	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
54	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
55	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
56	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
57	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
58	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
59	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
60	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
61	James Knox	Great Britain	s.t.
62	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
63	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
64	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
65	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
66	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
67	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
68	Pete Williams	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
69	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
70	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
71	Ben Hermans	BMC	s.t.
72	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	+17''
73	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	+27''
74	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+37''
75	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
76	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+40''
77	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
78	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	+45''
79	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	+47''
80	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	+57''
81	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	+1' 17''
82	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+1' 29''
83	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	+2' 34''
84	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	+2' 51''
85	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+3' 05''
86	Eric Marcotte	Cylance Cycling	+3' 08''
87	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	+3' 48''
88	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	+4' 00''
89	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	s.t.
90	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	+5' 11''
91	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
92	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
94	Andrés Díaz	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
95	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
96	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
97	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+5' 13''
98	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	s.t.
99	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	s.t.
100	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	s.t.
101	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	s.t.
102	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
103	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
104	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	+6' 01''
105	Kyle Murphy	Cylance Cycling	+7' 36''
106	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+9' 25''
107	Chris Opie	Bike Channel	s.t.
108	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	s.t.
109	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	s.t.
110	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	s.t.
111	Damien Shaw	An Post-Chainreaction	+11' 05''

GC after Stage 6:

947 kilometers raced so far at an aaverage speed of 42.705 km/hr

1	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	22hr 10min 31sec
2	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 8sec
3	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	+9''
4	Stefan Küng	BMC	+10''
5	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	+13''
6	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	+14''
7	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	+19''
8	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
10	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	+27''
11	Owain Doull	Sky	+28''
12	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	+31''
13	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	+39''
14	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	+50''
15	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	+51''
16	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
17	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
18	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	+53''
19	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	+54''
20	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
21	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	+55''
22	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	+56''
23	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro Cycling	+57''
24	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	+1' 04''
25	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
26	Elia Viviani	Sky	+1' 05''
27	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	+1' 10''
28	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	+1' 12''
29	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 16''
30	James Oram	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 19''
31	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	+1' 20''
32	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1' 21''
33	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	+1' 23''
34	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 25''
35	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 28''
36	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
37	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 33''
38	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1' 34''
39	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1' 37''
40	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	+1' 39''
41	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	+1' 40''
42	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 41''
43	Floris Gerts	BMC	+1' 48''
44	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 57''
45	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 58''
46	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	+1' 59''
47	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	+2' 03''
48	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	+2' 04''
49	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 15''
50	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
51	James Knox	Great Britain	+2' 18''
52	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	+2' 21''
53	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2' 33''
54	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	+2' 40''
55	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 41''
56	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3' 23''
57	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	+3' 29''
58	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3' 54''
59	Ben Hermans	BMC	+3' 58''
60	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	+4' 14''
61	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+4' 15''
62	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	+4' 27''
63	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro Cycling	+4' 39''
64	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	+4' 49''
65	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	+4' 53''
66	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	+5' 22''
67	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	+5' 38''
68	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+6' 02''
69	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+6' 05''
70	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	+6' 34''
71	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	+6' 35''
72	Eric Marcotte	Cylance Cycling	+7' 39''
73	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	+7' 41''
74	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	+7' 53''
75	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	+7' 55''
76	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	+8' 05''
77	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	+8' 08''
78	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	+8' 35''
79	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	+8' 58''
80	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	+9' 05''
81	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+9' 48''
82	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+9' 49''
83	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+9' 53''
84	Pete Williams	ONE Pro Cycling	+9' 56''
85	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	+10' 02''
86	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	+10' 13''
87	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	+10' 25''
88	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+10' 56''
89	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+11' 20''
90	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	+11' 52''
91	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	+13' 59''
92	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	+14' 23''
93	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	+14' 40''
94	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	+14' 41''
95	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+15' 38''
96	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	+15' 39''
97	Andrés Díaz	Cylance Cycling	+15' 51''
98	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+16' 17''
99	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+16' 30''
100	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	+18' 32''
101	Kyle Murphy	Cylance Cycling	+18' 58''
102	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+19' 31''
103	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	+19' 42''
104	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	+19' 44''
105	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	+20' 20''
106	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+20' 48''
107	Damien Shaw	An Post-Chainreaction	+21' 25''
108	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	+22' 28''
109	Chris Opie	Bike Channel	+28' 10''
110	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	+29' 23''
111	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+41' 06''

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Thursday, September 7: Stage 5, Tendring - Tendring 16 km individual time trial

Lars Boom won the stage and took over the GC lead.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage five report:

Lars Boom took the lead of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain with the stage win as Clacton and the Tendring district of Essex hosted an 16-kilometre individual time trial.

The Dutchman, who won two stages and the overall of the race in 2011, averaged over 51kph to head home teammate and European Time Trial Champion Victor Campenaerts by six seconds, with former World Time Trial Champion Vasil Kiryienka a further second in arrears.

Boom now leads overall by eight-seconds from his teammate, with Kiryienka another second behind. Twelve riders lie within 30-seconds of the race lead, include Team Sky’s Welsh duo Geraint Thomas and Owain Doull, the former of whom is now the Adnams Best British rider overall in ninth place.

Afterwards Boom was pleased with his victory, highlighting the quality of the top 10, all of whom had World, European or National Time Trial championships to their name.

“I know, I always go out hard,” commented Boom on his fast start that saw him lead through all of the time checks, “So I knew already in my mind that if it’s headwind in the last few kilometres I’m going to drop some seconds, but in the end I could keep it on 45, 48 [kph], so it was quite OK and my team director was telling me that at one-kilometre out I was still 10 seconds faster, so I knew it was OK.

“The week before we came to Britain I had some problems with the stomach and so I was looking a little bit funny for the shape, but the feeling now was pretty good on the TT bike.

