2022 Tour of Britain (HC)

27th edition: September 4 - 11, 2022

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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stages 6, 7 & 8 cancelled

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Remaining Tour of Britain stages cancelled following The Queen's death

The orgaziner's posted these two statements:

Statement: 10:30pm, Thursday 8 September 2022

Further to the earlier statement in relation to the cancellation of stage six as a mark of respect following the passing of Her Majesty The Queen, the organisers of the AJ Bell Tour of Britain can additionally confirm that stages seven (Dorset) and eight (Isle of Wight) will not take place.

This decision has been taken in consultation with stakeholders and partners in light of operational circumstances, including the understandable reassignment of police resource at this time.

Therefore, the final standings will be taken following the conclusion of stage five on Thursday 8 September. The winner of the AJ Bell Tour of Britain 2022 will be Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar Team).

Additionally, the respective classification leaders – Tom Pidcock (Dodl by AJ Bell points), Mathijs Paasschens (ŠKODA King of the Mountains) and Matthew Teggart (Sportsbreaks.com sprints) – will also be declared the winners of those competitions.

The Tour of Britain organisation, alongside the teams, riders and officials involved in the event, send their deepest condolences to the Royal Family at this sad time.

Statement: 9pm, Thursday 8 September 2022

The Tour of Britain organisation, alongside the teams, riders and officials involved in the event, are deeply saddened by the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

We would like to send our deepest condolences to the whole of the Royal Family.

As a result, stage six in Gloucestershire on Friday 9 September, scheduled to take place between Tewkesbury and Gloucester, will not take place.

Further updates in regards to the status of stages seven and eight will be provided in due course.

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Thursday, September 8: 5th & Final Stage, West Bridgford - Mansfield, 186.8 km

Stage 5 profile

Jordi Meeus wins stage five.

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Weather at the finish city of Mansfield at 12:25 PM, local time: 18C (64F), cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is currently a 17% chance of rain, climbing to 75% at 2:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Jordi Meeus' Team Bora-hansgrohe.

On paper the best chance for the sprinters this week, today’s race was well controlled the whole day. When a 4-men-break was in front, BORA – hansgrohe started to contribute to the work in the bunch early with Lukas Pöstlberger.

With 10 kilometers remaining all was set for a bunch sprint and in the final Felix Grossschartner, Nils Politt and Shane Archbold positioned Jordi Meeus perfectly. When on the last kilometer some riders took the wrong side at some road furniture, BORA – hansgrohe hit the front and Jordi finished off some incredible team work with a superb win.

“First of all I have to thank all my teammates. They were committed 100% today and it’s special to feel this kind of spirit. We hit the front at the right moment and also knew we had to take the last corner outside because of the barriers. I still had good legs in the end and could move in the bunch without taking too much risk. The sprint was perfect, also the timing was right. It is a wonderful feeling to be back on top of the podium after all the setbacks I had so far this season.” – Jordi Meeus

“I always said the last days, if the boys keep on riding like they did the results will come. Every single rider of the team was really committed today. Lukas rode for a long time in the bunch, Felix and Nils have been very important on the last kilometers and also Shane protected Jordi well. All in all it was a perfect team effort. Still, you need that guy that can finish off the job and Jordi did that perfectly today. It is impressive to see how he is coming back from injury and how he was able to deliver today.” – Torsten Schmidt, Sports Director

Complete results:

186.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.817 km/hr

1	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	4hr 21min 46sec
2	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
3	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Sam Watson	Great Britain	s.t.
5	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
6	Nicolo Parisini	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
7	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
8	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
9	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Jim Brown	WiV SunGod	s.t.
11	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
12	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
13	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
15	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
18	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Travis Stedman	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
20	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
22	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
23	Alessandro Iacchi	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
24	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
25	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
29	Dylan Sunderland	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
30	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
32	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
33	Rob Scott	WiV SunGod	s.t.
34	Cooper Sayers	Saint Piran	s.t.
35	Ross Lamb	Ribble Weldtite	@ 26sec
36	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	@ 0sec
37	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	@ 0sec
38	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	@ 0sec
39	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	@ 0sec
40	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	@ 0sec
41	Zeb Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite	0:36
42	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	@ 0sec
43	Adam Lewis	Saint Piran	0:36
44	Nahom Zerai	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
45	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
46	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
47	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	@ 0sec
48	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	0:50
49	Lukas Nerurkar	Trinity Racing	s.t.
50	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
51	Sam Culverwell	Trinity Racing	@ 0sec
52	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	@ 0sec
53	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	0:50
54	James Mitri	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
55	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
56	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	@ 0sec
57	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	@ 0sec
58	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	@ 0sec
59	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	@ 0sec
60	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	0:50
61	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	@ 0sec
62	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Team Qhubeka	@ 0sec
63	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	@ 0sec
64	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	@ 0sec
65	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	@ 0sec
66	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	@ 0sec
67	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
68	Johan Meens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	@ 0sec
69	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	@ 0sec
70	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	@ 0sec
71	Cees Bol	Team DSM	@ 0sec
72	Max Poole	Team DSM	@ 0sec
73	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	@ 0sec
74	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	@ 0sec
75	Rory Townsend	WiV SunGod	@ 0sec
76	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	@ 0sec
77	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	@ 0sec
78	Ben Perry	WiV SunGod	@ 0sec
79	Jacob Scott	WiV SunGod	1:20
80	Thomas Gloag	Trinity Racing	@ 0sec
81	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
82	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	@ 0sec
83	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
84	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	@ 0sec
85	Matthew Teggart	WiV SunGod	1:41
86	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	s.t.
87	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	1:57
89	Lukas Pöstlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	2:39
90	Josh Charlton	Great Britain	s.t.
91	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	3:11
92	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
93	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
95	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	s.t.
96	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
97	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar)
• Mountain classification winner: Mathijs Paasschens (Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces)
• Points classification winner: Thomas Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Teams classification winner: INEOS Grenadiers

