Tour of Yorkshire: Stage 3

A wall of sound greeted Maximillian Walscheid as he sprinted to victory on a sizzling third stage of the Tour de Yorkshire on a day the Brits made a break for it ….

Tour of Yorkshire: Stage 3

Event Press Release

The crescent-shaped slopes of Scarborough’s North Bay provided a perfect natural amphitheatre for the fourth year in succession and tens of thousands of fans bathed in temperatures hotter than Palma, Paris and Tenerife to watch another dramatic finish unfurl.

The total crowd of 650,000 had lined the 181km route from Richmond, taking the three-day total to a whopping 1.7 million!

It had looked as though French rider Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Énergie) was going to spoil the sprinters’ party once again, but the three-time Tour de France stage winner was caught with just 300m to go and Walscheid (Team Sunweb) fired past him to seal his first victory of the season.

Friday’s stage winner Magnus Cort Nielsen crossed the line just inches behind to take second place, and bonus seconds on the line saw him tighten his grip on the blue leader’s jersey sponsored by Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries. Astana Pro Team Rider now leads Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) by 10 seconds with just the final ‘Yorkshire Terrier’ stage remaining.

Nielsen also tops the best sprinter classification sponsored by Asda, while Michael Cuming (Madison Genesis) will defend the red best climber’s jersey sponsored by Virgin Trains for a third successive stage.

Skipton-based rider Pete Williams will wear the grey most active rider jersey on Sunday after fans on the Tour de Yorkshire Twitter page @letouryorkshire bestowed him the honour following his classy climbing display on fearsome Côte de Sutton Bank.

Stage three winner Maximillian Walscheid said: “The scenery, the people and the weather were all incredible, and it seems like the race organisers have picked a really good week in the year for sun!

“The stage designers also did a really good job. The route was demanding but it still finished in a sprint royale and it was spectacular for the spectators. The reception we got all day was fantastic – people were standing in many rows. I’ve ridden famous races like Paris-Roubaix before but never seen crowds like that. This win was one of the proudest moments of my career.”

Race leader Magnus Cort Nielsen said: “The crowds were amazing and there was so many people. They seemed extremely excited and it wasn’t just kids jumping up and down but adults as well. That was a lot of fun to see and we all took time to soak it all in.”
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STAGE RESULT

