2026 Tour of Britain (2.Pro)

22nd modern edition: September 2 - 6, 2026

Tour of Britain podium history | 2025 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Sunday, September 6: 5th & Final Stage, Earlston - Earlston, 156.1 km

Stage 5 map

Nils Politt takes a solo stage win in Earlston.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Earlston at 2:00 PM, local time: 18C (64F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

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

Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) sealed the overall title at the 2026 Lloyds Tour of Britain Men on his first participation after another stunning team performance on stage five in the Scottish Borders, as his teammate Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) took home an emotional stage win in Earlston. 

35-year-old Wellens’ victory was forged on the previous stage in North Yorkshire but was tempered on the Scottish lanes, where once again UAE Team Emirates pulled together as a unit to tear the race apart and ensure it was a day of double delight.

The riders set off from Earlston following a guard of honour for the retiring Ben Swift of Netcompany INEOS and it wasn’t long before the break of the day was established, primarily by the leader of the King of the Mountains competition Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping), who was keen to cement his lead at the top of the standings. The Czech rider was joined by Ben Wiggins (Great Britain Cycling Team), Jonah Killy (Tarteletto - Isorex) and Marcus Sander (BHS - PL Beton Bornholm).

All went to plan for Schuran, who helped his breakaway comrades establish a strong lead on the approach to the three categorised climbs in the stage, with Redstone Rig appearing first and followed shortly by Duddy Bank, where the 30-year-old earned maximum points on both climbs, meaning his lead was now insurmountable and he simply had to finish the stage to take home the jersey.

The approach to the summit at Duddy Bank was also where UAE Team Emirates launched their assault to counter a similar attempt by Netcompany INEOS, drilling on the front of the peloton with five riders including Politt and Wellens, with splits appearing almost immediately on the crest of the climb.

The climbs continued to come, with final categorised ascent of the day coming at Hardens Hill saw the break be caught and an elite group form at the summit, with all UAE riders bar Felix Grosschartner present, alongside Filippo Ganna and Connor Swift (Netcompany INEOS), with Wiggins and Sander surviving from the break, as Benoit Cosnefroy (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) took the KoM points over the top.

The pace was breakneck down the descent and into the first intermediate sprint at Gordon, which was taken by Ganna in his chase for bonus seconds and it was a carbon copy for the second intermediate sprint on the first passage of the finish line, with Ganna taking a total of 20 points in the points classification and six bonus seconds.

As the group took the bell, it seemed certain the group would contest the win and UAE used their numbers to their advantage, with Politt launched with just over seven kilometres to go, using his raw power to quickly build a 30-second advantage.

The German would ride alone to the line, where he celebrated by pointing to the sky in honour of his grandfather, who had recently passed away, while behind his teammates rolled in, celebrating the two victories in style, as long time leader of the race Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team) held on to second overall and stood on the podium as best overall British rider, while Jasper Stuyven (Fix All Quick-Step) capitalised on the chaos of the day to move into the final step of the overall podium.

Ganna’s efforts for the podium were not totally in vain as his performances in the intermediate sprints saw him take the lead of the sprint classification, while Schuran successfully finished the stage to take home the King of the Mountains jersey, while also sealing the overall combativity award for the race for his breakaway heroics throughout the week.

Elliot Rowe (Great Britain Cycling Team) capped off a magnificent week of racing by winning the young rider classification, while his teammate Wiggins was awarded the combativity award for the stage, as elsewhere UAE Team Emirates - XRG took home the best team award for the race.

On his overall victory, Wellens said:
“It was a very successful week. We came here for the GC. And today we also have this stage victory so everything’s been perfect.

“Today to be honest we just wanted to defend the leader’s jersey, we didn’t want to attack, we didn’t want to make a hard race, we just wanted to ride the same, defensive. But then suddenly in the crosswinds INEOS started to ride very hard, we just followed.”

Meanwhile, Politt on his stage victory said: “I have to thank the boys for an amazing week and amazing day for me. This victory is for my grandpa, he passed away some weeks ago so I need to give him something. It was a team effort and it was a victory for the team today.”

Complete results:

156.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.876 km/hr

1	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3hr 33min 28sec
2	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 12sec
3	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	0:18
4	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
5	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
6	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain	s.t.
7	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
8	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:21
9	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:40
10	Artem Shmidt	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Elliot Rowe	Great Britain	s.t.
12	Xandro Meurisse	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Edgar Cadena	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
16	Tomas Pridal	Team United Shipping	s.t.
17	Jonah Killy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
18	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
19	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	0:42
20	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
22	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:55
23	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	1:05
24	Michal Schuran	Team United Shipping	3:40
25	Sebastian Vestergaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	5:57
26	Kristians Belohvosciks	BIKE AID	s.t.
27	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:59
28	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	6:01
31	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
32	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
33	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
36	Arne Santy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
37	Yorben Lauryssen	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
38	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
40	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	6:06
42	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
43	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
46	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
47	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Brody McDonald	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
49	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
53	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
56	Robbe Ghys	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
57	Noe Ury	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
58	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
59	Janos Pelikan	Team United Shipping	s.t.
60	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Kamil Malecki	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
64	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
65	Ian Lopez de San Roman	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
67	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
68	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
69	Will Smith	Great Britain	s.t.
70	Jacob Bush	Great Britain	s.t.
71	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
72	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain	s.t.
73	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
74	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
76	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Team United Shipping	s.t.
79	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
80	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
81	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
82	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8:57
83	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:20
84	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	15:24
85	Ronan O'Connor	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
86	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
88	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
89	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Veljko Stojnic	Team United Shipping	s.t.
91	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	15:44
92	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
93	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
94	Robin Kull	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
95	Victor Johannsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
96	Oscar Schempp	BIKE AID	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Mountains classification winner: Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping)
• Points classification winner: Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team)
• Best young rider: Elliot Rower (Great Britain)
• Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

