Day 8: Tour of Britain

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Steve Cummings clinched overall victory in the Tour of Britain at the end of the London Stage presented by TfL, finishing safely within the bunch to seal the Yellow Jersey presented by Eisberg, as Caleb Ewan sprinted to victory.

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September 11

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Steve Cummings clinched overall victory in the Tour of Britain at the end of the London Stage presented by TfL, finishing safely within the bunch to seal the Yellow Jersey presented by Eisberg, as Caleb Ewan sprinted to victory.

The Brit, who took the jersey after Stage Six in Devon, crossed the line on Regent Street St James in 17th position as the bunch fought out the victory at the end of the 16-lap circuit race. “I’m delighted. Finally I can smile and enjoy it. It’s been a tough week. It was so close that it wasn’t done until I crossed the line,” said Cummings afterwards

“I’d to thank all my team-mates for keeping me out of trouble, and the British public for supporting every day like they have. It’s been a great week. It’s a bit overwhelming, I just want to put a baseball cap on and a hood up and disappear now for a while and get back out of the way.”

Cummings is the second British rider to win the modern incarnation of the Tour of Britain, following Sir Bradley Wiggins’ victory in 2013. Cummings also wins the Adnams Best British Rider priz. Behind Cummings there was no change on the overall classification, with BMC Racing Team’s Rohan Dennis second at 26-seconds and Team Giant Alpecin’s Tom Dumoulin third a further 12-seconds in arrears.

Rohan Dennis: “It’s been a hard race, a really hard race actually but I am pretty happy with how I have raced and the form I have shown this week. In hindsight I probably lost the race on Stage 2 but in saying that if I didn’t attack up The Struggle I wouldn’t have been as confident on the other climbs throughout the week and maybe I wouldn’t have attacked on Haytor or in Bristol. For me, you can either play the defensive game and possibly win or you can go on the offensive and risk more but if you pull it off it feels more special.”

“I still have a few more races coming up this season including the Eneco Tour and the World TTT Championships, if it goes ahead, which are both different types of races to this one but this week we have seen really aggressive and unpredictable racing so it has been a good test and I think it has shown the good form that I am in.”

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L-R – Dumoulin (3rd), Cummings (1st) and Dennis (2nd)

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Lotto Soudal’s Tony Gallopin took fourth with 2014 Tour of Britain winner Dylan Van Baarle in fifth. Team Sky’s Ben Swift was the other Brit in the top 10, finishing eighth. Orica BikeExchange’s 22-year-old sprinter Caleb Ewan took his first win on British roads, becoming the ninth different stage winner of the week in a highly competitive Tour of Britain. Lotto Soudal’s Jen Debusschere had taken a flyer coming through Trafalgar Square in the final kilometre and at one stage looked like holding his advantage to the line, but such was the speed of Ewan that the young Australian rocketed past, with Dylan Groenewegen also coming past for second.

Groenewegen’s runner up spot, his fourth top ten of the week, helped him into the Chain Reaction Cycles Points Jersey.

In the Yodel Sprints classification An Post Chain Reaction’s Jasper Bovenhuis took the jersey, joining the day’s breakaway once again to mop up the jersey after the first of three intermediate Yodel Sprints. Bovenhuis’ final advantage was 12-points over Andre Greipel, but the German did win the overall HIGH5 Combativity Award in a week that saw him win a stage and on several occasions light up the Tour of Britain with his attacking riding.

With no SKODA King of the Mountains points on offer in London Xandro Meurisse enjoyed a final day in the jersey, adding that classification win to his seventh place overall.

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Taylor Phinney leads the move of the stage in bright sunshine

The London Stage

A fast start to the eighth and final stage in London saw four riders go clear on the first lap of sixteen and begin to develop an advantage. The quartet included Taylor Phinney (BMC).  Thirty seconds separated the field and the leaders after four laps of racing with the pace remaining high.

Huge crowds lined the streets of central London as the Phinney group extended their advantage to one minute at the halfway point with Dimension-Data lined out at the front of the chasing peloton. With three laps remaining the lead group had been reduced to a trio with only 18seconds on the peloton and Etixx-Quickstep now on the front and leading the chase.

The catch was made with ten kilometres to go as the sprinter’s teams began to fight for position at the front of the bunch with Etixx-Quickstep and Tony Martin leading the way.Team-Sky moved up inside the final few kilometres and led the bunch into the finale with Ewan tucked into the group a few wheels back. The young Australian started his sprint early as the bunch began to split and flew up the side of the road to take a well deserved victory by more than a couple of bike lengths.