1 WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard SUN GER B:10″ 00″
2 NIELSEN Magnus Cort AST DEN B:06″ ‘ ‘
3 ABERASTURI IZAGA Jon EUS ESP B:04″ ‘ ‘
4 COQUARD Bryan VCC FRA ‘ ‘
5 MCCARTHY Robert-Jon JLT IRL ‘ ‘
6 SWIFT Connor MGT GBR ‘ ‘
7 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED ‘ ‘
8 VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC BEL ‘ ‘
9 LIEPINS Emils ONE LAT ‘ ‘
10 JOYCE Colin RLY USA ‘ ‘
11 PRADES REVERTER EduardEUS ESP ‘ ‘
12 BIERMANS Jenthe TKA BEL ‘ ‘
13 BLYTHE Adam ABS GBR ‘ ‘
14 GODON Dorian COF FRA ‘ ‘
15 VAN EMPEL Etienne RNL NED ‘ ‘
16 BAGUES KALPARSORO AritzEUS ESP ‘ ‘
17 CULLAIGH Gabriel GBR GBR ‘ ‘
18 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI ‘ ‘
19 KIŠERLOVSKI Robert TKA CRO ‘ ‘
20 DOMAGALSKI Karol ONE POL ‘ ‘
21 SLATER Alistair JLT GBR ‘ ‘
22 LOWSLEY-WILLIAMS JamesBCC GBR ‘ ‘
23 CRAS Steff TKA BEL ‘ ‘
24 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA ‘ ‘
25 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL ‘ ‘
26 HALVORSEN Kristoffer SKY NOR ‘ ‘
27 BRADBURY Edmund JLT GBR ‘ ‘
28 WRIGHT Fred GBR GBR ‘ ‘
29 SHAW James GBR GBR ‘ ‘
30 BARTHE Cyril EUS FRA ‘ ‘
31 BUDDING Martijn RNL NED ‘ ‘
32 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR GBR ‘ ‘
33 WOOD Oliver JLT GBR ‘ ‘
34 BIBBY Ian JLT GBR ‘ ‘
35 SWIFT Ben GBR GBR ‘ ‘
36 CHRISTIAN Mark ABS GBR ‘ ‘
37 HIVERT Jonathan TDE FRA ‘ ‘
38 VAN GENECHTEN Jonas VCC BEL ‘ ‘
39 DUNBAR Edward ABS IRL ‘ ‘
40 MATE MARDONES Luis AngelCOF ESP ‘ ‘
41 PEARSON Daniel ABS GBR ‘ ‘
42 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI ‘ ‘
43 PAUWELS Serge DDD BEL ‘ ‘
44 PEREZ Anthony COF FRA ‘ ‘
45 MCCORMICK Hayden ONE NZL ‘ ‘
46 BONNAFOND Guillaume COF FRA ‘ ‘
47 GULLEN James JLT GBR ‘ ‘
48 VAN DER LIJKE Nick RNL NED ‘ ‘
49 MACHADO Tiago TKA POR ‘ ‘
50 HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS ‘ ‘
51 NAULEAU Bryan TDE FRA ‘ ‘
52 WILLIAMS Peter ONE GBR ‘ ‘
53 BASSO Leonardo SKY ITA ‘ ‘
54 STORER Michael SUN AUS ‘ ‘
55 VAN BAARLE Dylan SKY NED ‘ ‘
56 ROSSETTO Stéphane COF FRA ‘ ‘
57 WALKER Joey GBR GBR ‘ ‘
58 MURPHY Kyle RLY USA ‘ ‘
59 ANDERSON Ryan RLY CAN ‘ ‘
60 DIBBEN Jonathan SKY GBR ‘ ‘
61 BRAVO OIARBIDE Garikoitz EUS ESP ‘ ‘
62 CORNU Jeremy TDE FRA ‘ ‘
63 HANDLEY Richard MGT GBR ‘ ‘
64 LAVERACK Edward JLT GBR ‘ ‘
65 ORAM James ONE NZL ‘ ‘
66 SCOTT Jacob ONE GBR ‘ ‘
67 DE GREEF Robbert RNL NED B:06″ ‘ ‘
68 TANFIELD Harry BCC GBR ‘ ‘
69 DOULL Owain SKY GBR ‘ ‘
70 WEENING Pieter RNL NED ‘ ‘
71 CUMING Michael MGT GBR ‘ ‘
72 CHAVANEL Sylvain TDE FRA 13″
73 LECROQ Jérémy VCC FRA 27″
74 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR 36″
75 FRÖHLINGER Johannes SUN GER 48″
76 ARCHBOLD Shane ABS NZL 56″
77 JONES Harrison VIT GBR 59″
78 REZA Kevin VCC FRA 01’10”
79 WALSH Ben VIT IRL 01’12”
80 GATTO Oscar AST ITA 01’34”
81 DOUGALL Nicolas DDD RSA 01’49”
82 WATSON Calvin ABS AUS ‘ ‘
83 LE TURNIER Mathias COF FRA ‘ ‘
84 HUNT Joshua VIT GBR ‘ ‘
85 HORTON Tobyn MGT GBR ‘ ‘
86 QUEMENEUR Perrig TDE FRA ‘ ‘
87 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BMC BEL 02’55”
88 MATHIS Marco TKA GER ‘ ‘
89 TULIK Angelo TDE FRA 03’21”
90 JOURNIAUX Axel TDE FRA ‘ ‘
91 ROWSELL Erick MGT GBR 04’23”
92 KENWAY Adam VIT GBR B:04″ ‘ ‘
93 MCEVOY Jonathan MGT GBR B:02″ ‘ ‘
94 DE VREESE Laurens AST BEL 04’35”
95 STAMSNIJDER Tom SUN NED ‘ ‘
96 MORICE Julien VCC FRA ‘ ‘
97 LAMMERTINK Steven VCC NED ‘ ‘
98 CHETOUT Loic COF FRA ‘ ‘
99 COURTEILLE Arnaud VCC FRA ‘ ‘
100 MOSER Moreno AST ITA 05’06”
101 BAYLIS Thomas ONE GBR 05’41”
102 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA 08’18”
103 LIGTHART Pim RNL NED ‘ ‘
104 ANTHONY Jesse RLY USA ‘ ‘
105 WIPPERT Wouter RNL NED ‘ ‘
106 WARBASSE Lawrence ABS USA ‘ ‘
107 RENSHAW Mark DDD AUS ‘ ‘
108 MAZZONE Leon HOL GBR ‘ ‘
109 MCKENNA Sean HOL IRL ‘ ‘
110 AMORES PALACIOS Julio Alberto VIT ESP ‘ ‘
111 DAVIES Liam VIT GBR ‘ ‘
112 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL ‘ ‘
113 GARDIAS Dexter BCC GBR ‘ ‘
114 DAL-CIN Matteo RLY CAN ‘ ‘
115 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR ‘ ‘
116 DOWNING Russell HOL GBR ‘ ‘
117 DAVIES Scott DDD GBR ‘ ‘
118 TENNANT Andrew BCC GBR ‘ ‘
119 ARISTI GARDOKI Mikel EUS ESP ‘ ‘
120 IRIZAR LASKURAIN Julen EUS ESP ‘ ‘
121 MINALI Riccardo AST ITA ‘ ‘
122 LIZDE Seid HOL ITA ‘ ‘
123 STEDMAN Maximilian BCC GBR ‘ ‘
124 BAUHAUS Phil SUN GER ‘ ‘
125 PYM George MGT GBR ‘ ‘
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OVERALL