“There’s a really strong field here, that’s why I’m also really pleased with the win. We have to make a plan for the next few days. We need to see because it can be difficult with only six riders in the team, so it makes the racing also a little bit more difficult, but that’s quite nice about this race. And 20-seconds is not much so we have to look… I don’t know yet.”

Orica Scott’s Luke Durbridge was the early leader, overtaking Harry Tanfield’s early pace setting time, before 2015 World Time Trial Champion Kiryienka went quicker with a time that home favourites Thomas and Alex Dowsett couldn’t match.

Team Lotto NL Jumbo then took the lead with Campenaerts, before Boom usurped him going eighth from last, threatening to go under the 19-minute mark, finishing on 19.02”. The Dutch team now hold three of the top five positions on General Classification, with Jos Van Emden fifth having scored the same position on the stage.

There was no change in the other classifications, with Elia Viviani holding the Wiggle Points Jersey, Graham Briggs the Eisberg Sprints jersey and Jacob Scott the SKODA King of the Mountains jersey.

Complete results:

16 kilometers raced at an average speed of 50.438 km/hr

1	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	19min 2sec
2	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 6sec
3	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	+7''
4	Stefan Küng	BMC	+8''
5	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	+11''
6	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	+12''
7	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	+17''
8	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
9	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	+21''
10	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	s.t.
11	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	+25''
12	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
13	Owain Doull	Sky	+26''
14	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	s.t.
15	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	+29''
16	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	+30''
17	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+32''
18	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	+40''
19	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	+41''
20	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
22	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	+43''
23	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	+46''
24	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	+48''
25	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	s.t.
26	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+49''
27	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	+52''
28	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	+53''
29	Silvan Dillier	BMC	+57''
30	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	+1' 00''
31	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
32	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
33	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	+1' 02''
34	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
35	Ben Hermans	BMC	+1' 07''
36	James Oram	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 09''
37	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	+1' 10''
38	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 12''
40	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	+1' 13''
41	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	+1' 19''
42	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
43	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	+1' 20''
44	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 21''
45	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 23''
46	Elia Viviani	Sky	s.t.
47	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1' 25''
48	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 26''
49	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
50	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	+1' 28''
51	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	s.t.
52	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	+1' 29''
53	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
54	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	+1' 30''
55	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 31''
56	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1' 32''
57	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1' 35''
58	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1' 36''
59	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	+1' 37''
60	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	+1' 42''
61	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
62	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
63	Floris Gerts	BMC	+1' 46''
64	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 47''
65	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	+1' 48''
66	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+1' 52''
67	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
68	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	+1' 53''
69	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	+1' 55''
70	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	+1' 57''
71	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	+2' 02''
72	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
73	James Knox	Great Britain	+2' 08''
74	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	+2' 13''
75	Pete Williams	ONE Pro Cycling	+2' 15''
76	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	s.t.
77	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	+2' 16''
78	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+2' 17''
79	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+2' 19''
80	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2' 25''
81	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2' 26''
82	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	+2' 28''
83	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	s.t.
84	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	+2' 29''
85	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
86	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 31''
87	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
88	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+2' 33''
89	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	s.t.
90	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 35''
91	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	+2' 37''
92	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+2' 38''
94	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
95	Chris Opie	Bike Channel	s.t.
96	Eric Marcotte	Cylance	+2' 39''
97	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	+2' 41''
98	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	+2' 45''
99	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
100	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	+2' 47''
101	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Damien Shaw	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
103	Kyle Murphy	Cylance	+2' 49''
104	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	+2' 50''
105	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	+2' 53''
106	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	s.t.
107	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	+2' 55''
108	Andrés Díaz	Cylance	+3' 07''
109	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+3' 11''
110	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3' 38''
111	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	+3' 56''
112	Orlando Garibay	Cylance	s.t.
113	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	+3' 57''
114	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+4' 04''

GC after stage 5:

760 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.323 km/hr

1	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	17hr 57min 25sec
2	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 8sec
3	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	+9''
4	Stefan Küng	BMC	+10''
5	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	+13''
6	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	+14''
7	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	+19''
8	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
10	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	+23''
11	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	+27''
12	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
13	Owain Doull	Sky	+28''
14	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	+31''
15	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	+42''
16	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	+43''
17	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
18	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
19	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	+45''
20	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	+48''
21	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	+54''
22	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
23	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	+55''
24	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro Cycling	+57''
25	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	+1' 02''
26	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	+1' 04''
27	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
29	Elia Viviani	Sky	+1' 05''
30	James Oram	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 11''
31	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	+1' 12''
32	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 14''
33	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	+1' 15''
34	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro Cycling	+1' 17''
35	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	+1' 21''
36	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
37	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 25''
38	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 28''
39	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
40	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	+1' 30''
41	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	s.t.
42	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	+1' 31''
43	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	+1' 32''
44	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 33''
45	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1' 34''
46	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1' 37''
47	Floris Gerts	BMC	+1' 48''
48	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	+1' 49''
49	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	+1' 55''
50	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	+1' 59''
51	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	+2' 04''
52	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	s.t.
53	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
54	James Knox	Great Britain	+2' 10''
55	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	+2' 15''
56	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	+2' 31''
57	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 33''
58	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
59	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	+2' 40''
60	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	+2' 42''
61	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	+2' 47''
62	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	+2' 57''
63	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3' 15''
64	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	+3' 27''
65	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	+3' 34''
66	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+3' 38''
67	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	+3' 39''
68	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	+3' 45''
69	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3' 46''
70	Ben Hermans	BMC	+3' 50''
71	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	+4' 31''
72	Eric Marcotte	Cylance	s.t.
73	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	+4' 35''
74	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
75	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+4' 36''
76	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro Cycling	+4' 39''
77	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	+4' 45''
78	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+6' 02''
79	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	+7' 14''
80	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	+7' 48''
81	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	+7' 56''
82	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	+7' 57''
83	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	+8' 22''
84	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	+9' 05''
85	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	+9' 30''
86	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	+9' 33''
87	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+9' 41''
88	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+9' 45''
89	Pete Williams	ONE Pro Cycling	+9' 48''
90	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	+10' 02''
91	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+10' 06''
92	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	+10' 17''
93	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+10' 19''
94	Damien Shaw	An Post-Chainreaction	+10' 20''
95	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	+10' 26''
96	Andrés Díaz	Cylance	+10' 40''
97	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	+10' 55''
98	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+11' 20''
99	Kyle Murphy	Cylance	+11' 22''
100	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	+12' 09''
101	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	+13' 02''
102	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	+13' 21''
103	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+13' 25''
104	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	+14' 29''
105	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	+14' 31''
106	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+15' 37''
107	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	s.t.
108	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+15' 38''
109	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+15' 51''
110	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	+17' 17''
111	Chris Opie	Bike Channel	+18' 45''
112	Orlando Garibay	Cylance	+19' 01''
113	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	+19' 58''
114	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+31' 41''