856.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.000 km/hr

1	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	20hr 53min 1sec
2	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 3sec
3	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	0:07
4	Ben Perry	WiV SunGod	s.t.
5	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	0:10
6	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	0:14
7	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:17
8	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	0:22
9	Alessandro Iacchi	Team Qhubeka	0:24
10	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:28
12	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
13	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
16	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
18	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
19	Nicolo Parisini	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
20	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
21	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
22	Dylan Sunderland	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
23	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
25	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
26	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
27	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
28	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
29	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Thomas Gloag	Trinity Racing	s.t.
31	Sam Watson	Great Britain	0:39
32	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:41
33	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:57
34	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:01
35	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:09
36	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:20
37	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	5:50
38	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	7:51
39	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	9:27
40	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	11:18
41	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	11:19
42	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:20
43	Johan Meens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
44	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Team Qhubeka	13:06
45	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	13:19
46	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	14:21
47	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14:31
48	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	14:48
49	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	14:55
50	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	15:14
51	Jacob Scott	WiV SunGod	15:35
52	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	16:44
53	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	17:04
54	Connor Swift	Great Britain	18:08
55	Jim Brown	WiV SunGod	18:33
56	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	18:48
57	Sam Culverwell	Trinity Racing	22:04
58	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	22:24
59	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	22:30
60	Lukas Nerurkar	Trinity Racing	22:38
61	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	22:43
62	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	23:07
63	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	23:08
64	Rob Scott	WiV SunGod	23:17
65	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25:37
66	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	26:00
67	Cees Bol	Team DSM	26:16
68	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	27:11
69	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	27:28
70	Cooper Sayers	Saint Piran	27:38
71	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	28:36
72	Lukas Pöstlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	29:28
73	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	29:38
74	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:21
75	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	31:27
76	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	32:09
77	James Mitri	Global 6 Cycling	32:10
78	Nahom Zerai	Team Qhubeka	33:15
79	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	34:29
80	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	34:38
81	Matthew Teggart	WiV SunGod	34:58
82	Zeb Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite	35:07
83	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	35:25
84	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	36:19
85	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	37:03
86	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	37:32
87	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	37:38
88	Rory Townsend	WiV SunGod	38:24
89	Adam Lewis	Saint Piran	38:30
90	Travis Stedman	Team Qhubeka	41:54
91	Ross Lamb	Ribble Weldtite	43:22
92	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	45:03
93	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	45:39
94	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	47:00
95	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	47:14
96	Josh Charlton	Great Britain	52:20
97	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	52:30

 

Stage 5 profile:

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Wednesday, September 7: Stage 4, Redcar - Duncombe Park, Helmsley, 149.5 km

Stage 4 profile

Gonzalo Serrano wins stage 4

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Weather at the finish city of Helmsley at 12:40 PM, local time: 19C (66F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southeast at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is a 9% chance of rain, growing to 16% at 3:00 PM.

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

Movistar Team’s Gonzalo Serrano moved in to the AJ Bell Tour of Britain race lead after winning a dramatic fourth stage between Redcar and Duncombe Park, Helmsley, on Wednesday.

Serrano pipped home favourite Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers), Dylan Teuns (Israel – Premier Tech) and a second INEOS rider – Spaniard Omar Fraile – to the victory after the quartet broke clear over the climb of Newgate Bank with 8.4 kilometres remaining.

In addition to becoming the first Spaniard to win a stage of the UK’s leading cycle race in 10 years, Serrano moved into the AJ Bell leader’s jersey, with both Pidcock and Fraile trailing by seven seconds.

“Today was a crazy day,” said Serrano. “Very, very aggressive but my team was with me for company. It was a difficult day, but they worked strongly to close down the breakaway in the last kilometers. [Tom] Pidcock and [Omar] Fraile are very strong and, in Britain, this race is very important for INEOS, but I attacked in the last climb, and in the sprint I thought I can win.”

Serrano’s win is his seventh top-10 finish from the past 11 AJ Bell Tour of Britain stages with the 28-year-old from Madrid having never finished worse than 21st in his two participations in the race.

The Movistar team had worked hard with all their five remaining riders on the front of the diminished peloton after the action had burst into life on the ŠKODA King of the Mountains climb of Carlton Bank.

Fraile set the initial pace, teeing up a Pidcock attack to which Oscar Onley (Team DSM) and Teuns followed. Italian champion Filippo Zana (Bardiani CSF Faizanè) and Michael Woods (Israel – Premier Tech) initially tolerated the pace, but a second surge towards the top of the fan-lined climb took Pidcock, Onley, and Teuns clear with the trio building a lead of 45 seconds.

