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2025 Tour of Britain (2.Pro)

30th edition: September 2 - 7, 2025

Sunday, September 7: 6th & Final Stage, Newport - Cardiff, 112.2 km

Olav Kooij wins the final stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Cardiff at 1:20 PM, local time: 18C (64F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the southeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). The rain is forecast to end about 2:45 PM. About halfway into the stage rain began falling on the riders.

The stage: The final stage of the 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain Men on Sunday 7 September will start in Newport, outside the Geraint Thomas Velodrome, and finish in Cardiff.

The second of two days of action-packed racing on the climbs and valleys of south Wales, stage six will loop from the city of Newport to a finish on North Road in Cardiff, close to city hall in the Welsh capital.

It marks the first visit for the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men to Cardiff since 2017, and only the second time in the modern race’s history that the city has hosted the event’s overall finish.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Olav Kooij's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Olav Kooij has won the final stage of the Tour of Britain. After the Dutch rider of Team Visma | Lease a Bike had already proven the fastest in stages one and two of the British stage race, he sprinted to victory again on the final day in the streets of Cardiff.

“It’s fantastic to be able to finish this week in such a way,” Kooij said afterwards. “The first three days were already very special. That gave us a lot of confidence. Today we made sure, as a team, to end this Tour of Britain in the best possible way.”

The 2025 edition of the race turned into a real success story for Team Visma | Lease a Bike. With Kooij’s three stage wins and Matthew Brennan’s victory in stage three, the Dutch team ended up with four triumphs after Kooij’s final-day success.

After another strong lead-out from Brennan, Kooij caught three escapees just before the line in Cardiff. “We left it up to the GC riders to close the gap today. They still had something to fight for on the road,” Kooij explained. “In the finale, we put everything on the stage win as a team. It was just enough. It really came down to the wire, but I’m happy we managed to finish off all the hard work of the team like this.”

For Kooij, the victory in Cardiff marked his tenth win of the season. With that, the Dutchman has played a major role in Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s 36 wins so far this year.

Complete results:

112.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.389 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2hr 28min 19sec
2	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
9	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
10	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
12	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Toon Aerts	Lotto	s.t.
15	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
16	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
17	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
18	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
19	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
22	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
24	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
29	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
30	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
31	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
33	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
37	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	11
39	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
41	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
42	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
43	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
44	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	@ 1min 1sec
48	Robin Orins	Lotto	s.t.
49	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
50	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:06
51	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:11
52	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
53	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
55	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
56	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:45
58	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
59	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
60	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	3:23
61	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	4:12
63	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
65	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
67	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
68	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
69	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
70	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
71	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
72	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
73	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
76	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
77	Milan Menten	Lotto	s.t.
78	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
79	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	6:08
80	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
82	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
83	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
85	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
86	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	7:48
87	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
88	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
90	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	9:35
92	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
93	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
94	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
95	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	11:03
98	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	11:11
99	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
101	Josh Charlton	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
103	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
104	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	11:22
105	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	11:54

Final GC after stage 6:

GC winner: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Mountains classification winner: Victor Vercouillie (Team Flanders-Baloise)
Points classification winner: Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Teams classification winner: Bahrain Victorious

886.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.393 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	19hr 31min 23sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 2sec
3	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:04
4	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	0:08
5	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:12
6	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:17
10	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
11	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:29
14	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	0:30
15	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:31
16	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien 21	0:42
17	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:58
19	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:03
20	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:11
21	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:15
22	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien 21	1:21
23	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	1:34
24	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:35
25	Toon Aerts	Lotto	1:46
26	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	2:33
27	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	2:43
28	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	3:43
29	Robin Orins	Lotto	3:47
30	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:29
31	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:14
32	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
33	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	5:39
34	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	5:40
35	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	5:56
36	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	6:08
37	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:26
38	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	7:04
39	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:12
40	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	7:33
41	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	7:46
42	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	9:08
43	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	9:16
44	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:32
45	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:55
46	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	10:03
47	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:06
48	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:22
49	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	10:26
50	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	11:18
51	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	11:30
52	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	11:42
53	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12:02
54	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	12:37
55	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	12:39
56	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	13:09
57	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	13:43
58	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	14:01
59	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	14:47
60	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	14:50
61	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	15:18
62	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
63	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	15:22
64	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:54
65	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	15:55
66	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	16:01
67	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:11
68	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	16:37
69	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	17:09
70	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	17:18
71	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	17:24
72	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	17:25
73	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien 21	17:43
74	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	17:45
75	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	18:10
76	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	18:27
77	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	19:28
78	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:57
79	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	20:04
80	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	20:21
81	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	20:23
82	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	21:37
83	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	22:01
84	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	22:10
85	Milan Menten	Lotto	22:26
86	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien 21	22:40
87	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	23:00
88	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	23:23
89	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	23:28
90	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	24:01
91	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	24:17
92	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	24:18
93	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	25:15
94	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	26:22
95	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	26:41
96	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	27:39
97	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	27:44
98	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	28:15
99	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	29:06
100	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	29:33
101	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	30:30
102	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	30:53
103	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	31:04
104	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	31:48
105	Josh Charlton	Great Britain Cycling Team	38:06