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Wednesday, September 6: Stage 4, Mansfield - Newark on Trent, 165 km

Fernando Gaviria (Quick Step) wins stage four.

The race: here's the story of the day's racing from stage winner Fernando Gaviria's Quick-Step team.

Fernando Gaviria notched his ninth win of the season after a textbook lead-out of Zdenek Stybar and Maximiliano Richeze in Newark-on-Trent, where the 164.7km-long stage four of the Tour of Britain concluded.

The Giro d'Italia maglia ciclamino, who in the United Kingdom is making his first stage race appearance in three months, was brought to the front of the peloton by his teammates with two kilometers remaining, before being delivered in an ideal position with 200 meters to go and opening his powerful sprint.

Gaviria, who despite missing several races through injury this summer is still enjoying his best season to date, held off the charges of Elia Viviani (Team Sky) and Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin) and came out on top in Wednesday's tight finish, notching up the team's 21st victory at the Tour of Britain and moving to third in the general classification ahead of the race's 16.2km individual time trial.

"I came here after a leg injury, so I've been missing a bit of condition and form, but day after day things went better and today I felt good and could take advantage of this. It's a nice feeling and a relief to taste victory again, especially as the last time I was in this situation happened more than three months ago, at the Giro", said Fernando after the win that moved Quick-Step Floors at the top of the team classification.

The 23-year-old Colombian – one of the most successful riders of the season – had only words of praise for his teammates, whose invaluable help made the difference in Newark-on-Trent: "The boys were spectacular! Philippe protected me going into the last ten kilometers, then Zdenek and Max took over and guided me in the final. I'm happy I could repay them by taking the stage and I hope to get other good results before the Tour of Britain will come to a conclusion."

Fernando Gaviria's victory marked Quick-Step Floors' 100th podium of the season, making our team the only one to hit this barrier. Of these, 48 came in the form of victories scored by 14 different riders across 25 races.

Complete results:

165 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.292 km/hr

1	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	3hr 43min 31sec
2	Elia Viviani	Sky	s.t.
3	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
4	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
5	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
6	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
7	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	s.t.
8	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
11	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
12	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
13	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
14	Floris Gerts	BMC	s.t.
15	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	s.t.
16	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
17	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro	s.t.
18	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	s.t.
19	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
20	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
21	Stefan Küng	BMC	s.t.
22	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
23	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
25	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
26	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
27	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
28	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
29	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
30	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
31	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
32	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
33	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	s.t.
34	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	s.t.
35	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	s.t.
36	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
37	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
38	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
39	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro	s.t.
40	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
41	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
42	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
43	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
44	Chris Opie	Bike Channel	s.t.
45	Owain Doull	Sky	s.t.
46	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
47	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro	s.t.
48	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
49	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
50	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
51	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
52	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	s.t.
53	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	s.t.
54	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
55	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
56	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	s.t.
57	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
58	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
59	James Oram	ONE Pro	s.t.
60	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
61	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
62	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
63	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
64	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
65	Pete Williams	ONE Pro	s.t.
66	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
67	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
68	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
69	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
70	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
71	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
72	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
73	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
74	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
75	James Knox	Great Britain	s.t.
76	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
77	Andrés Díaz	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
78	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
79	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro	s.t.
80	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	s.t.
81	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
82	Eric Marcotte	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
83	Kyle Murphy	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
84	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	s.t.
86	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	s.t.
87	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	s.t.
88	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
89	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	s.t.
90	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
91	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
92	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
93	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
94	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
95	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
96	Damien Shaw	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
97	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	s.t.
98	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	s.t.
99	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
100	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
101	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	+36''
102	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	+1' 20''
103	Ben Hermans	BMC	s.t.
104	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	+1' 25''
105	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+1' 48''
106	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+1' 53''
107	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	s.t.
108	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	s.t.
109	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	s.t.
110	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
111	Orlando Garibay	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
112	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
113	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+2' 08''
114	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	+4' 24''

GC after Stage 4:

