2016 Tour of Britain (HC)
22nd edition: September 4 - September 11, 2016
Tour of Britain podium history | 2015 edition | 2017 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7a | Stage 7b | Stage 8
Sunday, September 11: 8th and final stage, London - London, 99.2 km
16 laps of 6.2 km
Caleb Ewan wins Britain Tour stage 8
The Race: Here's the story from stage winner Caleb Ewan's Orica-BikeExchange team.
Multiple Tour Down Under stage winner Caleb Ewan sprinted brilliantly to victory on the eighth and final stage of the Tour of Britain today, blowing away the bunch to win by at least two clear bike lengths.
A breakaway of four was away for 90kilometres of the race before being caught with ten kilometres to go as the peloton began to organise itself for the sprint. The 22-year-old was well positioned by his ORICA-BikeExchange teammates going into the finale and was able to maintain his speed after a blistering early acceleration.
“I am super happy,” said Ewan at the finish. “It's great to finally get the win after coming close a couple of times earlier in the race, it all worked out perfectly today. It was a short but really fast stage that definitely suited me. The guys did a great job of keeping me in position and thankfully I was able to finish it off.”
A solid eight days of racing from ORICA-BikeExchange saw Ewan claim second place in the sprint on the opening stage then fourth on stage five whilst Slovenian Luka Mezgec notched up three top-ten finishes.
Basque climber Amets Txurruka was the highest placed rider for ORICA-BikeExchange on the general classification in 38th place with Stephen Cummings (Dimension-Data) winning the overall title.
Sport director Matt Wilson was pleased with the result and happy to finally get the win. “Obviously it was a fantastic result,” said Wilson. “We are all really happy with how it went today. It was our last chance to get the win and the stage suited Caleb (Ewan) very well.”
“The team did an excellent job in getting Caleb into the best position and he finished it off very very well and ended up winning by a few bike lengths. All the guys are super happy to have finally gotten the win that we’ve been working for all week. We left it until the last moment, but it’s great place to have taken the victory.”
How it happened: A fast start to the eighth and final stage in London saw four riders go clear on the first lap of sixteen and begin to develop an advantage. The quartet included Taylor Phinney (BMC). Thirty seconds separated the field and the leaders after four laps of racing with the pace remaining high.
Huge crowds lined the streets of central London as the Phinney group extended their advantage to one minute at the halfway point with Dimension-Data lined out at the front of the chasing peloton. With three laps remaining the lead group had been reduced to a trio with only 18seconds on the peloton and Etixx-Quickstep now on the front and leading the chase.
The catch was made with ten kilometres to go as the sprinter's teams began to fight for position at the front of the bunch with Etixx-Quickstep and Tony Martin leading the way. Team-Sky moved up inside the final few kilometres and led the bunch into the finale with Ewan tucked into the group a few wheels back.
The young Australian started his sprint early as the bunch began to split and flew up the side of the road to take a well deserved victory by more than a couple of bike lengths.
Complete Results:
99.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.997 km/hr
1 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | 2hr 9min 24sec |
2 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
3 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
4 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
5 | Elia Viviani | Sky | s.t. |
6 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
7 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | s.t. |
8 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
9 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
10 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
11 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
12 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
13 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
14 | Rick Zabel | BMC | s.t. |
15 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
16 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
17 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | s.t. |
18 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
19 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
20 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
21 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
22 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | s.t. |
23 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
24 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
25 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
26 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | s.t. |
27 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
28 | Ben Swift | Sky | s.t. |
29 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | s.t. |
30 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
31 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
32 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
33 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
34 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
35 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
36 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
37 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | s.t. |
38 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
39 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
40 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
41 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | @ 10sec |
42 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | s.t. |
43 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | s.t. |
44 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | s.t. |
45 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | s.t. |
46 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | +18'' |
47 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | +21'' |
48 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | s.t. |
49 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | +26'' |
50 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | +31'' |
51 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | +33'' |
52 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | +37'' |
53 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
54 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
55 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
56 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
57 | Wout Poels | Sky | s.t. |
58 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | s.t. |
59 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
60 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | +46'' |
61 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | +48'' |
62 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +49'' |
63 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | +54'' |
64 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 01'' |
65 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
66 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | s.t. |
67 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
68 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
69 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
70 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
71 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | +1' 09'' |
72 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | +1' 14'' |
73 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | s.t. |
74 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
75 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | s.t. |
76 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
77 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | +1' 22'' |
78 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
79 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | +1' 26'' |
80 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
81 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
82 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
83 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
84 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | +1' 30'' |
85 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | +1' 34'' |
86 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | +1' 37'' |
87 | Ian Stannard | Sky | +1' 38'' |
88 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | s.t. |
89 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | s.t. |
90 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +1' 42'' |
91 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | +2' 20'' |
92 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
93 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | +2' 37'' |
94 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | +3' 07'' |
95 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
96 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | +3' 11'' |
97 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | s.t. |
98 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | +3' 12'' |
99 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | +3' 14'' |
100 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
101 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | +3' 17'' |
102 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | +3' 19'' |
103 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | +3' 20'' |
104 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | +3' 31'' |
105 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | +5' 02'' |
106 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
107 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
108 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
109 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | +5' 53'' |
110 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
111 | Liam Stones | NFTO | +5' 54'' |
Final GC after stage 8:
- GC winner: Steve Cummings (Dimension Data)
- Points classification winner: Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo)
- Mountains classification winner: Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
- Team classification winner: Team Sky
1,296.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.139 km/hr
1 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | 31hr 30min 45sec |
2 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | @ 26sec |
3 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | +38'' |
4 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | @ 1min 2sec |
5 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | +1' 21'' |
6 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | +1' 26'' |
7 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 48'' |
8 | Ben Swift | Sky | +1' 52'' |
9 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | +2' 12'' |
10 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | +2' 32'' |
11 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +2' 52'' |
12 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | +4' 02'' |
13 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +5' 10'' |
14 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | +5' 23'' |
15 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | +5' 41'' |
16 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | +6' 10'' |
17 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | +7' 05'' |
18 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | +8' 11'' |
19 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | +8' 15'' |
20 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | +8' 42'' |
21 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | +9' 32'' |
22 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | +9' 54'' |
23 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | +11' 04'' |
24 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | +11' 35'' |
25 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | +12' 39'' |
26 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | +12' 50'' |
27 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +13' 59'' |
28 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | +15' 23'' |
29 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +16' 19'' |
30 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | +16' 20'' |
31 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | s.t. |
32 | Wout Poels | Sky | +16' 52'' |
33 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | +17' 32'' |
34 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | +17' 58'' |
35 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | +18' 15'' |
36 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | +18' 29'' |
37 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | +19' 55'' |
38 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | +20' 04'' |
39 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | +21' 03'' |
40 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | +21' 32'' |
41 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | +22' 23'' |
42 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | +24' 25'' |
43 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | +26' 20'' |
44 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | +26' 31'' |
45 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +27' 51'' |
46 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | +28' 37'' |
47 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +28' 46'' |
48 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | +28' 58'' |
49 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | +28' 59'' |
50 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | +31' 38'' |
51 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | +31' 48'' |
52 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | +32' 16'' |
53 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | +32' 23'' |
54 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | +33' 18'' |
55 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | +35' 19'' |
56 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | +35' 43'' |
57 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | +36' 10'' |
58 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | +37' 10'' |
59 | Ian Stannard | Sky | +38' 09'' |
60 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | +38' 31'' |
61 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | +39' 10'' |
62 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | +39' 16'' |
63 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | +39' 50'' |
64 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | +40' 08'' |
65 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | +40' 17'' |
66 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | +40' 39'' |
67 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | +40' 50'' |
68 | Rick Zabel | BMC | +41' 01'' |
69 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | +41' 11'' |
70 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | +43' 41'' |
71 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | +44' 47'' |
72 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | +44' 51'' |
73 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF | +45' 59'' |
74 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | +46' 32'' |
75 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | +47' 47'' |
76 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | +48' 09'' |
77 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | +49' 27'' |
78 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +49' 38'' |
79 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | +51' 07'' |
80 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | +53' 20'' |
81 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | +53' 37'' |
82 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +54' 17'' |
83 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | +55' 46'' |
84 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | +56' 06'' |
85 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | +56' 24'' |
86 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | +56' 34'' |
87 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani CSF | +56' 47'' |
88 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | +57' 37'' |
89 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | +57' 57'' |
90 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | +58' 17'' |
91 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | +1h 00' 09'' |
92 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | +1h 00' 10'' |
93 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | +1h 02' 04'' |
94 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | +1h 02' 10'' |
95 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | +1h 02' 23'' |
96 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | +1h 07' 01'' |
97 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | +1h 07' 16'' |
98 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | +1h 09' 40'' |
99 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | +1h 11' 12'' |
100 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | +1h 12' 13'' |
101 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | +1h 13' 12'' |
102 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | +1h 16' 01'' |
103 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | +1h 17' 32'' |
104 | Elia Viviani | Sky | +1h 18' 10'' |
105 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | +1h 19' 04'' |
106 | Liam Stones | NFTO | +1h 19' 56'' |
107 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | +1h 20' 33'' |
108 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | +1h 23' 21'' |
109 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | +1h 24' 38'' |
110 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | +1h 34' 28'' |
111 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +1h 37' 37'' |
Saturday, September 10: Stage 7b, Bristol circuit race, 90.6 km
Rohan Dennis wins Tour of Britain stage 7b
The Race: Stage winner Rohan Dennis' BMC sent me this report of the day's racing.
10 September 2016, Bristol (GBR): Tour of Britain Stage 7 was a tale of two parts with riders tackling both an individual time trial as well as a circuit race through the centre of Bristol and saw Dennis put in two strong performances to move into second overall on the General Classification.
Dennis was one of the final riders to roll off the ramp to start the time trial and was quickly able to find his rhythm, setting the fastest time at the intermediate check point. The Australian time trial champion was able to hold his form over the second half of the course and stopped the clock at 18:09 with only the time set by Tony Martin (Etixx - Quick Step) able to deny him a spot on the podium.
With another second place finish, Dennis further cemented his place at the top of the General Classification and inched closer to race leader Steve Cummings (Team Dimension Data), sitting 38 seconds back alongside Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant Alepcin). Taylor Phinney also started strongly over the 14.2km time trial course and set a competitive time at the first intermediate time check point but an unfortunate crash on the slippery roads saw him eventually cross the line just outside of the top ten in eleventh place, 40 seconds behind the stage winner Martin.
With the time trial wrapped up, the focus shifted to the day's 90km road race. With all the riders aware of what was to come over the circuit, the racing was aggressive as soon as the flag was dropped.