866.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.239 km/hr

1	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	19hr 35min 32sec
2	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	@ 42sec
3	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	1:03
4	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
5	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:15
6	Elliot Rowe	Great Britain	s.t.
7	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	2:03
8	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:02
9	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:04
10	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain	5:17
11	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:19
12	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:22
13	Xandro Meurisse	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:33
14	Edgar Cadena	Team Storck-MRW Bau	6:35
15	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	7:07
16	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	9:21
17	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	9:26
18	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	10:40
19	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	10:47
20	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	10:50
21	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:55
22	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:56
23	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	11:22
24	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	11:23
25	Jacob Bush	Great Britain	12:01
26	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	13:38
27	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	13:44
28	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	13:57
29	Robbe Ghys	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	14:07
30	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	14:15
31	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:14
32	Kamil Malecki	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	15:17
33	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	15:21
34	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	15:22
35	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	16:11
36	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	16:18
37	Yorben Lauryssen	Tarteletto-Isorex	16:20
38	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	16:44
39	Tomas Pridal	Team United Shipping	17:03
40	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	20:19
41	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	20:25
42	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	21:09
43	Ian Lopez de San Roman	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	21:44
44	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Team Storck-MRW Bau	22:03
45	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	22:10
46	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	22:39
47	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	22:54
48	Jonah Killy	Tarteletto-Isorex	23:57
49	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	24:13
50	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	24:26
51	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	27:35
52	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	27:54
53	Arne Santy	Tarteletto-Isorex	28:11
54	Will Smith	Great Britain	28:20
55	Brody McDonald	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	28:24
56	Janos Pelikan	Team United Shipping	28:34
57	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	29:10
58	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	29:17
59	Sebastian Vestergaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	29:30
60	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	29:34
61	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Team United Shipping	30:01
62	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
63	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
64	Kristians Belohvosciks	BIKE AID	30:05
65	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	30:06
66	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	30:09
67	Noe Ury	Team Storck-MRW Bau	30:14
68	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	30:36
69	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	30:37
70	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	30:51
71	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	30:53
72	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	31:09
73	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	31:17
74	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	31:40
75	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	31:41
76	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	32:30
77	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	32:37
78	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain	33:06
79	Artem Shmidt	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	33:15
80	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	34:00
81	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	34:07
82	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	34:14
83	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	34:45
85	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	37:17
86	Michal Schuran	Team United Shipping	37:23
87	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	39:19
88	Robin Kull	Team Storck-MRW Bau	40:35
89	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	42:20
90	Oscar Schempp	BIKE AID	45:01
91	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	46:00
92	Veljko Stojnic	Team United Shipping	48:09
93	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	48:29
94	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	49:09
95	Victor Johannsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	58:57
96	Ronan O'Connor	APS Pro Cycling	1:03:05

 

Stage 5 map:

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Saturday, September 5: Stage 4, Helmsley - Leyburn, 165.8 km

Stage 4 map

Cees Bol wins stage four.

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Weather at the finish city of Leyburn at 1:30 PM, local time: 18C (64F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 26 km/hr (16 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain.

The race: Midway into the stage Cian Keogh (APS Pro Cycling Team) abandoned.

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

Cees Bol (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) pulled out a performance of the highest degree to seal victory on stage four of the 2026 Lloyds Tour of Britain Men in Leyburn as Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) moved into the overall race lead following a climbing masterclass from his team.

North Yorkshire, in the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors, played host to the queen stage of this year’s race with a feast of high category climbs and blustery conditions on the heights of the moors facing the peloton as they rolled out from Helmsley which was bathed in late morning sun.

Six riders were quick to move off the front, including Yorkshireman Ben Swift (Netcompany INEOS) who had been waved on by his family at the start. The veteran, on the penultimate stage of his racing career in the UK, was joined by Bol, Xando Muerisse (Pinorello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), Ian Lopez (Modern Adventure), Brem Deman (Team Flanders Baloise) and Boas Lysgaard (BHS-PL Beton Bornholm).

The group established a strong lead of over four minutes at one point, before soon passing the only intermediate sprint point of the day at Ripon, which was taken by Lopez. The young American did not stop there, however, and quickly also sealed maximum points on the first two King of the Mountain ascents at Greenhow and Kidstones.

It was on Kidstones, a second category climb, that UAE Team Emirates began to drive the chase in the peloton behind in aid of Wellens, who sat second on GC, just 12 seconds adrift, at the beginning of the day. The breaks advantage was eliminated as the race hit the toughest, and final, categorised climb of the day at the first category Redmire.

Here, the work done by his teammates saw Wellens able to launch his attack midway on the climb, with only best young rider Elliot Rowe (Great Britain Cycling Team) able to follow for the time being, as the duo soon caught the remnants of the break.

Rowe could not cope with the pace being set by Wellens, with Bol now the only man who could follow the wheel of the Belgian, with the gap to the chasing group containing the race favourites and current leader Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team) growing ever greater.

Wellens led Bol over the summit of Redmire, with the pair continuing to drive on to hold onto the advantage they had set, which hovered between a minute and 1:30 for the following 30km.