Movistar, TRINITY Racing and Great Britain’s Jake Stewart then drove the bunch hard along Bilsdale towards the final uncategorized climb of Newgate Bank. They made the junction on the lower slopes, before Serrano jumped clear to claim the bonus seconds at the Sportsbreaks.com sprint at the summit.

Pidcock fought hard to take his wheel; Teuns and then Fraile followed to make up the quartet who would contest the finish in the setting of Duncombe Park. Turning into the grounds of the park it was Fraile who picked up the pace, however once Serrano hit the front it never looked like the fast-charging Pidcock would overhaul him.

After moving into second position overall, Pidcock said; “We tried several times and with being the home team there is a bit of pressure and expectation for us to make the race. Which makes it all that much that harder to win, but I think we did pretty well. It was a bit disappointing but yeah what can I say.”

Overnight leader Ben Perry (Wiv SunGod) dropped to fourth overall on the same time as Pidcock and Fraile, with Israel – Premier Tech duo Teuns and Corbin Strong sitting next at 10 and 14 seconds in arrears.

As well as losing the red AJ Bell leader’s jersey, Wiv SunGod’s Jacob Scott also shed the ŠKODA King of the Mountains jersey to Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB rider Mathijs Paasschens. However, the team kept hold of the Sportsbreaks.com sprints jersey, while INEOS Grenadiers rider Magnus Sheffield won the stage four Adyen combativity award after an early breakaway with Saint Piran’s Harry Birchill as the race passed along the Yorkshire coast.

Complete results:

149.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.656 km/hr

1	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	3hr 40min 38sec
2	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1sec
5	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:13
6	Sam Watson	Great Britain	s.t.
7	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
9	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
10	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
13	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	Nicolo Parisini	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
15	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
16	Alessandro Iacchi	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
17	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
18	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
21	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
23	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
24	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
25	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
26	Thomas Gloag	Trinity Racing	s.t.
27	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
28	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
30	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Dylan Sunderland	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
32	Ben Perry	WiV SunGod	s.t.
33	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
34	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	0:13
36	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:20
37	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:24
38	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	0:28
39	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	3:45
40	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
41	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	4:45
42	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
44	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	5:02
45	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	8:30
46	Nahom Zerai	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
47	James Mitri	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
48	Cooper Sayers	Saint Piran	s.t.
49	Lukas Nerurkar	Trinity Racing	s.t.
50	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
51	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	11:05
52	Johan Meens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
53	Jacob Scott	WiV SunGod	s.t.
54	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
55	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
56	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
57	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	s.t.
60	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	s.t.
62	Sam Culverwell	Trinity Racing	s.t.
63	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
64	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
65	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
66	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
67	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
68	Lukas Pöstlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Rory Townsend	WiV SunGod	15:43
70	Matthew Teggart	WiV SunGod	s.t.
71	Jim Brown	WiV SunGod	s.t.
72	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
73	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
74	Rob Scott	WiV SunGod	s.t.
75	Adam Lewis	Saint Piran	22:15
76	Ross Lamb	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
77	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
78	Travis Stedman	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
79	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
80	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
81	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Zeb Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
83	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
84	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
85	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
86	Josh Charlton	Great Britain	s.t.
87	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
88	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
90	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	s.t.
91	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	s.t.
93	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
94	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
95	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
96	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	s.t.
98	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

669.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.520 km/hr

1	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	16hr 31min 15sec
2	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 7sec
3	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Ben Perry	WiV SunGod	s.t.
5	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	0:10
6	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	0:14
7	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:18
8	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	0:22
9	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:24
10	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:28
11	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
13	Alessandro Iacchi	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
14	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
15	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
16	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
18	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
20	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
21	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
22	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
24	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
25	Dylan Sunderland	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
26	Nicolo Parisini	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
27	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
29	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
30	Thomas Gloag	Trinity Racing	s.t.
31	Sam Watson	Great Britain	0:39
32	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:41
33	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:57
34	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:01
35	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:09
36	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	5:00
37	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
38	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:20
39	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	7:51
40	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	9:27
41	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	11:18
42	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	11:19
43	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:20
44	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
45	Johan Meens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
46	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Team Qhubeka	13:06
47	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	13:19
48	Jacob Scott	WiV SunGod	14:15
49	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	14:21
50	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	14:48
51	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	14:55
52	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	15:14
53	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	15:23
54	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	15:37
55	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	15:54
56	Connor Swift	Great Britain	18:08
57	Jim Brown	WiV SunGod	18:33
58	Lukas Nerurkar	Trinity Racing	21:48
59	Sam Culverwell	Trinity Racing	22:04
60	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	22:30
61	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
63	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	22:43
64	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	23:07
65	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	23:08
66	Rob Scott	WiV SunGod	23:17
67	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	25:10
68	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	25:25
69	Cees Bol	Team DSM	26:16
70	Lukas Pöstlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	26:49
71	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	27:11
72	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	27:28
73	Cooper Sayers	Saint Piran	27:38
74	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	28:16
75	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	29:38
76	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:21
77	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	31:19
78	James Mitri	Global 6 Cycling	31:20
79	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	32:14
80	Nahom Zerai	Team Qhubeka	32:39
81	Matthew Teggart	WiV SunGod	33:23
82	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	34:29
83	Zeb Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite	34:34
84	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	34:48
85	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	36:19
86	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	37:03
87	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	37:32
88	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	37:38
89	Adam Lewis	Saint Piran	37:54
90	Rory Townsend	WiV SunGod	38:24
91	Travis Stedman	Team Qhubeka	41:54
92	Ross Lamb	Ribble Weldtite	42:56
93	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	44:03
94	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	45:03
95	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
96	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
97	Josh Charlton	Great Britain	49:41
98	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	50:49