After two of six laps, a four-rider breakaway was able to extend a lead over the peloton but their advantage was kept within grasp, never reaching beyond 1 minute 40 seconds. The peloton brought the gap down to under a minute heading into the penultimate lap before the chase really stated with 15km to go.
Late attacks from the breakaway group saw the peloton have to wait until inside the final 4km to catch the remaining breakaway riders before heading onto the last ascent up Bridge Valley Road and the run in to the line. With less than one second separating him from Dumoulin after the earlier time trial, Dennis made an impressive move off the front of the re-grouped peloton on the final slopes of this climb.
Dennis then dug deep to ride solo over the final kilometers of the day to take victory as well as six bonus seconds which saw him move up into second on the General Classification, 26 seconds behind Cummings with only one stage remaining.
Winner's Interview with Rohan Dennis:
Congratulations, Rohan. Two stages in one day including victory in the circuit race, how are you feeling right now?
"I feel pretty good. Obviously it's great to win and the team has worked for me all week which I am thankful for. I think in hindsight we had to throw everything at a few stages early on and we probably have to say that the GC is done and dusted but the team worked well for me today again and I am glad that I could pull it off at the finish line and finally get that win."
"As a team we have been knocking on door this week and coming second again in the time trial was a bit frustrating so it is definitely a good feeling that the team got that win and now we can walk away from the race knowing we have done everything we could to win."
"It's been really hard race this week and I think most days I have tried to open the race up and put myself in the best place to win and I think I really showed that today as well but if you don't try, you won't win."
How was the transition today between the time trial and the circuit race?
"I was fairly happy with how I did in the time trial and I was the quickest on the climb so we took a little bit of confidence out of that and as a team we discussed that if I could go for it on that final climb I would."
"I haven't ridden double stages consistently since I raced U23 back in 2010 so refocussing wasn't easy and actually over the first lap a lot of the GC guys actually got caught up when the peloton split. So, in the end it was actually a stage that once you were in there you couldn't take it easy or you could have lost the GC."
Can you talk us through the moment you decided to attack on the final climb?
"Coming into the second part of today I wanted to go all or nothing but at the beginning of the race I wasn't feeling too keen to go for it but when you get towards that point and everyone is fighting and the team is pushing you up and you feel like you have the legs, you tend to switch on mentally and that's when I started to play it by feel. When Dumoulin slowed down a bit I thought now is the time to attack and thankfully I was able to hold on to it.
And looking ahead to tomorrow?
"Tomorrow should be straight forward but sometimes when you know that and you know it is going to be a sprint you switch off mentally and that can be dangerous. The main thing we have to do is stay on it and not relax too much and as we have done all week if we see an opportunity to something with any of our riders we will take it."
Sports Director Jackson Stewart: "It was actually really helpful that we had the time trial before the circuit race. it was wet in the morning and we did a lap to check out the TT and for me, the course was a little bit more technical that I had pictured with a fast descent and a decent climb. With that in mind and with the weather, we didn't want to take a lot of risks, at least Rohan didn't looking at the objectives for the rest of the season and as we knew it was a tough ask to take first on GC."
"Rohan took it cautiously, unlike Phinney who went full gas and had a bit of the spill but thankfully he was alright. What we saw though was that on the second half of the time trial the effort Rohan put in on the climb was unmatched by anyone so heading into the circuit race we said that if he felt like he could do it, he would give it the same power and we believed he could win with that. Luckily he didn't have to do it alone and the team were able to move him up into position. Plus Lotto Soudal and Dumoulin tried to make it hard early and I think that set him up pretty well. He rode really smart today and timed it perfectly in the end."
"Across the board at every race the team have been riding well but until you get that win it almost feels like you haven't proved it so it's a great feeling for us here. Tomorrow is traditionally a sprint and I think we will probably see a fast race and one easy to control for the sprinter's teams but we will see what could happen."
Complete results:
90.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.796 km/hr
1 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | 1hr 58min 42sec |
2 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | @ 6sec |
3 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
4 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | s.t. |
5 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
6 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
7 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
8 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
9 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
10 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
11 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
12 | Ben Swift | Sky | s.t. |
13 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
14 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
15 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | s.t. |
16 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | s.t. |
17 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
18 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
19 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +10'' |
20 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
21 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
22 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
23 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
24 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
25 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
26 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | +14'' |
27 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +16'' |
28 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | +29'' |
29 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
30 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | +36'' |
31 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
32 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | s.t. |
33 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani-CSF | +38'' |
34 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
35 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
36 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
37 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
38 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
39 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | s.t. |
40 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | +46'' |
41 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | +58'' |
42 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +1' 18'' |
43 | Rick Zabel | BMC | +1' 19'' |
44 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | +1' 21'' |
45 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
46 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
47 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | +1' 33'' |
48 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | s.t. |
49 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | s.t. |
50 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | s.t. |
51 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
52 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
53 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
54 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
55 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
56 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
57 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | +2' 13'' |
58 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | +2' 33'' |
59 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | s.t. |
60 | Wout Poels | Sky | s.t. |
61 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
62 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
63 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | s.t. |
64 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
65 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
66 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
67 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
68 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +3' 04'' |
69 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | +3' 13'' |
70 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | s.t. |
71 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
72 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
73 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | s.t. |
74 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
75 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | +3' 28'' |
76 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | s.t. |
77 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
78 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | s.t. |
79 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
80 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
81 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
82 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
83 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
84 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
85 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
86 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
87 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
88 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | +3' 57'' |
89 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
90 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | +4' 01'' |
91 | Ian Stannard | Sky | s.t. |
92 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
93 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
94 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | +4' 52'' |
95 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | +5' 11'' |
96 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | +7' 03'' |
97 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | +7' 08'' |
98 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
99 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
100 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
101 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | +8' 31'' |
102 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | s.t. |
103 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
104 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
105 | Elia Viviani | Sky | +9' 10'' |
106 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | s.t. |
107 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
108 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
109 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
110 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
111 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
112 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
113 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
114 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
115 | Liam Stones | NFTO | s.t. |
GC after Stage 7b:
- GC leader: Steve Cummings (Dimension Data)
- Points classification leader: Rohan Dennis (BMC)
- Mountains classification leader: Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
- Team classification leader: Team Sky
1,197.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.782 km/hr
1 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | 29hr 21min 21sec |
2 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | @ 26sec |
3 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | +38'' |
4 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | +1' 02'' |
5 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | +1' 21'' |
6 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | +1' 26'' |
7 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 48'' |
8 | Ben Swift | Sky | +1' 52'' |
9 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | +2' 12'' |
10 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | +2' 32'' |
11 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +2' 52'' |
12 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | +4' 02'' |
13 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +4' 33'' |
14 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | +5' 23'' |
15 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | +5' 41'' |
16 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | +6' 10'' |
17 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | +7' 05'' |
18 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | +7' 36'' |
19 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani-CSF | +7' 54'' |
20 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | +8' 11'' |
21 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | +8' 42'' |
22 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | +8' 55'' |
23 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani-CSF | +9' 25'' |
24 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | +9' 54'' |
25 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | +11' 04'' |
26 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | +11' 09'' |
27 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | +12' 50'' |
28 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +13' 10'' |
29 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +14' 53'' |
30 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | +15' 06'' |
31 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | +15' 13'' |
32 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | +15' 59'' |
33 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | +16' 13'' |
34 | Wout Poels | Sky | +16' 15'' |
35 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | +16' 30'' |
36 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | +17' 12'' |
37 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | +17' 32'' |
38 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | +17' 38'' |
39 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | +18' 55'' |
40 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | +19' 31'' |
41 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani-CSF | +19' 33'' |
42 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | +19' 37'' |
43 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | +23' 48'' |
44 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +24' 44'' |
45 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | +25' 27'' |
46 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | +25' 30'' |
47 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | +25' 49'' |
48 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +27' 45'' |
49 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | +28' 22'' |
50 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | +28' 37'' |
51 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | +30' 04'' |
52 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +31' 13'' |
53 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | +31' 14'' |
54 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | +31' 38'' |
55 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | +31' 38'' |
56 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | +32' 16'' |
57 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | +34' 18'' |
58 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | +34' 29'' |
59 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | +34' 46'' |
60 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | +35' 10'' |
61 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | +35' 23'' |
62 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | +35' 33'' |
63 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | +36' 10'' |
64 | Ian Stannard | Sky | +36' 31'' |
65 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | +36' 57'' |
66 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | +38' 12'' |
67 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | +38' 31'' |
68 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | +38' 43'' |
69 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | +39' 16'' |
70 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | +40' 23'' |
71 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | +40' 50'' |
72 | Rick Zabel | BMC | +41' 01'' |
73 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | +43' 41'' |
74 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | +43' 46'' |
75 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | +44' 14'' |
76 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF | +44' 37'' |
77 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | +46' 35'' |
78 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | +46' 42'' |
79 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | +46' 53'' |
80 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +48' 37'' |
81 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani-CSF | +49' 27'' |
82 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | +51' 07'' |
83 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | +52' 11'' |
84 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +52' 35'' |
85 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | +53' 20'' |
86 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | +54' 30'' |
87 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | +54' 56'' |
88 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | +55' 06'' |
89 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | +55' 10'' |
90 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | +55' 36'' |
91 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | +55' 56'' |
92 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | +56' 31'' |
93 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani-CSF | +56' 47'' |
94 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | +58' 47'' |
95 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | +1h 00' 00'' |
96 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | +1h 00' 56'' |
97 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | +1h 01' 22'' |
98 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | +1h 02' 04'' |
99 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | +1h 05' 47'' |
100 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | +1h 06' 15'' |
101 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | +1h 07' 20'' |
102 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | +1h 08' 01'' |
103 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | +1h 08' 10'' |
104 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | +1h 11' 05'' |
105 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | +1h 11' 12'' |
106 | Liam Stones | NFTO | +1h 14' 02'' |
107 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | +1h 16' 06'' |
108 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | +1h 16' 15'' |
109 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Wiggins | +1h 17' 38'' |
110 | Elia Viviani | Sky | +1h 18' 10'' |
111 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | +1h 19' 56'' |
112 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | +1h 20' 09'' |
113 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | +1h 21' 19'' |
114 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | +1h 31' 11'' |
115 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +1h 37' 37'' |
Saturday, September 10: Stage 7a, Bristol 15 km individual time trial
Tony Martin riding to his stage 7a win
The Race: Here's the story from Stage winner Tony Martin's Etixx-Quick Step team.
