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2023 Tour of Britain (HC)

28th edition: September 3 - 10, 2023

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Sunday, September 10: 8th & Final Stage, Margam County Park - Caerphilly, 166.8 km

Stage 8 map & profile

2023 Tour of Britain winner Wout van Aert (on left) finishes second in the race's final stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Caerphilly at 12:45 PM, local time: 22C (72F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is an 18% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Carlos Rodriguez's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Carlos Rodriguez finished the Tour of Britain off in style with a classy solo stage win in Caerphilly.

The Spaniard hit out with 52 kilometres remaining as the Grenadiers looked to take on the race in a bid to win both the stage and the general classification.

Teaming up with Stevie Williams (Great Britain), Rodriguez was able to go clear and open out a useful advantage on the approach to two key climbs of Caerphilly Mountain. With counter-attacks behind, Magnus Sheffield was able to follow the moves and play a team role in disrupting the chase efforts behind.

In the end Rodriguez was able to cross the line 11 seconds ahead of race winner Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma). Sheffield sprinted to fifth on the stage, elevating himself to fourth place overall in the close GC battle, just three seconds back on Van Aert. He also claimed the white Young Rider jersey in the process.

Carlos Rodriguez:
"We had to try to win the stage and the race. Today was the day that suited us the best so we needed to try to force Jumbo and the other teams to chase, to put us in a good position. That’s what I tried when I went with Stevie (Williams), to give us as big of a gap as possible into the finish. In the end I could get the victory, not the general classification overall, but we have to be happy. Magnus was also very strong and in a good position. I want to congratulate Wout (Van Aert) as he has been super strong overall in this race.

"I had no idea [if I could win]. I just had to try and believe in myself, give everything I had and try to do a time trial to the finish. The team has been amazing all this week protecting us. Magnus has also been super strong and he was in a good position – that was the plan."

Complete results:

166.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.005 km/hr

1	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 52min 43sec
2	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	@ 11sec
3	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
5	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	0:30
7	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	0:31
8	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
10	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
11	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
12	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	0:59
13	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
14	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
16	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:02
17	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	1:23
19	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
20	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
21	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
22	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
23	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:44
24	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	3:24
25	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	3:38
26	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
27	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	4:08
29	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
30	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
31	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
32	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	4:18
33	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	4:54
34	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:46
35	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	5:58
37	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	6:41
38	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
39	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
40	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
41	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
42	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
43	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
45	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
47	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
48	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
50	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
51	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
52	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
53	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	6:49
54	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
56	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	7:34
57	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	7:56
58	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	8:26
59	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	9:03
60	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	9:27
61	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	10:08
62	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	10:18
63	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	12:54
64	Jack Brough	Great Britain	15:38
65	Carlos Verona	Movistar	16:48
66	William Tidball	Saint Piran	19:04
67	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
68	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
69	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	19:07
70	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
71	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
72	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	20:06
73	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
74	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
75	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	20:20

Final GC after stage 8:

GC winner: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
Moutains classification winner: James Fouché (Bolton Equities-Black Spoke)
Points classification winner: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
Best young rider: Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers)
Teams classification winner: Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

1,271.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.239 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	28hr 43min 57sec
2	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	@ 3sec
3	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:23
6	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
7	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
8	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
9	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	0:28
10	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	0:51
12	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
13	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:59
14	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	1:15
15	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	1:27
16	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
17	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:30
18	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
19	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	1:51
20	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
21	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
22	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
23	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:12
24	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	4:06
25	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
26	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	4:36
27	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	5:20
28	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	5:22
29	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	7:09
30	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
31	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
33	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
34	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
35	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
36	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	7:10
37	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	7:28
38	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	7:36
39	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	8:42
40	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	9:47
41	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	10:31
42	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	11:20
43	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	12:53
44	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	13:04
45	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
46	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	13:24
47	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	13:35
48	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	13:57
49	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	14:23
50	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	15:26
51	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	15:50
52	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	15:55
53	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	16:17
54	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	17:24
55	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	19:27
56	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	19:35
57	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	19:52
58	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	21:15
59	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:34
60	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	24:48:00
61	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	25:08:00
62	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	25:20:00
63	William Tidball	Saint Piran	25:27:00
64	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	25:30:00
65	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	25:47:00
66	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	25:50:00
67	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	28:57:00
68	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	30:29:00
69	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	30:44:00
70	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	32:00:00
71	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	37:30:00
72	Carlos Verona	Movistar	39:37:00
73	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	40:50:00
74	Jack Brough	Great Britain	40:59:00
75	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	48:06:00

Stage 8 map & profile:

Stage 8 map

Stage 8 profile

Saturday, September 9: Stage 7, Tewkesbury - Gloucester, 170.9 km

Stage 7 map & profile

Rasmus Tiller wins stage seven.

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Weather at the finish city of Gloucester at 1:00 PM, local time: 29C (84F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). Thgere is a 1% chance of rain.

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

Race leader Wout van Aert was denied the chance of becoming the Tour of Britain champion-elect as Uno-X Pro Cycling Team’s Rasmus Tiller took victory in Gloucester on Saturday.

Van Aert attacked three times in the final 30 kilometres on the roads into the historic city, the last of which ended when a reduced peloton caught him within 850 metres of the finish line by Gloucester Docks.

Norwegian rider Tiller benefited from a good lead-out from team-mate and compatriot Tobias Johannessen to win from the 13-man group who came into the finish together.

