Tour of Britain – Stage 3

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Edoardo Zardini climbs to Friends Life Tour of Britain lead after winning the rumble on the Tumble in Wales on Tuesday

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Edoardo Zardini claims victory atop the Tumble mountain above Abergavenny. Photo: Michelle Rudd

The Friends Life Yellow Jersey changed shoulders for the third consecutive day as Edoardo Zardini claimed victory atop the Tumble mountain above Abergavenny.

The Italian was first across the line at the summit, heading Michal Kwiatkowski by nine seconds, with Sir Bradley Wiggins leading in a small group in fifth, a further five seconds back.

The win puts the Bardiani CSF into the Friends Life Yellow Jersey, giving the team control of two of the jerseys, with teammate Sonny Colbrelli retaining the YodelDirect Sprints Jersey for a third successive day.

On a glorious day plucked from mid-summer Zardini attacked from the moment the peloton turned left on the Tumble, one of the toughest climbs in Britain rising 500m in just six kilometres. Neither looking back nor forward but just operating in his own zone Zardini danced rhythmically on his pedals and with the bigger names marking each other soon pulled out an advantage.

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Edoardo Zardini presses on after dropping Jack Bauer.

Having ridden initially with Garmin Sharp’s Jack Bauer from the foot of the climb, Zardini struck on alone, before eventually Nicolas Roche of Tinkoff-Saxo decided to chance his arm and accelerated to join the young Italian and then, hitting a good patch, pulled ahead himself. Just for a moment the Irishman looked to be heading for the stage victory himself but the determined Italian was far from done.

Pacing himself nicely Zardini, 24, stormed back in the final two kilometres and took line honours along for probably the best win of his career alongside his win in Stage Two of the Giro del Trentino earlier this year. It also catapulted him into the Friends Life Yellow Jersey.

“I live in Verona and today was very like many of the training rides I do around my home in Verona so it suited me fine,” said a delighted Zardini afterwards. “I knew this climb had the reputation of being possibly the best in Britain and it lived up to its reputation. It very tough but for me it was a beautiful climb today.

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The stage win saw Zardini in yellow afterwards.

“I was never in trouble when Nicolas came up to join me. After attacking I was pacing my effort because I knew there would be more to do. I let him go past and perhaps I kidded to be tired a little bit but actually I was feeling fine all the time and soon decided to go back on the attack. I felt fantastic and was able to enjoy the moment and all the support of the fans at the top.

“We are not a big team but we enjoy taking on the big team and we have had great success. We won three stages of the Giro this year and last year Stefano Pirazzi won the King of the Mountains at the Giro.

“We have come here to be aggressive and to race and we will fight hard to defend the jersey. I think we will probably need to try and find some more second somewhere in the other hard stages because obviously riders like Wiggins and Kwiatkowski will be very strong in the Time Trial. It will be difficult but we will try.”

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Nicholas Roche on the move on the second part of the Tumble.

Behind Zardini the better known riders were fighting out an enthralling contest on the 179.9km run from Newtown to the top of the Tumble, basically the top of the famous Blorenge Mountain above Abergavenny and Blaenavon.

Kwiatkowski finished very strongly nine second behind the Italian while Roche, who at one stage looked certain to pay for his earlier effort, clung on bravely for third place a further two seconds back. Rising Belgian star Dylan Teuns finished next on the same time while Wiggins arrived 14 seconds back behind the winner in fifth place.

As usual Wiggins opted to set his own pace and time trial his way up the mountain rather than react to the attacks in front of him and with David Lopez keeping him good company all the way to finish in good shape.

His stated aim before the race was always to limit his losses on the Tumble, which he has done, and then work hard towards a possible showdown in the short time-trial on the 8.8km London circuit on Sunday.

In the Friends Life General Classiciation contest Kwiatkowski is now second behind Zardini at 13 seconds, Roche third at 17, Teuns a further four second seconds back and Wiggins fifth at 24 along with teammate Lopez.

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Brad Wiggins is paced in the chase of the leaders, top marks to Steve Lampier to still be in the Wiggins group at this stage.

Elsewhere Liverpudlian Mark McNally continued his strong showing to retain the SKODA King of the Mountains jersey, while Sonny Colbrelli, also of the triumphant Bardiani CSF team still leads the YodelDirect Sprints jersey. Ben Swift of Team Sky leads the Chain Reaction Cycles Point’s jersey.

Roche’s Tinkoff Saxo teammate Manuele Boaro claimed the day’s Rouleur Combativity Award, having featured in the six rider break, before striking out alone to be caught on the slopes of the Tumble.