 

Stage 4 profile:

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Tuesday, September 6: Stage 3, Durham - Sunderland, 163.6 km

Stage 3 profile

Kamiel Bonneu wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city if Sunderland at 12:15 PM, local time: 21C (69F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). During the afternoon there is a 75% - 94% chance of rain, dropping to 19% by 4:00 PM.

The race: The following statement has been released by the UCI commissaire president in regards to the stage three result.

"Following a review of the implementation protocol of the calculation of time gaps expected to finish in bunch sprints, the stage three result has been amended.

"Regulation 2.3.040, as amended by the derogation, applies: a sole rider (or small group of riders) finishes ahead followed by the peloton in a bunch sprint.

"The rule applies to the main peloton only in the following manner:

"If the first rider of the peloton is less than one second behind the rider/group finishing ahead, the peloton is given the same time as the rider/group finishing ahead.

"If the first rider of the peloton is more than one second behind the rider/group finishing ahead, the peloton is given a new time.

"Within the main peloton only time gaps in excess of three seconds will be considered.

"As a result, Wiv SunGod rider Benjamin Perry is the AJ Bell Tour of Britain race leader after stage three."

Here's the race report from fifth-place Jordi Meeus' Team Bora-hansgrohe:

Even though the riders started the stage today in sunshine, the weather changed quite fast to heavy rain. In really difficult conditions a break of four riders built a lead of around five minutes which proved to be enough in the end.

A lack of cooperation in the bunch saw the break still enjoying a two-minute lead with only 10km remaining. At that point also BORA – hansgrohe started to contribute and especially Nils Politt pushed the pace in the peloton. In the end the break could hold on to only 7 seconds and Kamiel Benneu took the win while Jordi Meeus was fastest from the bunch today to take 5th place.

“This is my first race after the broken collarbone I suffered in Poland. The first days I suffered a lot as I could feel the lack of training and racing. That’s also the reason we decided already this morning that we will gamble a bit if there is a break. Today I actually felt a lot better, and it is nice to see that I already got the potential to grab a win. I think we did everything right today even it is a pity we didn’t sprint for the win in the end. But it was a good day for us and probably a boost for my confidence.” – Jordi Meeus

“The team did a great job today and all have been committed to our plan. We said in the morning that it is not up to us to bring back a potential breakaway as there are stronger teams regarding the GC but also the sprint. There were some doubts about the shape of Jordi but it is really nice to see that he is back on track. Still, we knew we’ll need all our forces in the last part and really focused on that. We already lost Marco and even started with one rider less, so we have to be cautious with our resources.” – Torsten Schmidt, Sports Director

Complete amended results:

163.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.976 km/hr

1	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4hr 5min 33sec
2	Ben Perry	WiV SunGod	s.t.
3	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	@ 2sec
4	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:04
5	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	0:07
6	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
7	Sam Watson	Great Britain	s.t.
8	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
9	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
11	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
13	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
15	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
16	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
17	Jim Brown	WiV SunGod	s.t.
18	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
24	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
26	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
28	Alessandro Iacchi	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
29	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
30	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
31	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
32	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
34	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
35	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
36	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
37	Nicolo Parisini	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
38	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
39	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
43	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
44	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
45	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
46	Johan Meens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
47	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
48	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	s.t.
49	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
50	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	s.t.
51	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
52	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
53	Dylan Sunderland	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
54	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
55	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
56	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:27
57	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:29
59	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
60	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
61	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
62	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
63	Zeb Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite	0:48
64	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	1:17
65	Lukas Pöstlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Team Qhubeka	1:24
67	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	1:29
68	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	1:33
69	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Jacob Scott	WiV SunGod	1:43
71	Matthew Teggart	WiV SunGod	1:55
72	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	@ 7sec
73	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	@ 7sec
74	Josh Charlton	Great Britain	3:35
75	Rob Scott	WiV SunGod	4:54
76	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:26
77	Rory Townsend	WiV SunGod	6:38
78	Thomas Gloag	Trinity Racing	@ 7sec
79	Connor Swift	Great Britain	6:55
80	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	7:31
81	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Cooper Sayers	Saint Piran	s.t.
83	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
84	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
85	Travis Stedman	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
86	Nahom Zerai	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
87	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	7:50
88	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	7:58
89	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Ross Lamb	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
92	Adam Lewis	Saint Piran	s.t.
93	Lukas Nerurkar	Trinity Racing	s.t.
94	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
95	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
96	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
97	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	8:01
98	Sam Culverwell	Trinity Racing	10:42
99	Red Walters	Ribble Weldtite	10:48
100	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
101	Luca Coati	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
102	James Mitri	Global 6 Cycling	11:05
103	Ukko Peltonen	Global 6 Cycling	12:47