1 NIELSEN Magnus Cort AST DEN 11h44’02” 00″
2 VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC BEL 11h44’12” 10″
3 PRADES REVERTER EduardEUS ESP 11h44’14” 12″
4 PAUWELS Serge DDD BEL 11h44’18” 16″
5 JOYCE Colin RLY USA 11h44’23” 21″
6 KIŠERLOVSKI Robert TKA CRO ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
7 STORER Michael SUN AUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
8 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA 11h44’29” 27″
9 CRAS Steff TKA BEL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
10 PEREZ Anthony COF FRA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
11 DUNBAR Edward ABS IRL 11h44’31” 29″
12 CHRISTIAN Mark ABS GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
13 PEARSON Daniel ABS GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
14 VAN EMPEL Etienne RNL NED ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
15 BIBBY Ian JLT GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
16 VAN BAARLE Dylan SKY NED 11h44’37” 35″
17 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL 11h44’41” 39″
18 SHAW James GBR GBR 11h44’43” 41″
19 HIVERT Jonathan TDE FRA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
20 ORAM James ONE NZL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
21 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel COF ESP 11h44’46” 44″
22 CUMING Michael MGT GBR 11h44’48” 46″
23 SLATER Alistair JLT GBR 11h44’49” 47″
24 DOMAGALSKI Karol ONE POL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
25 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
26 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
27 BASSO Leonardo SKY ITA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
28 MURPHY Kyle RLY USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
29 HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS 11h44’55” 53″
30 BRADBURY Edmund JLT GBR 11h44’57” 55″
31 VAN DER LIJKE Nick RNL NED ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
32 WILLIAMS Peter ONE GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
33 HANDLEY Richard MGT GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
34 LAVERACK Edward JLT GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
35 BONNAFOND Guillaume COF FRA 11h45’05” 01’03”
36 DOULL Owain SKY GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
37 BARTHE Cyril EUS FRA 11h45’08” 01’06”
38 CORNU Jeremy TDE FRA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
39 MCCORMICK Hayden ONE NZL 11h45’11” 01’09”
40 BAGUES KALPARSORO Aritz EUS ESP 11h45’15” 01’13”
41 CHAVANEL Sylvain TDE FRA 11h45’18” 01’16”
42 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI 11h45’19” 01’17”
43 LOWSLEY-WILLIAMS JamesBCC GBR 11h45’25” 01’23”
44 WEENING Pieter RNL NED 11h45’32” 01’30”
45 SWIFT Ben GBR GBR 11h45’33” 01’31”
46 SWIFT Connor MGT GBR 11h45’36” 01’34”
47 MACHADO Tiago TKA POR 11h45’48” 01’46”
48 REZA Kevin VCC FRA 11h46’07” 02’05”
49 DE GREEF Robbert RNL NED 11h46’20” 02’18”
50 BIERMANS Jenthe TKA BEL 11h46’22” 02’20”
51 NAULEAU Bryan TDE FRA 11h46’26” 02’24”
52 WRIGHT Fred GBR GBR 11h46’32” 02’30”
53 ANDERSON Ryan RLY CAN ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
54 WALKER Joey GBR GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
55 GODON Dorian COF FRA 11h47’29” 03’27”
56 CULLAIGH Gabriel GBR GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
57 FRÖHLINGER Johannes SUN GER 11h47’53” 03’51”
58 DIBBEN Jonathan SKY GBR 11h47’54” 03’52”
59 LE TURNIER Mathias COF FRA 11h48’05” 04’03”
60 COQUARD Bryan VCC FRA 11h48’18” 04’16”