Tiller said: “It feels really good. We have tried every stage here with the two sprinters we have on the team but we knew today was going to be a different race with a smaller [front] group. That suited me better. Tobias did a really good lead-out and it was just for me to sprint for the win.”

“When Wout [van Aert] has a small gap, you know it’s going to be difficult to bring him back. We managed to ride well together, and, in the end, we caught him. Then Tobias did a good lead-out, so I’m happy I had the legs to finish it off.”

The Tour of Britain’s first full stage in Gloucestershire was marked by a flurry of attacks, which put van Aert’s Jumbo – Visma team under pressure on the first Pinarello king of the mountains climb at Winchcombe Hill. It was here that INEOS Grenadiers rider Ben Turner jumped clear of the peloton and was quickly followed by Cumbrian Mark Donovan (Q36.5 Pro Cycling).

Just when it appeared that a chasing trio of Abram Stockman (TDT – Unibet Cycling Team), Liam Johnston (TRINITY Racing), and Alex Richardson (Saint Piran) were going to be stuck in no man’s land, the leading duo waited for them. The quintet soon gained a three-minute advantage over the peloton.

Complete results:

170.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.412 km/hr

1	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	3hr 50min 53sec
2	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
4	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
5	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
6	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
7	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
8	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
10	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
12	Wout Van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 6sec
14	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	0:36
15	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
17	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
18	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
19	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
20	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
21	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
22	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
23	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
24	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
25	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
26	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
27	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
29	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
30	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
31	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
32	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
33	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
34	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
36	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
37	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
39	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
40	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
41	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	0: 40
43	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:04
44	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	1:09
45	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	3:04
46	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	4:48
47	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	6:31
48	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
49	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
51	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
52	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
53	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
55	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
56	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
58	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
59	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
60	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
61	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
62	Jack Brough	Great Britain	s.t.
63	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
65	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
66	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
67	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
69	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	Joren Bloem	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
72	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
73	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
74	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
75	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
76	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	9:37
77	Harry Tanfield	TDT-Unibet	9:38
78	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
80	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
81	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
82	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	13:22
83	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
84	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
86	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.

GC after stage 7:

1,104.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.437 km/hr

1	Wout Van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	24hr 51min 3sec
2	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 3sec
3	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
4	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
5	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
9	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
10	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
11	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
12	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	0:09
13	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	0:39
14	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
15	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
16	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
17	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
18	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
19	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
20	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
21	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
22	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
24	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
26	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
27	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
28	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
30	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
31	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
32	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
34	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
35	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
36	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	0:58
37	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
38	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:59
39	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	1:12
40	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:23
41	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	2:12
42	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	3:43
43	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	4:48
44	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	6:15
45	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	6:34
46	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
47	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
48	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
49	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
50	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
51	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
52	Joren Bloem	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
53	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
54	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
55	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
56	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	6:38
57	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	6:54
58	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
59	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	7:05
60	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	7:16
61	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	7:23
62	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	9:02
63	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	10:10
64	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	10:34
65	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	10:49
66	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	10:54
67	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:43
68	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	11:48
69	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	12:25
70	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	12:57
71	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	13:07
72	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	13:14
73	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	13:25
74	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	14:45
75	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	15:42
76	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	15:50
77	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:59
78	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	17:05
79	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	18:37
80	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	19:13
81	Carlos Verona	Movistar	23:00
82	Jack Brough	Great Britain	25:32
83	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	28:11
84	Harry Tanfield	TDT-Unibet	29:05
85	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	30:43
86	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	38:38

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

Friday, September 8: Stage 6: Southend on Sea - Harlow, 146.2 km

Stage 6 map & profile

Bora-hansgrohe's Danny Van Poppel wins stage six.

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Weather at the finish city of Harlow at 12:40 PM, local time: 84F (29C), sunny, with the wind from the west at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from the race organizer.

BORA – hansgrohe’s Danny van Poppel ended Jumbo – Visma’s dominance of the Tour of Britain 2023 as he sprinted to win stage six in Harlow on Friday by the narrowest of margins.

A year to the day since the German team’s last victory in the UK’s leading cycle race, courtesy of Jordi Meeus in Mansfield, van Poppel timed his kick perfectly to pip British rider Ethan Vernon a tyre-width along Third Avenue. Tord Gudmestad (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) finished third, with four-time stage winner Olav Kooij in fourth.

Although their 100% record of stage victories in the race ended in the Essex town, Jumbo – Visma’s Wout van Aert crossed the line in 17th place to retain the overall lead.

Van Poppel said: “The team has given me a lot of trust and I think that’s really important for the sprint. I knew it was a hard finish and you also need some luck, of course. There was space to go through and I took the chance. I know [my] timings and I know I can do it really well; I think I did the perfect jump to win the race today.”

“I always fight for the win but I know it’s hard to beat the big riders like [those] in Jumbo [- Visma] but today I did it. It’s really cool.”

Stage six, the second of the race’s Eastern England doubleheader, rolled out from Southend’s Western Esplanade in the shadow of the city’s historic pier.

It took just two kilometres for three riders to go clear and form the stage’s first breakaway, although the time the trio of Kamil Malecki (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) and TDT – Unibet Cycling Team’s Joren Boem and Abram Stockman were to have outfront was clearly numbered when Alex Coleman (Team Flanders-Baloise) bridged across to them approaching the cottages.com sprint at Burnham-on-Crouch at KM50.4.

