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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''

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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''

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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:

1. Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data) 27hr 22min 23sec
2. Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) @ 38sec
3. Rohan Dennis (BMC) s.t.
4. Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal) @ 1min 2sec
5. Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac) @ 1min 21sec
6. Nicolas Roche (Sky) @ 1mi 26sec
7. Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) @ 1min 48sec
8. Ben Swift (Sky) @ 1min 52sec
9. Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quick Step) @ 2min 8sec
10. Jacopo Mosca (Trek-Segafredo) @ 2min 32sec

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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

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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''

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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''

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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''

 

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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''

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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''