Stage 6 map:

Stage 6 map

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Saturday, September 6: Stage 5, Pontypool - The Tumble, 133.6 km

Stage 5 map

Remco Evenepoel wins stage five. Getty Sport photo

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Weather at Tumble, Wales, at 1:50 PM, local time: 20C (68F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 31 km/hr (19 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: The penultimate stage of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men on Saturday 6 September will be the first of two days of action-packed racing in south Wales, as Pontypool and The Tumble welcome Britain’s biggest professional cycle race.

The Lloyds Tour of Britain Men makes its first visit to Pontypool in the Torfaen district for the stage start, with a route through Monmouthshire that will finish with a double ascent of the famous climb of The Tumble, above Abergavenney.

Last used by the race in 2014, The Tumble is one of the most notorious in south Wales, averaging over 8% across its five kilometers.

The race: Luke Lamperti (Soudal Quick-Step) did not start.

Here's the report from stage winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Remco Evenepoel scored his 59th victory in the Soudal Quick-Step on the penultimate day of the Tour of Britain, moving up to second place on the general classification, just a few seconds from the green jersey. The Olympic Champion was part of a large group that arrived together inside 500 meters to go and patiently waited for the last 150 meters to launch an acceleration that ended up securing his sixth win of the season.

The 133km stage had five classified climbs on the agenda, including a double ascent of The Tumble, the 5.5km hill averaging a stinging 8.8% where the GC fight unfolded. A breakaway animated the first part of the stage, but was reabsorbed with 40 kilometers to go. Seconds later, another group went clear, but this too was brought back by the time they took on the final climb. There, a couple of riders briefly snapped the elastic and opened a five-second gap, but thanks to a solid effort of Ilan Van Wilder, they were reeled in ahead of the flamme rouge, paving the way for Remco’s success.

“It’s a win that makes me happy, especially as it wasn’t easy today. The first time up the climb, we wanted to see how it went. We went quite fast, but then, in the last three kilometers, the wind was blowing quite hard in the face, and I quickly realised that we had to wait for the sprint. It was going to be quite difficult to get away, as you could see.”

Here's stage winner Remco Evenepoel about 20 km from the finish. Photo: John Pierce/PhotoSport International © UK, USA & Asia.

“Ilan did a great job bringing the late attackers back, and then it was up to me to have a sprint. I know after a tough day and a hard climb, that I still have a good sprint, so I just focused on my sprint, tried it and went out with the win, so it’s good. We are delighted with this outcome and on Sunday we’ll try to see if we can win the general classification”, Remco explained after the podium ceremony, where he celebrated Soudal Quick-Step’s 29th victory at the Tour of Britain.

Complete results:

133.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.653 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	3hr 7min 56sec
2	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
3	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
4	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 4sec
11	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	0:07
15	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien 21	0:25
16	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:30
18	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:44
20	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
21	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:07
22	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	1:11
24	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:23
25	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	1:32
26	Toon Aerts	Lotto	1:34
27	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	1:49
28	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:54
29	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien 21	1:55
30	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:05
32	Robin Orins	Lotto	2:07
33	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	2:31
34	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	3:15
35	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	3:42
36	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:04
37	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	4:08
38	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	4:14
39	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:30
40	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
42	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
43	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
44	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
45	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
46	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
47	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:08
50	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	5:42
51	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
52	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	5:48
53	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	6:12
54	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
55	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	6:23
56	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	6:23
57	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	s.t.
58	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
59	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
60	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
62	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	7:02
63	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
65	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
66	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	7:58
68	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
71	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
72	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	8:53
73	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
74	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
75	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
76	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
77	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Milan Menten	Lotto	s.t.
81	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
82	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
83	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
84	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
85	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
86	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
87	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	9:23
88	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
89	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	9:40
90	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
93	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
97	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
98	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
99	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
101	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	9:44
102	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	10:00
103	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	11:35
105	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	12:06
106	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	12:07
107	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
108	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	15:28
109	Paulo Fernandes	Anicolor / Tien 21	18:46