After a frantic 30 minutes, Saint Piran seized the initiative, as newly-crowned track world champion Will Tidball took his chance and attacked with 90 kilometres remaining.

This move got the attention of Danny van der Tuuk (Equipo Kern Pharma), Stockman and team-mate Hartthijs De Vries, and a second Saint Piran rider in Jack Rootkin-Gray.

Their momentum was hindered by a number of punctures, which affected van der Tuuk and Tidball’s day. Eventually, only the TDT – Unibet Cycling Team duo were left at the front of the race; the peloton reeled them in shortly after passing through North Weald Bassett with 14 kilometres to go.

A late attack from Belgian rider Dimitri Peyskens (Bingoal WB) proved unsuccessful, following which INEOS Grenadiers and then Jumbo – Visma took turns to showcase themselves at the head of the bunch.

Van Poppel and Vernon (Great Britain) were in prime position to launch their attacks on the finishing straight, sitting in fifth and third wheel respectively, when Uno-X Pro Cycling Team’s Tord Gudmestad kicked off the battle for the line. The pair approached the finish together shoulder to shoulder, with van Poppel denying Vernon the opportunity to become the first British stage winner since Ethan Haytor in Warrington two years ago by one of the smallest margins in race history.

Van Aert retained the leader’s jersey with his three-second lead intact, while team-mate Kooij still tops the cottages.com points and Sportive Breaks best young riders classifications. James Fouche’s lead in the Pinarello king of the mountains is still catchable as the race heads to Gloucestershire for the first of two undulating stages on Saturday.

“Obviously I’m happy that I’m still in the leader’s jersey,” said van Aert. “You could see we wanted more today – we wanted the stage again with Olav – but we didn’t succeed. It’s a good reminder that it’s not so easy to win the race.

“Tomorrow I’ll stay calm for as long as possible because there will be attacks from everywhere. Three seconds is still nothing, everybody is a threat for GC, and I’m curious to see how the race will unfold.”

Complete results:

146.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.085 km/hr

1	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	3hr 14min 34sec
2	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
3	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
4	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
6	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
8	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
9	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
12	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
14	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
16	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
17	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
18	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
19	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
21	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Joren Bloem	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
23	Davide Bomboi	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
24	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
25	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
26	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
27	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
28	Harry Tanfield	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
29	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
30	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
31	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
34	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
36	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
37	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
38	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
39	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
40	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
41	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
42	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
43	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
44	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
45	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
46	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
47	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
48	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
49	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
50	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
51	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
52	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
53	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
54	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
55	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
56	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
57	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
59	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
60	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
61	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
63	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
64	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
65	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
66	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
67	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
68	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
69	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
70	Jack Brough	Great Britain	s.t.
71	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
72	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
73	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
75	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
76	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
77	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
78	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
79	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	@ 1min 47sec
82	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
83	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
84	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
85	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
86	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	2:35
87	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
88	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
89	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
90	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
91	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
92	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
93	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

933.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.442 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	21hr 0min 10sec
2	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	@ 3sec
3	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Davide Bomboi	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
7	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
8	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
9	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
10	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
11	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
12	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
13	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
14	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
15	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
16	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
17	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
18	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
19	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
20	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
24	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
25	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
26	Joren Bloem	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
27	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
28	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
30	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
31	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
32	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
34	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
35	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
38	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
39	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
41	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
42	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
43	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
44	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
45	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
46	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
47	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
48	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
50	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
51	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
52	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
53	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
54	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	18
55	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	22
56	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	23
57	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	34
58	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	42
59	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	45
60	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	47
61	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	56
62	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	56
63	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	1:01
64	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	1:11
65	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	1:27
66	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	1:36
67	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	2:20
68	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	2:31
69	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:39
70	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:47
71	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:39
72	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	3:43
73	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	4:19
74	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	4:23
75	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	4:48
76	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:12
77	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	5:17
78	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	6:02
79	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	6:12
80	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	6:26
81	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	6:36
82	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	6:43
83	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	8:14
84	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	9:36
85	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:28
86	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	12:06
87	Carlos Verona	Movistar	16:29
88	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	17:21
89	Jack Brough	Great Britain	19:01
90	Harry Tanfield	TDT-Unibet	19:27
91	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	21:40
92	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	25:16
93	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	32:56

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

Thursday, September 7: Stage 5, Felixstowe - Felixstowe, 192.4 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Wout van Aert takes a solo win and becomes the new GC leader.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Felixstowe at 12:30 PM, local time: 25C (77F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain.

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

Former champion Wout van Aert soloed to an unforgettable Tour of Britain stage victory in Felixstowe on Thursday to move into the race lead with just three days of this year’s race remaining.

Just as another bunch sprint and a record-breaking win for his Jumbo – Visma team-mate Olav Kooij looked inevitable, van Aert sprung clear with 900 metres remaining and caught his GC rivals napping.

Despite a headwind finish along Felixstowe’s sun-drenched Sea Road, the Belgian star somehow held on to win by three seconds and usurp Kooij from the top of the overall standings.

Great Britain’s Ethan Vernon won the bunch sprint for second, narrowly ahead of BORA – hansgrohe’s Danny van Poppel.