German ITT champion Tony Martin showed his class in stage 7a of the Tour of Britain, which he won after a remarkable ride.
Eight months since Etixx – Quick-Step's maiden success of the year, which came on the opening day of the Tour de San Luis, in the team time trial, our squad scored win number 50, also in a race against the clock, but this time in the Northern Hemisphere, at the Tour of Britain, where Etixx – Quick-Step holds the record for the most stage victories (20). Tony Martin was the one to take center stage on Saturday, on the streets of Bristol, where the race scheduled a 15-km long individual time trial.
The weather didn't play into the riders' advantage on stage 7a, as the rain made for some slippery roads, but that didn't stop Tony from racing one of his best time trials of the year. The German national champion, who rode this week in support of Julien Vermote while his Belgian teammate held the yellow jersey, headed down the ramp after doing a recon early in the morning and put in the big watts right from the start, going through the halfway mark one second faster than provisional leader Alex Dowsett (Movistar).
On the second part of the course, which included some rolling segments, Tony Martin continued to ride at a blistering pace, negotiated the corners and descents with huge confidence and smashed the Brit's time at the finish, where he was clocked up in 18:06. At the end of the day, the 31-year-old German Champion was three, respectively five seconds faster than Rohan Dennis (BMC) and Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin), who rounded out the podium. Another Etixx – Quick-Step rider, Julien Vermote, who won stage 2 and led the race for four days, posted a good time thanks to which he made his way back to the top 10 overall.
"The course was really nice, but the weather and the rain made it slippery and dangerous, especially as you had to fight for every second and give it your all in the corners. Fortunately, I did a good recon before the start and knew what were the tricky points of this route and how fast I could go", said Tony Martin, who took his first ever victory at the Tour of Britain.
After notching up Etixx – Quick-Step's 50th success since the start of the year, Tony talked of what this result means for him on a personal level: "To be sincere, I wasn't expecting to go so fast, because it's been a hard week for us, but sometimes when you don't expect a good performance you do even better. The world's best time trialists are here and to beat them so close to the World Championships in Qatar gives me a boost of morale and makes me really happy."
Results:
15 kilometers raced at an average speed of 49.724 km/hr
1 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | 18min 6sec |
2 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | @ 3sec |
3 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | +5'' |
4 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | +16'' |
5 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | +25'' |
6 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | s.t. |
7 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | +35'' |
8 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | +36'' |
9 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | +39'' |
10 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | +40'' |
11 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | s.t. |
12 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | +44'' |
13 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | +47'' |
14 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | +48'' |
15 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | +49'' |
16 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | +50'' |
17 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | +51'' |
18 | Ben Swift | Sky | +54'' |
19 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | +55'' |
20 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | +59'' |
21 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | +1' 00'' |
22 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | +1' 01'' |
23 | Wout Poels | Sky | s.t. |
24 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | +1' 02'' |
25 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
26 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | +1' 03'' |
27 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 06'' |
28 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
29 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | +1' 07'' |
30 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | s.t. |
31 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | +1' 18'' |
32 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
33 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | +1' 21'' |
34 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 23'' |
35 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | +1' 26'' |
36 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
37 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | +1' 28'' |
38 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | +1' 30'' |
39 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani-CSF | +1' 33'' |
40 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | +1' 36'' |
41 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +1' 38'' |
42 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
43 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | +1' 39'' |
44 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 40'' |
45 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
46 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
47 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | +1' 41'' |
48 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
49 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | +1' 44'' |
50 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | +1' 45'' |
51 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | +1' 47'' |
52 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | +1' 49'' |
53 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | s.t. |
54 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 50'' |
55 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | +1' 51'' |
56 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
57 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
58 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF | +1' 54'' |
59 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | +1' 57'' |
60 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | +1' 58'' |
61 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | +1' 59'' |
62 | Rick Zabel | BMC | +2' 02'' |
63 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | +2' 03'' |
64 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
65 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +2' 04'' |
66 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | +2' 09'' |
67 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | +2' 13'' |
68 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | +2' 14'' |
69 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
70 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | +2' 15'' |
71 | Liam Stones | NFTO | +2' 17'' |
72 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | +2' 18'' |
73 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +2' 20'' |
74 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | +2' 21'' |
75 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | +2' 23'' |
76 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | +2' 24'' |
77 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
78 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
79 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Wiggins | +2' 25'' |
80 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | +2' 26'' |
81 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | +2' 28'' |
82 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +2' 29'' |
83 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani-CSF | +2' 30'' |
84 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | +2' 31'' |
85 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | +2' 32'' |
86 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | +2' 34'' |
87 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | s.t. |
88 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | +2' 35'' |
89 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
90 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | +2' 37'' |
91 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
92 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
93 | Elia Viviani | Sky | +2' 39'' |
94 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | +2' 40'' |
95 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +2' 40'' |
96 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | +2' 41'' |
97 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | +2' 42'' |
98 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | s.t. |
99 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | +2' 46'' |
100 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | +2' 49'' |
101 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | +2' 50'' |
102 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | +2' 53'' |
103 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | +2' 57'' |
104 | Ian Stannard | Sky | s.t. |
105 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | +2' 58'' |
106 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | +3' 08'' |
107 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
108 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | +3' 11'' |
109 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | +3' 12'' |
110 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | +3' 13'' |
111 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | +3' 17'' |
112 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
113 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | +3' 18'' |
114 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | +3' 33'' |
115 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | +3' 34'' |
116 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | +4' 52'' |
GC after Stage 7a:
- Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data) 27hr 22min 23sec
- Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) @ 38sec
- Rohan Dennis (BMC) s.t.
- Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal) @ 1min 2sec
- Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac) @ 1min 21sec
- Nicolas Roche (Sky) @ 1mi 26sec
- Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) @ 1min 48sec
- Ben Swift (Sky) @ 1min 52sec
- Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quick Step) @ 2min 8sec
- Jacopo Mosca (Trek-Segafredo) @ 2min 32sec
Friday, September 9: Stage 6, Sidmouth - Haytor, 149.9 km
Wouter Poels wins Tour of Britain stage 6
The Race: Stage winner Wouter Poels' Team Sky told the story of the day's racing thus:
Wout Poels stormed to victory on the Tour of Britain's queen stage for the second year running.
Poels jumped away from a severely reduced peloton in the closing two kilometres on the race's only summit finish and nobody could catch the Dutchman, who claimed the win atop the famous Haytor climb.
Ian Stannard and Danny van Poppel had both produced excellent and sustained shifts at the front of the peloton in the closing 30km to bring the break back and then Poels did the rest, following the early moves on the 6km Haytor, before picking his moment perfectly.
Countryman Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) briefly looked like he might be able to follow Poels, but he couldn't haul him back, and the 28 year old replicated his 2015 success, when he won atop Hartside Fell.
Ben Swift and Nicolas Roche dug in to finish strongly, with Roche coming home sixth, and Swift finishing just outside the top 10 to both remain well positioned overall. Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) battled to eighth to move into the race lead.
Speaking after the stage Poels expressed his delight at winning at the Tour of Britain for the second year running. He said: "It's really nice to win, especially as there's only one uphill finish. I'm really happy with that. I wanted to try here for the GC but the second day wasn't good, so I really wanted to win today on this finish.
"It's my third win at the Tour of Britain, and sixth of the season! It's been going really well this year and it's always nice to win at the Tour of Britain. It's a really nice race with lots of crowds. On the climb it was really busy, and I really like it when the school children are out next to the road. We don't have that in the Netherlands and it's nice to see. We took control a little bit in the last part and we wanted to close the gap to go for the stage victory. Yogi and Danny did a really, really good job."
Just four men went up the road almost straight from the gun, but their gap never looked dangerous. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) hit out alone on the penultimate climb as the peloton closed on the group, although the move always looked to be in vain - and so it proved.
Once Stannard and Van Poppel hit the front the gap was whittled down, and the catch was made inside the final 10km. Van Poppel then kept the pace high, preventing further attacks ahead of the climb, before Poels patrolled the front of the bunch on the Haytor's early slopes.
A four-man group went clear, including Poels, and then the Dutchman went alone at the perfect moment to seal the win.