NSN and Netcompany INEOS kept belief behind that the leaders could be caught and they had cut the deficit to just over 30 seconds as the final drag to Leyburn came into view, but there was to be no such luck as Bol, the faster of the leading duo, soon pushed on to be the first across the line, taking his second career Lloyds Tour of Britain stage win.

Wellens can thank the supreme performance of his team for their aid in reversing the order of the top two GC positions, as well as his own magnificent performance, which coincidentally saw him take the combativity award for the stage.

The Belgian now leads the race by 21 seconds from Askey, while the Brit can take small consolation from the day as he regains the lead in the points competition, in which he holds a three point advantage over earlier stage victors, Tim Merlier (Fix All Quick-Step) and Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM Team).

Rowe continues his impressive race performance on the day, retaining the lead in the young riders competition, while Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping) heads the King of the Mountains classification surviving its toughest challenge of the week, though his lead is now cut to just four points from Meurisse, with another three second category climbs to come on the final stage.

On his victory, Bol said:
“The win was unexpected for me. I was going in the break to actually help my teammate Dan [Hoole]. I found myself in the leading group on the top of the last climb and I knew the stage win was possible.

“I was suffering really hard because there was still a small hill two kilometres to go and Tim was really keeping the pace high there. All my other pro victories are from a sprint, but this is the first one from the breakaway, I enjoyed it.”

New race leader Wellens said:
“I said at the beginning of the stage that I felt super good, so I had confidence on the climb, but I didn’t know how good Askey was because it’s not easy to drop somebody. The team went all out when Felix [Grossschartner] and Benoit [Cosnefroy] started pulling.

“I’m feeling really good but tomorrow can be hectic. Hopefully there are some climbs and maybe in the beginning some rain, I hope the advantage will be enough to keep the green jersey until the end.”

The Lloyds Tour of Britain Men winner will be crowned on Sunday when the spectacle concludes in the Scottish Borders, with the village of Earlston hosting a stage for the first time.

Complete results:

165.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.338 km/hr

1	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4hr 0min 39sec
2	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 3sec
3	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:21
4	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	0:30
5	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Elliot Rowe	Great Britain	s.t.
10	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
12	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
14	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
15	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
16	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	0:48
17	Kamil Malecki	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Xandro Meurisse	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:55
19	Kim Heiduk	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	1:31
21	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	2:15
22	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:51
23	Edgar Cadena	Team Storck-MRW Bau	2:52
24	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
25	Jacob Bush	Great Britain	s.t.
26	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:59
27	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain	s.t.
28	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
29	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
32	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	3:42
33	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	4:16
34	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:29
35	Yorben Lauryssen	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
36	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:35
38	Robbe Ghys	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	5:44
39	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	9:27
40	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	9:27
41	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
43	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
44	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
46	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Ian Lopez de San Roman	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	10:07
49	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	10:09
50	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
51	Tomas Pridal	Team United Shipping	s.t.
52	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
53	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
54	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	11:52
55	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Andrew Lydic	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	18:47
58	Will Smith	Great Britain	s.t.
59	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
60	Sebastian Vestergaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
61	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
64	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	19:09
65	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
67	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	s.t.
68	Michal Schuran	Team United Shipping	s.t.
69	Jakob Neumann	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
70	Arne Santy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
71	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
72	Jonah Killy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
73	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
74	Kristians Belohvosciks	BIKE AID	s.t.
75	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
77	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Noe Ury	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
79	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
80	Veljko Stojnic	Team United Shipping	s.t.
81	Erik Fetter	Team United Shipping	s.t.
82	Brody McDonald	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
83	Janos Pelikan	Team United Shipping	s.t.
84	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
85	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Team United Shipping	s.t.
86	Matthew Walls	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
87	Robin Kull	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
88	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
89	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain	s.t.
90	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
91	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
93	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
94	Victor Johannsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
95	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
96	Artem Shmidt	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
99	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
100	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Ronan O'Connor	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Oscar Schempp	BIKE AID	s.t.
105	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Mountains classification leader: Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping)
• Points classification leader: Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team)
• Best young rider: Elliot Rowe (Great Britain)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

