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Interview – Steve Cummings 2016 Tour of Britain Winner

by Anna Magrath | Sep 11, 2016

2016’s Tour of Britain winner Steve Cummings of Dimension Data chats to the media post race.

Interview – Steve Cummings – 2016 Tour of Britain Winner by Cycling Shorts

2016’s Tour of Britain winner Steve Cummings of Dimension Data chats to the media post race. All content & Images ©www.CyclingShorts.cc | www.ChrisMaher.co.uk

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Ras na mBan Race Report

by Anna Magrath | Sep 11, 2016

Rikke Lønne (Team Crescent D.A.R.E.) has taken overall victory in An Post Rás na mBan 2016 after finishing fourth in the final stage in Kilkenny.

The Dane was part of a seven rider group witch contested the final sprint in front of Kilkenny Castle after 85 km of dry and windy conditions.

The final stage win went to Eileen Roe (Team WNT) for the second successive year as she sprinted in ahead of the Netherlands’ Nina Buijsman (Regioteam Noord-Holland 2) and Norwegian Stine Borgli (Bryne CK).

On a day where the high winds played a major role, the race split into several small groups. The winning move was established on the final Queen of the Mountains hill at Woodstock after 43km where Ida Erngren (Team Crescent D.A.R.E) led Marieke Kerkvliet (WV Breda) over the top.

The points accrued for second were enough to ensure that the Dutch woman would overhaul Lonne to win the Wicklow 200 Queen of the Mountains classification.

The leaders established their advantage on the descent as Erngren and Kerkvliet were joined by Lonne, Roe, Buijsman, Borgli and Natalie Grinczer (Team WNT).

The leaders quickly established an advantage of over a minute by the time the chase group of 32 could get organised. In that chasing group were the riders placed second and third overall, Lydia Boylan (Team WNT) and Erin Kinnealy (CCN Energy HR Australia), respectively, who battled hard to maintain their position in the general classification.

We were extremely impressed with the Ràs na mBan and the professionalism of the race organisation. This was our first visit with a team and we were overwhelmed by the convivial atmosphere.

Our team performed every day and we are extremely proud of what each rider has achieved. We have all learnt a lot from the experience and we look forward to visiting Ireland to race again soon.

Our thanks to Fred Bamforth and John Hammer for their invaluable assistance with the team all week and to Ian Roberts for the logistical support.

A final thank you to the Fred Whitton Challenge for helping us to give riders a racing chance.

Heather Bamforth

Team Manager & Founder of The Racing Chance Foundation Charity, Team Racing Chance

The leaders’ maximum advantage was 1m15s with 10km to go, a margin which began to shrink on the approached the finish. Crossing the line with arms aloft in front of the large crowd gathered at the finishline outside Kilkenny Castle, Roe took the honours on the day and with it the final victory in the National Dairy Council Points competition.

Buisjman’s second place ensured she retained the WomensCycling.ie Young rider jersey. The chase group narrowed the gap to 53s Which was enough for Boylan to stay second overall while Kerkvliet moved ahead of Kinnealy and into third.

Great experience, well organised and a good development opportunity for our juniors. Shame about the criterium which was cancelled as 3 of our girls worked hard all race to position themselves at the front to make sure they made the select group that was left in the race.

They are such amazing riders and bike handlers that a fast and furious stage like this gave them their best opportunity for a podium finish and it was definitely looking that way with one lap to go. It was unfortunate the stage was made null and void as that group had made up over 2 minutes on the rest of the riders, the decision to not give that was frustrating. I felt that talented girls that had fantastic bike skills missed out on the chance to shine. Stronger riders who are not so good at racing or as skilful were given serious advantage by the stage being nullified.

We would obviously much rather everyone be safe and our thoughts go out to those involved in the crash and we wish them a full and speedy recovery. Our juniors were excited to be part of it and are already planning next year.

Victoria Hood

Team Manager, Team Jadan

Claire McIlwaine (Cycling Ulster) was safely in the main group to secure her first Kilkenny County Council Green jersey for Best Home Based Irish Rider. Boylan took the award as Top Rider with a British Based Team.