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Caleb Ewan: “I am super happy,” said Ewan at the finish. “It’s great to finally get the win after coming close a couple of times earlier in the race, it all worked out perfectly today. It was a short but really fast stage that definitely suited me. The guys did a great job of keeping me in position and thankfully I was able to finish it off.”

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Another great performance from Tom Stewart of Madison Genesis getting in the break

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Heanor’s James Shaw of Lotto Soudal doing his job for the team at the front of the peloton.

RESULTS

STAGE 8
1 *EWAN Caleb OBE AUS B:10” 00”
2 *GROENEWEGEN Dylan TLJ NED B:06” ”
3 DEBUSSCHERE Jens LTS BEL B:04” ”
4 VAN POPPEL Boy TFS NED ”
5 VIVIANI Elia SKY ITA ”
6 GREIPEL André LTS GER ”
7 MCLAY Daniel GBR GBR ”
8 VON HOFF Steele ONE AUS ”
9 RUFFONI Nicola BAR ITA ”
10 SIMION Paolo BAR ITA ”
11 BARBERO CUESTA Carlos CJR ESP ”
12 CURVERS Roy TGA NED ”
13 DOWNING Russell JLT GBR ”
14 *ZABEL Rick BMC GER ”
15 VAN BAARLE Dylan CDT NED ”
16 BAUER Jack CDT NZL ”
17 CUMMINGS Stephen DDD GBR ”
18 RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano EQS ARG ”
19 MEURISSE Xandro WGG BEL ”
20 *MULLEN Ryan CDT IRL ”
21 VEREECKEN Nicolas SKT BEL ”
22 ROCHE Nicolas SKY IRL ”
23 DUMOULIN Tom TGA NED ”
24 GALLOPIN Tony LTS FRA ”
25 *MOSCA Jacopo TFS ITA ”
26 *WOOD Oliver GBR GBR ”
27 *MARTIN Guillaume WGG FRA ”
28 SWIFT Ben SKY GBR ”
29 GONCALVES Domingos CJR POR ”
30 VERMOTE Julien EQS BEL ”
31 WASTYN Emiel SKT BEL ”
32 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR GBR ”
33 LAMPIER Steve JLT GBR ”
34 *TUSVELD Martijn TGA NED ”
35 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz EQS POL ”
36 *SMITH Dion ONE NZL ”
37 DENNIS Rohan BMC AUS ”
38 *ZEPUNTKE Ruben CDT GER ”
39 ROWSELL Erick MGT GBR ”
40 CHRISTIAN Mark WGN GBR ”
41 ARAMENDIA Francisco Javier CJR ESP 10”
42 MOINARD Amaël BMC FRA ”
43 *STEWART Mark GBR GBR ”
44 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR ”
45 RENSHAW Mark DDD AUS ”
46 *SLATER Alistair JLT GBR 18”
47 ZARDINI Edoardo BAR ITA 21”
48 RUBIO HERNANDEZ Diego CJR ESP ”
49 VISCONTI Giovanni MOV ITA 26”
50 WILLIAMS Peter ONE GBR 31”
51 TXURRUKA Amets OBE ESP 33”
52 *SAEZ BENITO Hector CJR ESP 37”
53 ARCAS Jorge MOV ESP ”
54 CRONSHAW Matt MGT GBR ”
55 ALAFACI Eugenio TFS ITA ”
56 HOEKSTRA Jochem TGA NED ”
57 POELS Wouter SKY NED ”
58 BRADBURY Edmund NPC GBR ”
59 MARTIN Daniel EQS IRL ”
60 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL 46”
61 MEZGEC Luka OBE SLO 48”
62 MARCATO Marco WGG ITA 49”
63 SIEBERG Marcel LTS GER 54”
64 MCNALLY Mark WGG GBR 01’01”
65 GUNMAN Taylor Karl MGT NZL ”
66 APPLEBY Dale NPC GBR ”
67 WAGNER Robert TLJ GER ”
68 MARTENS Paul TLJ GER ”
69 LINDEMAN Bert-Jan TLJ NED ”
70 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED ”
71 *VAN POPPEL Danny SKY NED 01’09”
72 *VLIEGEN Loïc BMC BEL 01’14”
73 *BENITO DIEZ Miguel Angel CJR ESP ”
74 MOSES Thomas JLT GBR ”
75 PARTRIDGE Robert NPC GBR ”
76 SHAW Damien SKT IRL ”
77 MCEVOY Jonathan NPC GBR 01’22”
78 TONELLI Alessandro BAR ITA ”
79 *DE BUYST Jasper LTS BEL 01’26”
80 WIGGINS Bradley WGN GBR ”
81 *DOULL Owain WGN GBR ”
82 *MCCORMICK Hayden ONE NZL ”
83 GASPAROTTO Enrico WGG ITA ”
84 BOEM Nicola BAR ITA 01’30”
85 EISEL Bernhard DDD AUT 01’34”
86 *SCOTT Jacob SKT GBR 01’37”
87 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR 01’38”
88 BIBBY Ian NPC GBR ”
89 BLYTHE Adam GBR GBR ”
90 COLEDAN Marco TFS ITA 01’42”
91 DUNNE Conor JLT IRL 02’20”
92 STEWART Thomas MGT GBR B:04” ”
93 MORENO Javier MOV ESP 02’37”
94 DOWSETT Alex MOV GBR 03’07”
95 MARTIN Tony EQS GER ”
96 THOMSON Jay DDD RSA 03’11”
97 VAN ZYL Johann DDD RSA ”
98 HOUSE Kristian ONE GBR 03’12”
99 BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel BAR ITA 03’14”
100 *SHAW James LTS GBR ”
101 HEPBURN Michael OBE AUS 03’17”
102 *EDMONDSON Alexander OBE AUS 03’19”
103 DOMAGALSKI Karol ONE POL 03’20”
104 *POWER Robert OBE AUS 03’31”
105 PHINNEY Taylor BMC USA B:04” 05’02”
106 KENT-SPARK Oliver SKT AUS ”
107 BOVENHUIS Jasper SKT NED B:06” ”
108 *CULLAIGH Gabriel GBR GBR B:04” ”
109 *HOLMES Matt MGT GBR 05’53”
110 *PEARSON Daniel WGN GBR ”
111 STONES Liam NPC GBR 05’54”

