Report/Result: Stage 4 Tour of Britain

On the queen stage of the Tour of Britain, stage 4 saw the race split asunder and a new race leader as stage winner Gonzalo Serrano beat Yorkshire favourite Tom Pidcock to the line in Duncombe Park

Report/Result: Stage 4 Tour of Britain

From the race organisation

Movistar Team’s Gonzalo Serrano moved in to the AJ Bell Tour of Britain race lead after winning a dramatic fourth stage between Redcar and Duncombe Park, Helmsley, on Wednesday. Serrano pipped home favourite Tom Pidcock, Dylan Teuns and a second INEOS rider – Spaniard Omar Fraile – to the victory after the quartet broke clear over the climb of Newgate Bank with 8.4 kilometres remaining.

In addition to becoming the first Spaniard to win a stage of the UK’s leading cycle race in 10 years, Serrano moved into the AJ Bell leader’s jersey, with both Pidcock and Fraile trailing by seven seconds. “Today was a crazy day,” said Serrano after the stage. “Very, very aggressive but my team was with me for company, it was a difficult day, but they worked strongly to close down the breakaway in the last kilometers. Pidcock and Fraile are very strong, and in Britain, this race is very important for INEOS but I attacked in the last climb, and in the sprint I thought I can win.”

Serrano’s win is his seventh top ten finish from the past eleven AJ Bell Tour of Britain stages with the 28-year-old from Madrid having never finished worse than 21st in his two participations in the race. The Movistar team had worked hard with all their five remaining riders on the front of the diminished peloton after the action had burst into life on the ŠKODA King of the Mountains climb of Carlton Bank.

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

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

Pidcock fought hard to take his wheel with Teuns and then Fraile following to make up the quartet that would contest the finish in the setting of Duncombe Park. Turning into the grounds of the park it was Fraile who picked up the pack on the drag up to the line with Serrano again able to hold off the charging Pidcock.

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

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

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

Stage five on Thursday 8 September takes place in Nottinghamshire, which at 186.8 kilometres (116.2 miles) is the longest stage of the 2022 AJ Bell Tour of Britain. Starting from West Bridgford the stage will finish on Chesterfield Road South in Mansfield mid-afternoon. Live coverage of the stage begins on ITV4 at 10:30.