GC after stage 5:

GC leader: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Mountains classification leader: Victor Vercouillie (Team Flanders-Baloise)
Points classification leader: Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Teams classification leader: Bahrain Victorious

774 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.393 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	17hr 3min 4sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 2sec
3	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:04
4	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	0:08
5	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:12
6	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:16
9	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:17
10	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:21
11	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:29
14	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	0:30
15	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:31
16	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien 21	0:42
17	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	0:52
19	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:58
20	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:13
21	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:15
22	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien 21	1:21
23	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	1:34
24	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:35
25	Toon Aerts	Lotto	1:46
26	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	2:07
27	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	2:22
28	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:29
29	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:32
30	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	2:43
31	Robin Orins	Lotto	2:46
32	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:18
33	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	4:29
34	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	4:45
35	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien 21	5:03
36	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	5:15
37	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:20
38	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	5:43
39	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	5:57
40	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:26
41	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	6:32
42	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	6:35
43	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	7:10
44	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:12
45	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	7:18
46	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	8:57
47	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
48	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	9:05
49	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	9:52
50	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	9:54
51	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:55
52	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	9:57
53	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	10:03
54	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	10:07
55	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:09
56	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	10:15
57	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:22
58	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	10:35
59	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	10:50
60	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:06
61	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	11:17
62	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien 21	11:29
63	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	11:43
64	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	11:49
65	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:59
66	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	s.t.
67	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12:02
68	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	12:25
69	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	12:42
70	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	12:57
71	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	12:58
72	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	13:06
73	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	13:20
74	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	13:49
75	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	13:53
76	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	13:56
77	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	13:58
78	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	14:04
79	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	14:07
80	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	14:11
81	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	14:15
82	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
83	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	14:42
84	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	14:48
85	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	16:02
87	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16:30
88	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	16:47
89	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	16:52
90	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	16:53
91	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	17:25
92	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
93	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien 21	17:43
94	Milan Menten	Lotto	18:14
95	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	18:53
96	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	19:07
97	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	19:11
98	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	19:19
99	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	19:49
100	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	19:50
101	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	19:51
102	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	19:53
103	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	19:54
104	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19:56
105	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19:58
106	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	25:00
107	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	25:43
108	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	26:03
109	Paulo Fernandes	Anicolor / Tien 21	38:45

Stage 5 map:

Stage 5 map

Friday, September 5: Stage 4, Atherstone - Burton Dassett Hill Country Park, 186.9 km

Stage 4 map

Romain Grégoire wins the stage and becomes the new GC leader. Photo: Getty Sport

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Weather at the city of Burton Dassett at 1:20 PM, local time: 19C (67F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race report from stage winner Romain Grégoire's Team Groupama-FDJ.

Romain Grégoire was very much looking forward to this first test. So, after champing at the bit for three days, the young Frenchman didn’t miss his chance. On stage 4 of the Tour of Britain, he displayed his power and punch to claim a dominant victory at the top of Burton Dassett’s climb. Thanks to a two-second gap over most of his competitors, he also took command of the general classification. On Saturday, he will have to defend his leader’s jersey in an even harder summit finish.

Things were about to get serious this Friday on British soil. After three stages made for sprinters, the first hills were on the agenda on day 4, with 187 kilometres to cover towards Burton Dassett. “The day’s finish suited Romain’s qualities perfectly,” explained Jérôme Gannat. “There was a short 12.5-kilometre circuit to be completed twice in the final, with three ascents of the finishing climb, which wasn’t easy: 900 metres at 7-8% on a very narrow road. We kept a low profile at the start of the race to try to keep as many riders as possible in the final to position Romain for the climbs. It was also a positioning race.”

The peloton initially had no trouble controlling a four-man breakaway, whose maximum lead was five minutes before dropping below the two-minute mark entering the final fifty kilometres. Shortly after, the peloton hit the first climb of the day, then the riders entered the circuit. The first ascent of Burton Dassett’s hill was done straight after, and Remco Evenepoel started the attacks. “We rather expected action on the penultimate lap, but the four guys who broke away didn’t gain more than ten seconds,” Jérôme said. “We also knew that there would be teams to chase behind, and Lorenzo also did a few pulls to catch the breakaway.”

Nevertheless, a ten-kilometre chase was necessary to make it all come back together. “We approached the race in the right way, and the guys did a great job all day to position me,” Romain confirmed. “On the finishing circuit, it wasn’t easy because some guys wanted to open the race from far and make it hard, like Remco. We managed it pretty well by staying patient and making the effort when necessary. All the guys did their part, but a special mention goes to Olivier Le Gac, who rode a fantastic race. He was there all the time and was really perfect in terms of positioning”.