The Friends Life Tour of Britain returns to Worcestershire after a five-year absence on Stage Four, for a 184.6-kilometre leg from Worcester to Bristol, which culminates with the climb of Bridge Valley Road up to the finish on Clifton Downs.

Highlights of Stage Three are on ITV4 at 2200 on Tuesday 9 September, with live coverage resuming from 1300 on Wednesday on ITV4, for Stage Four from Worcester to Bristol.

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Tom Stewart of Madison Genesis smiles at the camera after a long day in the break and the finish in sight.

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Yellow jersey Mark Renshaw, and Mark Cavendish get some shelter from the car after saying it was going a little too quick!

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Sonny Colbrelli

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Combativity award to Manuele BOARO, Tinkoff-Saxo

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Some tall ladies in Newtown!

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Jersey wearers get to line up at the front

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Mark Renshaw spent the day in Yellow but it wasn’t a sprinter’s day.

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The riders all smiles as the lead car zooms away and …. 

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…. Tom Moses then attacks to be chased by James Lowsley-Williams

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This kicked off a spate of attacks on the climb out of Newton and upwards to the first KoM

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Tom Stewart and Mike Cuming leading a group away … 

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The early stages of the move for the days break with BMC’s Sebastian Lander

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Mark McNally leads the group looking for points in the KoM competition which he still leads.

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Mark however was beaten in the day’s KoM’s by Manuele  Boaro

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Paris Roubaix winner Nikki Terpstra looks at the races stage card to see what lies ahead.

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Into the final 40k and Mike Cuming makes a move and is chased by Boaro and Stewart

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The three leaders, Stewart, Boaro  and Cuming

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Raleigh’s Yanto Barker and Mark McNally wait for the peloton after a long day out front.

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Mark Cavendish was very impressive on the front all day for his team

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Boaro is about to be caught by the peloton.

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Lots of ‘trains’ then formed to get their team leaders in a good position before the Tumble, in this one, Ian Wilkinson leads Mark Christian.

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… and Dan McLay, another sprinter, is leading his team leader Geoghegan-Hart

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It was however Tinkoff Saxo who had the leading train as they hit the final climb.

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Zardini leads Jack Bauer after attacking on the slower slopes in the trees…

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Movistar’s Visconti on his way to sixth place on the stage.

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Wiggins was paced for most of the climb by a teammate before surging forward and finishing in 5th.

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The expected battle for the win by Chavenel didn’t come, problems with knee pain I heard.

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Good rider by Mark Christian of Raleigh who was 19th on the stage.

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Great crowd to witness the riders race up the Tumble.

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Top ride by Steve Lampier to be the second Brit home.

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Alex Dowsett giving it everything up the Tumble.

 

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The Cavendish group with the race’s workers

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A very happy Zardini celebrates the stage win.