710.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.325 km/hr

1	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16hr 1min 45sec
2	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	@ 21sec
3	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:40
4	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	0:42
5	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
6	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:54
7	Elliot Rowe	Great Britain	s.t.
8	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	2:14
9	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:41
10	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:15
11	Kim Heiduk	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	3:38
12	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:39
13	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	3:46
14	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	4:10
15	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	4:53
16	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	5:00
17	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	5:03
18	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain	5:19
19	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	5:35
20	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	5:41
21	Xandro Meurisse	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:12
22	Edgar Cadena	Team Storck-MRW Bau	6:14
23	Jacob Bush	Great Britain	s.t.
24	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	6:21
25	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:49
26	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	7:56
27	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	7:57
28	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:15
29	Robbe Ghys	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	8:20
30	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8:28
31	Kamil Malecki	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	9:30
32	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:34
33	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
34	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	10:31
35	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:32
36	Yorben Lauryssen	Tarteletto-Isorex	10:38
37	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	10:57
38	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
39	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	12:49
40	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	14:32
41	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	14:38
42	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	15:12
43	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	15:25
44	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	15:27
45	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	15:48
46	Ian Lopez de San Roman	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	15:57
47	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Team Storck-MRW Bau	16:16
48	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	16:23
49	Tomas Pridal	Team United Shipping	16:42
50	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	16:59
51	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	17:07
52	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	19:09
53	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	20:55
54	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	21:48
55	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	22:12
56	Arne Santy	Tarteletto-Isorex	22:29
57	Will Smith	Great Britain	22:33
58	Brody McDonald	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	22:37
59	Janos Pelikan	Team United Shipping	22:47
60	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	23:23
61	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	23:30
62	Jonah Killy	Tarteletto-Isorex	23:36
63	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	23:37
64	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	23:47
65	Sebastian Vestergaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	23:52
66	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	23:59
68	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Team United Shipping	24:14:00
69	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
70	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
71	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
72	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	24:19
73	Kristians Belohvosciks	BIKE AID	24:27
74	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
76	Noe Ury	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
77	Erik Fetter	Team United Shipping	24:38
78	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	24:49
79	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	25:04
80	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	25:06
81	Robin Kull	Team Storck-MRW Bau	25:10
82	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	25:22
83	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	25:30
84	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	25:53
85	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	25:54
86	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	26:50
87	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	26:55
88	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain	27:19
89	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	28:20
90	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	28:32
91	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	28:58
92	Oscar Schempp	BIKE AID	29:36
93	Andrew Lydic	APS Pro Cycling	31:32
94	Artem Shmidt	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	32:54
95	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	33:04
96	Veljko Stojnic	Team United Shipping	s.t.
97	Michal Schuran	Team United Shipping	34:02
98	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	34:04
99	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	34:17
100	Jakob Neumann	Team Storck-MRW Bau	38:26
101	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	40:18
102	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	40:49
103	Matthew Walls	Team Storck-MRW Bau	41:56
104	Victor Johannsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	43:32
105	Ronan O'Connor	APS Pro Cycling	48:00

 

Stage 4 map:

Stage 4 map

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Friday, September 4: Stage 3, Hull - Beverley, 181.1 km

Stage 3 map

Olav Kooij wins stage three

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Weather at the finish city of Beverley at 4:00 PM, lcoal time: 18C (65F), cloudy, with the wind from the west at 27 km/hr (17 mph). There is a 23% chance of rain.

The race: Yannis Voisard (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) did not start.

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

The third stage of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men 2026 was decided on a frantic sprint for the line, with Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) coming out on top in a battle of the sprint kings, holding off stage two winner Tim Merlier (Fix All Quick-Step) to seal the eighth event stage win of his career and edge nearer to Sir Mark Cavendish’s record of 10.

For Kooij, it was his second race victory in Beverley as he replicated his performance from 2023, winning a scrappy sprint for the line as the whole field battled a powerful headwind on a rise to the line.

Riders made a fast start on a blustery day with early attacks and counter-attacks, with the first break of the day being made by six riders - Dylan Vandenstorme (Team Flanders-Baloise), Gianni Marchand, Arne Santy (Tarteletto - Isorex), Karl Hall (Bike Aid) and Victor Johannsen (BHS-PL Betom Bornholm), with King of the Mountains leader Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping) completing the lineup as he hunted for further points in the classification.

First on the menu however was the initial intermediate sprint of the day along the East Yorkshire coast at Skipsea, taken by Johannsen before the climbing could begin in earnest.

Three third category climbs in a row now awaited at Burton Road, Tire Ewe Hill and Keeper’s Hill respectively and Schuran made no mistake, taking the maximum points on every ascent, while on the approach to the final climb at Keeper’s Hill, the peloton finally reeled in the six riders as Netcompany INEOS attempted to claw back time in the general classification that their rider Filippo Ganna lost yesterday in the crosswinds.

This push in pace could not force a split however and from the momentary peace, Yorben Lauryssen (Tarteletto - Isorex) launched an attack of his own, where he would eventually establish an advantage of over two minutes. Conn McDunphy (APS Pro Cycling) attempted a chase with no luck on the final circuits around Beverley.

Lauryssen would take the full points and bonus seconds available at the second intermediate sprint of the day on the first crossing of the finish line, but his efforts would come to naught as the teams of Fix All Quick-Step and Decathlon continued to chase and catch the Belgian on the final lap, ensuring the stage would end in the anticipated sprint.

It was here that Kooij came around the field with a powerful sprint to edge out his key rival for the week, Merlier, with the Belgian seemingly suffering a crucial issue with his chain in the closing metres while the Dutchman had no such issues to convincingly raise his arms in triumph.

Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team) finished safely in the peloton to retain the lead of the race and his 12 second advantage over Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates - XRG), with the deciding general classification stages still to come over the weekend. Michal Schuran’s breakaway efforts see him grow his lead in the King of the Mountains classification with his lead now at 16 points, however his advantage is far from comfortable as stage four approaches, with many points available from its array of category one and two climbs.

Merlier can take consolation from his second place on the stage by moving into the lead of the points classification, as he was wearing the jersey in place of race leader Askey today who had previously led the category. The Belgian is equal on points with stage victor Kooij, but leads the Dutchman on virtue of his 14 second advantage on the general classification, while Lauryssen took home the combativity award for the stage following his final circuit heroics.

Following his victory, Kooij said:
“It’s always nice to get a win, especially after yesterday to try and really do my sprint at the right moment. With the headwind I really had to wait for the moment that I could find my way through.

“I think also in the end, the way we controlled, the boys got me into the final in a really perfect way. I’m really happy to take the win.”

Leader of the general classification Askey said:
“These two stages should have been relatively easy on paper for me to keep the jersey, but in the end they were anything but. With the wind we’ve had on both days, I’m pretty happy to have come out of that unscathed and ready to fight tomorrow.

“To be honest, for tomorrow, I’m in the best position at the moment, no one else is ahead of me, so all I have to do is follow. No one can beat me on time bonuses, I’ve just got to grit my teeth and not let the wheel go.”