The French puncher was indeed ideally positioned for the second and penultimate ascent of the Burton Dassett hill. He was able to follow a few accelerations but didn’t push it when a few attackers tried to go away in the final ten kilometres. Still quite big, the peloton got organized to bring everyone back four kilometres from the finish line. “Then the goal was to be in a good position at the last corner, one kilometre from the finish,” added Jérôme. “Quentin and Lorenzo worked well to achieve this.”

When his teammates finished their job, Romain Grégoire took his responsibilities. “I played my cards fully and positioned myself ideally one kilometre from the finish line,” he said. “He got on the Soudal-Quick Step’s train and was smart not to follow Evenepoel, but rather a rider he knows well: Sam [Watson],” Jérôme said. “He went hard from the bottom and that put Romain in a good position.” At the front with 500 metres to go, the French puncher then perfectly controlled the situation. “When Romain is in this kind of finish, when he knows he can win, he doesn’t make mistakes,” said Jérôme. “He took the right wheels and we felt that he was confident and calm. He was patient, because we said in the briefing that he should launch the sprint before the last corner, since the last 200 metres were less difficult, at 4%.”

That’s exactly what the young man did, starting his effort at around 250 metres, taking the lead immediately and keeping it until the end. “When I felt it was the moment, I went for it, and it held until the line,” he said. Ahead of Julian Alaphilippe, the Groupama-FDJ rider could celebrate a proper strong victory. “It’s really great,” he said. “It was a big objective to win here. The whole team did an incredible job and deserved this victory. I’m really happy. We have the leader’s jersey as a bonus, so we couldn’t have hoped for much better!”

While his fellow countryman finished with the same time, the other competitors crossed the line two seconds behind, and Romain Grégoire took the overall lead ahead of Matthew Brennan. A perfect day. “Originally, La Conti was supposed to ride this race,” Jérôme recalled. “We finally decided to come with the WorldTour team, but almost all the staff are from La Conti. It’s also important for them to be with riders like Romain and fight for the win in great races like the Tour of Britain.”

On Saturday, the entire Groupama-FDJ cycling team will try to maintain this strong momentum heading towards The Tumble (5.5 km at 7.3%). “This is practically their Alpe d’Huez,” Jérôme smiled. “It’s a climb that could suit Romain’s abilities. We have a team with experienced riders like Olivier and Quentin to support him, and it will be another challenge for us.” “I’m ready to fight,” said Romain. “Anyway, when you have a leader’s jersey on your shoulders, you have an obligation to battle for it”.

Editor's note. Famed race photographer John Pierce sent me this picture of Tim Torn Teutenberg (sixth in today's stage) training for the Tour of Britain.

It's actually of Teutenberg at the 2006 Stuttgart Six-Day.

Complete results:

186.9 kilometers raced 45.530 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 6min 18aec
2	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	@ 2sec
4	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
6	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Toon Aerts	Lotto	s.t.
8	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
9	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
11	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
13	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
14	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
15	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	0:07
22	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
23	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
24	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
26	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
27	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
28	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien 21	0:11
30	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
31	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	13
32	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
33	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:17
35	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:25
38	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
39	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien 21	0:27
40	Robin Orins	Lotto	0:29
41	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	0:51
43	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	0:57
44	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	1:04
45	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:19
47	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:20
49	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:27
50	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	1:40
51	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:46
52	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	1:49
53	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
54	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:55
56	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	3:39
57	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	3:54
58	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
59	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
60	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
61	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
63	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
64	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	4:17
68	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
72	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
74	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
75	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	s.t.
76	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
79	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
80	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
81	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
82	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
83	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
84	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
85	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:47
87	Milan Menten	Lotto	4:51
88	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:53
89	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
90	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:58
92	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
93	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
94	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	7:03
95	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
96	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
97	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
99	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
100	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	7:14
102	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	10:08
103	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
104	Josh Charlton	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Paulo Fernandes	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
106	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
108	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
111	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:25

GC after stage 4:

GC leader: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Mountains classification leader: Victor Vercouillie (Team Flanders-Baloise)
Points classification leader: Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Teams classification leader: Lidl-Trek