Van Aert said: “It wasn’t planned way before, but it came up yesterday evening. It’s just nice to try something different if you can. In the previous stages, we saw teams trying to get on our wheels going into the final bends. You can see from the footage from yesterday there were 10 riders on Olav’s wheel not wanting to spend their bullets at one kilometre to go, so we took it as a chance. Even if it didn’t work, the bunch sprint was still there for Olav to do.

“I think it’s up to the others to try and chase us now, especially now I have a few seconds in the lead, but we still want the overall."

A five-man break led as the race headed towards the Orwell Bridge but were caught by the pack on the approach to the day’s first Pinarello king of the mountains climb at Freston. Nonetheless, competition leader James Fouche – who was part of the quintet – made sure he was on the front of the peloton to take maximum points over the top.

The main breakaway of the day finally went clear with 160 kilometres remaining. TDT – Unibet Cycling Team kept up their 100% record of breakaway appearances thus far as they sent Abram Stockman into the group. He was joined by Callum Ormiston (Global 6 Cycling) and Joey Rosskopf (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team).

They held firm until 20 kilometers to go, when Ormiston was first to be dropped. Stockman was next to fall short, while Rosskopf battled heroically but was reeled in by the peloton shortly before the cranes at Felixstowe Docks came into view.

Predictably, Jumbo – Visma took control of proceedings, with Nathan Van Hooydonck and Edoardo Affini setting the pace. Just when it appeared that van Aert would lead the pack around two left-hand turns onto the promenade, he sprung the most unexpected of surprises.

His victory means he now leads by three seconds, while team-mate Kooij remains in both the cottages.com points and the Sportive Breaks best young rider jerseys. Fouché’s points haul today further solidified his lead in the Pinarello king of the mountains standings.

Complete results:

192.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.386 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 20min 5sec
2	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	@ 3sec
3	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
5	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
6	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
7	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
8	Davide Bomboi	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
9	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
11	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
12	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
13	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
14	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
15	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
16	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
17	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
18	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
19	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
20	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
21	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
22	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
26	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
27	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
28	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	s.t.
29	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
30	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
33	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
34	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
36	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
38	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
42	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
43	Joren Bloem	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
44	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
45	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
46	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
47	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
48	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
49	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
50	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
51	Harry Tanfield	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
52	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
53	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
54	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
56	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
57	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
58	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
59	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
60	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
61	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
62	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
63	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
64	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
65	Félix Parra José	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
66	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
67	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
68	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
69	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	0:20
70	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	0:34
71	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
72	Jack Brough	Great Britain	s.t.
73	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	0:39
76	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
77	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	0:45
78	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
80	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:49
81	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	0:55
82	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
83	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
84	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	1:10
85	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
87	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	1:17
88	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:03
89	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:05
90	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	2:45
91	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	3:16
92	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	4:54
93	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	6:36
94	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	6:49

GC after stage 5:

787.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.324 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	17hr 45min 36sec
2	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	@ 3sec
3	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
4	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Davide Bomboi	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
6	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Thomas Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
9	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
10	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
11	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
12	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
13	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
14	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
15	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
16	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
17	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
18	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
19	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
20	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
21	Finn rockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
22	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
23	Roger Adrià	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
24	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
25	Stephen illiams	Great Britain	s.t.
26	Nils Politt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Carlos Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
29	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
30	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
31	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
32	Joren Bloem	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
33	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
34	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
37	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
38	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
39	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
41	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
42	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
43	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
44	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
45	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
46	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
47	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
49	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
50	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
51	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
53	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
54	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
55	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	0:18
56	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	0:22
57	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	0:23
58	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	0:34
59	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:42
60	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	0:45
61	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:47
62	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	0:55
63	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	1:11
64	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	1:27
65	Fredri Dversnes	Uno-X	1:36
66	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	2:20
67	TobiasLund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	2:31
68	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:39
69	Nícolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	2:45
70	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:47
71	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	3:37
72	James Fouché	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:39
73	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	3:43
74	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	4:19
75	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	4:23
76	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	4:48
77	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:12
78	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	5:19
79	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	6:02
80	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	6:26
81	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	6:36
82	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	6:43
83	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	7:14
84	Kamil Małecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	8:14
85	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	9:36
86	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:28
87	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	12:06
88	Carlos Verona	Movistar	16:29
89	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	17:21
90	Jack Brough	Great Britain	19:01
91	Harry Tanfield	TDT-Unibet	19:27
92	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	21:40
93	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	23:29
94	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	32:56

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Wednesday, September 6: Stage 4, Sherwood Forest - Newark on Trent, 166.6 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Olav Kooij does the incredible, winning four stages in a row.

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Weather at the finish city of Newark-on-Trent at 12:40 PM, local time: 24C (74F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 3 km/hr (2 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.

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

Olav Kooij equalled Edvald Boasson Hagen’s record of four-consecutive Tour of Britain stage victories after winning in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, on Wednesday.

The Dutchman once again benefited from a brilliant lead-out from his Jumbo – Visma team-mate Wout van Aert after the likes of TRINITY Racing, BORA – hansgrohe, and INEOS Grenadiers attempted to form their own trains approaching the historic town’s finish line.

Casper van Uden (Team dsm – firmenich) placed second, with Ethan Vernon continuing his consistent week by placing third.

Unsurprisingly, Kooij continues to lead the race’s general classification and tops the standings in the cottages.com points and Sportive Breaks best young rider competitions.

