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2019 Tour of Britain

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Saturday, September 14: 8th & Final stage, Altrincham - Manchester, 166 km

Mathieu van der Poel wins the final stage and the 2019 Tour of Britain

Weather at the finish city of Manchester at 12:45 PM, local time: 19C (67F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage eight summary.

Mathieu van der Poel reiterated his billing as the hottest talent in professional cycling on Saturday as he was crowned the 2019 OVO Energy Tour of Britain champion in Manchester.

The 24-year-old Dutchman sealed his victory in style, sprinting to win the eighth and final stage of this year’s race after a frantic day of racing around all 10 Greater Manchester boroughs.

Van der Poel outsprinted compatriot Cees Bol (Team Sunweb) by a tyre width on Deansgate, with overall runner-up and Cetaphil points classification winner Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-SCOTT) placing third across the line.

While Corendon – Circus and the Jumbo Visma team of triple stage winner Dylan Groenewegen initially did well to control the breakaway of Matt Holmes (Madison Genesis), Gabriel Cullaigh (Team WIGGINS Le Col) and Emil Vinjebo (Riwal Readynez), the race erupted into life approaching the infamous climb of the Rake above Ramsbottom.

Pavel Sivakov sparked proceedings into life on the lower slopes of the hill, before his Team INEOS team-mates continued the unpredictable nature of the day’s racing with a flurry of attacks across the moors north of Manchester.

Movistar’s Andrey Amador was the main beneficiary, building a 49-second lead at one point before being reeled back in by the pace of a reduced front group.

With 25 kilometres remaining Team INEOS’ Michal Golas was joined off the front by Larry Warbasse (AG2R La Mondiale) and Mark Christian (Team WIGGINS Le Col) but their lead only lasted until the 10-kilometre to go mark as the Tour raced through Salford.

Coming onto Manchester’s famous Deansgate it was Team Sunweb’s Bol that picked up the sprint. However, van der Poel came around him and held off the fast-finishing Trentin.

The latter’s finishing record of top 10 finishes on every stage barring the stage six individual time trial gave him a comfortable victory in the Cetaphil points jersey from van der Poel. Former race winner Dylan van Baarle (Team INEOS) was voted the overall Wahooligan Combativity award winner in a public poll on the event’s social media channels.

British domestic teams took home both the SKODA King of the Mountains and Eisberg sprints jerseys, as Jacob Scott (SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling) confirmed his victory in the former, two years on from having agonisingly lost the same jersey on the final day of racing.

Winning the Eisberg sprints competition was Rory Townsend, ensuring that his Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes team took the red jersey for a second year.

Townsend’s win the jersey also rounded out a successful week, having been called up to the Irish squad for the road World Championships in Yorkshire at the end of the month.

Come the Worlds Townsend will be racing in green, but in Manchester on Saturday there was only one green jersey that people were speaking about; that of stage winner and 2019 OVO Energy Tour of Britain champion Mathieu van der Poel.

The 2020 Tour of Britain begins in Cornwall, with dates for next year’s race to be announced at the end of September. Further details of the route will be published in late autumn.

Complete results:

166 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.411 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	3hr 49min 26sec
2	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	s.t.
3	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
4	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
6	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	s.t.
7	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
8	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
10	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
12	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
13	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	s.t.
14	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
16	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	s.t.
17	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	s.t.
18	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	s.t.
19	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
20	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
21	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
22	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
24	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
25	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
27	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
28	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
29	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
30	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
31	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
32	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
34	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	@ 13sec
35	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
36	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
37	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	+19''
38	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	+22''
39	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	+24''
40	Mikel Landa	Movistar	s.t.
41	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	s.t.
42	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	+1' 15''
43	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	+1' 30''
44	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	+0''
45	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	+2' 29''
46	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+6' 17''
47	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
48	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
49	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
50	Jim Brown	Great Britain	s.t.
51	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
52	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
53	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
54	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
55	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
56	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
57	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
58	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
59	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
60	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
61	Matt Walls	Great Britain	s.t.
62	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
63	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
64	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
65	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
66	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	s.t.
67	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
68	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	s.t.
69	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	s.t.
70	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	s.t.
71	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
72	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
73	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
74	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
75	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
76	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
77	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
78	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
79	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
80	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
81	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
82	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	s.t.
83	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
84	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
85	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
86	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
90	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	s.t.
91	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
92	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
93	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
94	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
95	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
96	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
97	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
99	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
100	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
101	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
102	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
103	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+6' 30''
105	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
106	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.

Final GC after stage 8:

• Final GC leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus)
• Mountains classification winner: Jacob Scott (SwiftCarbon)
• Points classification winner: Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott)
• Team classification winner: Team INEOS

1,267 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.524 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	29hr 47min 41sec
2	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 17sec
3	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	+50''
4	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	+52''
5	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	+1' 01''
6	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
7	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	+1' 03''
8	Andrey Amador	Movistar	+1' 04''
9	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	+1' 07''
10	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	+1' 08''
11	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	s.t.
12	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	+1' 10''
13	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1' 25''
14	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	+1' 27''
15	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+1' 34''
16	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
17	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	+1' 35''
18	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	+1' 38''
19	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	+1' 44''
20	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	+1' 49''
21	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	+1' 58''
22	Connor Swift	Great Britain	+2' 19''
23	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+2' 27''
24	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 41''
25	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	+2' 51''
26	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	+3' 15''
27	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	+3' 44''
28	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	+4' 10''
29	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	+5' 08''
30	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	+7' 53''
31	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+8' 25''
32	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	+8' 41''
33	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	+8' 56''
34	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	+9' 09''
35	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	+9' 14''
36	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	+9' 22''
37	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	+11' 49''
38	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	+12' 04''
39	Mikel Landa	Movistar	+12' 54''
40	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	+13' 03''
41	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	+14' 30''
42	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	+15' 15''
43	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+15' 52''
44	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+16' 21''
45	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	+16' 32''
46	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+16' 44''
47	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	+17' 15''
48	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	+17' 19''
49	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	+19' 02''
50	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	+19' 40''
51	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	+20' 42''
52	Carlos Verona	Movistar	+20' 51''
53	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	+20' 56''
54	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	+21' 45''
55	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	+21' 46''
56	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	+22' 33''
57	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	+24' 51''
58	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	+24' 54''
59	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	+25' 02''
60	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	+25' 43''
61	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	+27' 02''
62	Matt Walls	Great Britain	+28' 09''
63	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	+29' 11''
64	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	+30' 33''
65	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
66	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	+30' 35''
67	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	+32' 42''
68	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	+32' 46''
69	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	+32' 50''
70	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	+33' 08''
71	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	+33' 24''
72	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	+33' 37''
73	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	+34' 28''
74	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	+34' 47''
75	Jim Brown	Great Britain	s.t.
76	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+34' 55''
77	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	+35' 00''
78	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	+35' 54''
79	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	+36' 21''
80	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	+37' 09''
81	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	+37' 12''
82	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	+38' 25''
83	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	+38' 56''
84	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r La Mondiale	+39' 36''
85	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	+39' 37''
86	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	+40' 09''
87	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+40' 34''
88	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	+40' 58''
89	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	+42' 55''
90	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	+42' 59''
91	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	+43' 15''
92	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	+43' 30''
93	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	+43' 41''
94	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	+43' 59''
95	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	+44' 14''
96	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	+44' 58''
97	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	+45' 03''
98	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	+45' 26''
99	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	+46' 36''
100	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	+47' 21''
101	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+48' 45''
102	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	+49' 23''
103	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+50' 07''
104	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	+52' 09''
105	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+52' 10''
106	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	+59' 19''

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Friday, September 13: Stage 7, Warwick - Burton Dassatt, 188.7 km

Mathieu van der Poel wins stage seven.