RESULTS

STAGE 3 RESULT
 1 ZARDINI Edoardo BAR 04:35:02
 2 KWIATKOWSKI Michal OPQ 9
 3 ROCHE Nicolas TCS 11
 4 TEUNS Dylan BMC ST
 5 WIGGINS Bradley SKY 14
 6 VISCONTI Giovanni MOV ST
 7 LOPEZ GARCIA David SKY ST
 8 REICHENBACH Sébastien IAM 16
 9 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon MOV ST
 10 KÖNIG Leopold TNE ST
 11 CHAVANEL Sylvain IAM 32
 12 VAN BAARLE Dylan GRS 35
 13 LAMPIER Steve VGR 45
 14 HNIK Karel MTN ST
 15 BAUER Jack GRS 47
 16 BARTA Jan TNE ST
 17 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR 50
 18 JUUL JENSEN Christopher TCS ST
 19 CHRISTIAN Mark RAL 52
 20 BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel BAR ST
 21 SUTHERLAND Rory TCS 57
 22 PETERS Alex MGT 01:00
 23 BRANDLE Matthias IAM 01:09
 24 BOULO Matthieu RAL 01:13
 25 SZMYD Sylvester MOV 01:18
 26 HANDLEY Richard RCS ST
 27 GOLAS Michal OPQ ST
 28 TANKINK Bram BEL ST
 29 NORDHAUG Lars-Petter BEL ST
 30 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas MTN ST
 31 HOLOHAN Liam MGT 01:20
 32 DOWSETT Alex MOV ST
 33 ZABEL Rick BMC 01:28
 34 HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY 01:45
 35 VAN NIEKERK Dennis MTN 02:19
 36 GIRDLESTONE Dylan GRS ST
 37 PINEAU Jérôme IAM ST
 38 THWAITES Scott TNE ST
 39 SWIFT Ben SKY ST
 40 CUMMINGS Stephen BMC ST
 41 VOSS Paul TNE ST
 42 BIALOBLOCKI Marcin VGR 02:39
 43 ATKINS George RAL 03:10
 44 TERPSTRA Niki OPQ 03:12
 45 NORTHEY Michael James MGT ST
 46 MULLEN Ryan SKT 03:40
 47 HOUSE Kristian RCS ST
 48 APPLEBY Dale NPC ST
 49 BOL Jetse BEL ST
 50 DEKKER Thomas GRS ST
 51 BATTAGLIN Enrico BAR ST
 52 LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo MOV ST
 53 BURTON Germain GBR 04:38
 54 WYNANTS Maarten BEL 05:19
 55 LOZANO RIBA David TNN 05:20
 56 KNEISKY Morgan RAL 05:44
 57 MEGIAS LEAL Javier TNN ST
 58 EDMONDSON Nathan VGR 06:01
 59 PARTRIDGE Robert VGR ST
 60 MOULD Jonathan NPC 06:12
 61 COLBRELLI Sonny BAR 06:26
 62 VELITS Peter BMC ST
 63 VERSCHOOR Martijn TNN ST
 64 HENTTALA Joonas TNN ST
 65 GERDEMANN Linus MTN ST
 66 SCHORN Daniel TNE ST
 67 DOULL Owain SKT ST
 68 GULDHAMMER Rasmus TCS ST
 69 FLENS Rick BEL 06:34
 70 BLYTHE Adam NPC 06:57
 71 MOSES Thomas RCS ST
 72 RENSHAW Mark OPQ ST
 73 MORGAN Bradley VGR ST
 74 STAUFF Andreas MTN ST
 75 WILKINSON Ian RAL ST
 76 STEWART Thomas MGT 07:16
 77 LOWSLEY WILLIAMS James NPC 07:20
 78 PERON Andrea TNN 07:50
 79 TRUSOV Nikolay TCS ST
 80 HANSEN Lasse Norman GRS 08:02
 81 LANDER Sebastian BMC ST
 82 FARRAR Tyler GRS ST
 83 MOSS James VGR ST
 84 MCLAY Daniel GBR ST
 85 BULGAC Brian GIA ST
 86 WILSON Jack SKT ST
 87 BIBBY Ian MGT ST
 88 SCULLY Thomas MGT ST
 89 KITTEL Marcel GIA ST
 90 STAMSNIJDER Tom GIA ST
 91 MARKUS Barry BEL ST
 92 OPIE Chris RCS ST
 93 HAUSSLER Heinrich IAM ST
 94 SANZ UNZUE Enrique MOV 08:43
 95 JIM Songezo MTN ST
 96 KOHLER Martin BMC ST
 97 VEELERS Tom GIA 09:56
 98 TIMMER Albert GIA ST
 99 PIECHELE Andrea BAR 10:32
 100 VERMOTE Julien OPQ ST
 101 BOARO Manuele TCS ST
 102 CAVENDISH Mark OPQ ST
 103 LAWLESS Christopher GBR ST
 104 EISEL Bernhard SKY ST
 105 O'SHEA Glen SKT ST
 106 ARCHBOLD Shane SKT ST
 107 MCNALLY Mark SKT ST
 108 RUFFONI Nicola BAR ST
 109 HUNT Joshua NPC ST
 110 BARKER Yanto RAL ST
 111 DE BACKER Bert GIA ST
 112 LATHAM Christopher GBR ST
 113 ISTA Kevin IAM ST
 114 HARRISON Samuel NPC ST
 115 BENNETT Sam TNE 11:19
 116 PLANET Charles TNN 14:21
 117 CUMING Michael RCS 15:18
OVERALL
 1 ZARDINI Edoardo BAR 11:30:21
 2 KWIATKOWSKI Michal OPQ 13