The Lloyds Tour of Britain Men heads into the North Yorkshire and the North York Moors on Saturday as the race heads to Helmsley for the start before an afternoon finish in Leyburn. The race will conclude in the Scottish Borders on Sunday 6 September, with the village of Earlston hosting a stage for the first time. There the general classification will be decided, after two demanding and relentless final stages, and the winner of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men will be awarded.

Complete results:

181.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.436 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4hr 4min 32sec
2	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
5	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Arne Santy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
7	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
9	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
10	Brody McDonald	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Team United Shipping	s.t.
12	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
13	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Elliot Rowe	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Kristians Belohvosciks	BIKE AID	s.t.
17	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
19	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
20	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Robin Kull	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
22	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
23	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
24	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Edgar Cadena	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
26	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Kim Heiduk	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Jacob Bush	Great Britain	s.t.
30	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
34	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
36	Erik Fetter	Team United Shipping	s.t.
37	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
38	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
40	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
41	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
42	Sebastian Vestergaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
43	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
46	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
48	Noe Ury	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
49	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain	s.t.
50	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
51	Jonah Killy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
52	Janos Pelikan	Team United Shipping	s.t.
53	Andrew Lydic	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
55	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
56	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
58	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
59	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
60	Will Smith	Great Britain	s.t.
61	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
64	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Robbe Ghys	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
66	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	@ 12sec
68	Xandro Meurisse	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:13
69	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	0:18
70	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	0:22
71	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:25
72	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
73	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	0:27
74	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:29
75	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	0:31
76	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	0:43
77	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	0:52
78	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:57
80	Jakob Neumann	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
81	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
82	Kamil Malecki	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Yorben Lauryssen	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:07
84	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Ian Lopez de San Roman	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:15
86	Tomas Pridal	Team United Shipping	s.t.
87	Matthew Walls	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
88	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	1:27
89	Oscar Schempp	BIKE AID	1:34
90	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
91	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:45
92	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain	1:57
93	Artem Shmidt	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	2:29
94	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	2:49
96	Veljko Stojnic	Team United Shipping	s.t.
97	Victor Johannsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
98	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
99	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	3:29
100	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	3:45
101	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	3:49
103	Michal Schuran	Team United Shipping	s.t.
104	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	s.t.
105	Ronan O'Connor	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
106	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team)
• Mountains classification leader: Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping)
• Points classification leader: Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rider: Elliot Rowe (Great Britain)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

544.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.332 km/hr

1	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	12hr 0min 57sec
2	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 12sec
3	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:19
4	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	0:21
5	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
6	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:25
7	Elliot Rowe	Great Britain	0:33
8	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:33
9	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	0:40
10	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	1:53
11	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:20
12	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:23
13	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain	2:29
14	Robbe Ghys	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	2:45
15	Kim Heiduk	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	2:52
16	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	3:25
17	Arne Santy	Tarteletto-Isorex	3:29
18	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:31
19	Edgar Cadena	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
20	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
23	Jacob Bush	Great Britain	s.t.
24	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Brody McDonald	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	3:37
26	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:42
27	Janos Pelikan	Team United Shipping	3:47
28	Will Smith	Great Britain	3:55
29	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4:23
30	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	4:30
31	Jonah Killy	Tarteletto-Isorex	4:36
32	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:37
33	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:59
34	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	5:09
35	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	5:14
36	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Team United Shipping	s.t.
37	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
38	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
39	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
40	Sebastian Vestergaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
41	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
42	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
43	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
45	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
46	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:19
48	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	5:20
49	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
50	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	5:24
51	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
52	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:25
53	Kristians Belohvosciks	BIKE AID	5:27
54	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
55	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Xandro Meurisse	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Noe Ury	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
58	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
59	Erik Fetter	Team United Shipping	5:38
60	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	5:49
62	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	6:06
64	Robin Kull	Team Storck-MRW Bau	6:10
65	Yorben Lauryssen	Tarteletto-Isorex	6:18
66	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:22
67	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	6:26
68	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:30
69	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Ian Lopez de San Roman	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	6:42
71	Tomas Pridal	Team United Shipping	s.t.
72	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	6:53
73	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	6:54
74	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	6:58
75	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
76	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	6:59
77	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	7:05
78	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	7:50
79	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	7:55
80	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	8:07
81	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain	8:19
82	Kamil Malecki	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	8:51
83	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	9:32
85	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	9:42
86	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	9:51
87	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	9:58
88	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:11
89	Oscar Schempp	BIKE AID	10:36
90	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	11:37
91	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	11:48
92	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	12:12
93	Artem Shmidt	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	13:54
94	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	14:04
95	Veljko Stojnic	Team United Shipping	s.t.
96	Michal Schuran	Team United Shipping	15:02
97	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	15:04
98	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	15:17
99	Jakob Neumann	Team Storck-MRW Bau	19:26
100	Andrew Lydic	APS Pro Cycling	19:49
101	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	21:18
102	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	21:49
103	Matthew Walls	Team Storck-MRW Bau	22:56
104	Victor Johannsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	24:32
105	Ronan O'Connor	APS Pro Cycling	29:00
106	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	36:10

 

Stage 3 map:

Stage 3 map

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Thursday, September 3: Stage 2, Boston - Skegness, 181.1 km

Stage 2 map

Tim Merlier wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Skegness at 1:40 PM, local time: 22C (71F), cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 31 km/hr (19 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Midway into the stage Vilmer Ekman (Lucky Sport Cycling Team) abandoned.