There was a strong UK contingent at the Ras this year, Team WNT had the top placed British rider Natalie Grinczer coming in 5th. The North of England was represented by well by Cliff Pratt, The Racing Chance Foundation & Team Jadan, their highest placings respectively were 14th for Jennifer George, 26th Kelly Murphy & 31st Rhona Callander (Under 23 junior).

Top Junior went to Pfeiffer Georgi (Backstedt Cycling) while Marianne Leeuwen (Regio Team Nord Holland 1). The WNT squad won the overall Team award while Cycling Ulster, who secured the top three in the Best Irish Rider classification, comfortably won the top Irish-based team prize.

We thoroughly enjoyed competing in this year’s Rás na mBan.
We decided to enter a team after we had several riders asking us how they could get in, such is the esteem that the event is held in.
Our riders came into the race with a range of experience; Jen George, Grace Garner and Corinne Clark have competed in some of the world’s biggest bike races, whereas, Alicia Speake and Steph Mottram are competitive on the British scene but had not taken part in an event of such stature before.
The girls rode out of their skin on each and every day. Their dedication, teamwork and passion made the race what it was for us. Unfortunately we were hindered slightly by illness and some misfortune but our riders showed resilience and kept pushing right to the end.
Our standout moments were Grace’s amazing 2nd on stage two, Grace leading the Points and Young Rider classifications, Jen and Alicia’s awesome performance on stage 3, Steph’s beast of ride in the time trial and Corinne finishing the race on Sunday after nearly deciding to pull out after stage one.
I would like to thank Alex Reed for his invaluable support.
Thank you to Expedia UK, Hotels.com, the Expedia Affiliate Network and everyone who donated for making it possible for us to have taken part.
And finally thanks to the organisers, volunteers, officials, riders and teams for making our time at the Rás na mBan such an enjoyable one.
We’ll be back next year!