61 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
62 BUDDING Martijn RNL NED 11h48’45” 04’43”
63 SCOTT Jacob ONE GBR 11h48’50” 04’48”
64 MCEVOY Jonathan MGT GBR 11h49’16” 05’14”
65 KENWAY Adam VIT GBR 11h49’54” 05’52”
66 GATTO Oscar AST ITA 11h51’14” 07’12”
67 VAN HOOYDONCK NathanBMC BEL 11h52’13” 08’11”
68 DOUGALL Nicolas DDD RSA 11h52’37” 08’35”
69 COURTEILLE Arnaud VCC FRA 11h52’53” 08’51”
70 STEDMAN Maximilian BCC GBR 11h52’55” 08’53”
71 WARBASSE Lawrence ABS USA 11h53’07” 09’05”
72 TANFIELD Harry BCC GBR 11h53’26” 09’24”
73 LAMMERTINK Steven VCC NED 11h53’31” 09’29”
74 WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard SUN GER 11h53’35” 09’33”
75 ABERASTURI IZAGA Jon EUS ESP 11h53’41” 09’39”
76 BRAVO OIARBIDE GarikoitzEUS ESP 11h53’44” 09’42”
77 MCCARTHY Robert-Jon JLT IRL 11h53’45” 09’43”
78 BLYTHE Adam ABS GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
79 VAN GENECHTEN Jonas VCC BEL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
80 HALVORSEN Kristoffer SKY NOR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
81 ROSSETTO Stéphane COF FRA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
82 IRIZAR LASKURAIN Julen EUS ESP 11h53’53” 09’51”
83 LIEPINS Emils ONE LAT 11h54’07” 10’05”
84 DAVIES Scott DDD GBR 11h54’10” 10’08”
85 LECROQ Jérémy VCC FRA 11h54’12” 10’10”
86 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR 11h54’21” 10’19”
87 DAL-CIN Matteo RLY CAN 11h54’50” 10’48”
88 HORTON Tobyn MGT GBR 11h55’32” 11’30”
89 HUNT Joshua VIT GBR 11h55’34” 11’32”
90 WATSON Calvin ABS AUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
91 QUEMENEUR Perrig TDE FRA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
92 LIZDE Seid HOL ITA 11h55’47” 11’45”
93 MATHIS Marco TKA GER 11h56’40” 12’38”
94 WALSH Ben VIT IRL 11h56’55” 12’53”
95 JOURNIAUX Axel TDE FRA 11h57’03” 13’01”
96 TULIK Angelo TDE FRA 11h57’25” 13’23”
97 CHETOUT Loic COF FRA 11h58’20” 14’18”
98 DE VREESE Laurens AST BEL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
99 BAYLIS Thomas ONE GBR 11h59’18” 15’16”
100 MORICE Julien VCC FRA 11h59’55” 15’53”
101 MOSER Moreno AST ITA 12h00’13” 16’11”
102 WIPPERT Wouter RNL NED 12h02’03” 18’01”
103 DOWNING Russell HOL GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
104 TENNANT Andrew BCC GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
105 MAZZONE Leon HOL GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
106 GARDIAS Dexter BCC GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
107 LIGTHART Pim RNL NED ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
108 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
109 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
110 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
111 RENSHAW Mark DDD AUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
112 ARISTI GARDOKI Mikel EUS ESP ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
113 BAUHAUS Phil SUN GER 12h02’49” 18’47”
114 STAMSNIJDER Tom SUN NED 12h03’22” 19’20”
115 WOOD Oliver JLT GBR 12h04’59” 20’57”
116 GULLEN James JLT GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
117 JONES Harrison VIT GBR 12h05’58” 21’56”
118 ARCHBOLD Shane ABS NZL 12h06’28” 22’26”
119 ROWSELL Erick MGT GBR 12h09’22” 25’20”
120 MINALI Riccardo AST ITA 12h12’03” 28’01”
121 ANTHONY Jesse RLY USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
122 MCKENNA Sean HOL IRL 12h13’17” 29’15”
123 AMORES PALACIOS Julio Alberto VIT ESP ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
124 PYM George MGT GBR 12h13’28” 29’26”
125 DAVIES Liam VIT GBR 12h19’14” 35’12”