A bunch sprint was always on the cards after two TDT – Unibet Cycling Team riders – Brit Harry Tanfield and Belgian Abram Stockman – were caught 27.5 kilometres outside of Newark-on-Trent.

Complete results:

166.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.295 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 45min 40sec
2	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
3	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
4	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
5	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
6	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
7	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
8	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Davide Bomboi	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
11	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
12	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
13	Wout Van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
15	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
17	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
18	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
19	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
20	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
23	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
24	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
25	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
26	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
27	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	s.t.
28	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
30	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
33	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
34	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
35	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
36	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
37	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
38	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
39	Joren Bloem	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
40	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
42	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
44	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
45	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
47	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
48	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
49	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
51	Harry Tanfield	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
52	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
53	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
54	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
55	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
56	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
57	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
58	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
59	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
60	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
62	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
63	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
65	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
66	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
67	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
69	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
70	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
71	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
72	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
73	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
74	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
75	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
77	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
78	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Jack Brough	Great Britain	s.t.
80	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
81	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	@ 25sec
82	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:29
83	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	0:36
86	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	0:44
87	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	0:58
88	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:08
89	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	1:41
91	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	1:48
92	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
93	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
94	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	2:11

GC after stage 4:

594.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.305 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	13hr 25min 31sec
2	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
3	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
4	Wout Van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Davide Bomboi	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
6	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
9	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
10	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
11	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
12	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
13	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
14	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
15	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
16	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
17	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
19	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
20	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
21	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
23	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
24	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
25	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
26	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
28	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
29	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
30	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
31	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
32	Joren Bloem	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
33	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
35	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
37	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
38	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
41	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
42	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
43	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
44	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
45	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
46	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
49	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
50	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
51	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
52	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
53	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
54	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
55	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
56	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
57	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 14sec
58	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	0:15
59	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	0:19
60	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	0:20
61	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	0:26
62	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	0:32
63	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:39
65	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	0:42
66	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:44
67	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	0:53
68	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	1:46
69	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:54
70	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	1:57
71	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	2:01
72	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	2:27
73	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:44
74	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	2:48
75	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:54
76	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	3:31
77	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	3:44
78	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	3:45
79	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:23
80	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:38
81	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	5:17
82	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	5:52
83	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	5:59
84	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	6:11
85	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	7:11
86	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	8:51
87	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:25
88	Carlos Verona	Movistar	15:19
89	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	17:18
90	Jack Brough	Great Britain	18:27
91	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	18:35
92	Harry Tanfield	TDT-Unibet	19:24
93	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	20:45
94	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	32:53

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Tuesday, Sept 5: Stage 3, Goole - Beverly, 154.7 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Olav Kooij (far left) making this race so far his private property.

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Weather at the finish city of Beverly at 12:43 PM, local time: 23C (74F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.

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

Olav Kooij became only the second rider in modern Tour of Britain history to claim three-consecutive stage victories after completing his hat-trick in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, on Tuesday.

Kooij was run closer than at any other point to date in the race, but he held off fast finishes from Danny van Poppel (BORA – hansgrohe) and Ethan Vernon (Great Britain) to win outside of the Yorkshire town’s racecourse.

In doing so he matched Edvald Boasson Hagen’s feat from the 2009 race of winning a trio of stages in a row (the Norwegian went on to win four consecutively), albeit the Jumbo – Visma rider has made his own piece of history by the fact he has triumphed in every stage of the Tour in which he has competed to date.

The stage kicked into life inside the final 40 kilometres, following a three-man attack by Saint Piran’s Alex Richardson, Harry Birchill and Jack Rootkin-Gray. The trio quickly bridged to the Harry Tanfield (TDT – Unibet Cycling Team) and Nico Sessler (Global 6 Cycling), the remainder of the day’s three-man breakaway, which forced Kooij’s Jumbo – Visma team into life.

Kooij said: “It’s pretty special to win three stages in a row. You never get used to winning so it was nice to win again. After the last two days we knew it was up to us to control. We tried to split it once we hit the coast but the wind wasn’t strong enough and then we had a really tough job bringing back the final couple of guys. But, in the end, we managed to make it a hat-trick.”

Olav Kooij is first to the line.

Today’s stage, which started in Goole, was sponsored by trade kitchen experts Howdens and passed by their manufacturing site inside the opening 10 kilometres. By that time, the day’s three-man breakaway had formed. Instigated by Nicolas Sessler (Global 6 Cycling), he was quickly joined by Pinarello king of the mountains leader James Fouché (Bolton Equities Black Spoke) aand TDT-Unibet’s Harry Tanfield.

The three breakaway riders went into the base of the first categorised climb at Towthorpe Lane with three minutes on the chasing peloton. Fouché (Bolton Equities Black Spoke) took maximum points there, and over the top of the hill at Langtoft, at to further extend his lead in the mountains classification.

As the riders entered the seaside town of Bridlington, the trio’s advantage was just 30 seconds, but they stayed clear long enough for Tanfield to roll through the cottages.com sprint at Skipsea first. Fouché decided his day was done; he sat up and was the first to be caught by the peloton with 42 kilometres remaining.

But far from that being the start of a regulation final hour of racing, it was actually the start. Saint Piran tried their hand with a pre-planned attack, which forced Jumbo – Visma into using the energy of Tour de France podium finisher Steven Kruijswijk and Jos van Emden to pull back.