Did not finish
*LATHAM Christopher WGN GBR
IZAGUIRRE Gorka MOV ESP
*EISENHART Taylor BMC USA
THURAU Bjorn WGG GER

OVERALL
1 CUMMINGS Stephen DDD GBR 31h30’45” 00”
2 DENNIS Rohan BMC AUS 31h31’11” 26”
3 DUMOULIN Tom TGA NED 31h31’23” 38”
4 GALLOPIN Tony LTS FRA 31h31’47” 01’02”
5 VAN BAARLE Dylan CDT NED 31h32’06” 01’21”
6 ROCHE Nicolas SKY IRL 31h32’11” 01’26”
7 MEURISSE Xandro WGG BEL 31h32’33” 01’48”
8 SWIFT Ben SKY GBR 31h32’37” 01’52”
9 VERMOTE Julien EQS BEL 31h32’57” 02’12”
10 *MOSCA Jacopo TFS ITA 31h33’17” 02’32”
11 *MARTIN Guillaume WGG FRA 31h33’37” 02’52”
12 CHRISTIAN Mark WGN GBR 31h34’47” 04’02”
13 MARTIN Daniel EQS IRL 31h35’55” 05’10”
14 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR GBR 31h36’08” 05’23”
15 ROWSELL Erick MGT GBR 31h36’26” 05’41”
16 *SMITH Dion ONE NZL 31h36’55” 06’10”
17 LAMPIER Steve JLT GBR 31h37’50” 07’05”
18 GONCALVES Domingos CJR POR 31h38’56” 08’11”
19 ZARDINI Edoardo BAR ITA 31h39’00” 08’15”
20 *ZEPUNTKE Ruben CDT GER 31h39’27” 08’42”
21 BRADBURY Edmund NPC GBR 31h40’17” 09’32”
22 DOWNING Russell JLT GBR 31h40’39” 09’54”
23 BAUER Jack CDT NZL 31h41’49” 11’04”
24 VISCONTI Giovanni MOV ITA 31h42’20” 11’35”
25 BONGIORNO Francesco ManueBlAR ITA 31h43’24” 12’39”
26 *TUSVELD Martijn TGA NED 31h43’35” 12’50”
27 MARCATO Marco WGG ITA 31h44’44” 13’59”
28 MOINARD Amaël BMC FRA 31h46’08” 15’23”
29 GASPAROTTO Enrico WGG ITA 31h47’04” 16’19”
30 RUBIO HERNANDEZ Diego CJR ESP 31h47’05” 16’20”
31 *VLIEGEN Loïc BMC BEL ” ”
32 POELS Wouter SKY NED 31h47’37” 16’52”
33 VEREECKEN Nicolas SKT BEL 31h48’17” 17’32”
34 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL 31h48’43” 17’58”
35 HOEKSTRA Jochem TGA NED 31h49’00” 18’15”
36 STEWART Thomas MGT GBR 31h49’14” 18’29”
37 *SLATER Alistair JLT GBR 31h50’40” 19’55”
38 TXURRUKA Amets OBE ESP 31h50’49” 20’04”
39 BOEM Nicola BAR ITA 31h51’48” 21’03”
40 MORENO Javier MOV ESP 31h52’17” 21’32”
41 *PEARSON Daniel WGN GBR 31h53’08” 22’23”
42 *SAEZ BENITO Hector CJR ESP 31h55’10” 24’25”
43 WILLIAMS Peter ONE GBR 31h57’05” 26’20”
44 MARTENS Paul TLJ GER 31h57’16” 26’31”
45 MARTIN Tony EQS GER 31h58’36” 27’51”
46 GREIPEL André LTS GER 31h59’22” 28’37”
47 LINDEMAN Bert-Jan TLJ NED 31h59’31” 28’46”
48 *POWER Robert OBE AUS 31h59’43” 28’58”
49 ARCAS Jorge MOV ESP 31h59’44” 28’59”
50 BARBERO CUESTA Carlos CJR ESP 32h02’23” 31’38”
51 *STEWART Mark GBR GBR 32h02’33” 31’48”
52 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz EQS POL 32h03’01” 32’16”
53 *VAN POPPEL Danny SKY NED 32h03’08” 32’23”
54 *SHAW James LTS GBR 32h04’03” 33’18”
55 DEBUSSCHERE Jens LTS BEL 32h06’04” 35’19”