744 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.189 km/hr

1	Elia Viviani	Sky	17hr 38min 5sec
2	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	s.t.
3	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	@ 6sec
4	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	+7''
5	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	+12''
6	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro	+14''
7	Silvan Dillier	BMC	+15''
8	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro	s.t.
9	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	+18''
10	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	+19''
11	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	+20''
12	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
13	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
14	Floris Gerts	BMC	s.t.
15	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
16	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	s.t.
17	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
18	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
19	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
20	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
22	Stefan Küng	BMC	s.t.
23	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
24	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
25	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
26	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
27	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	s.t.
28	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
29	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
30	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	s.t.
31	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro	s.t.
32	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
33	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
34	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
35	Owain Doull	Sky	s.t.
36	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
37	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
38	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
39	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
40	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
41	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
42	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
43	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
44	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
45	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
46	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	s.t.
47	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
48	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
49	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
50	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	s.t.
51	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
52	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	s.t.
53	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
54	James Oram	ONE Pro	s.t.
55	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	s.t.
56	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
57	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
58	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
59	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
60	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	s.t.
61	James Knox	Great Britain	s.t.
62	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
63	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	+35''
64	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+1' 39''
65	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	+2' 04''
66	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2' 08''
67	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro	+2' 10''
68	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
69	Eric Marcotte	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
70	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	+2' 45''
71	Ben Hermans	BMC	+3' 01''
72	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
73	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3' 15''
74	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
75	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	s.t.
76	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3' 17''
77	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+3' 42''
78	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+4' 33''
79	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	+4' 44''
80	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	+5' 04''
81	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	+6' 46''
82	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
83	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
84	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	+7' 16''
85	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+7' 34''
86	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
87	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+7' 37''
88	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	+7' 48''
89	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
90	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	+7' 51''
91	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
92	Pete Williams	ONE Pro	s.t.
93	Andrés Díaz	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
94	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
95	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
96	Damien Shaw	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
97	Kyle Murphy	Cylance Cycling	+8' 51''
98	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+8' 55''
99	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	+9' 36''
100	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	+9' 54''
101	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	+10' 43''
102	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	+10' 49''
103	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+12' 18''
104	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	+12' 32''
105	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+12' 44''
106	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	+12' 54''
107	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+12' 55''
108	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+14' 17''
109	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	15min 7sec
110	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+15' 23''
111	Orlando Garibay	Cylance Cycling	+15' 23''
112	Chris Opie	Bike Channel	+16' 25''
113	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	+17' 23''
114	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+29' 40''

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Tuesday, September 5: Stage 3, Normanby Hall Country Park - Scunthorpe, 178 km

Caleb Ewen wins stage three.

The race: Here's the organizer's explanation of the day's racing.

Caleb Ewan sprinted to his second victory of the week in the OVO Energy Tour of Britain, heading home Edvald Boasson Hagen by less than a wheel width to reclaim the overall lead and the OVO Energy Green Jersey in Scunthorpe.

The Orica Scott rider followed up his opening day win in Kelso by out sprinting Boasson Hagen and European Champion Alexander Kristoff, to move six seconds ahead of overnight leader Elia Viviani who finished seventh in the bunch sprint.

“Today was a tough day obviously with the weather,” said Ewan after the rainy conditions that swept the North Lincolnshire leg of the Tour. “So it wasn’t as straight forward as we would have hoped and I think it made it a bit harder.”

“We had to sit at the front all day, taking a bit of the wind and then with the hill coming up close to the finish line that made it a bit tricky as well.”

The bunch brought back the remains of the day’s breakaway with around 15-kilometres of racing to go, with Philippe Gilbert then causing panic among the sprinters teams by jumping clear on the drag up to the line.

“After Gilbert went, I was pretty confident in Luka Mezgec, he knows what he is doing so I could just follow him,” Ewan continued. “He had to go pretty much full gas as soon as he started the lead out so that made it harder for me as well.”

“To be honest, I was on his wheel and pretty pinned. As soon as he swung off I just gave it my all and did a big lunge for the line and luckily I just got the win ahead of Eddie.”

As well as win number two Ewan moves back into the lead of the Wiggle Points Jersey, five points ahead of Viviani.

It was also a brilliant day for Team JLT Condor who managed to get two riders, Graham Briggs and Ian Bibby, in the 5-rider breakaway. The duo worked brilliantly together to make sure that between them they took maximum points in all of the day’s intermediate competitions, resulting in Briggs picking up the Eisberg Sprints and SKODA King of the Mountains jerseys.

A terrific day for the team was capped off by Australian sprinter Brenton Jones taking fourth place on the Stage overall.

Complete results:

178 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.756 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	4hr 4min 5sec
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	s.t.
3	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
4	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
5	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
6	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
7	Elia Viviani	Sky	s.t.
8	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
9	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
10	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
11	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
12	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
13	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
14	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
15	Stefan Küng	BMC	s.t.
16	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
17	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
18	Floris Gerts	BMC	s.t.
19	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
20	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
21	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
22	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	s.t.
23	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
24	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
25	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	s.t.
26	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
27	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
28	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	s.t.
29	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	s.t.
30	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
31	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro	s.t.
32	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	s.t.
33	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	Owain Doull	Sky	s.t.
35	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
36	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
37	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
38	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
39	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
40	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
41	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
42	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
44	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro	s.t.
45	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
46	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro	s.t.
47	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
48	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro	s.t.
49	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
50	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
51	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
52	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
53	James Oram	ONE Pro	s.t.
54	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
55	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	s.t.
56	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
57	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
58	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
59	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
60	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	s.t.
61	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
62	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	s.t.
63	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
64	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
66	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
67	James Knox	Great Britain	s.t.
68	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
69	Eric Marcotte	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
70	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	s.t.
71	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
72	James Lowsley Williams	Bike Channel	s.t.
73	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
74	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+15''
75	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
76	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	+30''
77	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+48''
78	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
79	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+50''
80	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	+57''
81	Ben Hermans	BMC	+1' 05''
82	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
83	Andrés Díaz	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
84	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
86	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
87	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
88	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	s.t.
89	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
90	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
91	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
92	Damien Shaw	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
93	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
94	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	s.t.
95	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	s.t.
96	Pete Williams	ONE Pro	s.t.
97	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	+1' 43''
98	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	+1' 43''
99	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+2' 05''
100	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	s.t.
101	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
102	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	s.t.
103	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
104	Orlando Garibay	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
105	Chris Opie	Bike Channel	s.t.
106	Kyle Murphy	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
107	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
108	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
109	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+2' 22''
110	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	+2' 50''
111	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	+2' 59''
112	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+3' 23''
113	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	+3' 52''
114	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+3' 55''
115	Bryan Lewis	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
116	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+4' 28''
117	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	+5' 50''