Saint Piran’s audacious, but ultimately unsuccessful, attack seemed to get everyone’s tails up. INEOS Grenadiers sent Ben Turner then Luke Rowe on the attack approximately 25 kilometres away from the finish. After those bids failed, Connor Swift attacked and was joined by nine riders including reigning champion Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar Team), Rasmus Tiller (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team, Nathan Van Hooydonck (Jumbo – Visma), Nils Politt (BORA – hansgrohe), and British duo Matthew Bostock and Jacob Scott (Bolton Equities Black Spoke)

German rider Politt, who narrowly missed out on winning in Mansfield during the 2018 race, split the breakaway alongside Bostock as the race passed through Long Riston. The pairing held a 30-second gap until Jumbo – Visma, TRINITY Racing and Movistar Team took up control at the head of the peloton and chased them back.

Bostock’s resistance was last to be broken, but once he was reeled in with six kilometres remaining, the outcome of the stage seemed all-but inevitable.

Tour of Britain stage winner Edoardo Affini peeled off on the long drag up to Beverley Racecourse, before super domestique Wout van Aert placed Kooij in to a perfect position with 300 metres to go.

Complete results:

154.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.980 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 25min 58sec
2	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
4	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
5	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
6	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
8	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
9	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
10	Davide Bomboi	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
11	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
12	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
13	Wout Van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
15	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
16	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
17	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
18	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
19	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
22	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
23	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
24	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
25	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
26	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
27	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
28	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
31	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
32	Joren Bloem	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
33	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
34	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
35	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
36	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
37	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
39	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
40	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
41	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
42	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
43	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
44	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
45	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
46	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
47	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
49	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
51	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
52	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
53	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
54	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
55	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
56	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
57	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
58	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
59	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 14sec
60	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	0:15
61	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	0:19
62	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	0:20
63	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	0:26
64	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	0:32
65	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
66	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	0:39
67	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
68	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	0:42
69	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
70	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:44
71	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:52
72	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	0:53
73	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
74	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
75	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
76	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
77	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
78	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	1:46
79	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	1:51
80	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Jack Brough	Great Britain	s.t.
82	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	1:57
83	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
84	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	2:09
85	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:26
86	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:44
87	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
88	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	2:48
89	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
90	Harry Tanfield	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
91	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	5:59
92	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	9:19
93	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
94	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

428.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.308 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	9hr 39min 51sec
2	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
4	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
5	Wout Van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
6	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Davide Bomboi	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
8	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
9	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
10	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
11	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
12	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
13	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
14	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
15	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
16	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
17	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
19	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
20	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
21	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
22	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
23	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
24	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
25	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
27	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
28	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
29	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Joren Bloem	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
31	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
32	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
33	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
36	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
37	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
38	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
39	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
40	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
41	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Hartthijs De Vries	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
43	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
44	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
45	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
46	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
47	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
48	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
49	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
50	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
51	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
52	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
53	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
54	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
56	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
57	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 14sec
58	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	0:15
59	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	0:19
60	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	0:20
61	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	0:26
62	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	0:32
63	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:39
65	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	0:42
67	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:44
68	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	0:53
69	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
70	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
71	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	1:46
72	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	1:57
73	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:25
74	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:44
75	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	2:48
76	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:30
77	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	3:31
78	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	3:44
79	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	3:45
80	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:54
81	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	4:11
82	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	4:41
83	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	5:46
84	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	5:59
85	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	7:11
86	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	8:07
87	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:56
88	Carlos Verona	Movistar	13:31
89	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	16:24
90	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	17:18
91	Jack Brough	Great Britain	18:27
92	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	18:57
93	Harry Tanfield	TDT-Unibet	19:24
94	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	32:53

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Monday, September 4: Stage 2, Wrexham - Wrexham, 109.9 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Olav Kooij makes it two stage wins in a row.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Wrexham at 12:50 PM, local time: 24C (76F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

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

Dutchman Olav Kooij became the first rider in four years to win back-to-back stages of the Tour of Britain as he took his second victory in as many days in Wrexham on Monday.

Kooij was once again the beneficiary of a perfect Jumbo – Visma lead-out, although BORA – hansgrohe’s Danny van Poppel pipped Wout van Aert into second and deny the all-conquering team consecutive one-twos.

Victory means Kooij emulates what Mathieu van der Poel did on the final two days of the 2019 race, and also retains the overall race lead going into stage three in East Riding of Yorkshire on Tuesday.

He said: “We went again for another win today – we took control and tried to catch the break which took a huge effort by two of our guys. We went into the last kilometre in a really good position again and were able to take the second win.

“We came here for stages and a possible GC [bid] with Wout, so we are really happy and hopefully we can continue like this. We’re looking day by day and there are a few more opportunities. We’ll see if we can control the other days or change it up a bit and see what we can do looking forward to GC so there’s plenty more chances to come, I guess.”

After moving to within two of van Aert’s win tally in the 2021 edition, Koiij said of his chances of claiming a quartet of wins: “we will see, maybe we can talk about it in the room tonight!”

Ninety-five riders started the 109.9-kilometre clockwise loop from Chester Street in Wrexham under a blanket of 25°C heat, across the border into Cheshire and back to the start and finish line in Wrexham’s bustling city centre.

It didn’t take long for three riders to breakaway: Jacob Scott (Bolton Equities Black Spoke), Abram Stockman (TDT – Unibet Cycling Team), and Finn Crockett (Saint Piran) went clear after three kilometres, before Callum Ormiston (Global 6 Cycling) made a monumental effort to bridge the gap and join them at the five-kilometre mark.