 3 ROCHE Nicolas TCS 17
 4 TEUNS Dylan BMC 21
 5 WIGGINS Bradley SKY 24
 6 LOPEZ GARCIA David SKY ST
 7 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon MOV 26
 8 KÖNIG Leopold TNE ST
 9 REICHENBACH Sébastien IAM ST
 10 VISCONTI Giovanni MOV 37
 11 CHAVANEL Sylvain IAM 42
 12 VAN BAARLE Dylan GRS 45
 13 LAMPIER Steve VGR 55
 14 BARTA Jan TNE 57
 15 BAUER Jack GRS ST
 16 JUUL JENSEN Christopher TCS 01:00
 17 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR ST
 18 BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel BAR 01:02
 19 CHRISTIAN Mark RAL ST
 20 SUTHERLAND Rory TCS 01:07
 21 PETERS Alex MGT 01:10
 22 HNIK Karel MTN 01:11
 23 BRANDLE Matthias IAM 01:19
 24 BOULO Matthieu RAL 01:23
 25 HANDLEY Richard RCS 01:25
 26 DOWSETT Alex MOV 01:27
 27 TANKINK Bram BEL 01:28
 28 GOLAS Michal OPQ ST
 29 ZABEL Rick BMC 01:38
 30 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas MTN ST
 31 HOLOHAN Liam MGT 01:46
 32 NORDHAUG Lars-Petter BEL 01:48
 33 SZMYD Sylvester MOV 02:01
 34 HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY 02:08
 35 SWIFT Ben SKY 02:23
 36 PINEAU Jérôme IAM 02:29
 37 THWAITES Scott TNE ST
 38 VOSS Paul TNE ST
 39 CUMMINGS Stephen BMC 02:39
 40 GIRDLESTONE Dylan GRS 02:45
 41 VAN NIEKERK Dennis MTN 02:55
 42 TERPSTRA Niki OPQ 03:22
 43 NORTHEY Michael James MGT ST
 44 BIALOBLOCKI Marcin VGR 03:33
 45 ATKINS George RAL 03:44
 46 HOUSE Kristian RCS 03:50
 47 DEKKER Thomas GRS ST
 48 BATTAGLIN Enrico BAR ST
 49 LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo MOV 04:34
 50 MULLEN Ryan SKT ST
 51 APPLEBY Dale NPC 05:21
 52 WYNANTS Maarten BEL 05:29
 53 KNEISKY Morgan RAL 05:54
 54 MEGIAS LEAL Javier TNN 06:04
 55 LOZANO RIBA David TNN 06:14
 56 DOULL Owain SKT 06:36
 57 SCHORN Daniel TNE ST
 58 VELITS Peter BMC 06:46
 59 GERDEMANN Linus MTN 06:52
 60 RENSHAW Mark OPQ 06:57
 61 EDMONDSON Nathan VGR 07:05
 62 BLYTHE Adam NPC 07:07
 63 WILKINSON Ian RAL ST
 64 STAUFF Andreas MTN ST
 65 VERSCHOOR Martijn TNN 07:18
 66 STEWART Thomas MGT 07:25
 67 FLENS Rick BEL 07:38
 68 MOSES Thomas RCS 07:51
 69 TRUSOV Nikolay TCS 08:00
 70 LANDER Sebastian BMC 08:04
 71 FARRAR Tyler GRS 08:12
 72 MCLAY Daniel GBR ST
 73 HAUSSLER Heinrich IAM ST
 74 OPIE Chris RCS ST
 75 BOL Jetse BEL 08:36
 76 HANSEN Lasse Norman GRS 08:52
 77 MARKUS Barry BEL 08:56
 78 STAMSNIJDER Tom GIA ST
 79 KOHLER Martin BMC 09:09
 80 COLBRELLI Sonny BAR 09:39
 81 GULDHAMMER Rasmus TCS 09:48
 82 HENTTALA Joonas TNN ST
 83 VEELERS Tom GIA 10:06
 84 TIMMER Albert GIA ST
 85 MORGAN Bradley VGR 10:19
 86 SANZ UNZUE Enrique MOV 10:24
 87 BOARO Manuele TCS 10:35
 88 RUFFONI Nicola BAR 10:36
 89 PERON Andrea TNN 10:37
 90 ARCHBOLD Shane SKT 10:42
 91 CAVENDISH Mark OPQ 10:58
 92 KITTEL Marcel GIA 11:14
 93 SCULLY Thomas MGT 11:23
 94 PARTRIDGE Robert VGR 11:24
 95 MOSS James VGR ST
 96 MCNALLY Mark SKT 11:25
 97 BENNETT Sam TNE 11:45
 98 VERMOTE Julien OPQ 11:47
 99 BARKER Yanto RAL 12:13
 100 MOULD Jonathan NPC 12:17
 101 LATHAM Christopher GBR 13:54
 102 ISTA Kevin IAM ST
 103 BIBBY Ian MGT 14:53
 104 JIM Songezo MTN 15:05
 105 O'SHEA Glen SKT 15:40
 106 DE BACKER Bert GIA 15:49
 107 PIECHELE Andrea BAR 15:51
 108 CUMING Michael RCS 15:53
 109 BURTON Germain GBR 16:43
 110 HUNT Joshua NPC ST
 111 LOWSLEY WILLIAMS James NPC 17:25
 112 WILSON Jack SKT 20:07
 113 EISEL Bernhard SKY 20:37
 114 HARRISON Samuel NPC 20:59
 115 LAWLESS Christopher GBR 22:33
 116 BULGAC Brian GIA 23:08
 117 PLANET Charles TNN 25:32