Weather at the finish at Burton Dassatt at 12:40 PM, local time: 18C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here is the organizer's stage seven summary.

Mathieu van der Poel moved closer to being crowned the 2019 OVO Energy Tour of Britain champion on Friday as he beat nearest challenger Matteo Trentin to win stage seven atop Burton Dassett, Warwickshire.

The Dutch rider got the better of Trentin (Mitchelton-SCOTT) in a thrilling sprint up the short but steep climb to extend his overall advantage to 12 seconds with just Saturday’s Greater Manchester finale to come.

Victory atop Burton Dassett – tackled three times in the closing 28 kilometres of Friday’s stage – was van der Poel’s second of the week on British soil.

Beyond nearest rival Trentin, Jasper De Buyst (Lotto Soudal) sits 40 seconds in arrears, having slipped ahead of Team INEOS rider Pavel Sivakov thanks to time bonuses collected at an intermediate Eisberg sprint during the Warwickshire stage.

Trentin’s Mitchelton-SCOTT team-mate Cameron Meyer had been in the thick of the action in a stage which started off by covering almost 50 kilometres in the first hour of racing, but it was his breakaway companion Dylan van Baarle (Team INEOS) who had collected the majority of the SKODA King of the Mountains and Eisberg sprint points in Warwickshire.

Nonetheless, Jacob Scott (SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling) keeps the SKODA King of the Mountains jersey and just needs to finish the final stage on Saturday to claim the jersey, which he previously went close to winning in the 2017 Tour.

Van Baarle’s breakaway did move him into second place in the Eisberg Sprints classification, just three points behind Rory Townsend (Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes) with nine points available on the roads of Greater Manchester. Trentin retained the Cetaphil points jersey with an 11-point advantage before Manchester.

Complete results:

188.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.687 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	4hr 7min 49sec
2	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 1sec
3	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	+3''
4	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
5	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
6	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
7	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	+5''
8	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
10	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	s.t.
12	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
13	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
14	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
17	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
18	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
19	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
20	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	+11''
21	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
22	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
23	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
25	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
26	Connor Swift	Great Britain	+16''
27	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	+17''
28	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
30	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
31	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	s.t.
32	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	+23''
33	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	+25''
34	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	+34''
35	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	+39''
36	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	s.t.
38	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	s.t.
39	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	+59''
40	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
41	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
42	Matt Walls	Great Britain	s.t.
43	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	+1' 16''
44	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	+1' 28''
45	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	+1' 30''
46	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+1' 35''
47	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	+1' 38''
48	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
49	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	+1' 55''
50	Mikel Landa	Movistar	s.t.
51	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
52	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	+2' 07''
53	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
54	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	+2' 39''
55	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
56	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
57	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	+2' 52''
58	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	+4' 38''
59	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	+4' 54''
60	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+5' 24''
61	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	+5' 28''
62	Jim Brown	Great Britain	s.t.
63	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	s.t.
64	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
65	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
66	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
67	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
68	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
69	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
70	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	+5' 37''
71	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	+5' 43''
72	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
73	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
74	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
75	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
76	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
77	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
78	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
79	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
80	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
81	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	s.t.
82	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
83	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
84	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
85	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
86	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
87	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
88	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
89	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
90	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	s.t.
91	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	+8' 36''
92	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	+10' 58''
93	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
94	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	+11' 00''
95	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
96	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
97	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	+11' 54''
98	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	s.t.
99	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
100	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
101	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
102	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
103	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
104	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
105	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
106	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
107	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	s.t.
108	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	+13' 38''
109	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	+15' 54''
110	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.

GC after stage 7:

1,101 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.389 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	25hr 58min 25sec
2	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 12sec
3	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	+40''
4	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	+42''
5	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	+51''
6	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
7	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	+53''
8	Andrey Amador	Movistar	+57''
9	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	+58''
11	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	s.t.
12	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	+1' 00''
13	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1' 15''
14	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	+1' 17''
15	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	+1' 24''
16	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	+1' 25''
17	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	+1' 28''
18	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+1' 30''
19	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	+1' 34''
20	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	+1' 39''
21	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	+1' 48''
22	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1' 58''
23	Connor Swift	Great Britain	+2' 09''
24	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	+2' 14''
25	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+2' 17''
26	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 18''
27	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	+2' 29''
28	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	+2' 41''
29	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	+2' 42''
30	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	+2' 45''
31	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	+2' 47''
32	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	+3' 05''
33	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	+3' 34''
34	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	+4' 45''
35	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	+5' 22''
36	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	+6' 13''
37	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	+6' 36''
38	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	+8' 48''
39	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	+9' 12''
40	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+9' 25''
41	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9' 54''
42	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	+10' 05''
43	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+10' 17''
44	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	+10' 52''
45	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	+11' 54''
46	Mikel Landa	Movistar	+12' 20''
47	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	+13' 13''
48	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	+13' 56''
49	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	+14' 15''
50	Carlos Verona	Movistar	+14' 24''
51	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	+14' 32''
52	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	+15' 18''
53	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	+17' 05''
54	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	+18' 24''
55	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	+18' 27''
56	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	+18' 33''
57	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	+21' 12''
58	Matt Walls	Great Britain	+21' 42''
59	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	+22' 01''
60	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	+22' 44''
61	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	+22' 47''
62	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	+24' 06''
63	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	+24' 08''
64	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	+24' 52''
65	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	+25' 33''
66	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	+26' 15''
67	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	+26' 19''
68	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	+26' 26''
69	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	+26' 41''
70	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	+26' 52''
71	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	+26' 57''
72	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+26' 58''
73	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	+27' 10''
74	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	+28' 01''
75	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+28' 15''
76	Jim Brown	Great Britain	+28' 20''
77	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	+28' 33''
78	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	+29' 27''
79	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	+29' 54''
80	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	+30' 10''
81	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	+30' 42''
82	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	+31' 58''
83	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	+32' 29''
84	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r La Mondiale	+33' 09''
85	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	+33' 10''
86	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	+33' 42''
87	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+33' 54''
88	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	+34' 31''
89	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	+34' 33''
90	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	+34' 43''
91	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	+36' 28''
92	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	+36' 48''
93	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	+37' 03''
94	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	+37' 14''
95	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	+37' 32''
96	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	+37' 47''
97	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	+38' 31''
98	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	+38' 36''
99	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	+38' 59''
100	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	+40' 09''
101	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	+40' 54''
102	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+42' 18''
103	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	+42' 51''
104	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	+42' 56''
105	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+43' 27''
106	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	+45' 42''
107	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+45' 43''
108	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	+52' 52''
109	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	+57' 37''
110	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	+1h 10' 25''

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Thursday, September 12: Stage 6, Pershore 14.4 km individual time trial

Mathieu van der Poel starts the ride that will make him the race leader again.