 

GC after stage 3:

520.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.500 km/hr

1	Ben Perry	WiV SunGod	12hr 50min 31sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 7sec
3	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:11
4	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	0:15
5	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	0:17
7	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	0:21
8	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
10	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
11	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
15	Alessandro Iacchi	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
16	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
17	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
18	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
20	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
21	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
24	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
25	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
26	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
27	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
28	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
29	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	Dylan Sunderland	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
32	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
33	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
34	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
35	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
36	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
37	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
38	Nicolo Parisini	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
39	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	Johan Meens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
41	Thomas Gloag	Trinity Racing	s.t.
42	Sam Watson	Great Britain	0:32
43	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:34
44	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	s.t.
45	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:41
46	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:43
47	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
48	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:02
49	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	1:03
50	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Team Qhubeka	2:07
51	Jim Brown	WiV SunGod	2:56
52	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
53	Jacob Scott	WiV SunGod	3:16
54	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	3:22
55	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	3:49
56	Cees Bol	Team DSM	4:07
57	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	4:24
58	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	5:02
59	Connor Swift	Great Britain	7:09
60	Rob Scott	WiV SunGod	7:40
61	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	7:44
62	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:12
63	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	10:05
64	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	10:41
65	Sam Culverwell	Trinity Racing	11:05
66	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	11:35
67	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	12:08
68	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	12:09
69	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	12:20
70	Zeb Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite	12:25
71	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	12:39
72	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	12:57
73	Lukas Nerurkar	Trinity Racing	13:24
74	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	14:01
75	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	14:10
76	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	14:11
77	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	14:48
78	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	14:54
79	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	15:23
80	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	15:29
81	Adam Lewis	Saint Piran	15:45
82	Lukas Pöstlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	15:50
83	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	16:29
84	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	17:17
85	Matthew Teggart	WiV SunGod	17:46
86	Cooper Sayers	Saint Piran	19:14
87	Travis Stedman	Team Qhubeka	19:45
88	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	20:20
89	Ross Lamb	Ribble Weldtite	20:47
90	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	21:46
91	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	21:54
92	Rory Townsend	WiV SunGod	22:47
93	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	22:54
94	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
95	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
96	James Mitri	Global 6 Cycling	22:56
97	Nahom Zerai	Team Qhubeka	23:55
98	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite	25:44
99	Luca Coati	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
100	Josh Charlton	Great Britain	27:32
101	Ukko Peltonen	Global 6 Cycling	27:43
102	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	28:40
103	Red Walters	Ribble Weldtite	34:21

 

Stage 3 profile:

Stage 3 profile

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Monday, September 5: Stage 2, Hawick - Duns, 175.2 km

Stage 2 profile

Cees Bol and Jake Stewart throw their bikes with Bol just barely getting the win. Photo: SWpix

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Weather at the finish city of Duns at 12:20 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Cees Bol's Team DSM:

The rolling hills of the Scottish Borders saw a hotly contested reduced sprint at the Tour of Britain this afternoon where Team DSM worked brilliantly together to set up Cees Bol for the finale; with the Dutchman powering to a sprint victory, taking the win by the smaller of margins.

A steady day of racing over the notoriously grippy Scottish roads saw the peloton catch the breakaway ahead of the three categorised climbs in the closing 30 kilometres. Riding well as a unit, the team looked after each other and kept hidden in the bunch; especially as they turned into a headwind after the first climb. The headwind wouldn’t deter all the potential attackers and going over the final ascent, Team DSM sprung into action to close down a dangerous and strong group. Peeling off one-by-one on the fast run home, the team delivered a superb lead out to bring Bol forward and hold him in a good position before he then followed the wheels in the closing 300 metres.

Powering out of the slipstream, Bol stamped on the pedals and threw his bike to the line. Not immediately knowing if he had won, a nervous few minutes awaited before the team erupted in celebrations; taking a brilliant win in Duns.

“The team did a super good job to bring me over the hills and get me into a good position for the sprint after bringing the attackers back,” expressed a smiling Bol after the stage. “Then in the last 300 metres I was fighting for a good wheel and then just want all out to the line, throwing the bike. It’s great to take the win. I had to fight really hard for it on the tailwind section; I was really on the limit there. We knew we turned into a headwind so that was my focus and I kept believing in it, and then in the headwind it was easier on the climbs. There are a few more possible sprints but also some climbing days that suit the other guys here on the team. We’re all super motivated for the next stages.”

Team DSM coach Pim Ligthart added: “We had a plan to protect Cees today and then bring him into the final for the sprint and all the guys did a super job. If we were then over the last KOM in a good spot then we wanted to take initiative in the finale and that’s exactly what we did; starting the lead out and controlling the peloton. Cees then gave his all in the sprint and won it in the photo finish. It’s a super nice result for the guys and gives us confidence for the coming days.”