Keith McRae

Team Manager, Cliff Pratt Racing

1.	EILEEN ROE	TEAM WNT	GBR		2.08’34”
2.	NINA BUIJSMAN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	2.08’34”
3.	STINE BORGLI	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR		2.08’34”
4.	RIKKE LONNE	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	DEN		2.08’34”
5.	IDA ERNGREN	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE		2.08’34”
6.	NATALIE GRINCZER	TEAM WNT	GBR		2.08’34”
7.	MARIEKE KERKVLIET	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		2.08’34”
8.	CECILIA LE BRIS	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	2.09’27”	53″
9.	GRACE GARNER	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR	U23	2.09’27”	53″
10.	LAURA GORTER	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		2.09’27”	53″
11.	LAUREN CREAMER	TEAM TORELLI	IRL		2.09’27”	53″
12.	ERYN NOLAN	ELITE VELO KALAS SPORTWEAR CRT	IRL		2.09’27”	53″
13.	RHONA CALLANDER	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	2.09’27”	53″
14.	EVA VAN DEN BORN	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	NED		2.09’27”	53″
15.	ROOS HOOGEBOOM	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	NED		2.09’27”	53″
16.	MARJOLEIN BAKKER	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	2.09’27”	53″
17.	ALICIA SPEAKE	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		2.09’27”	53″
18.	KIRSTEN PEETOOM	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	NED		2.09’27”	53″
19.	MARIANNE VAN LEEUWEN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	NED	V	2.09’27”	53″
20.	STEPHANIE MOTTRAM	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		2.09’27”	53″
21.	ALICE SHARPE	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23	2.09’27”	53″
22.	LYDIA BOYLAN	TEAM WNT	IRL		2.09’27”	53″
23.	JENNY HOLDEN	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR	U23	2.09’27”	53″
24.	PFEIFFER GEORGI	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	2.09’27”	53″
25.	ELENOR CAMPBELL	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR	U23	2.09’27”	53″
26.	JENNY POWELL	ELITE VELO KALAS SPORTWEAR CRT	DEN		2.09’27”	53″
27.	JENNIFER GEORGE	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		2.09’27”	53″
28.	ELIZABETH BANKS	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR		2.09’27”	53″
29.	ELYNOR BACKSTEDT	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	2.09’27”	53″
30.	TAMSIN VICARY	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR		2.09’27”	53″
31.	MICHELLE GEOGHEGAN	SCOTT ORWELL WHEELERS	IRL		2.09’27”	53″
32.	AMALIE LUTRO	TEAM RYTGER	NOR	U23, J	2.09’27”	53″
33.	LYDIA GURLEY	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	IRL		2.09’27”	53″
34.	REBECCA CARTER	TEAM WNT	GBR		2.09’27”	53″
35.	HEATHER FOLEY	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		2.09’27”	53″
36.	ERIN KINNEALY	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	AUS		2.09’27”	53″
37.	CLAIRE MCILLWAINE	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		2.09’27”	53″
38.	KATHARINE SMYTH	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		2.09’27”	53″
39.	KELLY MURPHY	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR		2.09’27”	53″
40.	REBECCA RIMMINGTON	TEAM WNT	GBR		2.09’27”	53″
41.	CHARLOTTE ALSTON	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR	U23	2.13’18”	4’44”
42.	FEMKE VAN KESSEL	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		2.13’18”	4’44”
43.	MELISSA VAN NECK	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	NED		2.13’18”	4’44”
44.	MAURA CLAFFEY	TC RACING	IRL		2.13’18”	4’44”
45.	EILEEN BURNS	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		2.13’18”	4’44”
46.	ALICJA VERHAGEN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED		2.13’18”	4’44”