Complete results:
1 | POELS Wouter | Sky | 3hr 56min 15sec |
2 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | @ 7sec |
3 | DUMOULIN Tom | Giant-Alpecin | 0:00:08 |
4 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Cannondale-Drapac | 0:00:12 |
5 | MEURISSE Xandro | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:00:17 |
6 | ROCHE Nicholas | Sky | s.t. |
7 | GALLOPIN Tony | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
8 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | 0:00:21 |
9 | ROWSELL Erick | Madison Genesis | 0:00:31 |
10 | IZAGUIRRE Gorka | Movistar | s.t. |
11 | MOSCA Jacopo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
12 | MARTIN Guillaume | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
13 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | Great Britain | 0:00:35 |
14 | SWIFT Ben | Sky | 0:00:38 |
15 | CHRISTIAN Mark | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
16 | POWER Robert | Orica-BikeExchange | 0:00:47 |
17 | SMITH Dion | ONE Pro Cycling | 0:01:10 |
18 | TXURRUKA Amets | Orica-BikeExchange | 0:01:17 |
19 | BONGIORNO Francesco | Bardiani-CSF | 0:01:27 |
20 | MARTIN Daniel | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:01:33 |
21 | ZARDINI Edoardo | Bardiani-CSF | 0:01:41 |
22 | LAMPIER Steven | JLT Condor | 0:01:43 |
23 | GONCALVES Andre Maciel | Caja Rural | 0:01:52 |
24 | VERMOTE Julien | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
25 | THURAU Bjorn | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:01:55 |
26 | PEARSON Daniel | Team Wiggins | 0:01:57 |
27 | MARTIN Tony | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:02:33 |
28 | WILLIAMS Peter | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
29 | BOEM Nicola | Bardiani-CSF | 0:02:52 |
30 | DOWNING Russel | JLT Condor | 0:03:26 |
31 | ZEPUNTKE Ruben | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
32 | BRADBURY Edmund | NFTO | 0:03:32 |
33 | MORENO Javier | Movistar | 0:03:33 |
34 | ARCAS Jorge | Movistar | s.t. |
35 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:04:10 |
36 | RUBIO Diego | Caja Rural | 0:04:26 |
37 | VISCONTI Giovanni | Movistar | 0:04:31 |
38 | BAUER Jack | Cannondale-Drapac | 0:05:49 |
39 | MARTENS Paul | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
40 | VLIEGEN Loïc | BMC | 0:06:12 |
41 | MOINARD Amaël | BMC | s.t. |
42 | WYNANTS Maarten | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
43 | TUSVELD Martijn | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
44 | SLATER Alistair | JLT Condor | s.t. |
45 | LINDEMAN Bertjan | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:07:43 |
46 | MARCATO Marco | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:07:49 |
47 | VAN ZYL Johann | Dimension Data | 0:07:59 |
48 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:08:07 |
49 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | 0:08:47 |
50 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Sky | s.t. |
51 | STANNARD Ian | Sky | s.t. |
52 | BENITO Miguel Angel | Caja Rural | s.t. |
53 | HOLMES Matthew | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
54 | STEWART Thomas | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
55 | HOEKSTRA Jochem | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
56 | VEREECKEN Nicolas | An Post-Chainreaction | 0:10:51 |
57 | CURVERS Roy | Giant-Alpecin | 0:16:06 |
58 | MCCORMICK Hayden | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
59 | EWAN Caleb | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
60 | MCNALLY Mark | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
61 | CULLAIGH Gabriel | Great Britain | s.t. |
62 | MCLAY Daniel | Great Britain | s.t. |
63 | STEWART Mark | Great Britain | s.t. |
64 | SHAW James Callum | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
65 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
66 | SCOTT Jacob | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
67 | PHINNEY Taylor | BMC | 0:16:25 |
68 | ALAFACI Eugenio | Trek-Segafredo | 0:17:39 |
69 | COLEDAN Marco | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
70 | DOWSETT Alex | Movistar | s.t. |
71 | MULLEN Ryan | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
72 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
73 | SÁEZ Hector | Caja Rural | s.t. |
74 | DOMAGALSKI Karol | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
75 | VON HOFF Steele | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
76 | ARAMENDIA Javier | Caja Rural | s.t. |
77 | EISENHART Taylor | BMC | 0:17:48 |
78 | WOOD Oliver | Great Britain | 0:24:24 |
79 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | s.t. |
80 | CRONSHAW Mathew | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
81 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
82 | BLYTHE Adam | Great Britain | s.t. |
83 | BARBERO Carlos | Caja Rural | s.t. |
84 | DOULL Owain | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
85 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
86 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
87 | PARTRIDGE Robert | NFTO | s.t. |
88 | STONES Liam | NFTO | s.t. |
89 | LEEZER Tom | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
90 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
91 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
92 | HOUSE Kristian | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
93 | DIBBEN Jonathan | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
94 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
95 | LATHAM Christopher | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
96 | WASTYN Emiel | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
97 | VIVIANI Elia | Sky | s.t. |
98 | KENT-SPARK Oliver | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
99 | MOSES Thomas | JLT Condor | s.t. |
100 | SHAW Damien | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
101 | SIMION Paolo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
102 | GUNMAN Taylor Karl | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
103 | MCEVOY Jonathan | NFTO | s.t. |
104 | HEPBURN Michael | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
105 | BOVENHUIS Jasper | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
106 | MEZGEC Luka | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
107 | EDMONDSON Alexander | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
108 | VAN POPPEL Boy | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
109 | BIBBY Ian | NFTO | s.t. |
110 | APPLEBY Dale | NFTO | s.t. |
111 | WIGGINS Bradley | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
112 | EISEL Bernhard | Dimension Data | s.t. |
113 | THOMSON Jay Robert | Dimension Data | s.t. |
114 | LANGEVELD Sebastian | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
115 | DUNNE Conor | JLT Condor | s.t. |
116 | RUFFONI Nicola | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
117 | RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
GC after Stage 6:
1 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | 27hr 4min 11sec |
2 | DUMOULIN Tom | Giant-Alpecin | @ 49sec |
3 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | 0:00:51 |
4 | GALLOPIN Tony | Lotto-Soudal | 0:00:53 |
5 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Cannondale-Drapac | 0:00:57 |
6 | MEURISSE Xandro | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:00:58 |
7 | ROCHE Nicholas | Sky | 0:01:06 |
8 | SWIFT Ben | Sky | 0:01:14 |
9 | MOSCA Jacopo | Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:20 |
10 | MARTIN Guillaume | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:01:24 |
11 | VERMOTE Julien | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:01:25 |
12 | MARTIN Daniel | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:02:10 |
13 | CHRISTIAN Mark | Team Wiggins | 0:03:11 |
14 | ROWSELL Erick | Madison Genesis | 0:04:34 |
15 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | Great Britain | 0:04:51 |
16 | SMITH Dion | ONE Pro Cycling | 0:05:24 |
17 | LAMPIER Steven | JLT Condor | 0:05:59 |
18 | ZARDINI Edoardo | Bardiani-CSF | 0:06:05 |
19 | GONCALVES Andre Maciel | Caja Rural | 0:06:28 |
20 | PEARSON Daniel | Team Wiggins | 0:06:33 |
21 | BONGIORNO Francesco | Bardiani-CSF | 0:06:39 |
22 | IZAGUIRRE Gorka | Movistar | 0:06:48 |
23 | ZEPUNTKE Ruben | Cannondale-Drapac | 0:07:40 |
24 | BRADBURY Edmund | NFTO | 0:07:50 |
25 | DOWNING Russel | JLT Condor | 0:08:30 |
26 | VISCONTI Giovanni | Movistar | 0:08:50 |
27 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:09:43 |
28 | RUBIO Diego | Caja Rural | 0:09:46 |
29 | BAUER Jack | Cannondale-Drapac | 0:09:55 |
30 | TUSVELD Martijn | Giant-Alpecin | 0:10:50 |
31 | MOINARD Amaël | BMC | 0:11:41 |
32 | VLIEGEN Loïc | BMC | 0:11:57 |
33 | MARCATO Marco | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:12:03 |
34 | POELS Wouter | Sky | 0:13:03 |
35 | STEWART Thomas | Madison Genesis | 0:13:15 |
36 | WYNANTS Maarten | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:14:22 |
37 | HOEKSTRA Jochem | Giant-Alpecin | 0:14:40 |
38 | VEREECKEN Nicolas | An Post-Chainreaction | 0:15:55 |
39 | MORENO Javier | Movistar | 0:16:37 |
40 | SLATER Alistair | JLT Condor | 0:16:45 |
41 | BOEM Nicola | Bardiani-CSF | 0:16:53 |
42 | TXURRUKA Amets | Orica-BikeExchange | 0:17:35 |
43 | POWER Robert | Orica-BikeExchange | 0:20:08 |
44 | SÁEZ Hector | Caja Rural | 0:22:37 |
45 | LINDEMAN Bertjan | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:22:43 |
46 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | 0:23:02 |
47 | MARTENS Paul | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:23:20 |
48 | WILLIAMS Peter | ONE Pro Cycling | 0:23:37 |
49 | MARTIN Tony | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:24:56 |
50 | SHAW James Callum | Lotto-Soudal | 0:25:09 |
51 | BENITO Miguel Angel | Caja Rural | 0:25:59 |
52 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:27:01 |
53 | ARCAS PEÑA Jorge | Movistar | 0:27:20 |
54 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Sky | 0:28:22 |
55 | BIBBY Ian | NFTO | 0:28:46 |
56 | LANGEVELD Sebastian | Cannondale-Drapac | 0:28:58 |
57 | MCLAY Daniel | Great Britain | 0:29:07 |
58 | THURAU Bjorn | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:29:19 |
59 | STEWART Mark | Great Britain | 0:29:21 |
60 | BARBERO Carlos | Caja Rural | 0:29:28 |
61 | HOLMES Matthew | Madison Genesis | 0:29:49 |
62 | STANNARD Ian | Sky | 0:29:55 |
63 | SCOTT Jacob | An Post-Chainreaction | 0:30:58 |
64 | CULLAIGH Gabriel | Great Britain | 0:31:05 |
65 | DOMAGALSKI Karol | ONE Pro Cycling | 0:31:21 |
66 | PHINNEY Taylor | BMC | 0:31:24 |
67 | LEEZER Tom | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:32:08 |
68 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | Lotto-Soudal | 0:32:13 |
69 | CURVERS Roy | Giant-Alpecin | 0:34:29 |
70 | EISENHART Taylor | BMC | 0:34:47 |
71 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:37:00 |
72 | VON HOFF Steele | ONE Pro Cycling | 0:37:25 |
73 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | 0:38:02 |
74 | MEZGEC Luka | Orica-BikeExchange | 0:38:02 |
75 | VAN POPPEL Boy | Trek-Segafredo | 0:38:54 |
76 | ALAFACI Eugenio | Trek-Segafredo | 0:39:10 |
77 | EISEL Bernhard | Dimension Data | 0:40:16 |
78 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | 0:40:32 |
79 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | 0:40:54 |
80 | EWAN Caleb | Orica-BikeExchange | 0:42:45 |
81 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | 0:43:14 |
82 | MCNALLY Mark | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:43:41 |
83 | DIBBEN Jonathan | Team Wiggins | 0:44:03 |
84 | SIMION Paolo | Bardiani-CSF | 0:44:39 |
85 | VAN ZYL Johann | Dimension Data | 0:44:42 |
86 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | 0:46:30 |
87 | MOSES Thomas | JLT Condor | 0:46:33 |
88 | COLEDAN Marco | Trek-Segafredo | 0:48:06 |
89 | RICHEZE Ariel | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:48:38 |
90 | MULLEN Ryan | Cannondale-Drapac | 0:50:30 |
91 | ARAMENDIA Javier | Caja Rural | 0:50:32 |
92 | RUFFONI Nicola | Bardiani-CSF | 0:50:48 |
93 | MCCORMICK Hayden | ONE Pro Cycling | 0:51:11 |
94 | BLYTHE Adam | Great Britain | 0:51:16 |
95 | DOWSETT Alex | Movistaristar | 0:51:44 |
96 | MCEVOY Jonathan | NFTO | 0:52:59 |
97 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | 0:53:51 |
98 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:54:41 |
99 | SHAW Damien | An Post-Chainreaction | 0:54:56 |
100 | PARTRIDGE Robert | NFTO | 0:55:20 |
101 | APPLEBY Dale | NFTO | 0:55:34 |
102 | WOOD Oliver | Great Britain | 0:57:19 |
103 | KENT-SPARK Oliver | An Post-Chainreaction | 0:57:26 |
104 | DUNNE Conor | JLT Condor | 0:58:11 |
105 | GUNMAN Taylor Karl | Madison Genesis | 0:59:12 |
106 | BOVENHUIS Jasper | An Post-Chainreaction | 1:00:25 |
107 | THOMSON Jay Robert | Dimension Data | 1:02:33 |
108 | STONES Liam | NFTO | 1:02:57 |
109 | LATHAM Christopher | Team Wiggins | 1:04:10 |
110 | DOULL Owain | Team Wiggins | 1:04:54 |
111 | WIGGINS Bradley | Team Wiggins | 1:06:25 |
112 | VIVIANI Elia | Sky | 1:06:43 |
113 | HOUSE Kristian | ONE Pro Cycling | 1:08:53 |
114 | CRONSHAW Mathew | Madison Genesis | 1:08:59 |
115 | EDMONDSON Alexander | Orica-BikeExchange | 1:16:47 |
116 | HEPBURN Michael | Orica-BikeExchange | 1:24:15 |
117 | WASTYN Emiel | An Post-Chainreaction | 1:34:01 |
Thursday, September 8: Stage 5, Aberdare - Bath, 194.5 km
Jack Bauer wins Tour of Britan stage 5
The Race: Here's the story from stage winner Jack Bauer's Cannondale-Drapac team.