Weather at Pershore at 1:20 PM, local time: 22C (71F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 26 km/hr (16 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here is the organizer's stage six summary.

Mathieu van der Poel retook the lead in the 2019 OVO Energy Tour of Britain after placing sixth in Thursday’s Pershore individual time trial, a stage that saw Italian rider Edoardo Affini claim the biggest victory of his fledgling professional career to date.

Corendon – Circus rider van der Poel – who won in Kendal on Tuesday – placed sixth on the stage in Worcestershire to retake the OVO Energy green jersey from Affini’s team-mate Matteo Trentin. With just two days of this year’s race remaining, van der Poel leads Trentin by just six seconds. Team INEOS rider Pavel Sivakov sits third overall, 24 seconds in arrears.

Having been the 12th rider to start the stage, Affini posted a time of 16’39” for the 14.4-kilometre course. He eventually beat nearest challenger Sebastian Langeveld (EF Education First) by seven seconds. Britain’s Alex Dowsett (Team KATUSHA ALPECIN) finished seventh on the stage, just 13 seconds behind.

Three of the race’s classification jerseys remained unchanged on Thursday, with Trentin staying in the Cetaphil points jersey and Rory Townsend (Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes) retaining the Eisberg sprints jersey.

Jake Scott (Swift Carbon Pro Cycling) enjoys a 21-point lead in the SKODA King of the Mountains classification from Dries de Bondt (Corendon – Circus) and could seal the jersey victory during Friday’s Warwickshire stage.

Complete results:

14.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.892 km/hr

1	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	16min 39sec
2	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	@ 7sec
3	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	s.t.
4	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	+8''
5	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	+10''
6	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	+12''
7	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	+13''
8	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	+16''
9	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	+17''
10	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	+20''
11	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
12	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
13	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	+21''
14	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	+22''
15	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	+26''
16	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r	+28''
17	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	+31''
19	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
20	Andrey Amador	Movistar	+32''
21	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	+33''
23	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	+34''
25	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	+37''
26	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	+38''
27	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
28	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
29	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	+40''
30	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r	+42''
31	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	s.t.
32	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
33	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	+44''
34	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	s.t.
35	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	+45''
36	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	+49''
37	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	+52''
38	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	+55''
39	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	+58''
40	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	+1' 00''
41	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	+1' 04''
42	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+1' 05''
43	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	+1' 06''
44	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	+1' 07''
45	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
46	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r	s.t.
47	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+1' 10''
48	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
49	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	+1' 11''
50	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
51	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	+1' 13''
52	Connor Swift	Great Britain	+1' 14''
53	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	+1' 15''
54	Mikel Landa	Movistar	+1' 16''
55	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	+1' 19''
56	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	s.t.
57	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	+1' 22''
58	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	+1' 23''
59	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r	+1' 25''
60	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
61	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	+1' 27''
62	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	+1' 30''
63	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
64	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	+1' 31''
65	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
66	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	+1' 35''
67	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	+1' 40''
68	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
69	Axel Domont	Ag2r	+1' 41''
70	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
71	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
72	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1' 42''
73	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+1' 46''
74	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1' 52''
75	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+1' 54''
76	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	+1' 57''
77	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	+2' 02''
78	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	+2' 04''
79	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+2' 05''
80	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	+2' 07''
81	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
82	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	+2' 08''
83	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	+2' 09''
84	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
85	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+2' 10''
86	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	+2' 11''
87	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
88	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	+2' 13''
89	Carlos Verona	Movistar	+2' 15''
90	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	+2' 17''
91	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	+2' 19''
92	Matt Walls	Great Britain	+2' 22''
93	Jim Brown	Great Britain	+2' 25''
94	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	+2' 26''
95	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	+2' 28''
96	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	+2' 29''
97	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	+2' 30''
98	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	+2' 31''
99	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+2' 33''
100	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	+2' 38''
101	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
102	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	+2' 43''
103	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	+2' 45''
104	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
105	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	+2' 47''
106	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
107	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	+2' 50''
108	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	+3' 00''
109	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	+3' 15''
110	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	+3' 23''

GC after stage 6:

912.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.759 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	21hr 50min 49sec
2	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 6sec
3	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	+24''
4	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	+26''
5	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	+27''
6	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	+33''
7	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	+35''
8	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	+36''
9	Andrey Amador	Movistar	+39''
10	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	+40''
11	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	+41''
12	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	+46''
13	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	+49''
14	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	+54''
15	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r	+57''
16	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	+58''
17	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	+59''
18	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	+1' 06''
19	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
20	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	+1' 10''
21	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
22	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	+1' 12''
23	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	+1' 15''
24	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	+1' 19''
25	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	+1' 22''
26	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	+1' 24''
27	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r	+1' 40''
28	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
29	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	+1' 55''
30	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
31	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1' 59''
32	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
33	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	+2' 05''
34	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	+2' 25''
35	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	+2' 52''
36	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r	+3' 44''
37	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	+4' 09''
38	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	+4' 52''
39	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	+5' 26''
40	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	+5' 43''
41	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	+6' 06''
42	Carlos Verona	Movistar	+8' 28''
43	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r	+8' 34''
44	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	+8' 54''
45	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9' 25''
46	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9' 36''
47	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	+9' 40''
48	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	+9' 46''
49	Mikel Landa	Movistar	+10' 12''
50	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	+12' 01''
51	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	+12' 12''
52	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	+12' 43''
53	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	+14' 45''
54	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	+14' 54''
55	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	+15' 31''
56	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	+16' 49''
57	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	+16' 51''
58	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	+17' 20''
59	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	+17' 32''
60	Axel Domont	Ag2r	+17' 57''
61	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	+18' 56''
62	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	+19' 37''
63	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	+19' 52''
64	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	+20' 19''
65	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	+20' 20''
66	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	+20' 22''
67	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	+20' 23''
68	Matt Walls	Great Britain	+20' 30''
69	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
70	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	+21' 00''
71	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	+21' 01''
72	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+21' 02''
73	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	+21' 03''
74	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	+21' 14''
75	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
76	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	+22' 00''
77	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	+22' 05''
78	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+22' 34''
79	Jim Brown	Great Britain	+22' 39''
80	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	+23' 32''
81	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	+23' 58''
82	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	+24' 14''
83	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	+24' 21''
84	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	+25' 01''
85	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	+25' 07''
86	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	+25' 41''
87	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	+25' 50''
88	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	+26' 02''
89	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	+27' 14''
90	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	+27' 18''
91	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	+27' 23''
92	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	+27' 46''
93	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	+28' 02''
94	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+28' 17''
95	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	+28' 50''
96	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	+29' 00''
97	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	+29' 42''
98	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	+29' 43''
99	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	+31' 07''
100	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+31' 20''
101	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	+31' 36''
102	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	+31' 51''
103	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	+33' 35''
104	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+33' 36''
105	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	+35' 54''
106	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	+37' 15''
107	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+40' 30''
108	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	+40' 45''
109	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	+41' 30''
110	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	+54' 18''

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Wednesday, September 11: Stage 5, Birkenhead - Birkenhead, 174.1 km

Dylan Groenewegen has now won three out of the five stages held do far.

Weather at the start/finish city of Birkenhead at 1:20 PM, local time: 18C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 32 km/hr (20 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage five summary.