47.	JOSEFINE HUITFELDT	TEAM RYTGER	DEN	U23	2.13’18”	4’44”
48.	SARAH BRADFORD	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	2.13’18”	4’44”
49.	ANDREA TERJESEN	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR	U23	2.13’18”	4’44”
50.	ALISA HEALY	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR		2.13’18”	4’44”
51.	FIONA GUIHEN	TC RACING	IRL		2.13’18”	4’44”
52.	SINNEAD OAKES	DE RONDE VAN CORK	IRL	V	2.13’18”	4’44”
53.	ROISIN THOMAS	TC RACING	IRL		2.13’18”	4’44”
54.	KYLIE WATERREUS	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	NED	U23, J	2.13’18”	4’44”
55.	KRISTINE KOFMAN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	NED		2.13’18”	4’44”
56.	CORINNE CLARKE	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		2.13’18”	4’44”
57.	TONE HATTELAND LIMA	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR		2.13’18”	4’44”
58.	AIDEEN KEENAN	SCOTT ORWELL WHEELERS	IRL		2.13’18”	4’44”
59.	JOANNE GROENVELDT	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	NED		2.13’18”	4’44”
60.	MADS SCOTT	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23	2.13’18”	4’44”
61.	ANNA WEAVER	TEAM VERDEX-PEDALPOWER.COM	GBR		2.13’18”	4’44”
62.	CHLOE WELLER	PMR@TOACHIM HOUSE	GBR		2.13’18”	4’44”
63.	EMMY ANDERSSON	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE		2.13’18”	4’44”
64.	FIONA HUNTER-JOHNSON	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR		2.13’18”	4’44”
65.	SOPHIE THACKERY	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23, J	2.13’18”	4’44”
66.	BETH MCLUSKEY	SCOTT ORWELL WHEELERS	IRL	V	2.13’18”	4’44”
67.	SHAUNA MCFADDEN	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	IRL	U23, J	2.13’18”	4’44”
68.	FANNY LE HUITOUZE	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA		2.13’18”	4’44”
69.	JENNY HOLL	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	2.13’18”	4’44”
70.	ALEXIS BARNES	PMR@TOACHIM HOUSE	AUS		2.13’18”	4’44”
71.	HELENE GERARD	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	2.13’18”	4’44”
72.	KAROLINE ROSTE OMDAL	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR	U23	2.16’03”	7’29”
73.	ELLEN MCDERMOTT	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR		2.16’03”	7’29”
74.	SARAH BURKE	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	GBR		2.16’03”	7’29”
75.	EVE DIXON	STARLEY RACING	GBR	U23	2.16’03”	7’29”
76.	AMALIE WINTHER OLSEN	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	DEN	U23	2.16’04”	7’30”
77.	CLEO KORTENHORST	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED	U23	2.16’04”	7’30”
78.	TILINA LEVIN	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE		2.16’04”	7’30”
79.	ISABEL ELLIS	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	2.16’04”	7’30”
80.	ANGELA SMITH	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	AUS	U23	2.16’04”	7’30”
81.	SARA VERHAEST	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	BEL	U23	2.16’04”	7’30”
82.	MARGRIET KLOPPENBURG	ELITE VELO KALAS SPORTWEAR CRT	DEN		2.16’04”	7’30”
83.	JENNIFER BATEY	TEAM VERDEX-PEDALPOWER.COM	GBR		2.16’04”	7’30”
84.	PERNILLA VAN ROZELAAR	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	2.16’26”	7’52”
85.	SARAH DUFFIELD	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	AUS		2.18’43”	10’09”
86.	GABRIELLE RIMASSON	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	2.18’43”	10’09”
87.	REBECCA DOBSON	TC RACING	IRL		2.18’43”	10’09”
88.	NESSA ROCHFORD	DE RONDE VAN CORK	IRL	V	2.18’43”	10’09”
89.	SANNE VAN HELMOND	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		2.18’43”	10’09”
90.	AMY GOOD	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	IRL	U23	2.18’43”	10’09”
91.	SELMA SVARF	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE	U23	2.18’43”	10’09”
92.	EIMEAR HARRISON	TC RACING	IRL	U23, J	2.25’07”	16’33”