GC after Stage 3:

579 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.626 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	13hr 54min 34sec
2	Elia Viviani	Sky	@ 6sec
3	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	+7''
4	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro	+14''
5	Silvan Dillier	BMC	+15''
6	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro	s.t.
7	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	+16''
8	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
9	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	+18''
10	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	+20''
11	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
12	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
13	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
14	Floris Gerts	BMC	s.t.
15	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	s.t.
16	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
17	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
18	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
19	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
20	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
21	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
22	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
23	Stefan Küng	BMC	s.t.
24	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
25	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
26	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	s.t.
27	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
28	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
29	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
30	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro	s.t.
31	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	s.t.
32	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
33	Owain Doull	Sky	s.t.
34	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
35	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	s.t.
36	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
37	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
38	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
39	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
40	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
41	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	s.t.
43	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	s.t.
44	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
45	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
46	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	s.t.
47	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
48	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
49	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
50	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
51	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
52	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
53	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
54	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	James Oram	ONE Pro	s.t.
56	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	s.t.
57	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
58	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	s.t.
59	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
60	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
61	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	s.t.
62	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
63	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
64	James Knox	Great Britain	s.t.
65	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	+35''
66	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+1' 39''
67	Ben Hermans	BMC	+1' 41''
68	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	+2' 04''
69	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2' 08''
70	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro	+2' 10''
71	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
72	Eric Marcotte	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
73	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	+2' 25''
74	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
75	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	+2' 45''
76	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	+3' 15''
77	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
78	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
79	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	s.t.
80	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3' 17''
81	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+3' 42''
82	James Lowsley Williams	Bike Channel	+6' 46''
83	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
84	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
85	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
86	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	+7' 16''
87	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+7' 34''
88	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
89	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	+7' 43''
90	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+7' 46''
91	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	+7' 48''
92	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	+7' 51''
93	Pete Williams	ONE Pro	s.t.
94	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
95	Andrés Díaz	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
96	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
97	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
98	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
99	Damien Shaw	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
100	Bryan Lewis	Cylance Cycling	+8' 12''
101	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	+8' 29''
102	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	+8' 51''
103	Kyle Murphy	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
104	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+8' 55''
105	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	+10' 49''
106	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+10' 51''
107	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+11' 02''
108	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	+11' 34''
109	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+12' 18''
110	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	+12' 32''
111	Orlando Garibay	Cylance Cycling	+13' 30''
112	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
113	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+14' 17''
114	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	+15' 07''
115	Chris Opie	Bike Channel	+16' 25''
116	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	+17' 23''
117	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+27' 52''

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Monday, September 4: Stage 2, Kielder Water & Forest Park - Blyth, 211 km

Elia Viviani (Sky) wins the stage and takes over the GC after Edvald Boasson Hagen is relegated for not holding his line.

The race: Here's the report from winner Elia Viviani's Team Sky.

Elia Viviani sprinted to victory on Tour of Britain stage two and took the race lead after Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) was relegated for deviating from his line in the decisive sprint.

A superb leadout train from Team Sky had left Viviani ideally placed heading into the final hundred metres, but Boasson Hagen initially looked to have pipped him to the post. However, the Norwegian was adjudged to have substantially deviated from his racing line in the sprint and he was relegated, placing Viviani atop the podium on the stage, but also earning him the green leader’s jersey.

Earlier on, Matt Holmes (Madison Genesis) initiated the breakaway as the flag dropped, which swelled to seven riders who stayed away for the majority of the stage, with Homes fittingly the last man caught by the chasing bunch with 14km to go.

Tao Geoghegan Hart had been instrumental in bringing the escapees back and looked to have set up a sprint finish, but Phillipe GIlbert (Quick-Step Floors) upset the sprinters by attacking with 8km remaining. Strong work on the front of the bunch from Geraint Thomas and Vasil Kiryienka denied the Belgian a canny counter-attack win to bring the peloton back together and set up a sprint finish.

Owain Doull perfectly led out Viviani, who looked set to continue his excellent form with another win only for Boasson Hagen to deny him on the line after     changing his line.

Afterwards, the Italian revealed that missing out on victory on stage one really pushed him to bounce back and win the following day. He said: “I was feeling really good yesterday, but I was disappointed as the guys did a perfect job yesterday on a very technical finish and I finished only third. I really wanted to win today and we did a really good leadout with Kwiato, Kiry, G and Tao - who worked all day.

“Owain put me on Boasson Hagen’s wheel in the final which was perfect and what we talked about this morning in our meeting, to be in second or third place going into the sprint.

“We have a really strong leadout, Tao is the youngest, but he is one of the best talents in British cycling and he has done two days on the front for me. All the team deserve this win and I hope to win again in the next few days too."

Complete results:

211 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.996 km/hr

1	Elia Viviani	Sky	5hr 16min 32sec
2	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
3	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
4	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	s.t.
5	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
6	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
7	Floris Gerts	BMC	s.t.
8	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	s.t.
9	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
11	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
12	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
13	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
14	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro	s.t.
15	Owain Doul	Sky	s.t.
16	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
17	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
18	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	s.t.
19	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
20	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	s.t.
21	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
22	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
23	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
24	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
25	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
26	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	s.t.
27	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
28	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro	s.t.
29	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
30	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
31	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	s.t.
32	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
33	James Lowsley Williams	Bike Channel	s.t.
34	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
35	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
36	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
37	Stefan Küng	BMC	s.t.
38	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
39	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
40	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
41	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	s.t.
42	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
43	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	s.t.
44	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
45	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
46	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	s.t.
47	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
48	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
49	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	s.t.
50	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
51	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	s.t.
52	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
53	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
54	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
55	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
56	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	s.t.
57	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
58	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	s.t.
59	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	s.t.
60	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
61	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
62	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	s.t.
63	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
64	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro	s.t.
65	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
66	Eric Marcotte	Cylance	s.t.
67	Pete Williams	ONE Pro	s.t.
68	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
69	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
70	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
71	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
72	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
73	James Oram	ONE Pro	s.t.
74	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
75	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	s.t.
76	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
77	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro	s.t.
78	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
79	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
80	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
81	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
82	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	s.t.
83	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
84	Ben Hermans	BMC	s.t.
85	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
86	Andrés Díaz	Cylance	s.t.
87	James Knox	Great Britain	s.t.
88	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
89	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
90	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
91	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
92	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
93	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
94	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
95	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
96	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	s.t.
98	Orlando Garibay	Cylance	s.t.
99	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	s.t.
100	Bryan Lewis	Cylance	s.t.
101	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
102	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
103	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
104	Damien Shaw	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
105	Kyle Murphy	Cylance	s.t.
106	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	s.t.
107	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
108	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
109	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	s.t.
110	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	+28''
111	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+39''
112	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+52''
113	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+1' 07''
114	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+1' 17''
115	Chris Opie	Bike Channel	s.t.
116	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	+1' 58''
117	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+8' 49''
118	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+11' 09''