56 *BENITO DIEZ Miguel Angel CJR ESP 32h06’28” 35’43”
57 MCLAY Daniel GBR GBR 32h06’55” 36’10”
58 *SCOTT Jacob SKT GBR 32h07’55” 37’10”
59 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR 32h08’54” 38’09”
60 CURVERS Roy TGA NED 32h09’16” 38’31”
61 *GROENEWEGEN Dylan TLJ NED 32h09’55” 39’10”
62 *CULLAIGH Gabriel GBR GBR 32h10’01” 39’16”
63 BIBBY Ian NPC GBR 32h10’35” 39’50”
64 PHINNEY Taylor BMC USA 32h10’53” 40’08”
65 DOMAGALSKI Karol ONE POL 32h11’02” 40’17”
66 *HOLMES Matt MGT GBR 32h11’24” 40’39”
67 VON HOFF Steele ONE AUS 32h11’35” 40’50”
68 *ZABEL Rick BMC GER 32h11’46” 41’01”
69 MEZGEC Luka OBE SLO 32h11’56” 41’11”
70 VAN POPPEL Boy TFS NED 32h14’26” 43’41”
71 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED 32h15’32” 44’47”
72 ALAFACI Eugenio TFS ITA 32h15’36” 44’51”
73 TONELLI Alessandro BAR ITA 32h16’44” 45’59”
74 *EWAN Caleb OBE AUS 32h17’17” 46’32”
75 SIEBERG Marcel LTS GER 32h18’32” 47’47”
76 EISEL Bernhard DDD AUT 32h18’54” 48’09”
77 SIMION Paolo BAR ITA 32h20’12” 49’27”
78 MCNALLY Mark WGG GBR 32h20’23” 49’38”
79 RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano EQS ARG 32h21’52” 51’07”
80 *MULLEN Ryan CDT IRL 32h24’05” 53’20”
81 *DE BUYST Jasper LTS BEL 32h24’22” 53’37”
82 COLEDAN Marco TFS ITA 32h25’02” 54’17”
83 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR 32h26’31” 55’46”
84 ARAMENDIA Francisco Javier CJR ESP 32h26’51” 56’06”
85 MOSES Thomas JLT GBR 32h27’09” 56’24”
86 BLYTHE Adam GBR GBR 32h27’19” 56’34”
87 RUFFONI Nicola BAR ITA 32h27’32” 56’47”
88 DOWSETT Alex MOV GBR 32h28’22” 57’37”
89 *MCCORMICK Hayden ONE NZL 32h28’42” 57’57”
90 VAN ZYL Johann DDD RSA 32h29’02” 58’17”
91 MCEVOY Jonathan NPC GBR 32h30’54” 1h00’09”
92 RENSHAW Mark DDD AUS 32h30’55” 1h00’10”
93 *WOOD Oliver GBR GBR 32h32’49” 1h02’04”
94 PARTRIDGE Robert NPC GBR 32h32’55” 1h02’10”
95 APPLEBY Dale NPC GBR 32h33’08” 1h02’23”
96 SHAW Damien SKT IRL 32h37’46” 1h07’01”
97 WAGNER Robert TLJ GER 32h38’01” 1h07’16”
98 DUNNE Conor JLT IRL 32h40’25” 1h09’40”
99 THOMSON Jay DDD RSA 32h41’57” 1h11’12”
100 GUNMAN Taylor Karl MGT NZL 32h42’58” 1h12’13”
101 KENT-SPARK Oliver SKT AUS 32h43’57” 1h13’12”
102 BOVENHUIS Jasper SKT NED 32h46’46” 1h16’01”
103 *DOULL Owain WGN GBR 32h48’17” 1h17’32”
104 VIVIANI Elia SKY ITA 32h48’55” 1h18’10”
105 WIGGINS Bradley WGN GBR 32h49’49” 1h19’04”
106 STONES Liam NPC GBR 32h50’41” 1h19’56”
107 CRONSHAW Matt MGT GBR 32h51’18” 1h20’33”
108 HOUSE Kristian ONE GBR 32h54’06” 1h23’21”
109 *EDMONDSON Alexander OBE AUS 32h55’23” 1h24’38”
110 HEPBURN Michael OBE AUS 33h05’13” 1h34’28”
111 WASTYN Emiel SKT BEL 33h08’22” 1h37’37