Dylan Groenewegen made it three victories in five days at the 2019 OVO Energy Tour of Britain as he sprinted to win the race’s first-ever Wirral stage in Birkenhead Park on Wednesday.

The Team Jumbo – Visma rider added the stage five victory to Saturday’s success in Kirkcudbright and his triumph on Newcastle’s Grey Street on Monday in dominant style.

Great Britain’s Matt Walls notably placed second, with Matteo Trentin’s third-place finish and subsequent time bonus putting the Mitchelton-SCOTT rider back into the OVO Energy green jersey of race leader leading into Thursday’s time trial in Pershore.

Trentin now leads by three seconds from former leader Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon Circus), with 18 other riders within half a minute of him.

One rider who will no longer be a threat to the overall was former winner Steve Cummings (Team Dimension Data), who crashed out of the top 20 and the race on his home roads on the Wirral.

The Italian also leads the Cetaphil points competition by nine points from Davide Cimolai (Israel Cycling Academy).

Thanks to his presence in the day’s breakaway Jacob Scott (SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling) moved to a 21-point lead over Dries de Bondt (Corendon – Circus) in the SKODA King of the Mountains and also won the public vote for the Wahooligan Combativity award.

Rory Townsend (Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes) kept the Eisberg sprints jersey, despite a fall in the closing stages, with a four-point lead over his nearest rival.

Complete results:

174.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.298 km/hr

1	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 57min 31sec
2	Matt Walls	Great Britain	s.t.
3	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
4	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	s.t.
5	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
6	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
7	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	s.t.
8	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
9	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
10	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
13	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	s.t.
14	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
15	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
16	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
17	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r	s.t.
18	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
19	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
20	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
22	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	s.t.
23	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
25	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	s.t.
26	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
27	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
28	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	s.t.
29	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	s.t.
31	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
32	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
33	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
34	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r	s.t.
35	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
37	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
38	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
39	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
40	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
41	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
42	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
43	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
44	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
45	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	s.t.
46	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
48	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
49	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
50	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
51	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
52	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
53	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r	s.t.
54	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	s.t.
55	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
56	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
57	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	s.t.
58	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
60	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
61	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	s.t.
62	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
63	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
64	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	@ 1min 6sec
65	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	+1' 09''
66	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
67	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	+1' 24''
68	Axel Domont	Ag2r	+1' 29''
69	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	s.t.
70	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	s.t.
71	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
72	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
73	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	s.t.
74	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
75	Mikel Landa	Movistar	s.t.
76	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
77	Jim Brown	Great Britain	s.t.
78	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
79	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
80	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	+1' 50''
81	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	+2' 03''
82	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
83	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	+2' 07''
84	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	+2' 11''
85	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
86	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	+2' 13''
87	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 14''
88	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r	+2' 33''
89	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	+2' 40''
90	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
91	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
92	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
93	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
94	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	+3' 35''
95	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
96	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
97	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	s.t.
98	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
99	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	+3' 37''
100	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
101	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
102	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
103	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	+4' 59''
104	Carlos Verona	Movistar	+5' 45''
105	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	+5' 56''
106	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
107	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	+6' 05''
108	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	+6' 45''
109	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	+9' 34''
110	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

897.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed f 41.636 km/hr

1	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	21hr 33min 55sec
2	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	@ 3sec
3	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	+10''
4	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	+17''
5	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	+18''
6	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	+22''
7	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
8	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
10	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	s.t.
11	Thomas Sprenger	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
14	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
15	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
16	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	+30''
17	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r	s.t.
18	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r	s.t.
19	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
20	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
21	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	+33''
22	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	+41''
23	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
24	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
25	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
26	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	+43''
27	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	s.t.
28	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
29	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	+47''
30	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	+50''
31	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	+53''
32	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	+1' 01''
33	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	s.t.
34	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
35	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	+2' 12''
36	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	+3' 12''
37	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r	+3' 31''
38	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	+4' 09''
39	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	+4' 13''
40	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	+4' 17''
41	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	+5' 13''
42	Carlos Verona	Movistar	+6' 28''
43	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	+7' 42''
44	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r	s.t.
45	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
46	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+7' 46''
47	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+7' 58''
48	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	+9' 02''
49	Mikel Landa	Movistar	+9' 11''
50	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	+11' 20''
51	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	+11' 48''
52	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	+12' 00''
53	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	+13' 19''
54	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	+13' 29''
55	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	+14' 19''
56	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	+14' 57''
57	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	s.t.
58	Axel Domont	Ag2r	+16' 31''
59	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	+17' 19''
60	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	+17' 22''
61	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	+18' 06''
62	Matt Walls	Great Britain	+18' 23''
63	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	+18' 29''
64	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
65	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
66	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	+18' 30''
67	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	+18' 37''
68	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
69	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	+18' 38''
70	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+19' 07''
71	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	s.t.
72	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	+19' 23''
73	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	+19' 26''
74	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	+19' 57''
75	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	+20' 06''
76	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	+20' 11''
77	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	+20' 13''
78	Jim Brown	Great Britain	+20' 29''
79	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	+21' 23''
80	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+21' 24''
81	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	+21' 30''
82	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	+22' 45''
83	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	+22' 48''
84	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	+23' 27''
85	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	+23' 52''
86	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	+24' 14''
87	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	+24' 25''
88	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	+24' 42''
89	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	+24' 48''
90	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	+25' 29''
91	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	+25' 52''
92	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	+26' 06''
93	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	+26' 52''
94	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	+27' 01''
95	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	+27' 13''
96	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+27' 22''
97	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	+27' 23''
98	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+29' 41''
99	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	+29' 57''
100	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	+30' 09''
101	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	+30' 55''
102	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+31' 18''
103	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	+31' 20''
104	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	+31' 31''
105	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	+33' 43''
106	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	+36' 26''
107	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	+38' 17''
108	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+38' 59''
109	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	+40' 26''
110	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	+51' 18''

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Tuesday, September 10: Stage 4, Gateshead - Kendal, 173.2 km

Mathieu van der Poel takes stage four and the overall lead.

Weather at the finish city of Kendal at 12: 35 PM, local time: 16C (61F), cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage four summary.

Mathieu van der Poel moved into the OVO Energy Tour of Britain lead on Wednesday after winning stage four atop Kendal’s famed Beast Banks climb.

The 24-year-old Dutchman attacked from a reduced peloton 200m up the gruelling Cumbrian finishing climb, crossing the line three seconds ahead of his nearest challenge.

With overnight race leader Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-SCOTT) placing ninth on the stage, van der Poel’s 10-second time bonus for his victory moved the Corendon – Circus Cycling Team rider into the OVO Energy green jersey at the race’s halfway point.

Van der Poel sits one second ahead of Trentin on the general classification, with Jasper de Buyst (Lotto Soudal) a further six seconds in arrears. Such is the quality in this year’s race that a further 12 riders sit within 20 seconds of the the green jersey.

Trentin retains his lead in the Cetaphil points jersey, however, while Jake Scott (SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling) and Rory Townsend (Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes) kept hold of the SKODA King of the Mountains and Eisberg sprints jerseys.