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RESULTS

STAGE 4
1 SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Gonzalo MOV ESP B:15″ +00
2 *PIDCOCK Thomas IGD GBR B:08″
3 TEUNS Dylan IPT BEL B:05″
4 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar IGD ESP B:03″ +01″
5 PAASSCHENS Mathijs BWB NED +13″
6 *WATSON Sam GBR GBR
7 VAN ROOY Kenneth SVB BEL
8 BATTAGLIN Enrico BCF ITA
9 *ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack SPC GBR
10 STRONG Corbin IPT NZL
11 POLITT Nils BOH GER
12 MARCELLUSI Martin BCF ITA
13 PRADES Eduard CJR ESP
14 PARISINI Nicolo’ T4Q ITA
15 MOLLY Kenny BWB BEL
16 IACCHI Alessandro T4Q ITA
17 VANHOOF Ward SVB BEL
18 MARTIN GALAN Sergio Roman CJR ESP
19 SHEFFIELD Magnus IGD USA B:04″
20 AASVOLD Kristian HPM NOR
21 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix BOH AUT
22 RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar MOV ESP
23 PEYSKENS Dimitri BWB BEL
24 VAN POUCKE Aaron SVB BEL
25 SKAARSETH Anders UXT NOR
26 *GLOAG Thomas TRI GBR
27 *POOLE Max DSM GBR
28 BARCELO Fernando CJR ESP
29 HAMILTON Christopher DSM AUS
30 CHARMIG Anthon UXT DEN
31 SUNDERLAND Dylan GLC AUS
32 PERRY Benjamin RDW CAN
33 *ONLEY Oscar DSM GBR
34 WOODS Michael IPT CAN
35 *STEWART Jake GBR GBR
36 ZANA Filippo BCF ITA +20″
37 GABBURO Davide BCF ITA +24″
38 MANNION Gavin HPM USA +28″
39 ERVITI Imanol MOV ESP +3’45”
40 JOHNSTON Liam TRI AUS
41 ELOSEGUI MOMEÑE Iñigo MOV ESP +4’45”
42 BARRENETXEA Jon CJR ESP
43 *REES Oliver TRI GBR
44 HEINSCHKE Leon DSM GER +5’02”
45 *BIRCHILL Harry SPC GBR B:02″ +8’30”
46 ARAYA Nahom T4Q ERI P:20″
47 MITRI James GLC NZL
48 SAYERS Cooper SPC AUS
49 *NERURKAR Lukas TRI GBR
50 LAMPERTI Luke TRI USA
51 FIORELLI Filippo BCF ITA B:01″ +11’05”
52 MEENS Johan BWB BEL
53 *SCOTT Jacob RDW GBR
54 MODOLO Sacha BCF ITA
55 *SWIFT Connor GBR GBR
56 SESSLER Nicolas GLC BRA
57 DE VYLDER Lindsay SVB BEL
58 BONNEU Kamiel SVB BEL
59 MAYRHOFER Marius DSM GER
60 MERTENS Julian SVB BEL
61 *DONALDSON Robert GBR GBR
62 *CULVERWELL Sam TRI GBR
63 *HOLLYMAN Mason IPT GBR
64 TILLER Rasmus UXT NOR
65 URIANSTAD Martin Bugge UXT NOR
66 ABREHA Negasi Haylu T4Q ETH
67 AMADOR Andrey IGD CRC
68 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas BOH AUT
69 TOWNSEND Rory RDW IRL +15’43”
70 TEGGART Matthew RDW IRL
71 *BROWN Jim RDW GBR
72 LARSEN Niklas UXT DEN
73 JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland UXT NOR
74 *SCOTT Robert RDW GBR
75 *LEWIS Adam SPC GBR +22’15”
76 *LAMB Ross RWC GBR
77 *GIBSON Matthew HPM GBR
78 STEDMAN Travis T4Q RSA
79 JENSEN August HPM NOR
80 HOLLENSTEIN Reto IPT SUI
81 *JOHNSTON Calum CJR GBR
82 *KYFFIN Zeb RWC GBR
83 WATTS Kiaan GLC NZL
84 BASSETT Stephen HPM USA
85 DESAL Ceriel BWB BEL
86 *CHARLTON Josh GBR GBR
87 *GIDDINGS Joshua GBR GBR
88 MEEUS Jordi BOH BEL
89 BOL Cees DSM NED
90 *MAZZONE Leon SPC GBR
91 NICOLAU BELTRAN Joel CJR ESP
92 ROSSKOPF Joseph HPM USA
93 PORTE Richie IGD AUS
94 ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw BWB POL
95 KWIATKOWSKI Michal IGD POL
96 ARCHBOLD Shane BOH NZL
97 *RICHARDSON Alexandar SPC GBR
98 *DOWSETT Alex IPT GBR

BEST OF BRITISH
1 PIDCOCK Thomas IGD GBR B:08″ +00
2 WATSON Sam GBR GBR +13″
3 ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack SPC GBR
4 GLOAG Thomas TRI GBR
5 POOLE Max DSM GBR
6 ONLEY Oscar DSM GBR
7 STEWART Jake GBR GBR
8 REES Oliver TRI GBR +4’45”
9 BIRCHILL Harry SPC GBR B:02″ +8’30”
10 NERURKAR Lukas TRI GBR
11 SCOTT Jacob RDW GBR +11’05”
12 SWIFT Connor GBR GBR
13 DONALDSON Robert GBR GBR
14 CULVERWELL Sam TRI GBR
15 HOLLYMAN Mason IPT GBR
16 BROWN Jim RDW GBR +15’43”
17 SCOTT Robert RDW GBR
18 LEWIS Adam SPC GBR +22’15”
19 LAMB Ross RWC GBR
20 GIBSON Matthew HPM GBR
21 JOHNSTON Calum CJR GBR
22 KYFFIN Zeb RWC GBR
23 CHARLTON Josh GBR GBR
24 GIDDINGS Joshua GBR GBR
25 MAZZONE Leon SPC GBR
26 RICHARDSON Alexandar SPC GBR
27 DOWSETT Alex IPT GBR