The peloton kept the quartet on a short leash, with the gap between themselves and the riders ahead plateauing around 30 seconds for the majority of the stage. Crockett led the breakaway into the base of the first Pinarello king of the mountains climb at Eyton, upon which competition leader and Scott’s team-mate James Fouche tried to bridge the gap across to them. He timed his attack slightly too late, allowing Crockett to take maximum points.

Three kilometres later Stockman rolled through first at cottages.com sprint at Johnstown, but by now it was just him and Crockett clear. They were caught by the peloton with 12.6 kilometres remaining.

Jumbo – Visma’s Edoardo Affini took control at the front of the race with two kilometres to go, setting a blistering pace with van Aert behind. The 2021 Tour of Britain champion then perfectly placed Kooij to launch his sprint with just 100 metres to the finish line.

Victory means that Kooij also retained the lead in the cottages.com points and the Sportive Breaks best young rider classifications.

Complete Results:

109.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.160 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	2hr 22min 51sec
2	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
6	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
7	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
8	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
9	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
11	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
12	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
13	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
14	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
15	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
16	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
17	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
18	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
19	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
20	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
21	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
22	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
23	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
24	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
26	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
29	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
30	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
31	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
32	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
34	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
37	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
38	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
39	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
42	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
43	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
44	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
46	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
47	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
48	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
49	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
50	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
51	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
52	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
53	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
55	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
56	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
57	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
58	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
62	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
64	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
65	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
66	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
67	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
68	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
69	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
70	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
71	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
72	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
73	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
74	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
75	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
76	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
77	Jack Brough	Great Britain	s.t.
78	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	s.t.
79	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
80	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
81	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
83	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	@ 40sec
84	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	0:46
85	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
86	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:28
87	Carlos Verona	Movistar	2:38
88	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
89	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	@ 0sec
90	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	3:45
91	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
92	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
94	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

273.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.891 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	6hr 13min 53sec
2	Wout Van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
5	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
7	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
8	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
9	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
11	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
12	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
13	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
14	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
15	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
16	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
17	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
19	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
21	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
22	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
23	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
24	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
25	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
27	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
28	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
30	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
31	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
32	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
33	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
34	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
35	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
36	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
37	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
39	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
40	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
43	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
44	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
45	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
46	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
47	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
48	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
49	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
50	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
52	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
53	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
54	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
55	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
57	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
58	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
59	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
60	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
61	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
62	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
63	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
64	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
65	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
66	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
68	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
69	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
70	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
71	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
72	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
73	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	s.t.
74	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
75	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
76	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	@ 46sec
77	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:29
78	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	1:47
79	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	2:20
80	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	2:35
81	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:02
82	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	3:20
83	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	3:45
84	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
85	Carlos Verona	Movistar	4:12
86	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	5:02
87	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	6:16
88	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	7:05
89	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:56
90	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	16:09
91	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	16:36
92	Jack Brough	Great Britain	s.t.
93	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
94	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	23:34

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Sunday, September 3: Stage 1, Altrincham - Manchester, 163.6 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Olav Kooij takes the first stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Manchester at 1:00 PM, local time: 24C (75F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

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

Jumbo – Visma were a class apart as Olav Kooij sprinted to win the opening stage of the Tour of Britain 2023 in front of a packed crowd on Deansgate in Manchester.

Kooij led home a one-two for the Dutch team ahead of Wout van Aert, with Sam Bennett (BORA – hansgrohe) the best of the rest in third, after Jumbo – Visma and INEOS Grenadiers ensured that the finish was contested by a large peloton.

The Dutchman will wear the leader’s jersey in Monday’s second stage in and around Wrexham, the first of two in this year’s race to take place in Wales.

Kooij said: “It was actually quite a hard day, but really nice with all the fans out on the road. In the end, we managed to catch the break after the guys did a really good job pulling on the front. We got it right into the last kilometre, and then [we were] first and second into the last corner. After that we had to go full gas to the line.

“I’m really happy to start the race with a win. We made a lot of plans for the lead-out throughout the year but it doesn’t come together that many times. To get it right after such a good job from the whole team makes the victory even nicer.”

Blessed by beautiful sunshine, an estimated 500,000 spectators lined the 163.6-kilometre route from Altrincham.

It didn’t take long for riders to take a chance and break clear of the peloton. James Fouche (Bolton Equities Black Spoke) escaped within the opening six kilometres, and by the 10-kilometre mark he had company in the form of Harry Tanfield (TDT-Unibet), Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) and team-mates Zeb Kyffin and Jack Rootkin-Gray (Saint Piran).

Tanfield took maximum points at the cottages.com sprint at Hazel, before Fouche was first to the summit of the two Pinarello king of the mountains climbs at Grains Bar (second category) and Ramsbottom Rake (first category), which gives him the lead in the competition after stage one.

The quintet only had a two-minute lead on the chasing peloton at the bottom of the packed Ramsbottom Rake, as Jumbo – Visma and INEOS Grenadiers continued to control the pace behind.