POINTS
1 GROENEWEGEN Dylan NED TLJ 53
2 DENNIS Rohan AUS BMC 47
3 EWAN Caleb AUS OBE 41
4 DUMOULIN Tom NED TGA 41
5 GALLOPIN Tony FRA LTS 39
6 VAN BAARLE Dylan NED CDT 39
7 MCLAY Daniel GBR GBR 38
8 VAN POPPEL Boy NED TFS 37
9 RUFFONI Nicola ITA BAR 36
10 CUMMINGS Stephen GBR DDD 35

MOUNTAINS
1 MEURISSE Xandro BEL WGG 60
2 ROCHE Nicolas IRL SKY 42
3 BENITO DIEZ Miguel Angel ESP CJR 27
4 HOUSE Kristian GBR ONE 26
5 MCEVOY Jonathan GBR NPC 25
6 STANNARD Ian GBR SKY 21
7 WILLIAMS Peter GBR ONE 20
8 DENNIS Rohan AUS BMC 20
9 POELS Wouter NED SKY 17
10 MOSCA Jacopo ITA TFS 17
11 STEWART Thomas GBR MGT 16
12 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA MOV 14
13 ROWSELL Erick GBR MGT 14
14 HOEKSTRA Jochem NED TGA 12
15 GREIPEL André GER LTS 11
16 HOLMES Matt GBR MGT 11
17 DUMOULIN Tom NED TGA 11
18 BAUER Jack NZL CDT 11
19 MOINARD Amaël FRA BMC 11
20 MOSES Thomas GBR JLT 10

SPRINTS
1 BOVENHUIS Jasper NED SKT 24
2 GREIPEL André GER LTS 12
3 MCEVOY Jonathan GBR NPC 10
4 CRONSHAW Matt GBR MGT 6
5 WILLIAMS Peter GBR ONE 6
6 BENITO DIEZ Miguel Angel ESP CJR 6
7 DUNNE Conor IRL JLT 6
8 GALLOPIN Tony FRA LTS 5
9 ROWSELL Erick GBR MGT 5
10 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA MOV 5
11 HOUSE Kristian GBR ONE 5
12 PHINNEY Taylor USA BMC 4