Complete results:

175.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.288 km/hr

1	Cees Bol	Team DSM	4hr 8min 35sec
2	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
3	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
5	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
6	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
7	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
9	Jim Brown	WiV SunGod	s.t.
10	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
11	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
12	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
14	Sam Watson	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
16	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
18	Ben Perry	WiV SunGod	s.t.
19	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
20	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	Alessandro Iacchi	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
22	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
23	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
24	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
25	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
27	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
28	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
30	Sam Culverwell	Trinity Racing	s.t.
31	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
32	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
33	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
34	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
35	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
36	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
37	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
39	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
40	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Dylan Sunderland	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
42	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
43	Nicolo Parisini	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
44	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
46	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	s.t.
47	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
48	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
49	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
51	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
52	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	s.t.
53	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
54	Thomas Gloag	Trinity Racing	s.t.
55	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	s.t.
56	Johan Meens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
57	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
58	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
59	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
60	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Team Qhubeka	@ 14ses
61	Jacob Scott	WiV SunGod	0:41
62	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	0:48
63	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	01:57
64	Rob Scott	WiV SunGod	02:17
65	Lukas Nerurkar	Trinity Racing	s.t.
66	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	03:43
67	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
68	Adam Lewis	Saint Piran	04:06
69	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	05:59
70	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	09:28
71	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	11:14
72	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
73	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	James Mitri	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
75	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
76	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
77	Matthew Teggart	WiV SunGod	s.t.
78	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
79	Conor Schunk	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
80	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
81	Zeb Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
82	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Ross Lamb	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
84	Ukko Peltonen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
85	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
86	Travis Stedman	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
87	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
88	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
89	Luca Coati	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
90	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	s.t.
91	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
92	Lukas Pöstlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
94	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
95	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Cooper Sayers	Saint Piran	s.t.
98	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
99	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
100	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
101	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
102	Rory Townsend	WiV SunGod	15:55
103	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
104	Nahom Zerai	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
105	Finn Crockett	Ribble Weldtite	16:59
106	Josh Charlton	Great Britain	19:55
107	Red Walters	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

356.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.745 km/hr

1	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	8hr 44min 58sec
2	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	@ 8sec
3	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	0:10
5	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	0:14
6	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
7	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
10	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
11	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Alessandro Iacchi	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
13	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
14	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
15	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
16	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
17	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
20	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
21	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
22	Dylan Sunderland	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
23	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
25	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
26	Ben Perry	WiV SunGod	s.t.
27	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
28	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
29	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
30	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
31	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
32	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
34	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
35	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
36	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
38	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
40	Thomas Gloag	Trinity Racing	s.t.
41	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Nicolo Parisini	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
43	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Johan Meens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
46	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Sam Culverwell	Trinity Racing	0:23
48	Sam Watson	Great Britain	0:25
49	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:27
50	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	s.t.
51	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Team Qhubeka	0:43
52	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:55
53	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	0:56
54	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:18
55	Jacob Scott	WiV SunGod	01:33
56	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	02:34
57	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	02:40
58	Rob Scott	WiV SunGod	02:46
59	Jim Brown	WiV SunGod	02:49
60	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
61	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	03:07
62	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	03:15
63	Cees Bol	Team DSM	03:38
64	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	03:42
65	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	05:05
66	Lukas Nerurkar	Trinity Racing	05:26
67	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	06:13
68	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	06:50
69	Adam Lewis	Saint Piran	07:47
70	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	10:36
71	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	11:28
72	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
73	Zeb Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite	11:37
74	Abner González	Movistar	11:39
75	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
76	Cooper Sayers	Saint Piran	11:43
77	James Mitri	Global 6 Cycling	11:51
78	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
79	Travis Stedman	Team Qhubeka	12:14
80	Conor Schunk	Global 6 Cycling	12:30
81	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	12:32
82	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	12:49
83	Ross Lamb	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
84	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	13:54
85	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	14:03
86	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	14:15
87	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite	14:19
88	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	14:23
89	Lukas Pöstlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	14:33
90	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	14:47
91	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	14:56
92	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
93	Ukko Peltonen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
94	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
95	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
96	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
97	Luca Coati	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
98	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	15:02
99	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	15:16
100	Matthew Teggart	WiV SunGod	15:51
101	Rory Townsend	WiV SunGod	16:09
102	Nahom Zerai	Team Qhubeka	16:24
103	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	17:29
104	Finn Crockett	Ribble Weldtite	17:32
105	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	20:50
106	Red Walters	Ribble Weldtite	23:33
107	Josh Charlton	Great Britain	23:57

 

Stage 2 profile:

Sunday, September 4: Stage 1, Aberdeen - Glenshee Ski Centre, 181.3 km

Stage 1 profile

Corbin Strong gets the biggest win of his career.

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Weather at the city of Ballater, on the route, about 40 kms from the finish at 12:40 PM, local time: 14C (58F), rain, with the wind from the southeast at 19 km/hr (12 mph). The rain is expected to end about 3:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Corbin Strong's Team Israel-Premier Tech.

After an impressive team effort in the Tour of Britain, Corbin Strong claimed the first professional cycling victory of his career. On a long and steep final climb of the opening stage, the 22-year-old sprinted to victory. This win means he also owns the first leader’s jersey of the race.

“From the gun, I knew that I had a chance. I felt good and ready to contest the stage victory. The whole team believed in me, from Reto Hollenstein who pulled all day in the front, to Michael Woods and Dylan Teuns, who helped me a lot in the final. I am super proud I could finish it off,” Strong said after the win.