It was nearly a year ago that Jack Bauer first clipped back into the pedals after surgery and rehab to repair a broken femur, an injury sustained at the 2015 Tour de France.
“It was September 31, 2015. I stepped on the bike on a nasty, raining wet day. I had one small leg, one good leg. I couldn’t really pedal to save myself. And also had a lot a fear about going into roundabouts, sliding out, crashing again,” Bauer said on Thursday. “I’m really pleased to be able to compete at this level again, and to be in good physical shape. To be able to win, it’s icing on the cake.”
New Zealander Bauer won the Tour of Britain’s fifth stage into Bath on Thursday. The win marks the first European road stage victory of Bauer’s career and also signals the end of a long road back to top form.
“Jack has done a remarkable job of coming back from a really nasty injury,” Slipstream Sports CEO Jonathan Vaughters said. “His dedication is inspiring.”
The victory was a master class from Bauer, as it took the acumen to survive a breakaway that began attacking itself with six kilometers to go and the patience to wait to open up a sprint as the peloton bore down.
“At about seven kilometers to go, Moinard (BMC Racing), was the first person to lay his card and attack on the climb. I let him go, tried to hold him at a bridgeable gap, and then put the other two to work,” explained Bauer. “From three kilometers out, I was completely focused on the stage win. Wasn’t even considering how close the bunch was behind. I took one look around. I knew they were coming fast. I thought, ‘Ok, if the bunch comes no worries.’ But I wasn’t going to tow the other three to the line.”
With less than a kilometer to go, it appeared the break would be caught. Bauer, however, remained cool as the sprinters from the peloton began to close in. He took a leadout from breakaway companion Javier Moreno (Movistar) before kicking toward the line. Bauer said he never looked around inside the final kilometer to see where the peloton was.
“No, no, no,” he said. “It’s just watch the wheel in front, make sure you’re being led out, not leading out.”
In the end, Bauer bested Moinard and Erick Rowsell (Madison Genesis). Moreno was gobbled up by the peloton, as Caleb Ewan (Orica-BikeExchange) won the field sprint.
“The BMC rider was strong. He set off into the wind alone a couple of times. It was his undoing in the end,” said Bauer. “I just had a cool head. I didn’t plan on being in the break today… but when it came to crunch time I was in position. The group was motivated. So I thought why not have a crack?”
The return to the top step is perhaps never sweeter than after injury — for many people. “Sarah, my fiancé, and my family kept supporting me and believing in me,” Bauer said. “It’s nice for them to see I’ve still got it.”
The Tour of Britain continues on Friday, with a stage from Sidmouth to Haytor. Dylan van Baarle is the best placed overall contender for Cannondale-Drapac in seventh place.
Complete Results:
194.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.888 km/hr
1 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | 4hr 45min 25sec |
2 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | s.t. |
3 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
4 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
5 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
6 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
7 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
8 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | s.t. |
9 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
10 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | s.t. |
11 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | s.t. |
12 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
13 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
14 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
15 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
16 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
17 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | s.t. |
18 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
19 | Ben Swift | Sky | s.t. |
20 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
21 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
22 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
23 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
24 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
25 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
26 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
27 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
28 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | s.t. |
29 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
30 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
31 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
32 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | s.t. |
33 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
34 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
35 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
36 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
37 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | +8'' |
38 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | s.t. |
39 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
40 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
41 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | s.t. |
42 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
43 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
44 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
45 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
46 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
47 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
48 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | s.t. |
49 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
50 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | s.t. |
51 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | s.t. |
52 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
53 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
54 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
55 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | s.t. |
56 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | +16'' |
57 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | +23'' |
58 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | +25'' |
59 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | +28'' |
60 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | +29'' |
61 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
62 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | +37'' |
63 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +41'' |
64 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
65 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +42'' |
66 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | +45'' |
67 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | +48'' |
68 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | s.t. |
69 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | +52'' |
70 | Rick Zabel | BMC | s.t. |
71 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
72 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | s.t. |
73 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
74 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
75 | Wout Poels | Sky | s.t. |
76 | Ian Stannard | Sky | s.t. |
77 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | s.t. |
78 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
79 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | s.t. |
80 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | +56'' |
81 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
82 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | +1' 09'' |
83 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 11'' |
84 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | +1' 24'' |
85 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | +1' 29'' |
86 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | +1' 32'' |
87 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF | +1' 36'' |
88 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +1' 39'' |
89 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | +1' 48'' |
90 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | +2' 00'' |
91 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | +2' 01'' |
92 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | +2' 03'' |
93 | Elia Viviani | Sky | +2' 10'' |
94 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
95 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | +2' 18'' |
96 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
97 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | +2' 53'' |
98 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | +3' 47'' |
99 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
100 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
101 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | +4' 25'' |
102 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | s.t. |
103 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
104 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | s.t. |
105 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | s.t. |
106 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | s.t. |
107 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
108 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | +4' 28'' |
109 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
110 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
111 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +5' 44'' |
112 | Liam Stones | NFTO | +6' 05'' |
113 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
114 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | +8' 24'' |
115 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
116 | Jasper Bovenhui | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
117 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | +16' 18'' |
118 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
GC after Stage 5:
- GC leader: Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quick Step)
- Points classification leader: Daniel McLay (Great Britain)
- Mountains classification leader: Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
- Team classification leader: Etixx-Quick Step
941.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.723 km/hr
1 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | 23hr 7min 29sec |
2 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | @ 6sec |
3 | Ben Swift | Sky | +1' 03'' |
4 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | +1' 03'' |
5 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +1' 04'' |
6 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 08'' |
7 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | +1' 12'' |
8 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
9 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | +1' 16'' |
10 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | s.t. |
11 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | +1' 17'' |
12 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 20'' |
13 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | +3' 00'' |
14 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | +4' 30'' |
15 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 33'' |
16 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | +4' 41'' |
17 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
18 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
19 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | +4' 43'' |
20 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
21 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | +4' 45'' |
22 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | +4' 49'' |
23 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | +4' 51'' |
24 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
25 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | +4' 55'' |
26 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | +5' 01'' |
27 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | +5' 03'' |
28 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
29 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | +5' 05'' |
30 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | +5' 25'' |
31 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | +5' 31'' |
32 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
33 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
34 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | +5' 39'' |
35 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | +5' 47'' |
36 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | +5' 56'' |
37 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +6' 00'' |
38 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | +6' 12'' |
39 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | +6' 20'' |
40 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | +6' 44'' |
41 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | +8' 11'' |
42 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | +8' 37'' |
43 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | +9' 30'' |
44 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | +11' 00'' |
45 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | +13' 03'' |
46 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | +13' 28'' |
47 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | +13' 31'' |
48 | Wout Poels | Sky | +13' 40'' |
49 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | +13' 42'' |
50 | Rick Zabel | BMC | +14' 05'' |
51 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
52 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | +14' 09'' |
53 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | +14' 28'' |
54 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | +14' 42'' |
55 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | +14' 57'' |
56 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | +15' 19'' |
57 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | +15' 26'' |
58 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
59 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +15' 27'' |
60 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | +16' 19'' |
61 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | +16' 34'' |
62 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | +16' 45'' |
63 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | +16' 57'' |
64 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | +17' 26'' |
65 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | +17' 45'' |
66 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | +17' 58'' |
67 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | +18' 50'' |
68 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | +19' 17'' |
69 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | +19' 21'' |
70 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | +19' 48'' |
71 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | +20' 02'' |
72 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | +20' 06'' |
73 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | +20' 13'' |
74 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | +20' 42'' |
75 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | +21' 29'' |
76 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | +21' 31'' |
77 | Ian Stannard | Sky | +21' 35'' |
78 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | +21' 58'' |
79 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | +22' 33'' |
80 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | +22' 36'' |
81 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +22' 50'' |
82 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF | +23' 20'' |
83 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | +24' 14'' |
84 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | +24' 41'' |
85 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani CSF | +26' 51'' |
86 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | +27' 06'' |
87 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | +27' 19'' |
88 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +27' 51'' |
89 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +28' 02'' |
90 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | +29' 02'' |
91 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | +29' 54'' |
92 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | +30' 44'' |
93 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +30' 54'' |
94 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | +30' 59'' |
95 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | +31' 23'' |
96 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | +31' 37'' |
97 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | +33' 18'' |
98 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | +33' 20'' |
99 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | +33' 22'' |
100 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | +33' 29'' |
101 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | +34' 14'' |
102 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | +34' 32'' |
103 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | +35' 15'' |
104 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | +35' 32'' |
105 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | +36' 34'' |
106 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | +37' 10'' |
107 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | +38' 36'' |
108 | Liam Stones | NFTO | +39' 00'' |
109 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | +40' 13'' |
110 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | +40' 57'' |
111 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | +42' 28'' |
112 | Elia Viviani | Sky | +42' 46'' |
113 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | +43' 18'' |
114 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | +44' 56'' |
115 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | +45' 03'' |
116 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | +52' 50'' |
117 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | +1h 00' 18'' |
118 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +1h 10' 04'' |
Wednesday, September 7: Stage 4, Denbigh - Builth Wells, 218 km
Dylan Groenewegen wins Britain Tour stage 4
The Race: Here's the stage story from winner Dylan Groenewegen's LottoNL-Jumbo team.
Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Dylan Groenewegen won the Tour of Britain’s stage four today with a sprint ahead of Dan McClay (Great Britain). The Dutchman profited off the power of the team to deliver the win. Belgian Julien Vermote (Etixx) retains the overall lead.
"When I’m in a clear position to sprint, I'm at my best. Today, the team ensured that I was in that position,” Groenewegen said. "All day, I had team-mates around me who helped me on every climb. When I got stuck behind, they made sure I got back into the peloton."