An exciting stage that had begun from the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead was lit up early on by aggressive riding by Team INEOS duo Eddie Dunbar and Dylan van Baarle who, along with AG2R La Mondiale’s Axel Domont, were clear for a large part of the stage. Former Tour of Britain champion van Baarle eventually dropped his two breakaway companions, clinching the Wahooligan Combativity Award for his ride.

However it was a different three-man breakaway that really enlivened proceedings late on, going clear on the final SKODA King of the Mountains climb at Gawthrop above Dentdale after a diminished peloton had come back together.

The attack of Lotto Soudal rider Tiesj Benoot triggered the move, but it was home rider James Shaw (SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling) who went clear along with Ben Hermans (Israel Cycling Academy) and Tony Gallopin (AG2R La Mondiale). They only built a small lead that saw them caught on the steepest slopes of Beast Banks. It was here that van der Poel unleashed his race-winning move.

Complete results:

173.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.493 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	4hr 23min 8sec
2	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	@ 3sec
3	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	s.t.
4	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	s.t.
5	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
6	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
7	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
8	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
9	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
10	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
11	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
13	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
14	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
16	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	s.t.
17	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
18	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
19	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	s.t.
22	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	+14''
23	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
24	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
25	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
26	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
27	Carlos Verona	Movistar	+16''
28	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	s.t.
29	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
30	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
31	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
32	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	+20''
33	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	+23''
34	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+31''
35	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	+34''
36	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
37	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
38	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	s.t.
39	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	s.t.
40	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	+1' 16''
41	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	+3' 46''
42	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+3' 48''
43	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	+3' 50''
44	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	s.t.
45	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
46	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
47	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+4' 00''
48	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	+4' 04''
49	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	+6' 28''
50	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	+7' 15''
51	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	s.t.
52	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
53	Loïc Vliegen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
54	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	s.t.
55	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
56	Mikel Landa	Movistar	s.t.
57	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
58	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	+7' 25''
59	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+9' 25''
60	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	+14' 39''
61	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
62	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
63	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
64	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
65	Jim Brown	Great Britain	s.t.
66	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
67	Luis Villalobos	EF Education First	s.t.
68	Juri Hollmann	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
69	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
70	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
71	Matt Walls	Great Britain	s.t.
72	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
73	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
74	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	s.t.
75	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	s.t.
76	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
77	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
78	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
79	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
80	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
81	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
82	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
83	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	s.t.
84	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	+14' 45''
85	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
86	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
87	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
88	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	s.t.
89	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
90	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	+14' 48''
91	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
92	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
93	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
94	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
95	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
96	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
97	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
98	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
99	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
101	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
102	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
103	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
104	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	+20' 52''
105	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	+20' 55''
106	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	+21' 03''
107	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
108	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	s.t.
109	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
110	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
111	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
112	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+22' 45''
113	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
114	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

723.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.108 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	17hr 36min 27sec
2	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 1sec
3	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	+7''
4	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	+14''
5	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	+15''
6	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	+19''
7	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
9	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
10	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
11	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	s.t.
12	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
14	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
15	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
16	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	+27''
17	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
18	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
21	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	s.t.
22	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	+30''
23	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	+38''
24	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
25	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
26	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
27	Carlos Verona	Movistar	+40''
28	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	s.t.
29	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
30	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
31	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
32	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	+44''
33	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	+47''
34	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	+50''
35	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+55''
36	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	+58''
37	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
38	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
39	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	+1' 35''
40	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	+1' 40''
41	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	+4' 06''
42	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	+4' 10''
43	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	+4' 14''
44	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	+7' 30''
45	Loïc Vliegen	Wanty-Gobert	+7' 31''
46	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	+7' 39''
47	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
49	Mikel Landa	Movistar	s.t.
50	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+7' 43''
51	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	+7' 45''
52	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+7' 55''
53	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	+8' 10''
54	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	+11' 47''
55	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	+11' 57''
56	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	+13' 26''
57	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	+14' 16''
58	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	+14' 54''
59	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	s.t.
60	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	+14' 59''
61	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	+15' 03''
62	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	+15' 12''
63	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	+16' 23''
64	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	+17' 03''
65	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	+17' 09''
66	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	+18' 13''
67	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	+18' 26''
68	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
69	Matt Walls	Great Britain	s.t.
70	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	+18' 34''
72	Luis Villalobos	EF Education First	s.t.
73	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
74	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	+18' 35''
75	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	+18' 42''
76	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	+18' 49''
77	Jim Brown	Great Britain	+18' 57''
78	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	+18' 59''
79	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+19' 04''
80	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	s.t.
81	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	+19' 23''
82	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	+19' 30''
83	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	+19' 47''
84	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	+19' 53''
85	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	+19' 54''
86	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	+20' 10''
87	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	+20' 15''
88	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	+20' 36''
89	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	+21' 06''
90	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	+21' 16''
91	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	+21' 27''
92	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	+22' 40''
93	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	+22' 42''
94	Juri Hollmann	Katusha-Alpecin	+22' 46''
95	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	+22' 53''
96	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	+23' 23''
97	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	+24' 18''
98	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	+24' 30''
99	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	+25' 17''
100	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r La Mondiale	+25' 20''
101	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	+27' 15''
102	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	+27' 19''
103	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	+27' 52''
104	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+28' 09''
105	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	+28' 35''
106	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+29' 22''
107	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	+29' 25''
108	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	+29' 27''
109	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	+29' 54''
110	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	+30' 05''
111	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	+31' 24''
112	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	+33' 38''
113	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	+34' 37''
114	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	+41' 41''

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Monday, September 9: Stage 3, Berwick-upon-Tweed - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 183.2 km

Dylan Groenewegen gets his second stage win this Tour of Britain.

Weather at the finish city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne at 12:40 PM, local time: 14C (57F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southeast at 13 km/hr (8mph). There is a 10% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage three summary.

The Team Jumbo – Visma Cycling rider crossed the line comfortably ahead of pre-stage favourite Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus), Davide Cimolai (Israel Cycling Academy) and team-mate Mike Teunissen following the 500-metre uphill drag.

Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-SCOTT) placed fifth to retain the OVO Energy green and Cetaphil points jerseys going into Tuesday’s fourth stage going into Tuesday’s fourth stage.

Cimolai’s top-three position marginally reduced Trentin’s overnight lead to seven seconds, with van der Poel and Jasper De Buyst (Lotto Soudal) a further four seconds in arrears.

The race was briefly held at a level crossing near Widdrington, which threatened to give a six-rider breakaway comprising Harry Tanfield (Team KATUSHA ALPECIN), Rory Townsend (Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes), Jacob Scott (SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling), Rob Scott (Team WIGGINS Le Col) and Belgian due Dries de Bondt (Corendon – Circus Cycling Team) and Christophe Noppe (Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise) a chance of the stage victory.

When racing resumed Mitchelton-SCOTT and Team Jumbo – Visma worked to bring them back, finally succeeding as the race hit the Newcastle Quayside with one kilometre remaining.

While there was disappointment to not see one of the four domestic riders taking the victory in front of Newcastle city centre’s big crowds, fans did help vote Tanfield the winner of the day’s Wahooligan Combativity Award, in what is the most local stage for the North Yorkshireman.

In the Eisberg sprints competition Rory Townsend reclaimed the red jersey, while built what is a commanding lead in the SKODA King of the Mountains competition, now 13 points clear of nearest challenger De Bondt.