OVERALL
1 SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Gonzalo MOV ESP 16h31’15” +00
2 *PIDCOCK Thomas IGD GBR 16h31’22” +07″
3 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar IGD ESP
4 PERRY Benjamin RDW CAN
5 TEUNS Dylan IPT BEL 16h31’25” +10″
6 STRONG Corbin IPT NZL 16h31’29” +14″
7 PAASSCHENS Mathijs BWB NED 16h31’33” +18″
8 *STEWART Jake GBR GBR 16h31’37” +22″
9 SHEFFIELD Magnus IGD USA 16h31’39” +24″
10 VAN ROOY Kenneth SVB BEL 16h31’43” +28″
11 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix BOH AUT
12 PRADES Eduard CJR ESP
13 IACCHI Alessandro T4Q ITA
14 SKAARSETH Anders UXT NOR
15 MOLLY Kenny BWB BEL
16 POLITT Nils BOH GER
17 BATTAGLIN Enrico BCF ITA
18 VAN POUCKE Aaron SVB BEL
19 AASVOLD Kristian HPM NOR
20 HAMILTON Christopher DSM AUS
21 CHARMIG Anthon UXT DEN
22 MARTIN GALAN Sergio Roman CJR ESP
23 RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar MOV ESP
24 *POOLE Max DSM GBR
25 SUNDERLAND Dylan GLC AUS
26 PARISINI Nicolo’ T4Q ITA
27 WOODS Michael IPT CAN
28 *ONLEY Oscar DSM GBR
29 PEYSKENS Dimitri BWB BEL
30 *GLOAG Thomas TRI GBR
31 *WATSON Sam GBR GBR 16h31’54” +39″
32 BARCELO Fernando CJR ESP 16h31’56” +41″
33 ZANA Filippo BCF ITA 16h32’12” +57″
34 GABBURO Davide BCF ITA 16h32’16” +1’01”
35 MARCELLUSI Martin BCF ITA 16h32’24” +1’09”
36 ELOSEGUI MOMEÑE Iñigo MOV ESP 16h36’15” +5’00”
37 *REES Oliver TRI GBR
38 BARRENETXEA Jon CJR ESP 16h36’35” +5’20”
39 VANHOOF Ward SVB BEL 16h39’06” +7’51”
40 LAMPERTI Luke TRI USA 16h40’42” +9’27”
41 *BIRCHILL Harry SPC GBR 16h42’33” +11’18”
42 FIORELLI Filippo BCF ITA 16h42’34” +11’19”
43 DE VYLDER Lindsay SVB BEL 16h42’35” +11’20”
44 MERTENS Julian SVB BEL
45 MEENS Johan BWB BEL
46 ABREHA Negasi Haylu T4Q ETH 16h44’21” +13’06”
47 MANNION Gavin HPM USA 16h44’34” +13’19”
48 *SCOTT Jacob RDW GBR 16h45’30” +14’15”
49 MAYRHOFER Marius DSM GER 16h45’36” +14’21”
50 TILLER Rasmus UXT NOR 16h46’03” +14’48”
51 *ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack SPC GBR 16h46’10” +14’55”
52 JOHNSTON Liam TRI AUS 16h46’29” +15’14”
53 *DONALDSON Robert GBR GBR 16h46’38” +15’23”
54 HEINSCHKE Leon DSM GER 16h46’52” +15’37”
55 JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland UXT NOR 16h47’09” +15’54”
56 *SWIFT Connor GBR GBR 16h49’23” +18’08”
57 *BROWN Jim RDW GBR 16h49’48” +18’33”
58 *NERURKAR Lukas TRI GBR 16h53’03” +21’48”
59 *CULVERWELL Sam TRI GBR 16h53’19” +22’04”
60 ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw BWB POL 16h53’45” +22’30”
61 NICOLAU BELTRAN Joel CJR ESP
62 DESAL Ceriel BWB BEL
63 ROSSKOPF Joseph HPM USA 16h53’58” +22’43”
64 MODOLO Sacha BCF ITA 16h54’22” +23’07”
65 URIANSTAD Martin Bugge UXT NOR 16h54’23” +23’08”
66 *SCOTT Robert RDW GBR 16h54’32” +23’17”
67 *HOLLYMAN Mason IPT GBR 16h56’25” +25’10”
68 ERVITI Imanol MOV ESP 16h56’40” +25’25”
69 BOL Cees DSM NED 16h57’31” +26’16”
70 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas BOH AUT 16h58’04” +26’49”
71 *RICHARDSON Alexandar SPC GBR 16h58’26” +27’11”
72 AMADOR Andrey IGD CRC 16h58’43” +27’28”
73 SAYERS Cooper SPC AUS 16h58’53” +27’38”
74 BONNEU Kamiel SVB BEL 16h59’31” +28’16”
75 LARSEN Niklas UXT DEN 17h00’53” +29’38”
76 *JOHNSTON Calum CJR GBR 17h01’36” +30’21”
77 SESSLER Nicolas GLC BRA 17h02’34” +31’19”
78 MITRI James GLC NZL 17h02’35” +31’20”
79 PORTE Richie IGD AUS 17h03’29” +32’14”
80 ARAYA Nahom T4Q ERI 17h03’54” +32’39”
81 TEGGART Matthew RDW IRL 17h04’38” +33’23”
82 JENSEN August HPM NOR 17h05’44” +34’29”
83 *KYFFIN Zeb RWC GBR 17h05’49” +34’34”
84 MEEUS Jordi BOH BEL 17h06’03” +34’48”
85 *MAZZONE Leon SPC GBR 17h07’34” +36’19”
86 BASSETT Stephen HPM USA 17h08’18” +37’03”
87 *GIBSON Matthew HPM GBR 17h08’47” +37’32”
88 ARCHBOLD Shane BOH NZL 17h08’53” +37’38”
89 *LEWIS Adam SPC GBR 17h09’09” +37’54”
90 TOWNSEND Rory RDW IRL 17h09’39” +38’24”
91 STEDMAN Travis T4Q RSA 17h13’09” +41’54”
92 *LAMB Ross RWC GBR 17h14’11” +42’56”
93 KWIATKOWSKI Michal IGD POL 17h15’18” +44’03”
94 HOLLENSTEIN Reto IPT SUI 17h16’18” +45’03”
95 WATTS Kiaan GLC NZL
96 *GIDDINGS Joshua GBR GBR
97 *CHARLTON Josh GBR GBR 17h20’56” +49’41”
98 *DOWSETT Alex IPT GBR 17h22’04” +50’49”