GC after stage 2:

401 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.739 km/hr

1	Elia Viviani	Sky	9hr 50min 35sec
2	Caleb Ewan	Orica-Scott	@ 4sec
3	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	+7''
4	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro	+8''
5	Silvan Dillier	BMC	+9''
6	Kamil Gradek	ONE Pro	s.t.
7	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	+10''
8	Lars Boom	LottoNL-Jumbo	+12''
9	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	+14''
10	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
11	Floris Gerts	BMC	s.t.
12	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
14	Christopher Lawless	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
16	Brenton Jones	JLT-Condor	s.t.
17	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
18	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
19	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
20	Hayden McCormick	ONE Pro	s.t.
21	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
22	Maximiliano Richeze	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
23	Gijs Van Hoecke	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
24	Tony Martin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
25	Mark Stewart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
26	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
27	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
29	Jos van Emden	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
30	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	s.t.
31	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
32	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
33	Owain Doull	Sky	s.t.
34	Stefan Küng	BMC	s.t.
35	Matthew Teggart	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
36	Russell Downing	JLT-Condor	s.t.
37	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
38	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	s.t.
39	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
40	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
41	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
42	Michael Hepburn	Orica-Scott	s.t.
43	Scott Thwaites	Dimension Data	s.t.
44	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
45	Luke Durbridge	Orica-Scott	s.t.
46	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
47	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
48	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
49	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	s.t.
50	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
51	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	s.t.
52	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
53	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
54	Tiago Machado	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
56	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
57	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	s.t.
58	Dexter Gardias	Bike Channel	s.t.
59	Hugh Carthy	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
60	James Oram	ONE Pro	s.t.
61	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
62	Richard Handley	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
63	Daniel Martin	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
64	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	s.t.
65	Davide Formolo	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
66	James Knox	Great Britain	s.t.
67	Primož Roglic	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
68	Ben Hermans	BMC	+30''
69	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+43''
70	Roger Kluge	Orica-Scott	+56''
71	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1' 06''
72	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL-Jumbo	+1' 58''
73	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2' 02''
74	Steele Von Hoff	ONE Pro	+2' 04''
75	Regan Gough	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
76	Alistair Slater	JLT-Condor	s.t.
77	Eric Marcotte	Cylance	s.t.
78	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
79	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
80	James Gullen	JLT-Condor	s.t.
81	Rory Townsend	Bike Channel	+3' 21''
82	Bryan Lewis	Cylance	+4' 11''
83	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+6' 35''
84	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+6' 40''
85	James Lowsley Williams	Bike Channel	s.t.
86	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	s.t.
87	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel	s.t.
88	Thomas Gibbons	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
89	Jacob Hennessy	Great Britain	s.t.
90	Senne Leysen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
91	Pete Williams	ONE Pro	s.t.
92	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
93	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
94	Connor Swift	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
95	Alexandre Blain	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
96	Andrés Díaz	Cylance	s.t.
97	Sean McKenna	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
98	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
99	Ian Bibby	JLT-Condor	s.t.
100	Jacob Scott	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
101	Damien Shaw	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
102	Taylor Gunman	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
103	Kyle Murphy	Cylance	s.t.
104	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
105	Alan Banaszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+7' 44''
106	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
107	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
108	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+8' 23''
109	Robert Power	Orica-Scott	+8' 38''
110	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+8' 51''
111	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+10' 50''
112	Orlando Garibay	Cylance	+11' 19''
113	Marcin Bialoblocki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
114	Rob Partridge	Bike Channel	+12' 56''
115	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+12' 57''
116	Adam Hartley	Great Britain	+13' 25''
117	Chris Opie	Bike Channel	+14' 14''
118	Graham Briggs	JLT-Condor	+24' 00''

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Sunday, September 3: Stage 1, Edinburgh - Kelso, 190 km

Caleb Ewen (left) just wins Tour of Britain stage one.

The race: Here's the stage one report from the organizer:

Caleb Ewan started the 2017 OVO Energy Tour of Britain off where he ended the previous edition, standing atop the podium as a stage winner, having taken the victory at the end of the 190-kilometre opening leg between Edinburgh and Kelso in the Scottish Borders.

The 23-year-old Australian rounded out the 2016 edition with the stage win in London, and starts this year’s edition with victory on day one in Kelso’s Market Square, and with it the first OVO Energy Green Jersey of the race, plus the Wiggle Points Jersey.

Ewan outsprinted Edvald Boasson Hagen, Elia Viviani and Alexander Kristoff in a blanket finish across the first four riders. “When I crossed the line I was pretty confident that I got it”, said Ewan speaking afterwards.

“I know it was pretty close, but I thought I had got it. Then I saw all the cameras go around Eddy and I thought hang on a minute. When it is that close you just don’t know, and I saw Viviani as well round the outside. I was definitely happy to learn that I had won.