640.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.009 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	13hr 55min 8sec
2	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	@ 2sec
3	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:04
4	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:06
5	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	0:08
6	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:09
8	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	0:12
9	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
12	Toon Aerts	Lotto	s.t.
13	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
14	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
16	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
18	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:14
22	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:15
23	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:17
24	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
25	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
28	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
29	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
30	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:23
31	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
33	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:27
34	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:35
37	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
39	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien 21	0:37
40	Robin Orins	Lotto	0:39
41	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	1:01
42	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	1:07
43	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	1:14
44	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:29
46	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
47	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:30
48	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:37
49	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:56
50	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:59
51	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	2:05
52	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	2:15
53	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien 21	3:08
54	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	3:49
55	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:04
56	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
58	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
59	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	4:23
60	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:26
61	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:27
62	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
63	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
64	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
67	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
71	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
72	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:48
73	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:57
74	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:00
75	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:02
76	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	5:03
77	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	5:05
78	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	5:26
79	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	5:29
80	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	5:36
81	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	6:43
82	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	7:07
83	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	7:13
84	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:37
88	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:42
89	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	7:44
90	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	7:59
91	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	8:03
92	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	9:07
93	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	9:13
94	Milan Menten	Lotto	9:21
95	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	9:23
96	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien 21	9:45
97	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	10:09
98	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:16
99	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	10:18
100	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
101	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
102	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:35
104	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	10:57
105	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	11:01
106	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	11:02
107	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12:55
108	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	15:20
109	Josh Charlton	Great Britain Cycling Team	16:55
110	Paulo Fernandes	Anicolor / Tien 21	19:59
111	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	21:13

Stage 4 map:

Thursday, September 4: Stage 3, Milton Keynes - Ampthill, 122.8 km

Stage 3 map

Matthew Brennan wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Ampthill at 2:15 PM, locla time: 17C (64F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). There is a 50% chance of rain, declining to 6% at 4:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from stager winner Matthew Brennan's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Matthew Brennan powered to victory in the third stage of the Tour of Britain on Thursday. Following back-to-back wins from overall leader Olav Kooij, it marked the third successive triumph for Team Visma | Lease a Bike on British soil.

“This is amazing. It’s already been a fantastic season so far, and to keep winning these past weeks is really special”, Brennan says afterwards. With his twelfth professional win of the year, the Brit lifts the team’s season tally to 35 victories.

Like the opening two stages, the third stage’s profile was tailor-made for a bunch sprint. The Dutch cycling team kept a firm grip on the peloton throughout. Once the breakaway had been reeled in, all eyes turned to the duo of Kooij and Brennan. After taking the first two stages in the United Kingdom, Kooij led-out his teammate perfectly to the line. The 20-year-old Brennan finished the job in sensational style, becoming the youngest stage winner ever at the Tour of Britain.

“It was a hectic finale today, with lots of riders fighting for position. We managed to move up with our train at just the right time. I was in Olav’s wheel, and he dropped me off perfectly at the line. It’s an incredible win”, Brennan says. “I’m really grateful to the team for giving me this opportunity to go for a stage win in my home country, especially with a leader like Olav in our team.”

Sports director Marc Reef is proud: “It’s really impressive to capitalise on the first three opportunities in this race. Of course, we know we have two strong sprinters with Olav and Matthew. It’s great to see all the hard work from the team being rewarded like this.”

The fourth stage on Friday brings a tough finale, with more climbing to come later in the weekend. “We knew the opening three days would present us good opportunities for stage wins, and we’ve made the most of them. The rest of the week will be harder. Tomorrow’s finish will be more of a punchy one, so we’ll make another plan for that”, overall leader Kooij concludes.

Complete results:

122.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.307 km/hr

1	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2hr 35min 45sec
2	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
4	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Milan Menten	Lotto	s.t.
6	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
9	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
10	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
11	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
16	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
17	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
19	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
21	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
23	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
24	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
25	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
29	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
37	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
40	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
41	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
43	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Toon Aerts	Lotto	s.t.
45	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
49	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
53	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
56	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
60	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
61	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
62	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
65	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
66	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
67	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
68	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
69	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
70	Robin Orins	Lotto	s.t.
71	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
72	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
73	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
74	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
76	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
79	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
80	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
83	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
85	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
86	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
88	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
89	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
91	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
92	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
94	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	@ 20sec
96	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien 21	0:27
97	Josh Charlton	Great Britain Cycling Team	0:33
98	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
99	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	0:41
100	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	0:47
101	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
102	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	0:54
103	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s,t,
104	Loe van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:01
105	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
107	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	1:09
108	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	s.t.
109	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:29
110	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
111	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	2:17
112	Paulo Fernandes	Anicolor / Tien 21	2:43
113	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien 21	@ 0sec

GC after stage 3:

GC leader: Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Ben Chilton (Great Britain Cycling Team)
Points classification leader: Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Teams classification leader: Uno-X Mobility