The opener in Great Britain’s national race rolled out of the Scottish city of Aberdeen, heading 181 kilometers southwest towards Glenshee Ski Centre. Underway: rain and cold, a significant change from the temperatures in the south of Europe.

But they are weather circumstances with which British cyclist Alex Dowsett is comfortable. The time trial specialist is doing his eleventh and last Tour of Britain and received plenty of attention before the start. Fans asked for signatures and selfies, while the organization presented a printed copy of the Tour of Britain stage in which Dowsett wore the yellow leader’s jersey. “It is the start of a memorable, last home tour”, Dowsett said.

Strong also loved the environment. “It felt like home”, the youngster from the south of New Zealand said. “I am very used to these conditions.”

Towards the final climb, and on the wet and slippery roads, Strong positioned himself on the wheels of his teammates, who took him by the hand. The final climb in the opening stage suited Strong well, and in order to be competitive on that final ramp, it was important to race the stage from the front foot, particularly in the final.

“Woods and Teuns helped me a lot in the final, and afterward I followed the team Ineos train. I felt I had a powerful sprint left in me and decided to launch just before the road flattened out.”

Strong continued: “What I found most exceptional”, Strong said, “is that the team had so much trust in me. With riders like Teuns and Woods in the same squad, I did not expect this kind of belief. I did feel amazing during the last period of time and I knew I had it in me. To round it off like this, taking the stage win and all the jerseys, is fantastic for the whole team.”

Israel – Premier Tech will do its utmost to keep the leader’s jersey in the team. “I think we can keep it till the end”, Strong said. “If it’s not me, it can be anyone else on our team. We’ve got the right riders to win the Tour of Britain this year.”

Complete results:

181.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.325 km/hr

1	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	4hr 36min 37sec
2	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
4	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
5	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
8	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
9	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
10	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
11	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
12	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
13	Rory Townsend	WiV SunGod	s.t.
14	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Dylan Sunderland	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
16	Alessandro Iacchi	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
17	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
18	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
20	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
21	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
22	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
23	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
24	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
25	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Thomas Gloag	Trinity Racing	s.t.
28	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
30	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
31	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
32	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
34	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
35	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
36	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
38	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
39	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Ben Perry	WiV SunGod	s.t.
41	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
43	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
44	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
48	Johan Meens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
49	Nicolo Parisini	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
50	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
51	Zeb Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite	@ 9sec
52	Sam Culverwell	Trinity Racing	s.t.
53	Abner González	Movistar	0:11
54	Sam Watson	Great Britain	s.t.
55	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
56	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	0:13
57	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Team Qhubeka	0:15
59	Nahom Zerai	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
60	Rob Scott	WiV SunGod	s.t.
61	Cooper Sayers	Saint Piran	s.t.
62	Finn Crockett	Ribble Weldtite	0:19
63	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	0:23
64	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
65	James Mitri	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
66	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:41
67	Jacob Scott	WiV SunGod	0:42
68	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
69	Travis Stedman	Team Qhubeka	0:52
70	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	0:54
71	Conor Schunk	Global 6 Cycling	1:02
72	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:04
73	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	1:08
75	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	1:21
76	Ross Lamb	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
77	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	2:13
78	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	2:26
79	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	s.t.
80	Jim Brown	WiV SunGod	2:35
81	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
82	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	s.t.
83	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	2:47
84	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite	2:53
85	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	s.t.
86	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
87	Lukas Nerurkar	Trinity Racing	2:55
88	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Lukas Pöstlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	3:05
90	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	3:19
91	Red Walters	Ribble Weldtite	3:24
92	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite	3:28
93	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
94	Ukko Peltonen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
95	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
96	Luca Coati	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
97	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
98	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Adam Lewis	Saint Piran	s.t.
100	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
101	Cees Bol	Team DSM	3:34
102	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Josh Charlton	Great Britain	3:48
104	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	3:53
105	Matthew Teggart	WiV SunGod	4:41
106	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:01