“It was a pretty tricky finish, because of that tight corner, and obviously the cobblestones at the finish. We definitely wanted to be in front when the cobbles started. Luka had to get me out in front with about 200m to go. Because of the six men teams, you can’t go too early, because you will just run out of guys.

“The boys did very well, I can’t complain about the lead out. I just had to sit there and get taken through the tricky parts.”

The stage win and time bonus gives Ewan a three-second lead over Boasson Hagen – who picked up one-second at the day’s final intermediate Eisberg Sprint in Melrose – with ONE Pro Cycling’s Karol Domagalski a further second behind.

The Pole had been part of an eight-rider break – surviving a brush with the Madison Genesis team car – before striking out with compatriot Lukasz Oswain as the break were reeled in.  The pair were caught at the foot of the final SKODA King of the Mountains climb of the Eildon Hills, but Domagalski had done enough to claim the Eisberg Sprints Jersey, with Oswain taking the SKODA King of the Mountains jersey after Stage One.

Complete results:

190 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.563 km/hr

1	Ewan, Caleb	Orica-Scott	4hr 34min 17sec
2	Boasson Hagen, Edvald	Dimension Data	s.t.
3	Viviani, Elia	Sky	s.t.
4	Kristoff, Alexander	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
5	Gaviria, Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
6	Lawless, Chris	Great Britain	s.t.
7	Jones, Brenton	JLT-Condor	s.t.
8	Maes, Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	Štybar, Zdeněk	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
10	Gerts, Floris	BMC	s.t.
11	Bevin, Patrick	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
12	Pasqualon, Andrea	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
13	Schmidt, Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
14	Sieberg, Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
15	Mezgec, Luka	Orica-Scott	s.t.
16	Paterski, Maciej	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
17	Wood, Oliver	Great Britain	s.t.
18	Stewart, Mark	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
19	Barbin, Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
20	McCormick, Hayden	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Shaw, James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
22	Martin, Tony	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
23	Smith, Dion	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
24	Downing, Russell	JLT-Condor	s.t.
25	Koch, Jonas	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
26	Teggart, Matthew	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
27	Baarle, Dylan van	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
28	Küng, Stefan	BMC	s.t.
29	Thwaites, Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
30	Mullen, Ryan	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
31	Van Hoecke, Gijs	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
32	Dowsett, Alex	Movistar	s.t.
33	De Plus, Laurens	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
34	Gilbert, Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
35	Bennati, Daniele	Movistar	s.t.
36	Hepburn, Michael	Orica-Scott	s.t.
37	Politt, Nils	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
38	Hollenstein, Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	Dillier, Silvan	BMC	s.t.
40	Emden, Jos van	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
41	Durbridge, Luke	Orica-Scott	s.t.
42	Richeze, Maximiliano	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
43	Meurisse, Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
44	Rosskopf, Joey	BMC	s.t.
45	Boom, Lars	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
46	Bookwalter, Brent	BMC	s.t.
47	Castroviejo, Jonathan	Movistar	s.t.
48	Machado, Tiago	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
49	Kwiatkowski, Michał	Sky	s.t.
50	Doull, Owain	Sky	s.t.
51	Thomas, Geraint	Sky	s.t.
52	Izagirre, Gorka	Movistar	s.t.
53	Erviti, Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
54	Gardias, Dexter	Bike Channel-Canyon	s.t.
55	Tonelli, Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
56	Campenaerts, Victor	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
57	Carthy, Hugh	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
58	Ciccone, Giulio	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
59	Formolo, Davide	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
60	Sutherland, Rory	Movistar	s.t.
61	Oram, James	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Domagalski, Karol	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Martin, Daniel	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
64	Roglič, Primož	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
65	Gradek, Kamil	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	Knox, James	Great Britain	s.t.
67	Kiryienka, Vasil	Sky	s.t.
68	Handley, Richard	Madison Genesis	s.t.
69	Hermans, Ben	BMC	+ 00' 16''
70	Renshaw, Mark	Dimension Data	+ 00' 29''
71	Kluge, Roger	Orica-Scott	+ 00' 42''
72	Gullen, James	JLT-Condor	+ 01' 50''
73	Groenewegen, Dylan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
74	Townsend, Rory	Bike Channel-Canyon	s.t.
75	Thomson, Jay	Dimension Data	s.t.
76	Von Hoff, Steele	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
77	Gough, Regan	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
78	Marcotte, Eric	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
79	Owsian, Łukasz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
80	Tratnik, Jan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
81	Holmes, Matthew	Madison Genesis	s.t.
82	Slater, Alistair	JLT-Condor	s.t.
83	Lewis, Bryan	Cylance Cycling	+ 03' 57''
84	Lowsley, James	Bike Channel-Canyon	+ 06' 26''
85	Blain, Alexandre	Madison Genesis	s.t.
86	Wouters, Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
87	Tanfield, Harry	Bike Channel-Canyon	s.t.
88	Swift, Connor	Madison Genesis	s.t.
89	Leysen, Senne	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
90	Gibbons, Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
91	Simion, Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
92	Albanese, Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	McNally, Mark	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
94	Shaw, Damien	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
95	Williams, Pete	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
96	Gunman, Taylor	Madison Genesis	s.t.
97	McEvoy, Jonathan	Madison Genesis	s.t.
98	McKenna, Sean	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
99	Bibby, Ian	JLT-Condor	s.t.
100	Diaz, Andrès	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
101	Hayter, Ethan	Great Britain	s.t.
102	Hennesy, Jacob	Great Britain	s.t.
103	Murphy, Kyle	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
104	Phinney, Taylor	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
105	Power, Robert	Orica-Scott	s.t.
106	Scott, Jacob	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
107	Boeckmans, Kris	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
108	Eisel, Bernhard	Dimension Data	+ 07' 30''