Complete results:

183.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.556 km/hr

1	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 37min 53sec
2	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
3	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
4	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	TRENTIN Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
6	JANSEN Amund	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	WALLS Matthew	Great Britain	s.t.
8	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
9	EEKHOFF Nils	Team Sunweb	s.t.
10	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
12	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
13	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
14	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	s.t.
15	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	CULLAIGH Gabriel	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
17	MOSCON Gianni	Team INEOS	s.t.
18	VLIEGEN Loïc	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
19	TRONDSEN Trond	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
20	HOLMES Matthew	Madison Genesis	s.t.
21	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
22	DUNBAR Eddie	Team INEOS	s.t.
23	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
24	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
25	POLITT Nils	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
26	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
27	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
28	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	@ 8sec
29	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	COLMAN Alex	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
31	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
32	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
33	SHAW James	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
34	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
35	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
36	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
37	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
38	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	VINJEBO Emil	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
40	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	s.t.
41	WILLIAMS Peter	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
42	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
43	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
44	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
45	BARBERO Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
46	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
48	ERIKSSON Lucas	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
49	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
50	WILLEMS Thimo	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
51	CHRISTENSEN Ryan	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
52	CHRISTIAN Mark	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
53	SWIFT Connor	Great Britain	s.t.
54	VERGAERDE Otto	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
55	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
56	LUNKE Sindre	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
57	VERNON Ethan	Great Britain	s.t.
58	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	s.t.
59	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
60	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
61	JANSSENS Jimmy	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
62	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
63	GALLOPIN Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
64	SCOTT Robert	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
65	HOLLMANN Juri	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
66	KAMP Alexander	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
67	DONOVAN Mark	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
68	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
69	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	s.t.
70	JENNER Samuel	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
71	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
72	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
73	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	0:24
74	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	0:27
75	BROWN Jim	Great Britain	0:31
76	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
77	HARDY Ben	SwiftCarbon	0:36
78	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	0:38
79	NOPPE Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:40
80	TOWNSEND Rory	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
81	FOUCHÉ James	Wiggins-Le Col	0:45
82	STEWART Jake	Great Britain	s.t.
83	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
84	CAVENDISH Mark	Dimension Data	0:47
85	BRITTON Rhys	Great Britain	0:51
86	BOSTOCK Matthew	Canyon-dhb	0:55
87	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	STEWART Thomas	Canyon-dhb	1:00
89	ROWSELL Erick	Madison Genesis	1:12
90	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	1:22
91	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Corendon-Circus	1:26
92	LAVERACK Edward	SwiftCarbon	1:28
93	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	1:29
94	SCOTT Jacob	SwiftCarbon	1:33
95	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	1:38
96	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
97	DE BONDT Dries	Corendon-Circus	1:40
98	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
99	HANSEN Lasse	Corendon-Circus	2:10
100	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	0:00
101	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	5:04
102	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	STOKBRO Andreas	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
105	WALKER Joey	Madison Genesis	5:43
106	VEYHE Torkil	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
107	TENNANT Andrew	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
108	DIBBEN Jonathan	Madison Genesis	s.t.
109	IVERSEN Rasmus	Lotto-Soudal	5:51
110	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
111	MCEVOY Jonathan	Madison Genesis	s.t.
112	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	9:20
113	GOLDSTEIN Omer	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
114	PERRY Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
115	CUMING Michael	Madison Genesis	9:35
116	ROBBINS Tristan	SwiftCarbon	12:12
117	DECLERCQ Benjamin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13:20

GC after stage 3:

550.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.644 km/hr

1	TRENTIN Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	13hr 13min 18sec
2	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	@ 7sec
3	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Corendon-Circus	0:11
4	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
5	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	0:13
6	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	0:16
7	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	0:17
8	VLIEGEN Loïc	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
10	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	JANSEN Amund	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
13	POLITT Nils	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
14	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
16	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
17	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
18	MOSCON Gianni	Team INEOS	s.t.
19	HOLMES Matthew	Madison Genesis	s.t.
20	DUNBAR Eddie	Team INEOS	s.t.
21	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
22	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	0:25
23	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
24	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
25	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
26	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
27	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	s.t.
29	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	SHAW James	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
31	SWIFT Connor	Great Britain	s.t.
32	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
33	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
34	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
35	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
37	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
38	VERGAERDE Otto	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
39	DONOVAN Mark	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
40	CHRISTENSEN Ryan	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
41	BARBERO Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
42	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
43	CHRISTIAN Mark	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
44	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
45	ERIKSSON Lucas	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
46	GALLOPIN Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
48	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
49	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	KAMP Alexander	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
51	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	s.t.
52	LUNKE Sindre	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
53	JANSSENS Jimmy	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
54	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
55	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
56	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	1:02
57	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Corendon-Circus	1:43
58	LAVERACK Edward	SwiftCarbon	1:45
59	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	2:22
60	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	3:28
61	EEKHOFF Nils	Team Sunweb	3:48
62	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
63	WALLS Matthew	Great Britain	s.t.
64	TRONDSEN Trond	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
65	CULLAIGH Gabriel	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
66	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
67	SCOTT Robert	Wiggins-Le Col	3:55
68	VERNON Ethan	Great Britain	3:56
69	WILLEMS Thimo	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
70	VINJEBO Emil	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
71	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
72	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
73	COLMAN Alex	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
74	TOWNSEND Rory	Canyon-dhb	4:12
75	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
76	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	4:15
77	BROWN Jim	Great Britain	4:19
78	NOPPE Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:26
79	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	s.t.
80	STEWART Jake	Great Britain	4:33
81	CAVENDISH Mark	Dimension Data	4:35
82	BRITTON Rhys	Great Britain	4:39
83	BOSTOCK Matthew	Canyon-dhb	4:43
84	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
85	ROWSELL Erick	Madison Genesis	5:00
86	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	5:10
87	DE BONDT Dries	Corendon-Circus	5:15
88	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	5:25
89	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	5:26
90	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	5:28
91	HANSEN Lasse	Corendon-Circus	5:58
92	SCOTT Jacob	SwiftCarbon	6:28
93	FOUCHÉ James	Wiggins-Le Col	7:56
94	WILLIAMS Peter	SwiftCarbon	8:04
95	JENNER Samuel	Wiggins-Le Col	8:06
96	HOLLMANN Juri	Katusha-Alpecin	8:08
97	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	8:23
98	STEWART Thomas	Canyon-dhb	8:25
99	HARDY Ben	SwiftCarbon	8:36
100	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	8:52
101	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
102	WALKER Joey	Madison Genesis	9:31
103	GOLDSTEIN Omer	Israel Cycling Academy	9:37
104	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	9:39
105	CUMING Michael	Madison Genesis	9:52
106	PERRY Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	10:13
107	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	10:42
108	DIBBEN Jonathan	Madison Genesis	12:28
109	IVERSEN Rasmus	Lotto-Soudal	12:36
110	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	13:08
111	DECLERCQ Benjamin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13:37
112	TENNANT Andrew	Canyon-dhb	13:43
113	MCEVOY Jonathan	Madison Genesis	13:51
114	STOKBRO Andreas	Riwal-Readynez	15:27
115	VEYHE Torkil	Riwal-Readynez	16:46
116	ROBBINS Tristan	SwiftCarbon	18:57
117	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	19:58

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Sunday, September 8: Stage 2, Kelso - Kelso, 165.9 km

Matteo Trentin wins stage two in Kelso.