Complete results:

163.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.487 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 51min 2sec
2	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
5	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
6	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
7	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
8	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
10	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
11	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
12	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
14	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
15	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
16	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
18	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
19	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
20	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
21	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
22	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
23	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
25	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
26	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
27	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
28	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
30	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
32	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
33	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
35	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
38	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
39	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
40	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
41	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
42	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
44	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
45	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
46	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
48	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
50	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
51	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
53	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
54	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
55	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
56	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
57	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
58	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
59	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
60	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
61	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
62	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
63	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
64	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
65	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
68	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
69	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
70	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
71	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
72	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
73	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
74	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
75	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
76	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	s.t.
78	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
79	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	@ 49sec
80	Carlos Verona	Movistar	1:34
81	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	1:47
84	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	2:24
85	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	2:31
86	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	2:35
87	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	3:20
88	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
89	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	@ 0sec
90	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:56
91	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	12:24
92	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	16:36
93	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
94	Jack Brough	Great Britain	s.t.
95	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	23:34

GC after stage 1:

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 51min 2sec
2	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
5	Ethan Vernon	Great Britain	s.t.
6	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
7	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
8	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
10	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
11	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
12	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
14	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
15	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
16	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
18	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
19	Robert Donaldson	Trinity Racing	s.t.
20	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
21	Paul Magnier	Trinity Racing	s.t.
22	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
23	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	William Tidball	Saint Piran	s.t.
25	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
26	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
27	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
28	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
30	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
32	Finn Crockett	Saint Piran	s.t.
33	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
35	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
38	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
39	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
40	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
41	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
42	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
44	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
45	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
46	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Zeb Kyffin	Saint Piran	s.t.
48	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Stephen Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
50	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
51	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
53	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
54	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
55	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
56	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
57	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
58	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
59	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
60	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
61	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
62	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
63	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
64	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
65	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
68	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
69	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
70	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
71	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
72	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
73	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
74	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
75	Evan Russell	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
76	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Noah Hobbs	Great Britain	s.t.
78	Callum Ormiston	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
79	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
80	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	@ 49sec
81	Carlos Verona	Movistar	1:34
82	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	1:47
85	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	2:24
86	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	2:31
87	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	2:35
88	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	3:20
89	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:56
91	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich	12:24
92	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	16:36
93	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
94	Jack Brough	Great Britain	s.t.
95	Tomoya Koyama	Global 6 Cycling	23:34

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, September 2, 2023:

96 riders

	MOVISTAR TEAM
1	Gonzalo Serrano
2	Fernando Gaviria
3	Carlos Verona
4	Max Kanter
5	Gregor Mühlberger
6	Óscar Rodríguez
	INEOS GRENADIERS
11	Tom Pidcock
12	Carlos Rodriguez
13	Luke Rowe
14	Connor Swift
15	Magnus Sheffield
16	Ben Turner
	BINGOAL-WB
21	Floris De Tier
22	Johan Meens
23	Davide Persico
24	Dimitri Peyskens
25	Lennert Teugels
26	Alexander Salby
	GREAT BRITAIN
31	Ethan Vernon
32	Jack Brough
33	Joshua Giddings
34	Noah Hobbs
35	Oliver Wood
36	Stephen Williams
	BORA-HANSGROHE
41	Sam Bennett
42	Ryan Mullen
43	Nils Politt
44	Matthew Walls
45	Ide Schelling
46	Danny Van Poppel
	BOLTON EQUITIES-BLACK SPOKE
51	Jacob Scott
52	Matthew Bostock
53	James Fouche
54	Ryan Christensen
55	Mark Stewart
56	Rory Townsend
	GLOBAL 6 CYCLING
61	Nicolas Sessler
62	Giacomo Ballabio
63	Tomoya Koyama
64	Evan Russell
65	Callum Ormiston
66	Tom Wirtgen
	JUMBO-VISMA
71	Wout van Aert
72	Edoardo Affini
73	Steven Kruijswijk
74	Olav Kooij
75	Jos Van Emden
76	Nathan Van Hooydonck
	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
81	Roger Adriá
82	Igor Arrieta
83	Iñigo Elosegui
84	José Félix Parra
85	Ibon Ruiz
86	Danny Van Der Tuuk
	SAINT PIRAN
91	Alexandar Richardson
92	Harry Birchill
93	Finn Crockett
94	Zeb Kyffin
95	Jack Rootkin-Gray
96	William Tidball
	DSM-FIRMENICH
101	Tobias Andresen
102	Patrick Bevin
103	Enzo Leijnse
104	Niklas Märkl
105	Tim Naberman
106	Casper Van Uden
	Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
111	Mark Donovan
112	Damien Howson
113	Kamil Malecki
114	Nicolò Parisini
115	Joey Rosskopf
116	Szymon Sajnok
	TDT-UNIBET
121	Harry Tanfield
122	Joren Bloem
123	Davide Bomboi
124	Martijn Budding
125	Abram Stockman
126	Hartthijs De Vries
	TEAM FLANDERS-BALOISE
131	Kamiel Bonneu
132	Sander De Pestel
133	Milan Fretin
134	Elias Maris
135	Ward Vanhoof
136	Alex Colman
	TRINITY RACING
141	Luke Lamperti
142	Robert Donaldson
143	Liam Johnston
144	Paul Magnier
145	Oliver Rees
146	Max Walker
	UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM
151	Stian Fredheim
152	Fredrik Dversnes
153	Tord Gudmestad
154	Tobias Halland Johannessen
155	Rasmus Tiller
156	Martin Bugge Urianstad

2023 Tour of Britain (HC)

28th edition: September 3 - 10, 2023

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