BEST OF BRITISH
1 PIDCOCK Thomas IGD GBR 16h31’22” +00
2 STEWART Jake GBR GBR 16h31’37” +15″
3 POOLE Max DSM GBR 16h31’43” +21″
4 ONLEY Oscar DSM GBR 16h31’43”
5 GLOAG Thomas TRI GBR 16h31’43”
6 WATSON Sam GBR GBR 16h31’54” +32″
7 REES Oliver TRI GBR 16h36’15” +4’53”
8 BIRCHILL Harry SPC GBR 16h42’33” +11’11”
9 SCOTT Jacob RDW GBR 16h45’30” +14’08”
10 ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack SPC GBR 16h46’10” +14’48”
11 DONALDSON Robert GBR GBR 16h46’38” +15’16”
12 SWIFT Connor GBR GBR 16h49’23” +18’01”
13 BROWN Jim RDW GBR 16h49’48” +18’26”
14 NERURKAR Lukas TRI GBR 16h53’03” +21’41”
15 CULVERWELL Sam TRI GBR 16h53’19” +21’57”
16 SCOTT Robert RDW GBR 16h54’32” +23’10”
17 HOLLYMAN Mason IPT GBR 16h56’25” +25’03”
18 RICHARDSON Alexandar SPC GBR 16h58’26” +27’04”
19 JOHNSTON Calum CJR GBR 17h01’36” +30’14”
20 KYFFIN Zeb RWC GBR 17h05’49” +34’27”
21 MAZZONE Leon SPC GBR 17h07’34” +36’12”
22 GIBSON Matthew HPM GBR 17h08’47” +37’25”
23 LEWIS Adam SPC GBR 17h09’09” +37’47”
24 LAMB Ross RWC GBR 17h14’11” +42’49”
25 GIDDINGS Joshua GBR GBR 17h16’18” +44’56”
26 CHARLTON Josh GBR GBR 17h20’56” +49’34”
27 DOWSETT Alex IPT GBR 17h22’04” +50’42”