"The plan was to sprint with Dylan,” Sports Director Merijn Zeeman explained. “We knew it would be a tough goal in a stage of 217 kilometres and 3000 metres climbing. When it succeeds, though, it’s extra nice.
“Many teams had the objective of getting rid of the sprinters and that was successful, many sprinters dropped off. That Groenewegen finished it off with a win is fantastic. "
Groenewegen didn’t expect such a win with all the climbs in the stage and the classification teams trying to break up the group after the escape was reeled in at 40 kilometres out. LottoNL-Jumbo, however, had many riders left and worked with Lotto-Soudal in the last 15 kilometres.
"In the last half hour, we were still with five men in the first group, then you know you have a chance to win,” added Zeeman.
Groenewegen said, "Merijn Zeeman had warned us about the corners and the narrow section in the final kilometre. Tom Leezer went through there full-gas trough and I followed him. I just needed to sprint 250 meters from the finish."
"That Dylan Groenewegen can win after such a hard stage is good for his development as a sprinter,” said Zeeman.
"It's nice that we can finish such a heavy day with a stage win,” Groenewegen added. “It's great that we are getting better at these kinds of sprints."
Complete Results:
218 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.779 km/hr
1 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | 5hr 28min 49sec |
2 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | s.t. |
3 | Ben Swift | Sky | s.t. |
4 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
5 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
6 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
7 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
8 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
9 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
10 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | s.t. |
11 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
12 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
13 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
14 | Rick Zabel | BMC | s.t. |
15 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
16 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
17 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
18 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
19 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
20 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | s.t. |
21 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
22 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
23 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
24 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
25 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | s.t. |
26 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | s.t. |
27 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
28 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | s.t. |
29 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | s.t. |
30 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
31 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
32 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | s.t. |
33 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
34 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | s.t. |
35 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
36 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
37 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
38 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
39 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
40 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
41 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | s.t. |
42 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
43 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
44 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
45 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
46 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | s.t. |
47 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
48 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
49 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | s.t. |
50 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
51 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | s.t. |
52 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
53 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
54 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
55 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
56 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
57 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | s.t. |
58 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | s.t. |
59 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | s.t. |
60 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | +15'' |
61 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | +18'' |
62 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | +19'' |
63 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
64 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
65 | Wout Poels | Sky | s.t. |
66 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | +40'' |
67 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | +51'' |
68 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | +1' 13'' |
69 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +2' 08'' |
70 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | +5' 16'' |
71 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
72 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
73 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
74 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
75 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
76 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
77 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
78 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
79 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
80 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
81 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | +11' 54'' |
82 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
83 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
84 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
85 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
86 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
87 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | s.t. |
88 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | s.t. |
89 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | s.t. |
90 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | s.t. |
91 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
92 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
93 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | s.t. |
94 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
95 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
96 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
97 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
98 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | +13' 25'' |
99 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
100 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
101 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
102 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
103 | Ian Stannard | Sky | s.t. |
104 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | s.t. |
105 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
106 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
107 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
108 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | +17' 37'' |
109 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
110 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
111 | Elia Viviani | Sky | s.t. |
112 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
113 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
114 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | s.t. |
115 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
116 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | s.t. |
117 | Graham Briggs | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
118 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | s.t. |
119 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | s.t. |
120 | Liam Stones | NFTO | s.t. |
GC after Stage 4:
- GC leader: Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quick Step)
- Points classification leader: Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quick Step)
- Mountains classification leader: Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
- Team classification leader: Etixx-Quick Step
747.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.680 km/hr
1 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | 18hr 22min 4sec |
2 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | @ 6sec |
3 | Ben Swift | Sky | +1' 03'' |
4 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
5 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +1' 04'' |
6 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 08'' |
7 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | +1' 12'' |
8 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
9 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
10 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | +1' 16'' |
11 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
12 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | +1' 17'' |
13 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | +3' 00'' |
14 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 33'' |
15 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | +4' 37'' |
16 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | +4' 39'' |
17 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | +4' 41'' |
18 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
19 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
20 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 43'' |
21 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
22 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
23 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
24 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
25 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 53'' |
26 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | +4' 55'' |
27 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
28 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | +5' 02'' |
29 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | +5' 03'' |
30 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | +5' 05'' |
31 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | +5' 09'' |
32 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | +5' 20'' |
33 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | +5' 28'' |
34 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | +5' 31'' |
35 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
36 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
37 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
38 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | +5' 39'' |
39 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | +5' 52'' |
40 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
41 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | +6' 04'' |
42 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | +6' 42'' |
43 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | +7' 41'' |
44 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +9' 43'' |
45 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | +10' 52'' |
46 | Wout Poels | Sky | +12' 48'' |
47 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | +13' 03'' |
48 | Rick Zabel | BMC | +13' 13'' |
49 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
50 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
51 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | +13' 28'' |
52 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | +13' 33'' |
53 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | +13' 34'' |
54 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | s.t. |
55 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | +13' 59'' |
56 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | +14' 56'' |
57 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | +14' 57'' |
58 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | +15' 18'' |
59 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
60 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | +15' 33'' |
61 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | +15' 37'' |
62 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | +15' 38'' |
63 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | +15' 48'' |
64 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | +16' 34'' |
65 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | s.t. |
66 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | +16' 37'' |
67 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | +16' 53'' |
68 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | +18' 00'' |
69 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | +18' 05'' |
70 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | +18' 29'' |
71 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | +18' 50'' |
72 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | +19' 09'' |
73 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | +19' 11'' |
74 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | +20' 06'' |
75 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant-Alpecin | +20' 09'' |
76 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | +20' 13'' |
77 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | +20' 13'' |
78 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | +20' 13'' |
79 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | +20' 33'' |
80 | Ian Stannard | Sky | +20' 43'' |
81 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | +21' 23'' |
82 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF | +21' 44'' |
83 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | +21' 50'' |
84 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +22' 09'' |
85 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | +23' 22'' |
86 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani CSF | +26' 51'' |
87 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | s.t. |
88 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
89 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | +26' 58'' |
90 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | +27' 06'' |
91 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | +27' 10'' |
92 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | +27' 12'' |
93 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
94 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +27' 51'' |
95 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | +28' 09'' |
96 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | +28' 10'' |
97 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | +28' 22'' |
98 | Graham Briggs | JLT-Condor | +28' 25'' |
99 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | +28' 43'' |
100 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +30' 12'' |
101 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | +31' 11'' |
102 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | +31' 28'' |
103 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | +32' 33'' |
104 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | +32' 34'' |
105 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | +32' 45'' |
106 | Liam Stones | NFTO | +32' 55'' |
107 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | s.t. |
108 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | +33' 44'' |
109 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | +34' 11'' |
110 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | +34' 54'' |
111 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | +34' 55'' |
112 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | +36' 26'' |
113 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | +36' 32'' |
114 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
115 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
116 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | +38' 03'' |
117 | Elia Viviani | Sky | +40' 36'' |
118 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | +42' 10'' |
119 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | +44' 00'' |
120 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +1h 08' 25'' |
Tuesday, September 6: Stage 3, Congleton - Knutsford, 179.4 km
Ian Stannard wins Tour of Britain stage 3 in style.
The Race: Here's how stage winner Ian Stannard's Team Sky described the day's racing.
Ian Stannard took an emphatic solo victory following a long-range attack on stage three at the Tour of Britain. The Team Sky Brit put his local knowledge to great use with a powerhouse ride, making the day's early four-man break, before pushing clear of his rivals with 40 kilometres to go.
Stannard pushed out his advantage and had plenty of time to celebrate, crossing the line in Tatton Park with a winning advantage of one minute and 46 seconds.
Danny van Poppel also bagged a top five, crossing the line second in the big bunch sprint that followed, some 5:43 down.
Elsewhere the general classification picture remained fairly stable, with Ben Swift moving up to fourth place overall, 1:08 back on the yellow jersey of Julien Vermote (Etixx - Quick-Step). Nicolas Roche continued a strong and combative race as he looked to rack up more KOM points on the climbs, and also remains 10th overall.
After the stage a very happy Stannard explained: "It was a big day on home roads and I was pretty motivated for the stage. I was keen to get away in the break.
"It's always nice to win from a breakaway - solo as well - so I'm really happy about that. I knew over the climb we had about five minutes and that gave us a chance on the run-in. I heard the gap went out so I was pretty happy.
"There were some really awesome crowds out today and the roads were packed on all the climbs. It's really great to see people get behind the race and it makes it all the more special racing at home."