Here's the race reort from stage winner Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Soudal Quick-Step delivered a masterclass in teamwork on Stage 2 of the Tour of Britain, setting up Tim Merlier for his first victory in the race.

A large split formed in the peloton during the stage, with The Wolfpack riders playing a key role in establishing and maintaining the gap. Together with other teams, the group was kept within striking distance, with the difference fluctuating around the 30-second to one-minute mark for a long period.

The team continued to control the race, with Ilan Van Wilder, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Jasper Stuyven and Laurenz Rex,  as the finish approached, also responding perfectly when Florian Vermeersch made a late move inside the final 10 kilometres.

With the escape brought back, the focus turned to the sprint. Soudal Quick-Step kept Tim Merlier protected and perfectly positioned in the closing kilometres before Jasper Stuyven delivered a textbook lead-out. Merlier finished the job in style, taking the win and claiming his first-ever Tour of Britain stage victory.

“It was a complicated day with the echelons, but we all knew that was going to be the case from the start. And the whole team did a fantastic job executing that plan. The last 80 kilometres were very fast, but we stayed focused on keeping our group ahead."

"Then we heard that it was going to be a very fast run-in to the finish, so I tried to stay in a good position until the final 250 metres. I decided to take a gamble and launch my sprint from there. I felt I had a good acceleration, so I’m really happy to take the win, especially in our special Fix ALL Quick-Step jerseys”, Tim explained after the stage.

Complete results:

181.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.452 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	3hr 53min 55sec
2	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
3	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Brody McDonald	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Arne Santy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
12	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
14	Elliot Rowe	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
16	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain	s.t.
17	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
19	Edgar Cadena	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
20	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
21	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
22	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
26	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
27	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
28	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Janos Pelikan	Team United Shipping	s.t.
31	Jonah Killy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
32	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
34	Robbe Ghys	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
35	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Will Smith	Great Britain	s.t.
37	Jacob Bush	Great Britain	s.t.
38	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	@ 17sec
39	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:38
40	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	0:44
41	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	1:12
42	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:43
43	Kristians Belohvosciks	BIKE AID	s.t.
44	Yorben Lauryssen	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
45	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
46	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
47	Noe Ury	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
48	Sebastian Vestergaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
49	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Team United Shipping	s.t.
51	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
52	Xandro Meurisse	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Kim Heiduk	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
56	Ian Lopez de San Roman	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Kamil Malecki	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
59	Artem Shmidt	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
61	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
62	Tomas Pridal	Team United Shipping	s.t.
63	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
64	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
66	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
67	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
69	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
70	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
78	Robin Kull	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
79	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
80	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
81	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
82	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
83	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
84	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
85	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	s.t.
88	Jakob Neumann	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
89	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
90	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
91	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
92	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain	s.t.
93	Oscar Schempp	BIKE AID	s.t.
94	Michal Schuran	Team United Shipping	s.t.
95	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
96	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
97	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
98	Veljko Stojnic	Team United Shipping	s.t.
99	Erik Fetter	Team United Shipping	s.t.
100	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	1:57
101	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	2:27
102	Victor Johannsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	5:00
103	Andrew Lydic	APS Pro Cycling	15:39
104	Matthew Walls	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
105	Ronan O'Connor	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
106	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
DNF	Vilmer Ekman	Lucky Sport Cycling Team

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team)
• Mountains classification leader: Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping)
• Points classification leader: Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team)
• Best young rider: Elliot Rowe (Great Britain)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

363.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.792 km/hr

1	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	7hr 56min 25sec
2	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 12sec
3	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:19
4	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:21
5	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:25
7	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:33
8	Elliot Rowe	Great Britain	s.t.
9	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	0:40
10	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	1:53
11	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:20
12	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:23
13	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain	2:29
14	Robbe Ghys	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	2:45
15	Kim Heiduk	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	2:52
16	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	3:29
17	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:31
18	Edgar Cadena	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
19	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Arne Santy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
22	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
23	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Jacob Bush	Great Britain	s.t.
25	Brody McDonald	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	3:37
26	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:42
27	Janos Pelikan	Team United Shipping	3:47
28	Will Smith	Great Britain	3:55
29	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:09
30	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4:29
31	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	4:30
32	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Jonah Killy	Tarteletto-Isorex	4:36
34	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	4:42
35	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:47
36	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:59
37	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:14
38	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
39	Yorben Lauryssen	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
40	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
41	Xandro Meurisse	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Team United Shipping	s.t.
43	Sebastian Vestergaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
44	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
45	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
47	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
48	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
50	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
51	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:20
52	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
53	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	5:23
55	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	5:24
56	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:25
57	Kristians Belohvosciks	BIKE AID	5:27
58	Noe Ury	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
59	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Ian Lopez de San Roman	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
61	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
63	Tomas Pridal	Team United Shipping	s.t.
64	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
65	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
66	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	5:38
67	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Erik Fetter	Team United Shipping	s.t.
69	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	5:49
70	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	5:51
72	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	6:08
73	Robin Kull	Team Storck-MRW Bau	6:10
74	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	6:13
75	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:18
77	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:22
78	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
81	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
82	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
83	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain	s.t.
84	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Team Storck-MRW Bau	6:58
85	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	7:25
86	Kamil Malecki	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	7:54
87	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	7:55
88	Oscar Schempp	BIKE AID	9:02
89	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	9:32
90	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	9:42
91	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	10:51
92	Michal Schuran	Team United Shipping	11:13
93	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	11:15
94	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
96	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
97	Veljko Stojnic	Team United Shipping	s.t.
98	Artem Shmidt	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	11:25
99	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	11:29
100	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	18:29
101	Jakob Neumann	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
102	Andrew Lydic	APS Pro Cycling	19:49
103	Matthew Walls	Team Storck-MRW Bau	21:41
104	Victor Johannsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	21:46
105	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	21:49
106	Ronan O'Connor	APS Pro Cycling	25:11
107	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	32:25