453.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.223 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	9hr 48min 40sec
2	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	@ 10sec
3	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:14
4	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
5	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
6	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	0:16
7	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:17
9	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
10	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:18
11	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:20
13	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
15	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
16	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
17	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
18	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
20	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
21	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
24	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
26	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
27	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
29	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
30	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
33	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
34	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
35	Robin Orins	Lotto	s.t.
36	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
38	Toon Aerts	Lotto	s.t.
39	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
44	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
45	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
49	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
50	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
52	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
53	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
54	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
57	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
58	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
62	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
65	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
66	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
69	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
70	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
72	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
73	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
76	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
78	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
79	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
80	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
82	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
84	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
85	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
86	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	0:40
87	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	0:45
88	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	1:03
89	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	1:19
90	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	1:21
91	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	1:29
92	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	1:45
93	Loe van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:46
94	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	2:14
95	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	2:30
96	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:59
97	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
98	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	3:00
99	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien 21	3:07
100	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:52
101	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:25
102	Milan Menten	Lotto	4:40
103	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	5:22
104	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:58
105	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien 21	6:01
106	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	6:02
107	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
108	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	6:24
109	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:50
110	Josh Charlton	Great Britain Cycling Team	6:57
111	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	7:18
112	Paulo Fernandes	Anicolor / Tien 21	10:01
113	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:29

Stage 3 map:

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Wednesday, September 3: Stage 2, Stowmarket - Stowmarket, 169.3 km

Stage 2 map

The very fast Olav Kooij makes it two stage wins in a row. Photo SWpix

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Weather at the start/finish city of Stowmarket at 1:30 PM, local time: 21C (69F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the south-southwest at 32 km/hr (20 mph). Rainstorms are forecast to continue through 4:00 PM. There could be heavy & torrential downpours at times.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Olav Kooij's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Olav Kooij claimed the second stage of the Tour of Britain in commanding style. Yesterday, the sprinter of Team Visma | Lease a Bike had already won the opening stage. Kooij will once again start in the green leader’s jersey tomorrow.

“It’s really special to win the second stage here too”, Kooij says afterwards. It marked the ninth victory of the season for the 23-year-old sprinter. “The team had to put in a lot of work throughout the day, and this win is the reward. A fantastic start to the week for us.”

As expected, all eyes were once more on the fast men ahead of the second stage. On a mostly flat route, starting and finishing in Stowmarket, four riders broke away early. Team Visma | Lease a Bike kept the race under control on the rain-soaked roads of southeast England and caught up the escapees with only a few kilometers remaining.

While Kooij benefited from a flawless lead-out yesterday, the yellow-and-black formation lost each other slightly in today’s finale. The Dutchman found his own way and powered to his second consecutive win. It was already the sixth time in his career that he raised his arms in triumph at the Tour of Britain. “It seems like this race suits me well.”

“Compared to yesterday, we had to work harder with more riders to bring back the breakaway. In the finale, we had fewer teammates left, but I was well-positioned with Matthew. At the very end I lost him, picked my own line, and jumped onto the right wheel. When I saw enough space ahead of me, I decided to go all-in. Straight away I felt I was the fastest”, Kooij explains.

His victory lifts Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s season tally to 34 wins. Tomorrow, the team faces a similar stage in England, where all eyes will once again be on the fastest men in the peloton.

Complete results:

169.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.301 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3hr 44min 14sec
2	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
3	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
7	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
11	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
13	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
14	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
15	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	s.t.
18	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
19	Robin Orins	Lotto	s.t.
20	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
25	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
30	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
32	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
33	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
34	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
35	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
38	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
40	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
42	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Toon Aerts	Lotto	s.t.
44	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
46	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
48	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
52	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
53	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
54	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
56	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
58	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
62	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
63	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
67	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
70	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
72	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
73	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
76	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
77	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
78	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
79	Loe van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
80	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
82	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
83	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
84	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
85	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
86	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
88	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
91	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	@ 1min 30sec
92	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	@ 0sec
93	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien 21	@ 0sec
94	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien 21	2:20
95	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
96	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:45
97	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
99	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
100	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	@ 0sec
101	Milan Menten	Lotto	4:20
102	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
103	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
104	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:42
105	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
106	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
107	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Josh Charlton	Great Britain Cycling Team	6:04
109	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
110	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:30
111	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	6:58
112	Paulo Fernandes	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
113	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:41

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Andreas Stokbro (Unibet Tietema Rockets)
Points classification leader: Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Tom Crabbe (Team Flanders-Baloise)
Teams classification leader: Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