KOM
 
Dolfor - km 8.4
 1 BOARO Manuele ITA TCS 6
 2 MCNALLY Mark GBR SKT 5
 3 STEWART Thomas GBR MGT 4
 4 LANDER Sebastian DEN BMC 3
 5 CUMING Michael GBR RCS 2
 6 BARKER Yanto GBR RAL 1
Knighton - km 34.5
 1 BOARO Manuele ITA TCS 4
 2 MCNALLY Mark GBR SKT 3
 3 STEWART Thomas GBR MGT 2
 4 CUMING Michael GBR RCS 1
Beggar's Bush - km 41.7
 1 BOARO Manuele ITA TCS 4
 2 MCNALLY Mark GBR SKT 3
 3 STEWART Thomas GBR MGT 2
 4 LANDER Sebastian DEN BMC 1
Finish - km 179.9
 1 ZARDINI Edoardo ITA BAR 10
 2 KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL OPQ 9
 3 ROCHE Nicolas IRL TCS 8
 4 TEUNS Dylan BEL BMC 7
 5 WIGGINS Bradley GBR SKY 6
 6 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA MOV 5
 7 LOPEZ GARCIA David ESP SKY 4
 8 REICHENBACH Sébastien SUI IAM 3
 9 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon ESP MOV 2
 10 KÖNIG Leopold CZE TNE 1
OVERALL
 1 MCNALLY Mark GBR SKT 35
 2 BOARO Manuele ITA TCS 14
 3 KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL OPQ 13
 4 ZARDINI Edoardo ITA BAR 10
 5 ROCHE Nicolas IRL TCS 10
 6 BIBBY Ian GBR MGT 10
 7 HANDLEY Richard GBR RCS 9
 8 STEWART Thomas GBR MGT 8
 9 HANSEN Lasse Norman DEN GRS 8
 10 TEUNS Dylan BEL BMC 7
 11 WIGGINS Bradley GBR SKY 7
 12 CHAVANEL Sylvain FRA IAM 6
 13 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA MOV 5
 14 BAUER Jack NZL GRS 5
 15 COLBRELLI Sonny ITA BAR 5
 16 LAWLESS Christopher GBR GBR 5
 17 LOPEZ GARCIA David ESP SKY 4
 18 KÖNIG Leopold CZE TNE 4
 19 LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo ESP MOV 4
 20 LANDER Sebastian DEN BMC 4
 21 MOULD Jonathan GBR NPC 4
 22 REICHENBACH Sébastien SUI IAM 3
 23 PARTRIDGE Robert GBR VGR 3
 24 CUMING Michael GBR RCS 3
 25 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon ESP MOV 2
 26 BARKER Yanto GBR RAL 1
SPRINTS
 Llyswen - km 80.6
 1 BOARO Manuele ITA TCS 3
 2 LANDER Sebastian DEN BMC 2
 3 CUMING Michael GBR RCS 1
Abergavenny - km 115.4
 1 LANDER Sebastian DEN BMC 3
 2 BOARO Manuele ITA TCS 2
 3 STEWART Thomas GBR MGT 1
Monmouth - km 138.8
 1 LANDER Sebastian DEN BMC 3
 2 BOARO Manuele ITA TCS 2
 3 MCNALLY Mark

OVERALL
 1 COLBRELLI Sonny ITA BAR 9
 2 LANDER Sebastian DEN BMC 8
 3 BOARO Manuele ITA TCS 7
 4 MOULD Jonathan GBR NPC 6
 5 HANSEN Lasse Norman DEN GRS 4
 6 BIBBY Ian GBR MGT 4
 7 LAWLESS Christopher GBR GBR 4
 8 2 DOWSETT Alex GBR MOV 3
 9 HANDLEY Richard GBR RCS 3
 10 VERSCHOOR Martijn NED TNN 2
 11 STEWART Thomas GBR MGT 1
 12 SCULLY Thomas NZL MGT 1
 13 MCNALLY Mark GBR SKT 1
 14 CUMING Michael GBR RCS 1
Day's Rouleur Combativity: Manuele BOARO, Tinkoff-Saxo
POINTS: Ben Swift
 TEAM: IAM Cycling

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