 

Stage 2 map:

Stage 2 map

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Wednesday, September 2: Stage 1, Lincoln - Lincoln, 182.5 km

Stage 1 map

Lewis Askey takes a solo win in Lincoln.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Lincoln at 1:40 PM, local time: 17C (63F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the south at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is a 52% chance of showers at 2:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and GC leader Lewis Askey's NSN Cycling Team.

The 25-year-old Lewis Askey delivered the biggest win of his career and his first in NSN colors when he stormed to victory on day one of the Tour of Britain. Askey’s dominant performance, which saw him blast away from the rest of the breakaway on the uphill finish, sees him move into the iconic leader’s red jersey.

Askey was ecstatic after the finish line as he celebrated with his teammates and family, saying: “I’ve been pretty close quite a few times this year, like at nationals. I’ve had a couple of seconds, a couple of thirds. So to come away with a win and put my hands up in the air, I think that’s why I ride my bike. I’m so happy to be able to do that again this year.”

While Askey’s strong form is undeniable, today’s win was a tactical game with Brit outnumbered in the leading group.

“To be honest, it was a really hard race for me to manage because I was solo in the front group where the other teams had two guys,” adds Askey. “So it was a really difficult one for me to manage, and I just kind of had to pick the guys that I thought would bring it back and just count the numbers that were going each time.

“I knew if I got to the last time of the climb, I had been feeling really good for the last week or so, and knew I’d have the legs to be able to do a good effort and at least be close to the win. I just needed to get myself in that position. I thought it had nearly gone at the end, but yeah, I managed to have the legs to bring it back in the final.”

It may be the opening day but today’s explosive stage is set to have a big impact on the General Classification which Askey leads with a nine-second margin.

“I came here with an eye on the GC in the first place,” explains Askey. “I think I knew that this stage was going to kind of decide the whole week. I think a lot of people maybe didn’t expect there to be as big time gaps, but we did. I had to perform today to show that I was capable to come and ride for GC. So yeah, I’m quite happy with that.”

Complete results:

182.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.111 km/hr

1	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	4hr 2min 44sec
2	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	@ 2sec
3	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
4	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	0:09
5	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
6	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:11
8	Elliot Rowe	Great Britain	0:19
9	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	0:26
11	Kim Heiduk	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	0:55
12	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:06
13	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:09
14	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain	2:15
15	Robbe Ghys	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	2:31
16	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:17
17	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
18	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
19	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
21	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
22	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
23	Xandro Meurisse	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Edgar Cadena	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
26	Yorben Lauryssen	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
27	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
28	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
29	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Vilmer Ekman	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
32	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Team United Shipping	s.t.
33	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Jacob Bush	Great Britain	s.t.
35	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Sebastian Vestergaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
37	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
39	Arne Santy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
40	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	3:23
42	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
43	Brody McDonald	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
44	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
45	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	3:27
46	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:28
47	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
48	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	3:30
49	Noe Ury	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
50	Kristians Belohvosciks	BIKE AID	s.t.
51	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
52	Ian Lopez de San Roman	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
54	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Tomas Pridal	Team United Shipping	s.t.
56	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
57	Janos Pelikan	Team United Shipping	3:34
58	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	3:41
59	Erik Fetter	Team United Shipping	s.t.
60	Will Smith	Great Britain	s.t.
61	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	3:52
63	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
64	Andrew Lydic	APS Pro Cycling	3:56
65	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	4:11
66	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Robin Kull	Team Storck-MRW Bau	4:13
68	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	4:16
69	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:25
73	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
74	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
76	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
77	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Jonah Killy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
80	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain	s.t.
81	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:39
82	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:44
83	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:45
84	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Team Storck-MRW Bau	5:01
85	Matthew Walls	Team Storck-MRW Bau	5:48
86	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	5:56
87	Kamil Malecki	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:57
88	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	6:01
89	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	6:08
90	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Oscar Schempp	BIKE AID	7:06
93	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	8:54
94	Michal Schuran	Team United Shipping	9:18
95	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
96	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	s.t.
97	Veljko Stojnic	Team United Shipping	s.t.
98	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
99	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
100	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
101	Ronan O'Connor	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
103	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	9:28
104	Artem Shmidt	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Victor Johannsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	16:32
106	Jakob Neumann	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
107	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
108	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team)
• Mountains classification leader: Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping)
• Points classification leader: Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team)
• Best young rider: Elliot Rowe (Great Britain)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