109	Cavendish, Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
110	Geoghegan, Tao	Sky	s.t.
111	Banaszek, Alan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
112	Andreetta, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
113	Garibay, Orlando	Cylance Cycling	+ 11' 05''
114	Białobłocki, Marcin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
115	Briggs, Graham	JLT-Condor	+ 12' 43''
116	Partridge, Robert	Bike Channel-Canyon	s.t.
117	Kreder, Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
118	Opie, Chris	Bike Channel-Canyon	s.t.
119	Hartley, Adam	Great Britain	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1	Ewan, Caleb	Orica-Scott	4hr 34min 7sec
2	Boasson Hagen, Edvald	Dimension Data	@ 3sec
3	Domagalski, Karol	ONE Pro Cycling	+ 00' 04''
4	Viviani, Elia	Sky	+ 00' 06''
5	Kristoff, Alexander	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00' 10''
6	Gaviria, Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
7	Lawless, Chris	Great Britain	s.t.
8	Jones, Brenton	JLT-Condor	s.t.
9	Maes, Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	Štybar, Zdeněk	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
11	Gerts, Floris	BMC	s.t.
12	Bevin, Patrick	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
13	Pasqualon, Andrea	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
14	Schmidt, Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
15	Sieberg, Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
16	Mezgec, Luka	Orica-Scott	s.t.
17	Paterski, Maciej	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
18	Wood, Oliver	Great Britain	s.t.
19	Stewart, Mark	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
20	Barbin, Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
21	McCormick, Hayden	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	Shaw, James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
23	Martin, Tony	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
24	Smith, Dion	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
25	Downing, Russell	JLT-Condor	s.t.
26	Koch, Jonas	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
27	Teggart, Matthew	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
28	Baarle, Dylan van	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
29	Küng, Stefan	BMC	s.t.
30	Thwaites, Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Mullen, Ryan	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
32	Van Hoecke, Gijs	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
33	Dowsett, Alex	Movistar	s.t.
34	De Plus, Laurens	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
35	Gilbert, Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
36	Bennati, Daniele	Movistar	s.t.
37	Hepburn, Michael	Orica-Scott	s.t.
38	Politt, Nils	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	Hollenstein, Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
40	Dillier, Silvan	BMC	s.t.
41	Emden, Jos van	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
42	Durbridge, Luke	Orica-Scott	s.t.
43	Richeze, Maximiliano	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
44	Meurisse, Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
45	Rosskopf, Joey	BMC	s.t.
46	Boom, Lars	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
47	Bookwalter, Brent	BMC	s.t.
48	Castroviejo, Jonathan	Movistar	s.t.
49	Machado, Tiago	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
50	Kwiatkowski, Michał	Sky	s.t.
51	Doull, Owain	Sky	s.t.
52	Thomas, Geraint	Sky	s.t.
53	Izagirre, Gorka	Movistar	s.t.
54	Erviti, Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
55	Gardias, Dexter	Bike Channel-Canyon	s.t.
56	Tonelli, Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
57	Campenaerts, Victor	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
58	Carthy, Hugh	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
59	Ciccone, Giulio	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
60	Formolo, Davide	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
61	Sutherland, Rory	Movistar	s.t.
62	Oram, James	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Martin, Daniel	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
64	Roglič, Primož	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
65	Gradek, Kamil	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	Knox, James	Great Britain	s.t.
67	Kiryienka, Vasil	Sky	s.t.
68	Handley, Richard	Madison Genesis	s.t.
69	Hermans, Ben	BMC	+ 00' 26''
70	Renshaw, Mark	Dimension Data	+ 00' 39''
71	Kluge, Roger	Orica-Scott	+ 00' 52''
72	Owsian, Łukasz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 01' 58''
73	Gullen, James	JLT-Condor	+ 02' 00''
74	Groenewegen, Dylan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
75	Townsend, Rory	Bike Channel-Canyon	s.t.
76	Thomson, Jay	Dimension Data	s.t.
77	Von Hoff, Steele	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
78	Gough, Regan	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
79	Marcotte, Eric	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
80	Tratnik, Jan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
81	Holmes, Matthew	Madison Genesis	s.t.
82	Slater, Alistair	JLT-Condor	s.t.
83	Lewis, Bryan	Cylance Cycling	+ 04' 07''
84	McNally, Mark	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 06' 31''
85	Lowsley, James	Bike Channel-Canyon	+ 06' 36''
86	Blain, Alexandre	Madison Genesis	s.t.
87	Wouters, Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
88	Tanfield, Harry	Bike Channel-Canyon	s.t.
89	Swift, Connor	Madison Genesis	s.t.
90	Leysen, Senne	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
91	Gibbons, Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
92	Simion, Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	Albanese, Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
94	Shaw, Damien	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
95	Williams, Pete	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
96	Gunman, Taylor	Madison Genesis	s.t.
97	McEvoy, Jonathan	Madison Genesis	s.t.
98	McKenna, Sean	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
99	Bibby, Ian	JLT-Condor	s.t.
100	Diaz, Andrès	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
101	Hayter, Ethan	Great Britain	s.t.
102	Hennesy, Jacob	Great Britain	s.t.
103	Murphy, Kyle	Cylance Cycling	s.t.
104	Phinney, Taylor	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
105	Power, Robert	Orica-Scott	s.t.
106	Scott, Jacob	An Post-Chainreaction	s.t.
107	Boeckmans, Kris	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
108	Eisel, Bernhard	Dimension Data	+ 07' 40''
109	Cavendish, Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
110	Geoghegan, Tao	Sky	s.t.
111	Banaszek, Alan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
112	Andreetta, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
113	Garibay, Orlando	Cylance Cycling	+ 11' 15''
114	Białobłocki, Marcin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
115	Briggs, Graham	JLT-Condor	+ 12' 50''
116	Partridge, Robert	Bike Channel-Canyon	+ 12' 52''
117	Kreder, Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 12' 53''
118	Opie, Chris	Bike Channel-Canyon	s.t.
119	Hartley, Adam	Great Britain	s.t.