POINTS
1 STRONG Corbin NZL IPT 37
2 SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Gonzalo ESP MOV 35
3 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR IGD 34
4 STEWART Jake GBR GBR 29
5 PAASSCHENS Mathijs NED BWB 27
6 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar ESP IGD 26
7 VAN ROOY Kenneth BEL SVB 25
8 TEUNS Dylan BEL IPT 23
9 WATSON Sam GBR GBR 21
10 BOL Cees NED DSM 15

KING OF THE MOUNTAINS
1 PAASSCHENS Mathijs NED BWB 27
2 SCOTT Jacob GBR RDW 27
3 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR IGD 25
4 BASSETT Stephen USA HPM 21
5 BONNEU Kamiel BEL SVB 20
6 TEUNS Dylan BEL IPT 20
7 TEGGART Matthew IRL RDW 18
8 STRONG Corbin NZL IPT 16
9 PERRY Benjamin CAN RDW 16
10 CHARMIG Anthon DEN UXT 14
11 WOODS Michael CAN IPT 14
12 ONLEY Oscar GBR DSM 14

STAGE 4 KOMS

Robin Hood’s Bay – km 55.2
1 SHEFFIELD Magnus USA IGD 10
2 BIRCHILL Harry GBR SPC 9
3 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR IGD 8
4 WOODS Michael CAN IPT 7
5 GLOAG Thomas GBR TRI 6
6 ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack GBR SPC 5
7 CHARMIG Anthon DEN UXT 4
8 ONLEY Oscar GBR DSM 3
9 WATSON Sam GBR GBR 2
10 STRONG Corbin NZL IPT 1

Egton Bank – km 75.3
1 PAASSCHENS Mathijs NED BWB 6
2 CHARMIG Anthon DEN UXT 5
3 TEUNS Dylan BEL IPT 4
4 TILLER Rasmus NOR UXT 3
5 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR IGD 2
6 STEWART Jake GBR GBR 1

Carlton Bank – km 123.6
1 TEUNS Dylan BEL IPT 10
2 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR IGD 9
3 ONLEY Oscar GBR DSM 8
4 PAASSCHENS Mathijs NED BWB 7
5 ZANA Filippo ITA BCF 6
6 STRONG Corbin NZL IPT 5
7 WOODS Michael CAN IPT 4
8 CHARMIG Anthon DEN UXT 3
9 MARTIN GALAN Sergio Roman ESP CJR 2
10 HAMILTON Christopher AUS DSM 1

SPRINTS
1 TEGGART Matthew IRL RDW 18
2 PERRY Benjamin CAN RDW 8
3 PAASSCHENS Mathijs NED BWB 7
4 STEDMAN Travis RSA T4Q 6
5 SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Gonzalo ESP MOV 5
6 GIBSON Matthew GBR HPM 5

Whitby – km 44.4
1 SHEFFIELD Magnus USA IGD 3
2 BIRCHILL Harry GBR SPC 2
3 FIORELLI Filippo ITA BCF 1

Stokesley – km 116.3
1 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar ESP IGD 3
2 SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Gonzalo ESP MOV 2
3 SHEFFIELD Magnus USA IGD 1

Newgate Bank – km 141.1
1 SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Gonzalo ESP MOV 3
2 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR IGD 2
3 TEUNS Dylan BEL IPT 1