BEST OF BRITISH

STAGE
1 MCLAY Daniel GBR GBR 00”
2 DOWNING Russell JLT GBR ”
3 CUMMINGS Stephen DDD GBR ”
4 WOOD Oliver GBR GBR ”
5 SWIFT Ben SKY GBR ”
6 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR GBR ”
7 LAMPIER Steve JLT GBR ”
8 ROWSELL Erick MGT GBR ”
9 CHRISTIAN Mark WGN GBR ”
10 STEWART Mark GBR GBR 10”
11 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR ”
12 SLATER Alistair JLT GBR 18”
13 WILLIAMS Peter ONE GBR 31”
14 CRONSHAW Matt MGT GBR 37”
15 BRADBURY Edmund NPC GBR ”
16 MCNALLY Mark WGG GBR 01’01”
17 APPLEBY Dale NPC GBR ”
18 MOSES Thomas JLT GBR 01’14”
19 PARTRIDGE Robert NPC GBR ”
20 MCEVOY Jonathan NPC GBR 01’22”
21 WIGGINS Bradley WGN GBR 01’26”
22 DOULL Owain WGN GBR ”
23 SCOTT Jacob SKT GBR 01’37”
24 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR 01’38”
25 BIBBY Ian NPC GBR ”
26 BLYTHE Adam GBR GBR ”
27 STEWART Thomas MGT GBR B:04” 02’20”
28 DOWSETT Alex MOV GBR 03’07”
29 HOUSE Kristian ONE GBR 03’12”
30 SHAW James LTS GBR 03’14”
31 CULLAIGH Gabriel GBR GBR B:04” 05’02”
32 HOLMES Matt MGT GBR 05’53”
33 PEARSON Daniel WGN GBR ”
34 STONES Liam NPC GBR 05’54”

OVERALL
1 CUMMINGS Stephen DDD GBR 31h30’45” 00”
2 SWIFT Ben SKY GBR 31h32’37” 01’52”
3 CHRISTIAN Mark WGN GBR 31h34’47” 04’02”
4 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR GBR 31h36’08” 05’23”
5 ROWSELL Erick MGT GBR 31h36’26” 05’41”
6 LAMPIER Steve JLT GBR 31h37’50” 07’05”
7 BRADBURY Edmund NPC GBR 31h40’17” 09’32”
8 DOWNING Russell JLT GBR 31h40’39” 09’54”
9 STEWART Thomas MGT GBR 31h49’14” 18’29”
10 SLATER Alistair JLT GBR 31h50’40” 19’55”
11 PEARSON Daniel WGN GBR 31h53’08” 22’23”
12 WILLIAMS Peter ONE GBR 31h57’05” 26’20”
13 STEWART Mark GBR GBR 32h02’33” 31’48”
14 SHAW James LTS GBR 32h04’03” 33’18”
15 MCLAY Daniel GBR GBR 32h06’55” 36’10”
16 SCOTT Jacob SKT GBR 32h07’55” 37’10”
17 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR 32h08’54” 38’09”
18 CULLAIGH Gabriel GBR GBR 32h10’01” 39’16”
19 BIBBY Ian NPC GBR 32h10’35” 39’50”
20 HOLMES Matt MGT GBR 32h11’24” 40’39”
21 MCNALLY Mark WGG GBR 32h20’23” 49’38”
22 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR 32h26’31” 55’46”
23 MOSES Thomas JLT GBR 32h27’09” 56’24”
24 BLYTHE Adam GBR GBR 32h27’19” 56’34”
25 DOWSETT Alex MOV GBR 32h28’22” 57’37”
26 MCEVOY Jonathan NPC GBR 32h30’54” 1h00’09”
27 WOOD Oliver GBR GBR 32h32’49” 1h02’04”
28 PARTRIDGE Robert NPC GBR 32h32’55” 1h02’10”
29 APPLEBY Dale NPC GBR 32h33’08” 1h02’23”
30 DOULL Owain WGN GBR 32h48’17” 1h17’32”
31 WIGGINS Bradley WGN GBR 32h49’49” 1h19’04”
32 STONES Liam NPC GBR 32h50’41” 1h19’56”
33 CRONSHAW Matt MGT GBR 32h51’18” 1h20’33”
34 HOUSE Kristian ONE GBR 32h54’06” 1h23’21”

PREVIEW

London hosts the final stage of the Tour of Britain for the fourth successive year, with Stage Eight taking place on the same iconic circuit at the heart of the capital as the 2015 finale. Starting from Regent Street St James the route passes through the Heart of London and the Northbank, passing world-famous sights like Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square and Whitehall. In 2016 riders will tackle 16-laps of the London circuit for a 100-kilometre final stage.