Complete Results:
179.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.345 km/hr
1 | Ian Stannard | Sky | 4hr 14min 12sec |
2 | Graham Briggs | JLT-Condor | @ 1min 4sec' |
3 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
4 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani CSF | +5' 43'' |
5 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | s.t. |
6 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
7 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
8 | Rick Zabel | BMC | s.t. |
9 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
10 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
11 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
12 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | s.t. |
13 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | s.t. |
14 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
15 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | s.t. |
16 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
17 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
18 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
19 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
20 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | s.t. |
21 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
22 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
23 | Ben Swift | Sky | s.t. |
24 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
25 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
26 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
27 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
28 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
29 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
30 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
31 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | s.t. |
32 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
33 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | s.t. |
34 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
35 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
36 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
37 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
38 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
39 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
40 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
41 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
42 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
43 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | s.t. |
44 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
45 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
46 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
47 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | s.t. |
48 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | s.t. |
49 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | s.t. |
50 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
51 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
52 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
53 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
54 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
55 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
56 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
57 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | s.t. |
58 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
59 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | s.t. |
60 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
61 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
62 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar | s.t. |
63 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
64 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
65 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
66 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
67 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | s.t. |
68 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
69 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
70 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | +6' 04'' |
71 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
72 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
73 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
74 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | s.t. |
75 | Wout Poels | Sky | s.t. |
76 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | s.t. |
77 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | s.t. |
78 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
79 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
80 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
81 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | s.t. |
82 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | s.t. |
83 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | s.t. |
84 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
85 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | s.t. |
86 | Liam Stones | NFTO | s.t. |
87 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | s.t. |
88 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | s.t. |
89 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
90 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | s.t. |
91 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
92 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
93 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | s.t. |
94 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
95 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
96 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
97 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
98 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | s.t. |
99 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
100 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | +6' 26'' |
101 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | +6' 29'' |
102 | Elia Viviani | Sky | +7' 13'' |
103 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | +7' 20'' |
104 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | s.t. |
105 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
106 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
107 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
108 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
109 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
110 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
111 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
112 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
113 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
114 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
115 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
116 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | s.t. |
117 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
118 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | +7' 26'' |
119 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | +7' 38'' |
120 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | +10' 20'' |
121 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek-Segafredo | +10' 25'' |
122 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +29' 53'' |
GC after Stage 3:
- GC leader: Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quick Step)
- Points classification leader: Ramon Sinkeldam (Giant-Alpecin)
- Mountains classification leader: Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
- Team classification leader: Etixx-Quick Step
529.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.063 km/hr
1 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | 12hr 53min 15sec |
2 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | @ 6sec |
3 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +1' 04'' |
4 | Ben Swift | Sky | +1' 08'' |
5 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
6 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
7 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | +1' 12'' |
8 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
9 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
10 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | +1' 16'' |
11 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
12 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | +1' 17'' |
13 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | +3' 00'' |
14 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 33'' |
15 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | +4' 37'' |
16 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | +4' 39'' |
17 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | +4' 41'' |
18 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
19 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
20 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 43'' |
21 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
22 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
23 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
24 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
25 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
26 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
27 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 53'' |
28 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | +4' 55'' |
29 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
30 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | +4' 59'' |
31 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | +5' 03'' |
32 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | +5' 04'' |
33 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | +5' 05'' |
34 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | +5' 09'' |
35 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | +5' 20'' |
36 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | +5' 28'' |
37 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | +5' 31'' |
38 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
39 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
40 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
41 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | +5' 36'' |
42 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | +5' 39'' |
43 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | +5' 52'' |
44 | Enrico Gasparott | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +5' 52'' |
45 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | +6' 04'' |
46 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | +6' 06'' |
47 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | +6' 42'' |
48 | Ian Stannard | Sky | +7' 18'' |
49 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | +7' 19'' |
50 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | +7' 22'' |
51 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +7' 35'' |
52 | Graham Briggs | JLT-Condor | +10' 48'' |
53 | Wout Poels | Sky | +12' 29'' |
54 | Rick Zabel | BMC | +13' 13'' |
55 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
56 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
57 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
58 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | +13' 15'' |
59 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | +13' 34'' |
60 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | s.t. |
61 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
62 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
63 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | s.t. |
64 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | s.t. |
65 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | +13' 53'' |
66 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | +13' 59'' |
67 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | +14' 44'' |
68 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | +14' 48'' |
69 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | +14' 50'' |
70 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant-Alpecin | +14' 53'' |
71 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | +14' 56'' |
72 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani CSF | +14' 57'' |
73 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | s.t. |
74 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
75 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
76 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
77 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
78 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | s.t. |
79 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | s.t. |
80 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
81 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
82 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | s.t. |
83 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
84 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar | s.t. |
85 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | +15' 08'' |
86 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | +15' 12'' |
87 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | +15' 16'' |
88 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | +15' 17'' |
89 | Liam Stones | NFTO | +15' 18'' |
90 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | s.t. |
91 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | s.t. |
92 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
93 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | s.t. |
94 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
95 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
96 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
97 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | +15' 40'' |
98 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF | +16' 31'' |
99 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | +16' 34'' |
100 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
101 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | s.t. |
102 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | s.t. |
103 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | +16' 52'' |
104 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +18' 18'' |
105 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | +18' 55'' |
106 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | +19' 34'' |
107 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek-Segafredo | +19' 39'' |
108 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | +21' 23'' |
109 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | +21' 29'' |
110 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +21' 50'' |
111 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | s.t. |
112 | Elia Viviani | Sky | +22' 59'' |
113 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | +23' 01'' |
114 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | +23' 01'' |
115 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | +23' 22'' |
116 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | +24' 33'' |
117 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | +24' 38'' |
118 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
119 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
120 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | +26' 23'' |
121 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +27' 51'' |
122 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +50' 48'' |
Monday, September 5: Stage 2, Carlisle - Kendal, 188.2 km
Julien Vermote wins Tour of Britain stage 2
The Race: Stage winner Julien Vermote's Etixx-Quick Step team explained the days racing thus:
Belgian Julien Vermote, one of the 15 riders to make it into the original breakaway of the day, is the new leader of the race
The Tour of Britain is very much to Julien Vermote's liking, and quite frankly, what isn't to like at a race which reminds him of Belgium, with its steep climbs, twisty and narrow roads and wet conditions. Same Tour of Britain – in which Etixx – Quick-Step holds the record for the most stage victories – was the race in which Julien took his first win outside of Belgium, two years ago, following a superb action in the stage to Brighton, and he repeated that feat this season, after a day made challenging not only by the rolling terrain, but also by the grim weather which was keen to play a major part in the outcome.
On Monday, Julien Vermote jumped from the peloton once the neutral zone was left behind after the start of stage 2 and was joined by 14 other men, together with whom he gradually extended the lead to four minutes. While some of those riders showed an interest in the bonus seconds at the intermediate sprints or in the KOM points, Julien kept an eye on the gap and the kilometers left to the finish, as he felt that the move may have a chance of making it to the line, especially as the heavy rain slowed down the peloton which was already chewing into their advantage by that point.
As expected, on the last climbs the bunch got fragmented and a chase group was formed, Dan Martin being among those who got infiltrated there, before eventually joining the break inside the final 20 kilometers. Several attacks soon followed, but the group sticked together until a strong acceleration of Cummings split it. Vermote was the only one to react and the duo soon built a 40-second gap which allowed them to fight for victory in Kendal. The uphill drag to the finish didn't pose any problem to Julien, who powered away and won with a two-second margin, thus bagging his first victory of the season.
The chasing group arrived a minute later and Dan Martin proved to be the strongest, as he launched a short attack which netted him third on the stage, as well as in the general classification, which is led by his teammate following the remarkable performance of Monday afternoon, when he brought the squad's fourth success in the space of just three days.
"It's always nice to get a victory, particularly here, where I've already won a beautiful stage a few years ago. I have a special feeling every time I come to this race, as I like the course and the fans who are cheering for us. Also, Britain is a little bit similar to Flanders, and I find this very appealing", said Julien, who helped the squad top the team rankings at the end of the stage.
After returning from the podium, where he received the yellow jersey and the points one, Julien – Etixx – Quick-Step's 18th different rider to win a race this season – took us through the grueling 188-km long stage between Carlisle and Kendal: "Nowadays in cycling it isn't easy anymore to get a victory, so I knew I had to give it my all. The parcours was tough, up and down all the time, kind of like two years ago, in Brighton. When the break got caught by the chasing group and Steven attacked, I was pretty empty, but I knew that I don't want to miss this chance. He was very strong, but I overcame the pain and the climbs and now I'm super happy. Despite being leader in the overall standings, I'm not thinking of the GC; all I want is to do my best this week and to enjoy this great moment."
Unfortunately, not everything went perfect for Etixx – Quick-Step on Monday, as stagiaire Adrien Costa crashed in the final 70 kilometers. However, the 19-year-old put in a brave ride to complete the stage, at the end of which he went to the hospital for further medical examinations. The team will assess his condition tomorrow morning before deciding if Adrien can start stage 3 (Congleton – Tatton Park, 179.4 kilometers).
Complete Results:
188.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.209 km/hr
1 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | 4hr 40min 50sec |
2 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | @ 2sec |
3 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +58'' |
4 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
5 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
6 | Ben Swift | Sky | s.t. |
7 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 02'' |
8 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
9 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
10 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | +1' 06'' |
11 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | +1' 07'' |
12 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | s.t. |
13 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | +2' 50'' |
14 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 23'' |
15 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | +4' 27'' |
16 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | +4' 29'' |
17 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +4' 31'' |
18 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | s.t. |
19 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
20 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | +4' 33'' |
21 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
22 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
23 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
24 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
25 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
26 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
27 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
28 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
29 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | +4' 45'' |
30 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
31 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | +4' 49'' |
32 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | s.t. |
33 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | +4' 53'' |
34 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | +4' 55'' |
35 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
36 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | +4' 59'' |
37 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | +5' 18'' |
38 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | +5' 21'' |
39 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
40 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | s.t. |
41 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
42 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
43 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
44 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | +5' 26'' |
45 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
46 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | +5' 29'' |
47 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | +5' 33'' |
48 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | +5' 35'' |
49 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
50 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +5' 49'' |
51 | Wout Poels | Sky | +11' 58'' |
52 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | +13' 03'' |
53 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | s.t. |
54 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | s.t. |
55 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
56 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
57 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
58 | Rick Zabel | BMC | s.t. |
59 | Ian Stannard | Sky | s.t. |
60 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
61 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
62 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | s.t. |
63 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
64 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
65 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | s.t. |
66 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | s.t. |
67 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
68 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | +13' 43'' |
69 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | +14' 47'' |
70 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
71 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
72 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | s.t. |
73 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
74 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
75 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | s.t. |
76 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
77 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
78 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | s.t. |
79 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
80 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
81 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
82 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | s.t. |
83 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
84 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
85 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
86 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
87 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
88 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | s.t. |
89 | Liam Stones | NFTO | s.t. |
90 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
91 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
92 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar | s.t. |
93 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
94 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
95 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | s.t. |
96 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
97 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
98 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | s.t. |
99 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | s.t. |
100 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
101 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
102 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | s.t. |
103 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
104 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | s.t. |
105 | Graham Briggs | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
106 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF | +16' 00'' |
107 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | +21' 19'' |
108 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
109 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | s.t. |
110 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
111 | Elia Viviani | Sky | s.t. |
112 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | +22' 51'' |
113 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
114 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
115 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
116 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
117 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
118 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
119 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
120 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
121 | Adrien Costa | Etixx-Quick Step | +23' 21'' |
122 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +26' 28'' |
123 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +27' 41'' |
GC after Stage 2:
- GC leader: Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quick Step)
- Points classification leader: Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quick Step)
- Mountains classification leader: Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
- Team classification leader: Etixx-Quick Step
349.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.886 km/hr
1 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | 8hr 33min 20sec |
2 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | @ 6sec |
3 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | +1' 04'' |
4 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 08'' |
5 | Ben Swift | Sky | s.t. |
6 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
7 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | +1' 12'' |
8 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
9 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
10 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | +1' 16'' |
11 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
12 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | +1' 17'' |
13 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | +3' 00'' |
14 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 33'' |
15 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | +4' 37'' |
16 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | +4' 39'' |
17 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | +4' 41'' |
18 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
19 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
20 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 43'' |
21 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
22 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
23 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
24 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
25 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
26 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
27 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
28 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | +4' 53'' |
29 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | +4' 55'' |
30 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
31 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | +4' 59'' |
32 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | s.t. |
33 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | +5' 03'' |
34 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | +5' 05'' |
35 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
36 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | +5' 09'' |
37 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | +5' 28'' |
38 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | +5' 31'' |
39 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | s.t. |
40 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
41 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
42 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
43 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
44 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | +5' 36'' |
45 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
46 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | +5' 39'' |
47 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | +5' 43'' |
48 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | +5' 45'' |
49 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
50 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +5' 58'' |
51 | Wout Poels | Sky | +12' 08'' |
52 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | +12' 54'' |
53 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | +13' 07'' |
54 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | +13' 13'' |
55 | Rick Zabel | BMC | s.t. |
56 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | s.t. |
57 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
58 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
59 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
60 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
61 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
62 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | s.t. |
63 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | s.t. |
64 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
65 | Ian Stannard | Sky | s.t. |
66 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | s.t. |
67 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
68 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | +13' 53'' |
69 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | +14' 48'' |
70 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | +14' 51'' |
71 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant-Alpecin | +14' 53'' |
72 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | +14' 55'' |
73 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | +14' 56'' |
74 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
75 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | +14' 57'' |
76 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
77 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | s.t. |
78 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
79 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
80 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
81 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
82 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
83 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
84 | Liam Stones | NFTO | s.t. |
85 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | s.t. |
86 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | s.t. |
87 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
88 | Graham Briggs | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
89 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | s.t. |
90 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | s.t. |
91 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | s.t. |
92 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
93 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
94 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
95 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | s.t. |
96 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
97 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
98 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | s.t. |
99 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
100 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | s.t. |
101 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
102 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar | s.t. |
103 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
104 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF | +16' 10'' |
105 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | +16' 31'' |
106 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +16' 41'' |
107 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | +21' 23'' |
108 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | +21' 29'' |
109 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
110 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | s.t. |
111 | Elia Viviani | Sky | s.t. |
112 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | +23' 01'' |
113 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
114 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
115 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
116 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
117 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
118 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
119 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
120 | Adrien Costa | Etixx-Quick Step | +23' 31'' |
121 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | +24' 46'' |
122 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | +26' 38'' |
123 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +27' 51'' |
Sunday, September 4: Stage 1, Glasgow - Castle Douglas, 161.6 km
André Greipel wins Tour of Britain stage 1
The Race: Here's the report from stage winner André Greipel's Lotto-Soudal team.