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King of the Mountains

Côte de Sutton Bank – km 66.5
1 WILLIAMS Peter GBR ONE 4
2 MCEVOY Jonathan GBR MGT 2
3 DE GREEF Robbert NED RNL 1

Côte de Silpho – km 129.5
1 MCEVOY Jonathan GBR MGT 4
2 WILLIAMS Peter GBR ONE 2
3 DE GREEF Robbert NED RNL 1

OVERALL
1 CUMING Michael GBR MGT 8
2 WILLIAMS Peter GBR ONE 6
3 MCEVOY Jonathan GBR MGT 6
4 NIELSEN Magnus Cort DEN AST 4
5 DE VREESE Laurens BEL AST 4
6 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL BMC 2
7 BASSO Leonardo ITA SKY 2
8 DE GREEF Robbert NED RNL 2
9 STANNARD Ian GBR SKY 2
10 BAYLIS Thomas GBR ONE 2

JERSEYS

GREEN JERSEY
Morton-on-swale – km 38
1 DE GREEF Robbert NED RNL 5
2 KENWAY Adam GBR VIT 3
3 MCEVOY Jonathan GBR MGT 1

Pickering – km 99.5
1 DE GREEF Robbert NED RNL 5
2 KENWAY Adam GBR VIT 3
3 MCEVOY Jonathan GBR MGT 1

Finish > Scarborough – km 181
1 WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard GER SUN 15
2 NIELSEN Magnus Cort DEN AST 12
3 ABERASTURI IZAGA Jon ESP EUS 9
4 COQUARD Bryan FRA VCC 7
5 MCCARTHY Robert-Jon IRL JLT 6
6 SWIFT Connor GBR MGT 5
7 TEUNISSEN Mike NED SUN 4
8 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL BMC 3
9 LIEPINS Emils LAT ONE 2
10 JOYCE Colin USA RLY

OVERALL
1 NIELSEN Magnus Cort DEN AST 27
2 TANFIELD Harry GBR BCC 21
3 WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard GER SUN 20
4 SLATER Alistair GBR JLT 20
5 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL BMC 15
6 BAYLIS Thomas GBR ONE 11
7 COQUARD Bryan FRA VCC 11
8 DE GREEF Robbert NED RNL 10
9 PRADES REVERTER Eduard ESP EUS 9
10 CUMING Michael GBR MGT 9

15 KENWAY Adam GBR VIT 6
16 MCCARTHY Robert-Jon IRL JLT 6
17 SWIFT Ben GBR GBR 5
19 SWIFT Connor GBR MGT 5
25 HORTON Tobyn GBR MGT 3
27 MCEVOY Jonathan GBR MGT 2