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	4hr 36min 27sec
2	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 4sec
3	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	0:06
4	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	0:10
5	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
8	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
9	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
10	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
11	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	s.t.
12	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
13	Rory Townsend	WiV SunGod	s.t.
14	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Dylan Sunderland	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
16	Alessandro Iacchi	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
17	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
18	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
20	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
21	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
22	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
23	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
24	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
25	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Thomas Gloag	Trinity Racing	s.t.
28	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
30	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
31	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
32	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
34	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
35	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
36	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
38	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
39	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Ben Perry	WiV SunGod	s.t.
41	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
43	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
44	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
48	Johan Meens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
49	Nicolo Parisini	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
50	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
51	Zeb Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite	0:19
52	Sam Culverwell	Trinity Racing	s.t.
53	Abner González	Movistar	0:21
54	Sam Watson	Great Britain	s.t.
55	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
56	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	0:23
57	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Team Qhubeka	0:25
59	Nahom Zerai	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
60	Rob Scott	WiV SunGod	s.t.
61	Cooper Sayers	Saint Piran	s.t.
62	Finn Crockett	Ribble Weldtite	0:29
63	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	0:33
64	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
65	James Mitri	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
66	Jacob Scott	WiV SunGod	0:48
67	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:51
68	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	0:52
69	Travis Stedman	Team Qhubeka	1:02
70	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	1:04
71	Conor Schunk	Global 6 Cycling	1:12
72	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:14
73	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Alexandar Richardson	Saint Piran	1:18
75	Nicolas Sessler	Global 6 Cycling	1:31
76	Ross Lamb	Ribble Weldtite	s.t.
77	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	2:23
78	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	2:36
79	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	s.t.
80	Jim Brown	WiV SunGod	2:45
81	Harry Birchill	Saint Piran	s.t.
82	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	s.t.
83	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	2:57
84	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite	3:03
85	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	s.t.
86	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Saint Piran	s.t.
87	Lukas Nerurkar	Trinity Racing	3:05
88	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Lukas Pöstlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	3:15
90	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	3:29
91	Red Walters	Ribble Weldtite	3:34
92	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite	3:38
93	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
94	Ukko Peltonen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
95	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
96	Luca Coati	Team Qhubeka	s.t.
97	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
98	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Adam Lewis	Saint Piran	s.t.
100	Joshua Giddings	Great Britain	s.t.
101	Cees Bol	Team DSM	3:44
102	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Josh Charlton	Great Britain	3:58
104	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
105	Matthew Teggart	WiV SunGod	4:42
106	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	4:51
107	Kamiel Bonneu	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:11

Stage 1 profile:

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, September 3, 2020:

	INEOS GRENADIERS
1	PIDCOCK Thomas
2	AMADOR Andrey
3	FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar
4	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
5	PORTE Richie
6	SHEFFIELD Magnus
	TEAM DSM
11	BOL Cees
12	HAMILTON Chris
13	HEINSCHKE Leon
14	MAYRHOFER Marius
15	ONLEY Oscar
16	POOLE Max
	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
21	TEUNS Dylan
22	DOWSETT Alex
23	HOLLYMAN Mason
24	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
25	STRONG Corbin
26	WOODS Michael
	RIBBLE WELDTITE PRO CYCLING
31	CROCKETT Finn
32	WALTERS Red
33	KYFFIN Zeb
34	LAMB Ross
35	TANFIELD Charlie
36	TANFIELD Harry
	BINGOAL-PAUWELS SAUCES WB
41	ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw
42	DESAL Ceriel
43	MEENS Johan
44	MOLLY Kenny
45	PAASSCHENS Mathijs
46	PEYSKENS Dimitri
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
51	PRADES Eduard
52	BARCELÓ Fernando
53	BARRENETXEA Jon
54	JOHNSTON Calum
55	MARTIN GALAN Sergio Roman
56	NICOLAU BELTRAN Joel
	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH
61	GIBSON Matthew
62	AASVOLD Kristian
63	BASSETT Stephen
64	JENSEN August
65	MANNION Gavin
66	ROSSKOPF Joey
	BORA-HANSGROHE
71	POLITT Nils
72	ARCHBOLD Shane
73	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix
74	HALLER Marco
75	MEEUS Jordi
76	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
	WIV SUNGOD
81	SCOTT Jacob
82	BROWN Jim
83	PERRY Benjamin
84	SCOTT Robert
85	TEGGART Matthew
86	TOWNSEND Rory
	BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE'
91	ZANA Filippo
92	BATTAGLIN Enrico
93	FIORELLI Filippo
94	GABBURO Davide
95	MARCELLUSI Martin
96	MODOLO Sacha
	MOVISTAR TEAM
101	ELÓSEGUI Iñigo
102	GONZALEZ Abner
103	JORGENSON Matteo
104	ERVITI Imanol
105	RODRIGUEZ Óscar
106	SERRANO Gonzalo
	UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM
111	CHARMIG Anthon
112	JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland
113	URIANSTAD Martin Bugge
114	LARSEN Niklas
115	TILLER Rasmus Fossum
116	SKAARSETH Anders
	SAINT PIRAN
121	RICHARDSON Alexandar
122	LEWIS Adam
123	MAZZONE Leon
124	BIRCHILL Harry
125	SAYERS Cooper
126	ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack
	GLOBAL 6 CYCLING
131	MITRI James
132	WATTS Kiaan
133	SUNDERLAND Dylan
134	SESSLER Nicolas
135	PELTONEN Ukko Iisakki
136	SCHUNK Conor
	TEAM QHUBEKA
141	ABREHA Negasi
142	ARAYA Nahom
143	COATI Luca
144	IACCHI Alessandro
145	PARISINI Nicolo
146	STEDMAN Travis
	GREAT BRITAIN
151	SWIFT Connor
152	DONALDSON Robert
153	STEWART Jake
154	WATSON Samuel
155	GIDDINGS Joshua
156	CHARLTON Josh
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
161	BONNEU Kamiel
162	DE VYLDER Lindsay
163	MERTENS Julian
164	VAN POUCKE Aaron
165	VAN ROOY Kenneth
166	VANHOOF Ward
	TRINITY RACING
171	LAMPERTI Luke
172	CULVERWELL Sam
173	GLOAG Thomas
174	NERURKAR Lukas
175	REES Oliver
176	JOHNSTON Liam