330.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.833 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	7hr 12min 55sec
2	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	@ 14sec
3	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	0:16
4	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:17
6	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
7	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	0:18
8	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
9	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:20
10	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
12	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
14	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
16	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
17	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
19	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
21	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
25	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Robin Orins	Lotto	s.t.
27	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
29	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
31	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
33	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
34	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
36	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
37	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
39	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Toon Aerts	Lotto	s.t.
43	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
44	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
45	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
47	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
48	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
51	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
53	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
54	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
59	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
61	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
62	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
64	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
65	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	s.t.
68	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
69	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
75	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
77	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
84	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
86	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
87	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
88	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
89	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
90	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien 21	s.t.
91	Loe van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:45
92	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
93	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
94	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	0:51
95	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	1:49
96	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	1:50
97	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	2:06
98	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien 21	2:40
99	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:59
100	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	3:05
101	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
102	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:52
103	Milan Menten	Lotto	4:40
104	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien 21	6:01
105	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:02
106	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
108	Josh Charlton	Great Britain Cycling Team	6:24
109	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
110	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:50
111	Paulo Fernandes	Anicolor / Tien 21	7:18
112	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
113	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:00

Stage 2 map:

Tuesday, Sept 2: Stage 1, Woodbridge - Southwold, 161.4 km

Stage 1 map

Olav Kooij just beats Tord Gudmestad for the stage win and the GC lead. Getty photo

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Weather at the finish city of Southwold at 1:10 PM, local time: 21C (69F), showers in vicinity (riders did get rained on mid-way into the stage) with the wind from the south at 26 km/hr (16 mph). Rain is forecast to end around 2:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Olaav Kooij's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Olav Kooij has won the opening stage of the Tour of Britain. The Dutch sprinter of Team Visma | Lease a Bike proved the fastest in the streets of Southwold, claiming victory in the bunch sprint. With his win, Kooij also took the first leader’s jersey of the race.

“I’m happy to start this stage race straight away with a win”, said Kooij after the finish. “Given my results here in 2023, I already had warm feelings about this race, and they’ve only grown stronger now.”

Team Visma | Lease a Bike lined up with a strong mix of experience and youthful talent for this six-stage event. With riders such as Kooij and Matthew Brennan, the team has set its sights on stage victories on British soil.

They made a successful start today. Kooij waited patiently in the final few hundred metres and pipped his rivals right on the line. With that, the Dutchman claimed his eighth victory of the season — bringing Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s total tally to 33 wins so far.

Kooij analysed his triumph: “There was a lot of wind in the final and the road also kicked uphill. We knew we had to be well positioned going into the last corner. After that it was all about patience. My teammates did a really good job. In the last few hundred metres I managed to find the right wheel. With the strong headwind it wasn’t easy, but luckily I had the legs to finish it off.”

“We’ll take it day by day”, the 23-year-old sprinter added on the team’s approach. “With Matthew we also have another rider with a strong finish. Our goal is to win stages. Today we’ve already made a very good start.”

Complete results:

161.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.331 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3hr 29min 1sec
2	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
3	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
8	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
9	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
11	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
12	Milan Menten	Lotto	s.t.
13	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
14	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
15	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
17	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
22	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
27	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
29	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
31	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
33	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
34	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
35	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
36	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Robin Orins	Lotto	s.t.
39	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
42	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
47	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
51	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
52	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
53	Toon Aerts	Lotto	s.t.
54	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
55	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
56	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
58	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
60	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
62	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
63	Josh Charlton	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
65	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
67	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
68	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
70	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
73	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
74	Paulo Fernandes	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
75	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
76	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
82	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
83	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
84	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
87	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
89	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
92	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
93	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
94	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
95	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
96	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
97	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
100	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
101	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
103	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
104	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
105	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
106	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 25sec
107	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Loe van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
109	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	0:31
110	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:47
111	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	1:29
112	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	1:46
113	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	@ 0sec

GC after stage 1

GC leader: Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Milan Lanhove (Team Flanders-Baloise)
Points classification leader: Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Milan Lanhove (Team Flanders-Baloise)
Teams classification leader: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale

1	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3hr 28min 51sec
2	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 4sec
3	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	0:06
4	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:07
5	Joshua Golliker	Great Britain Cycling Team	0:08
6	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:09
7	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	0:10
8	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
11	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
12	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
14	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
15	Milan Menten	Lotto	s.t.
16	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
17	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
20	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
22	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
25	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Brady Gilmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
30	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
34	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
36	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
37	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
38	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
39	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
40	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Robin Orins	Lotto	s.t.
42	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
45	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
49	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
50	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
54	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
55	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
56	Toon Aerts	Lotto	s.t.
57	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
58	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
59	Reef Roberts	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
61	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
65	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Josh Charlton	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
68	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
69	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
71	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
73	Ben Chilton	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Rafael Reis	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
76	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
77	Paulo Fernandes	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
78	Finlay Tarling	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
82	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
84	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
85	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
86	Huw Buck-Jones	Great Britain Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Zac Marriage	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
89	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
90	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
91	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
92	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
93	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
94	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
95	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
96	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
97	Victor Martinez Garcia	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
98	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
100	Harrison Wood	Anicolor / Tien21	s.t.
101	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
103	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
104	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
105	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
106	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	s.t.
107	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:35
108	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Loe van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
110	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	0:41
111	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:57
112	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	1:39
113	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	1:56

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Start list with back numbers, September 1, 2025:

	INEOS Grenadiers
1	Geraint Thomas
2	AJ August
3	Lucas Hamilton
4	Ben Swift
5	Thymen Arensman
6	Sam Watson
	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
11	Rune Herregodts
12	Julius Johansen
13	António Morgado
14	Rui Oliveira
15	Pavel Sivakov
16	Florian Vermeersch
	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
21	Matthew Brennan
22	Olav Kooij
23	Edoardo Affini
24	Loe van Belle
25	Thomas Gloag
26	Julien Vermote
	Lidl-Trek
31	Tim Declercq
32	Tao Geoghegan Hart
33	Bauke Mollema
34	Tim Torn Teutenberg
35	Patrick Frydkjær
36	Lennard Kämna
	Soudal Quick-Step
41	Remco Evenepoel
42	Casper Pedersen
43	Luke Lamperti
44	Ethan Hayter
45	Martin Svrcek
46	Ilan Van Wilder
	Israel-Premier Tech
51	Joe Blackmore
52	Hugo Hofstetter
53	Nick Schultz
54	Brady Gilmore
55	Zac Marriage
56	Finlay Tarling
	Uno-X Mobility
61	Andreas Leknessund
62	Rasmus Tiller
63	Henrik Pedersen
64	Alexander Kristoff
65	Martin Urianstad Bugge
66	Storm Ingebrigtsen
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
71	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
72	Dries De Bondt
73	Victor Lafay
74	Noa Isidore
75	Tord Gudmestad
76	Bastien Tronchon
	Bahrain Victorious
81	Pello Bilbao
82	Fred Wright
83	Zak Erzen
84	Afonso Eulalio
85	Matevz Govekar
86	Edoardo Zambanini
	Team Picnic PostNL
91	John Degenkolb
92	Sean Flynn
93	Enzo Leijnse
94	Oscar Onley
95	Timo de Jong
96	Matteo Vanhuffel
	Groupama-FDJ
101	Romain Grégoire
102	Quentin Pacher
103	Lorenzo Germani
104	Olivier Le Gac
105	Matthew Walls
106	Reef Roberts
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
111	Julian Alaphilippe
112	Alberto Dainese
113	Mathys Rondel
114	Robin Froidevaux
115	Matteo Trentin
116	Fabian Lienhard
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
121	Mark Donovan
122	Emils Liepins
123	Joseph Pidcock
124	Rory Townsend
125	Milan Vader
126	Frederik Frison
	Lotto
131	Toon Aerts
132	Cédric Beullens
133	Joshua Giddings
134	Milan Menten
135	Robin Orins
136	Baptiste Veistroffer
	Unibet Tietema Rockets
141	Andreas Stokbro
142	Hartthijs de Vries
143	Davide Bomboi
144	Axel Huens
145	Tomas Kopecky
146	Zeb Kyffin
	Equipo Kern Pharma
151	Marc Brustenga
152	Iñigo Elosegui
153	Iker Gomez
154	Cesar Perez
155	Diego Uriarte
156	Mats Wenzel
	Team Flanders-Baloise
161	Milan Lanhove
162	Tom Crabbe
163	Siebe Deweirdt
164	Jules Hesters
165	Elias Maris
166	Victor Vercouillie
	Anicolor / Tien21
171	Harrison Wood
172	Alexis Guérin
173	Rafael Reis
174	Ruben Fernandez
175	Victor Martinez Garcia
176	Paulo Fernandes
	Great Britain Cycling Team
181	Ben Wiggins
182	Huw Buck-Jones
183	Matthew Bostock
184	Ben Chilton
185	Joshua Golliker
186	Josh Charlton

2025 Tour of Britain (2.Pro)

30th edition: September 2 - 7, 2025

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