The Scottish city Glasgow hosted the start of the opening stage of the Tour of Britain. Five riders managed to set up the breakaway of the day after six kilometres. They had a stable gap of almost three minutes. With ten kilometres to go, the sprint teams caught the escapees. It were Lotto Soudal and Trek-Segafredo that set a high pace in the peloton. André Greipel finished off the teamwork and won the sprint in Castle Douglas ahead of Ewan and Sinkeldam. The German champion is also the first leader of the general classification. Jens Debusschere finished tenth in the sprint.
André Greipel: “Based on the profile, today’s stage was the easiest one of the week. There were five riders in the breakaway, but they weren’t a threat. Our trainee James Shaw did a lot of work together with the riders of Lotto NL Jumbo, Dimension Data and Team Sky. As we’re here with teams of only six riders, it’s difficult to control the race. For us it was important to be in the front of the peloton in the finale. We managed to set up a perfect lead-out: Gallopin and De Buyst prepared us for the sprint while Sieberg and Debusschere gave everything they had in the last kilometre. With five hundred metres to go there was a sharp curve and we had to be in front by then. What followed was a slightly uphill finish. Everyone did a perfect job which is very important when you race with small teams.”
“Before the Tour of Britain I had a very long training period so I had to wait and see how I was doing. This victory is very pleasant if you just get back in competition and it gives a confidence boost also because there are a lot of strong sprinters in the peloton. There are several hard stages to come and I don’t know if and when we’ll be able to sprint again. We’re only with six riders so it’s hard to control the race and because the route is never flat tomorrow it will be even more difficult. With thirty kilometres to go we still have a hard climb to cover with four hundred elevation metres and after that there is the hilly finish. We’ll have to see how the race evolves because it’s a course that should suit Gallopin really well too.
In the Vuelta Contador surprised the peloton by attacking immediately after the start of stage fifteen. Thirty riders followed the rider of Tinkoff, among them was also the GC leader Quintana. Froome was in the back of the peloton and wasn’t able to join the breakaway. Team Sky had a difficult day chasing the breakaway. In the end Brambilla won the stage in Formigal ahead of Quintana and Felline. Froome finished two minutes and a half behind Quintana. Monfort was the first rider of Lotto Soudal at the top and was 25th.
Complete Results:
161.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.673 km/hr
1 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | 3hr 52min 40sec |
2 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
3 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
4 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
5 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
6 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
7 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
8 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
9 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | s.t. |
10 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
11 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
12 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
13 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | s.t. |
14 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | s.t. |
15 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | s.t. |
16 | Rick Zabel | BMC | s.t. |
17 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
18 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
19 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | s.t. |
20 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
21 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
22 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
23 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | s.t. |
24 | Wout Poels | Sky | s.t. |
25 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
26 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
27 | Graham Briggs | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
28 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
29 | Liam Stones | NFTO | s.t. |
30 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
31 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
32 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
33 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | s.t. |
34 | Adrien Costa | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
35 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
36 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | s.t. |
37 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
38 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
39 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
40 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | s.t. |
41 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
42 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
43 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
44 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
45 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
46 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
47 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | s.t. |
48 | Ben Swift | Sky | s.t. |
49 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
50 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
51 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
52 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | s.t. |
53 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | s.t. |
54 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
55 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar | s.t. |
56 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
57 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
58 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
59 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
60 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
61 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | s.t. |
62 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | s.t. |
63 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | s.t. |
64 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | s.t. |
65 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | s.t. |
66 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | s.t. |
67 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | s.t. |
68 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
69 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | s.t. |
70 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
71 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
72 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
73 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
74 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
75 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
76 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
77 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
78 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
79 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
80 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
81 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
82 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. |
83 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
84 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
85 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
86 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
87 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
88 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | s.t. |
89 | James Shaw | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. |
90 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
91 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | s.t. |
92 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
93 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
94 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
95 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | s.t. |
96 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
97 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | s.t. |
98 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
99 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
100 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
101 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
102 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | s.t. |
103 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
104 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
105 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. |
106 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
107 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
108 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | s.t. |
109 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | s.t. |
110 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
111 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
112 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
113 | Ian Stannard | Sky | s.t. |
114 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
115 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto - Soudal | +1' 34'' |
116 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +1' 44'' |
117 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | +1' 45'' |
118 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | +0'' |
119 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
120 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | s.t. |
121 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar | s.t. |
122 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | s.t. |
123 | Elia Viviani | Sky | s.t. |
124 | Wouter Wippert | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
GC after Stage 1:
1 | André Greipel | Lotto-Soudal | 3hr 52min 30sec |
2 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post-Chainreaction | @ 1sec |
3 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-BikeExchange | +4'' |
4 | Pete Williams | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
5 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant-Alpecin | +6'' |
6 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | +8'' |
7 | Thomas Moses | JLT-Condor | +9'' |
8 | Maximiliano Richeze | Etixx-Quick Step | +10'' |
9 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
10 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
11 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
12 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
13 | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | s.t. |
14 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
15 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
16 | Nicolas Vereecken | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
17 | Domingos Gonçalves | Caja Rural | s.t. |
18 | Héctor Sáez | Caja Rural | s.t. |
19 | Oliver Wood | Great Britain | s.t. |
20 | Rick Zabel | BMC | s.t. |
21 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
22 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
23 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | s.t. |
24 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
25 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
26 | Jack Bauer | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
27 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | s.t. |
28 | Wout Poels | Sky | s.t. |
29 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | s.t. |
30 | Steve Lampier | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
31 | Graham Briggs | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
32 | Boy van Poppel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
33 | Liam Stones | NFTO | s.t. |
34 | Mathew Cronshaw | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
35 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
36 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | s.t. |
37 | Adrien Costa | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
38 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
39 | Mark Stewart | Great Britain | s.t. |
40 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
41 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
42 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
43 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | s.t. |
44 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
45 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
46 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
47 | Jochem Hoekstra | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
48 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
49 | Daniel Pearson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
50 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | s.t. |
51 | Ben Swift | Sky | s.t. |
52 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
53 | Emiel Wastyn | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
54 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
55 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | s.t. |
56 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | s.t. |
57 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
58 | Giovanni Viscont | Movistar | s.t. |
59 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
60 | Tony Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
61 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
62 | Roy Curvers | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
63 | Dion Smith | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
64 | Nicolas Roche | Sky | s.t. |
65 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | s.t. |
66 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar | s.t. |
67 | Taylor Eisenhart | BMC | s.t. |
68 | Taylor Phinney | BMC | s.t. |
69 | Dale Appleby | NFTO | s.t. |
70 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | s.t. |
71 | Alistair Slater | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
72 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | s.t. |
73 | Amets Txurruka | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
74 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural | s.t. |
75 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
76 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
77 | Conor Dunne | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
78 | Robert Power | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
79 | Oliver Kent-Spark | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
80 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
81 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Great Britain | s.t. |
82 | Hayden McCormick | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
83 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. |
84 | Daniel Martin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
85 | Julien Vermote | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
86 | Jon Dibben | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
87 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
88 | Marco Marcato | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
89 | Rob Partridge | NFTO | s.t. |
90 | James Shaw | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. |
91 | Martijn Tusveld | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
92 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
93 | Taylor Gunman | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
94 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
95 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | s.t. |
96 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
97 | Steve Cummings | Dimension Data | s.t. |
98 | Owain Doull | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
99 | Kristian House | ONE Pro Cycling | s.t. |
100 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
101 | Damien Shaw | An Post-Chainreaction | s.t. |
102 | Javier Aramendía | Caja Rural | s.t. |
103 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
104 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
105 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. |
106 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
107 | Tom Leezer | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
108 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | s.t. |
109 | Johann Van Zyl | Dimension Data | s.t. |
110 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
111 | Bradley Team Wiggins | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
112 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
113 | Ian Stannard | Sky | s.t. |
114 | Russell Downing | JLT-Condor | s.t. |
115 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
116 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
117 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | s.t. |
118 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar | s.t. |
119 | Mark Cavendish | Dimension Data | s.t. |
120 | Elia Viviani | Sky | s.t. |
121 | Wouter Wippert | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
122 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto - Soudal | +1' 44'' |
123 | Marco Coledan | Trek-Segafredo | +1' 54'' |
124 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-BikeExchange | +1' 55'' |