The final stage is  as ever, a show piece for the race in the nation’s capital in front of a huge crowd and many of the city’s iconic landmarks. A sprint is expected as there was last year when Greipel won ahead of Viviani but the German was relegated to give the win to the Italian.

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ToB Factoid: The largest winning margin on a stage was 1-minute 43 seconds by Alexsander Serov over Mark Cavendish at Kendal in 2007.

ToB Factoid: Edvald Boasson Hagen has worn the Yellow Jersey for six days in total across two editions of the race (2009 & 2015), the most of any rider.

ToB Factoid: 16 different nationalities of rider have worn the Yellow Jersey since the Tour of Britain was revived in 2004.

ToB Factoid: Martin Pedersen and Mark Cavendish are the only riders to have worn all four of the Tour of Cavendish led the King of the Mountains classification following his Prologue win in 2007.

ToB Factoid: Matt Goss is the youngest stage winner in the race, at just 20-years and 311 days when he won in Wolverhampton in 2006. He is the only rider to win a stage before his 21st birthday.

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Tour of Britain Roll of Honour

Yellow Jersey
2015 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
2014 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned)
2013 Sir Bradley Wiggins (GBr)
2012 Nathan Haas (Aus)
2011 Lars Boom (Ned)
2010 Michael Albasini (Swi)
2009 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
2008 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)
2007 Romain Feillu (Fra)
2006 Martin Pedersen (Den)
2005 Nick Nuyens (Bel)
2004 Mauricio Ardila (Col)

Points Jersey
2015 Owain Doull (GBr)
2014 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol)
2013 Martin Elmiger (Swi)
2012 Boy Van Poppel (Ned)
2011 Geraint Thomas (GBr)
2010 Greg Henderson (NZl)
2009 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
2008 Matt Goss (Aus)
2007 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
2006 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
2005 Luca Paolini (Ita)
2004 Julian Dean (NZl)

King of the Mountains Jersey
2015 Peter Williams (GBr)
2014 Mark McNally (GBr)
2013 Angel Madrazo (Spa)
2012 Kristian House (GBr)
2011 Jonathan Tiernan Locke (GBr)
2010 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned)
2009 Thomas De Gendt (Bel)
2008 Danilo Di Luca (Ita)
2007 Ben Swift (GBr)
2006 Andy Schleck (Lux)
2005 Julian Winn (GBr)
2004 Ben Day (Aus)

Sprints Jersey
2015 Peter Williams (GBr)
2014 Sebastian Lander (Den)
2013 Angel Madrazo (Spa)
2012 Peter Williams (GBr)
2011 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel)
2010 Michal Golas (Pol)
2009 Thomas De Gendt (Bel)
2008 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
2007 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
2006 Johan Van Summeren (Bel)
2005 Eric Baumann (Ger)
2004 Rodney Green (RSA)

Young Rider (Under-23)
2015 Owain Doull (GBr)
2014 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned)
2013 Simon Yates (GBr)
2012 Nathan Haas (Aus)
2011 Jelle Wallays (Bel)
2010 Geraint Thomas (GBr)
2009 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
2008 Ian Stannard (GBr)
2007 Romain Feillu (Fra)
2006 Martin Pedersen (Den)
2005 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den)
2004 Dani Moreno (Spa)

British Rider
2015 Owain Doull
2014 Sir Bradley Wiggins
2013 Sir Bradley Wiggins
2012 David Clarke
2011 Steve Cummings
2010 Rob Partridge
2009 Russell Downing
2008 Steve Cummings
2007 Evan Oliphant
2006 Russell Downing
2005 Yanto Barker
2004 Roger Hammond

Team Classification
2015 Cannondale Garmin
2014 IAM Cycling
2013 Team Sky
2012 Saur Sojasun
2011 Team Sky
2010 Vacansoleil DCM
2009 Rabobank
2008 Agritubel
2007 Fuerteventura Canarias
2006 Team CSC
2005 T-Mobile
2004 MrBookmaker.com

Overall Combativity Award
2015 Owain Doull (GBr)
2014 Alex Dowsett (GBr)
2013 Kristian House (GBr)
2012 Mark Cavendish (GBr)

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