Weather at the start/finish city of Kelso at 1:10 PM, local time: 17C (62F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Matteo Trentin's Mitchelton-Scott team:

Tour de France stage winner Matteo Trentin has continued his strong run of form, claiming the stage two victory today at the OVO Energy Tour of Britain, in what was an exhilarating finale, catching a late escapee Alex Dowsett (Katusha-Alpecin) just on the finish line.

Mitchelton-SCOTT animated the final of the race, shouldering a lot of the workload and setting a tempo to drop many of the pure sprinters. With the help of his teammates, the former European champion also grabbed some valuable bonus seconds along the route which helped him to move into the overall race lead after the second day of racing.

After just 10kilometres of racing, three-riders attacked away from the bunch and formed the main breakaway of the day. With no threat to the peloton, the trio were able to extend their lead and hovered around two-minutes in front for most of the stage.

Team Jumbo-Visma contributed to a lot of the chasing early on, with Mitchelton-SCOTT coming forward and showing their intent after a dangerous duo sucessfully bridged across to the three leaders, as the race approached the final 30kilometres of racing.

After a high pace, the catch was finally made just in time for the final intermediate sprint with 25kilometres to go, where the Australian outfit helped Trentin secure maximum points and take important bonus seconds.

With just one classified climb left, Mitchelton-SCOTT used the terrain to their advantage, setting a hard pace which saw many of the big named sprinters, like yesterday’s stage winner Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma), drop from the front of the race.

The peloton significantly reduced in size with Mitchelton-SCOTT continuing to put the hammer down, not allowing any dropped riders to return to the front to set things up for Trentin.

After some late attacks, Dowsett chose a good moment to launch and with hesitation in the group, he quickly opened up a dangerous solo lead.

It was touch and go if Dowsett would make it to the finish line, but the front group timed their effort to perfection with Trentin able to power past the solo leader, just metres before the finish line, to take the stage two victory and move into the overall race lead and points classification lead.

Matteo Trentin - Stage 2 Winner:
“It is a good feeling, winning is a good feeling. We worked so hard in the final, first to get rid of Groenewegen and then to not let him back.

"The guys were pulling really good and really hard today. They delivered me to the second to last corner and I was able to take the win.

“It wasn’t really easy to bring Dowsett back, when he attacked there was a moment of hesitation and he was really, really strong. Israel Cycling Academy also took over in the final and we got him back in sight, but I only caught him back with about 100metres to go."

Complete results:

165.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.199 km/hr

1	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	3hr 55min 53sec
2	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
3	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
5	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
6	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	s.t.
7	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
8	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	s.t.
9	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
10	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
12	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	s.t.
13	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
14	Benjamin Declercq	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	s.t.
16	Loïc Vliegen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
17	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
18	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
19	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
20	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	s.t.
21	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
22	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	s.t.
23	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
25	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
26	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
27	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r	s.t.
29	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
30	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
32	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r	s.t.
33	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
34	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
35	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	s.t.
36	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
37	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	s.t.
38	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	s.t.
39	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r	s.t.
40	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
41	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
42	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
43	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
44	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
45	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
46	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
47	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
48	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
49	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
50	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
51	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
52	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	s.t.
53	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r	s.t.
54	Mikel Landa	Movistar	s.t.
55	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	Axel Domont	Ag2r	s.t.
57	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	s.t.
58	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	s.t.
59	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
60	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
61	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
62	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	@ 36sec
63	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
64	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	+3' 31''
65	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
66	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
67	Jim Brown	Great Britain	s.t.
68	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
69	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	s.t.
70	Yoann Offredo	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
72	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
73	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
74	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
75	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
76	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
77	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
78	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
79	Matt Walls	Great Britain	s.t.
80	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
81	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	s.t.
82	Luis Villalobos	EF Education First	s.t.
83	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
84	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
87	Moreno Hofland	EF Education First	s.t.
88	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
89	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
91	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
92	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
93	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
94	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
95	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
96	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
97	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	s.t.
98	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
99	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
100	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
101	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
102	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
103	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
104	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	+6' 28''
105	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
106	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
107	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
108	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
109	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	+7' 43''
110	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
111	Juri Hollmann	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
112	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
113	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
114	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
115	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	+10' 06''
116	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
117	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	s.t.
118	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

367.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.769 km/hr

1	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	8hr 35min 25sec
2	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	@ 11sec
3	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
4	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	+13''
5	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	+16''
6	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	+17''
7	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
8	Loïc Vliegen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
10	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
11	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
12	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	s.t.
13	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
14	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
15	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	s.t.
16	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
17	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
18	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
19	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
20	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r	s.t.
21	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
22	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	s.t.
24	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
25	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r	s.t.
26	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	s.t.
27	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	s.t.
28	Benjamin Declercq	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
29	Mark Donovan	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
30	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
31	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
32	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
33	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	s.t.
34	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
35	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
36	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
37	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
38	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	s.t.
39	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
40	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
41	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
42	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	s.t.
43	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	s.t.
44	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	s.t.
45	Mark Christian	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
46	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r	s.t.
47	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
48	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
49	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
50	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	s.t.
51	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
52	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
53	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r	s.t.
54	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	s.t.
55	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
56	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
57	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
58	Mikel Landa	Movistar	s.t.
59	Axel Domont	Ag2r	s.t.
60	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
61	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	s.t.
62	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	+53''
63	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
64	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	+3' 38''
65	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	+3' 39''
66	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	+3' 43''
67	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	+3' 48''
68	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
69	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
70	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
72	Matt Walls	Great Britain	s.t.
73	Yoann Offredo	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
74	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
75	Robert Scott	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
76	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
77	Gabriel Cullaigh	Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
78	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	s.t.
79	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
80	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
81	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
82	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
83	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
84	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
85	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	s.t.
86	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
87	Luis Villalobos	EF Education First	s.t.
88	Jim Brown	Great Britain	s.t.
89	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
90	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
91	Moreno Hofland	EF Education First	s.t.
92	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
93	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
94	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
95	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
96	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	s.t.
98	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
99	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
101	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	+4' 55''
102	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+5' 17''
103	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	+6' 45''
104	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
105	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
106	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
107	James Fouche	Wiggins-Le Col	+7' 11''
108	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	+7' 25''
109	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	+7' 56''
110	Samuel Jenner	Wiggins-Le Col	+7' 58''
111	Juri Hollmann	Katusha-Alpecin	+8' 00''
112	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
113	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
114	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
115	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	+10' 11''
116	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	+10' 23''
117	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	+11' 03''
118	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+14' 54''

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Saturday, September 7: Stage 1, Glasgow - Kirkcudbright, 201.5 km

Dylan Groenewegen takes the first stage.

Weather at the finish city of Kirkcudbright at 1:30 PM, local time: 15C (59F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here is the organizer's stage one summary.

Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen returned to the OVO Energy Tour of Britain in style on Saturday, winning the opening stage of the 2019 race between Glasgow and Kirkcudbright in Scotland.

Groenewegen, a two-time stage winner in the event, beat Davide Cimolai (Israel Cycling Academy) and former European champion Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-SCOTT) to the line in the Dumfries & Galloway market town after a textbook lead-out from his Jumbo – Visma Cycling team-mates.