1	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	4hr 2min 44sec
2	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	@ 2sec
3	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
4	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	0:09
5	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
6	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:11
8	Elliot Rowe	Great Britain	0:19
9	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Paul Wright	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	0:26
11	Kim Heiduk	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	0:55
12	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:06
13	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:09
14	Ben Wiggins	Great Britain	2:15
15	Robbe Ghys	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	2:31
16	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:17
17	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
18	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
19	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
21	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
22	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
23	Xandro Meurisse	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Axel Källberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Edgar Cadena	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
26	Yorben Lauryssen	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
27	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
28	Henri Vandenabeele	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
29	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Vilmer Ekman	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
32	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Team United Shipping	s.t.
33	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Jacob Bush	Great Britain	s.t.
35	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Sebastian Vestergaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
37	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
39	Arne Santy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
40	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	3:23
42	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
43	Brody McDonald	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
44	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
45	Teodor De Luca	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	3:27
46	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:28
47	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
48	Frank Aron Ragilo	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	3:30
49	Noe Ury	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
50	Kristians Belohvosciks	BIKE AID	s.t.
51	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
52	Ian Lopez de San Roman	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
54	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Tomas Pridal	Team United Shipping	s.t.
56	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
57	Janos Pelikan	Team United Shipping	3:34
58	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	3:41
59	Erik Fetter	Team United Shipping	s.t.
60	Will Smith	Great Britain	s.t.
61	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Hjalmar Klyver	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	3:52
63	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
64	Andrew Lydic	APS Pro Cycling	3:56
65	Oliver Wood	Great Britain	4:11
66	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Robin Kull	Team Storck-MRW Bau	4:13
68	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	4:16
69	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:25
73	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
74	Ben Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
76	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
77	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Jonah Killy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
80	Matthew Bostock	Great Britain	s.t.
81	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:39
82	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:44
83	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:45
84	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Team Storck-MRW Bau	5:01
85	Matthew Walls	Team Storck-MRW Bau	5:48
86	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	5:56
87	Kamil Malecki	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:57
88	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg	Lucky Sport Cycling Team	6:01
89	Sam Welsford	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	6:08
90	Matteo Moschetti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Oscar Schempp	BIKE AID	7:06
93	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	8:54
94	Michal Schuran	Team United Shipping	9:18
95	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
96	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	s.t.
97	Veljko Stojnic	Team United Shipping	s.t.
98	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
99	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
100	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
101	Ronan O'Connor	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
103	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	9:28
104	Artem Shmidt	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Victor Johannsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	16:32
106	Jakob Neumann	Team Storck-MRW Bau	s.t.
107	Asger Røjbek Sørensen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
108	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.

Stage 1 map:

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Start list with back numbers, September 1, 2026:

	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1	Mikkel Bjerg
2	Benoît Cosnefroy
3	Felix Grossschartner
4	Nils Politt
5	Florian Vermeersch
6	Tim Wellens
	Decathlon CMA CGM Team
11	Cees Bol
12	Stan Dewulf
13	Robbe Ghys
14	Daan Hoole
15	Émilien Jacquelin
16	Olav Kooij
	Netcompany INEOS
21	Filippo Ganna
22	Kim Heiduk
23	Artem Shmidt
24	Ben Swift
25	Connor Swift
26	Sam Welsford
	Soudal Quick-Step
31	Jasper Stuyven
32	Tim Merlier
33	Dylan van Baarle
34	Laurenz Rex
35	Ilan Van Wilder
36	Pascal Eenkhoorn
	NSN Cycling Team
41	Lewis Askey
42	Ryan Mullen
43	Alessandro Pinarello
44	Dion Smith
45	Jake Stewart
46	Ethan Vernon
	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
51	Sam Bennett
52	Mark Donovan
53	Fabio Christen
54	Kamil Malecki
55	Xandro Meurisse
56	Matteo Moschetti
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
61	Matteo Trentin
62	Rick Pluimers
63	Petr Kelemen
64	Jacob Eriksson
65	Yannis Voisard
66	Robin Donzé
	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling
71	Samuel Florez
72	Ian Lopez de San Roman
73	Brody McDonald
74	Riley Pickrell
75	Mark Stewart
76	Paul Wright
	Team Flanders-Baloise
81	Siebe Deweirdt
82	Brem Deman
83	Elias Maris
84	Henri Vandenabeele
85	Dylan Vandenstorme
86	Ward Vanhoof
	Great Britain
91	Ben Wiggins
92	Elliot Rowe
93	Will Smith
94	Jacob Bush
95	Matthew Bostock
96	Oliver Wood
	Team United Shipping
101	Janos Pelikan
102	Erik Fetter
103	Veljko Stojnic
104	Tomas Pridal
105	Michal Schuran
106	Nikiforos Arvanitou
	Tarteletto-Isorex
111	Timothy Dupont
112	Yorben Lauryssen
113	Lennert Teugels
114	Gianni Marchand
115	Jonah Killy
116	Arne Santy
	BIKE AID
121	Oliver Mattheis
122	Kristians Belohvosciks
123	Lennard Sternsdorff
124	Victor Vidal
125	Karl Hall
126	Oscar Schempp
	Lucky Sport Cycling Team
131	Axel Källberg
132	Teodor De Luca
133	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg
134	Hjalmar Klyver
135	Vilmer Ekman
136	Frank Aron Ragilo
	Team Storck-MRW Bau
141	Matthew Walls
142	Edgar Cadena
143	Alvaro Sagrado Perez
144	Noe Ury
145	Robin Kull
146	Jakob Neumann
	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
151	Lucas Bénéteau
152	Axel Bouquet
153	Thomas Champion
154	Théo Delacroix
155	Romain Cardis
156	Yohann Simon
	APS Pro Cycling by Team Cadence Cyclery
161	Adam Lewis
162	Conn McDunphy
163	Ethan Dunham
164	Ronan O'Connor
165	Andrew Lydic
166	Cian Keogh
	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
171	Marcus Sander Hansen
172	Emil Schandorff Iwersen
173	Asger Røjbek Sørensen
174	Sebastian Vestergaard
175	Boas Lysgaard
176	Victor Johannsen