He moves into the OVO Energy green jersey of race leader going into Sunday’s second stage in the Scottish Borders.

Groenewegen said: “It was perfect; we had no help today so we did it all as a team. We rode very strongly to catch the breakaway and make it a sprint. I could take my own line; it was a very good lead-out. I was on the wheel of [Matteo] Trentin, and then I went full gas.

“I’ll look at the road book this evening – I think tomorrow’s a new chance and I will try.”

Team Jumbo Visma had worked tirelessly on the front of the peloton throughout the stage south from Glasgow city centre, with little assistance from other teams. Their work kept the day’s breakaway pinned with never more than a two-minute advantage, as Rory Townsend (Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes), James Fouche (Team WIGGINS Le Col), Jacob Scott (SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling) and Dries de Bondt (Corendon – Circus) toiled in the warm Scottish sunshine on the race’s longest day.

Consolation for Townsend was the Eisberg sprints jersey, Wahooligan Combativity Award and a position second in the general classification thanks to time bonuses, three seconds behind Groenewegen.

“It was an absolutely epic stage,” said Townsend following the finish in Kirkcudbright. “The stage itself it started really hard, it seemed like a lot more people were interested in trying to get away this year, I think maybe just the nature of the course means that people don’t necessarily know what they’re going to get out of the race so maybe there’s a little bit more interest in the breakaway so yeah it took a while to go and then once it was the right formation of riders we were away but it seemed like quite a nervous day, we never got more than a minute forty and for 200 kilometres you’re always sort of looking over your shoulder which is not always too much fun but all in all we’re really happy with the day.

“The Wahooligan combativity is a nice extra bonus, that for me is the icing on the cake because to be voted by the people watching at home is so flattering, really, really nice.”

Jacob Scott led the race over all three SKODA King of the Mountains climbs to take the best climbers jersey, already with a five-point advantage on fellow escapee James Fouche.

Complete results

201.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.207 km/hr

1	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 39min 49sec
2	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
3	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
4	Mathieu van der Poe	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
5	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	s.t.
6	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
7	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
8	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
10	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	s.t.
11	Matt Walls	Great Britain	s.t.
12	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
13	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
14	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Loïc Vliegen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
16	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
17	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	Dries Van Gestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
20	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
22	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
23	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
24	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
25	Yoann Offredo	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
26	Gabriel Cullaigh	Team Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
27	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	Robert Scott	Team Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
29	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	s.t.
30	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
32	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	s.t.
34	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	s.t.
35	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
38	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
39	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
40	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
41	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
42	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
43	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
44	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
46	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	s.t.
47	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
48	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
49	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
50	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	s.t.
51	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
52	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
53	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
54	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
56	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
57	Mark Donovan	Team Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
58	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
59	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
60	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
61	Luis Villalobos	EF Education First	s.t.
62	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
63	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
64	Juri Hollmann	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
66	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
67	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	s.t.
68	Benjamin Declercq	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
69	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
70	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
72	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	s.t.
73	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	s.t.
74	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	s.t.
75	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
76	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
77	Jim Brown	Great Britain	s.t.
78	Moreno Hofland	EF Education First	s.t.
79	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	s.t.
80	Mark Christian	Team Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
81	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
82	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
83	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
84	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
85	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
86	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
87	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
89	Samuel Jenner	Team Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
90	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
91	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
92	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	s.t.
93	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	s.t.
94	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	s.t.
96	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
97	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
98	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
100	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
101	Mikel Landa	Movistar	s.t.
102	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
103	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
104	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
105	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
106	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
107	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
108	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
109	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
110	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
111	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
112	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	s.t.
113	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	s.t.
114	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
115	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	@ 40sec
116	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
117	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	+1' 07''
118	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+1' 29''
119	James Fouche	Team Wiggins-Le Col	+3' 23''
120	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+4' 31''

GC after stage 1:

1	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 39min 39sec
2	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb	@ 3sec
3	Davide Cimolai	Israel Cycling Academy	+4''
4	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Dries De Bondt	Corendon-Circus	+5''
6	Matteo Trentin	Mitchelton-Scott	+6''
7	Mathieu van der Poel	Corendon-Circus	+10''
8	Ben Swift	Team INEOS	s.t.
9	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
10	Trond Trondsen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
11	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
12	Matthew Bostock	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
13	Sacha Modolo	EF Education First	s.t.
14	Matt Walls	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	Nils Eekhoff	Team Sunweb	s.t.
17	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
18	Loïc Vliegen	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
19	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
20	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	s.t.
21	Dries Van Gestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
22	Harry Tanfield	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
23	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
24	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
25	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
26	Pete Williams	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
27	Brent Van Moer	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
28	Yoann Offredo	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
29	Gabriel Cullaigh	Team Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
30	Nils Politt	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
31	Robert Scott	Team Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
32	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	s.t.
33	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
35	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Pavel Sivakov	Team INEOS	s.t.
37	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education First	s.t.
38	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
39	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	Alex Dowsett	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
41	Alexander Edmondson	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
42	Jack Bauer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
43	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
44	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
45	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
46	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
47	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	James Shaw	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
49	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	s.t.
50	Benjamin Perry	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
51	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
52	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
53	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	s.t.
54	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
55	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
56	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
57	Otto Vergaerde	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
58	Matthew Holmes	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
59	Mark Donovan	Team Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
60	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	s.t.
61	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
62	Lasse Hansen	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
63	Luis Villalobos	EF Education First	s.t.
64	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
66	Juri Hollmann	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
67	Rasmus Iversen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
68	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Movistar	s.t.
69	Benjamin Declercq	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
70	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
71	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
72	Andrew Tennant	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
73	Roy Curvers	Team Sunweb	s.t.
74	Eddie Dunbar	Team INEOS	s.t.
75	Dylan van Baarle	Team INEOS	s.t.
76	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
77	Luke Durbridge	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
78	Jim Brown	Great Britain	s.t.
79	Moreno Hofland	EF Education First	s.t.
80	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	s.t.
81	Mark Christian	Team Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
82	Philipp Walsleben	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
83	Erick Rowsell	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
84	Michael Cuming	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
85	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
86	Ben Hardy	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
87	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
88	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
90	Samuel Jenner	Team Wiggins-Le Col	s.t.
91	Jimmy Janssens	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
92	Omer Goldshtein	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
93	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	s.t.
95	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	Michal Golas	Team INEOS	s.t.
97	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
98	Jon Dibben	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
99	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	Tristan Robbins	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
101	Rémy Mertz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
102	Mikel Landa	Movistar	s.t.
103	Sindre Lunke	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
104	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
105	Alex Colman	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
106	Jonathan McEvoy	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
107	Joey Walker	Madison-Genesis	s.t.
108	Ed Laverack	SwiftCarbon	s.t.
109	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
110	Alexander Kamp	Riwal-Readynez	s.t.
111	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
112	Rhys Britton	Great Britain	s.t.
113	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	s.t.
114	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
115	Torkil Veyhe	Riwal-Readynez	+50''
116	Thomas Stewart	Canyon-dhb	s.t.
117	Jacob Scott	SwiftCarbon	+1' 17''
118	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	+1' 39''
119	James Fouche	Team Wiggins-Le Col	+3' 33''
120	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	+4' 41''