1.	RIKKE LONNE	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	DEN		9.06’35”
2.	LYDIA BOYLAN	TEAM WNT	IRL		9.10’43”	4’08”
3.	MARIEKE KERKVLIET	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		9.11’09”	4’34”
4.	NINA BUIJSMAN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	9.11’23”	4’48”
5.	NATALIE GRINCZER	TEAM WNT	GBR		9.11’39”	5’04”
6.	IDA ERNGREN	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE		9.11’39”	5’04”
7.	ERIN KINNEALY	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	AUS		9.11’51”	5’16”
8.	STINE BORGLI	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR		9.12’15”	5’40”
9.	LAURA GORTER	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		9.12’38”	6’03”
10.	EVA VAN DEN BORN	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	NED		9.12’43”	6’08”
11.	PFEIFFER GEORGI	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	9.12’49”	6’14”
12.	ELYNOR BACKSTEDT	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	9.12’55”	6’20”
13.	CLAIRE MCILLWAINE	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		9.12’58”	6’23”
14.	JENNIFER GEORGE	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		9.13’00”	6’25”
15.	ALICE SHARPE	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23	9.13’05”	6’30”
16.	JENNY POWELL	ELITE VELO KALAS SPORTWEAR CRT	DEN		9.13’06”	6’31”
17.	EILEEN ROE	TEAM WNT	GBR		9.13’12”	6’37”
18.	ELIZABETH BANKS	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR		9.13’16”	6’41”
19.	REBECCA RIMMINGTON	TEAM WNT	GBR		9.13’29”	6’54”
20.	CECILIA LE BRIS	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	9.13’32”	6’57”
21.	JENNY HOLDEN	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR	U23	9.13’38”	7’03”
22.	ROOS HOOGEBOOM	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	NED		9.14’36”	8’01”
23.	KIRSTEN PEETOOM	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	NED		9.14’49”	8’14”
24.	ELENOR CAMPBELL	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR	U23	9.15’05”	8’30”
25.	STEPHANIE MOTTRAM	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		9.15’34”	8’59”
26.	KELLY MURPHY	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR		9.15’34”	8’59”
27.	KATHARINE SMYTH	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		9.15’35”	9’00”
28.	REBECCA CARTER	TEAM WNT	GBR		9.15’46”	9’11”
29.	HEATHER FOLEY	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		9.16’19”	9’44”
30.	GRACE GARNER	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR	U23	9.16’58”	10’23”
31.	RHONA CALLANDER	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	9.17’23”	10’48”
32.	FIONA HUNTER-JOHNSON	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR		9.18’02”	11’27”
33.	MICHELLE GEOGHEGAN	SCOTT ORWELL WHEELERS	IRL		9.18’05”	11’30”
34.	TONE HATTELAND LIMA	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR		9.18’25”	11’50”
35.	ROISIN THOMAS	TC RACING	IRL		9.18’39”	12’04”
36.	LYDIA GURLEY	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	IRL		9.19’25”	12’50”
37.	LAUREN CREAMER	TEAM TORELLI	IRL		9.19’26”	12’51”
38.	KRISTINE KOFMAN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	NED		9.19’49”	13’14”
39.	MELISSA VAN NECK	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	NED		9.19’53”	13’18”
40.	ALICIA SPEAKE	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		9.19’58”	13’23”
41.	FIONA GUIHEN	TC RACING	IRL		9.20’15”	13’40”
42.	FANNY LE HUITOUZE	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA		9.20’17”	13’42”
43.	HELENE GERARD	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	9.20’28”	13’53”
44.	KYLIE WATERREUS	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	NED	U23, J	9.21’28”	14’53”
45.	AMALIE LUTRO	TEAM RYTGER	NOR	U23, J	9.21’45”	15’10”
46.	MARIANNE VAN LEEUWEN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	NED	V	9.22’07”	15’32”
47.	ALICJA VERHAGEN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED		9.22’18”	15’43”
48.	ERYN NOLAN	ELITE VELO KALAS SPORTWEAR CRT	IRL		9.22’24”	15’49”
49.	BETH MCLUSKEY	SCOTT ORWELL WHEELERS	IRL	V	9.22’32”	15’57”
50.	TAMSIN VICARY	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR		9.23’20”	16’45”
51.	MARGRIET KLOPPENBURG	ELITE VELO KALAS SPORTWEAR CRT	DEN		9.24’20”	17’45”
52.	JOANNE GROENVELDT	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	NED		9.24’37”	18’02”
53.	AIDEEN KEENAN	SCOTT ORWELL WHEELERS	IRL		9.24’44”	18’09”
54.	CHARLOTTE ALSTON	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR	U23	9.26’19”	19’44”
55.	GABRIELLE RIMASSON	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	9.26’25”	19’50”
56.	EILEEN BURNS	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		9.26’42”	20’07”
57.	ANNA WEAVER	TEAM VERDEX-PEDALPOWER.COM	GBR		9.26’55”	20’20”
58.	MARJOLEIN BAKKER	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	9.27’29”	20’54”
59.	SOPHIE THACKERY	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23, J	9.27’57”	21’22”
60.	ALISA HEALY	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR		9.28’04”	21’29”
61.	MADS SCOTT	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23	9.28’14”	21’39”
62.	SARAH BRADFORD	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	9.28’45”	22’10”
63.	CLEO KORTENHORST	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED	U23	9.29’52”	23’17”
64.	EMMY ANDERSSON	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE		9.29’56”	23’21”
65.	JENNY HOLL	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	9.30’06”	23’31”
66.	JOSEFINE HUITFELDT	TEAM RYTGER	DEN	U23	9.30’26”	23’51”
67.	ALEXIS BARNES	PMR@TOACHIM HOUSE	AUS		9.31’03”	24’28”
68.	ELLEN MCDERMOTT	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR		9.31’03”	24’28”
69.	FEMKE VAN KESSEL	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		9.31’17”	24’42”
70.	CORINNE CLARKE	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		9.31’58”	25’23”
71.	SINNEAD OAKES	DE RONDE VAN CORK	IRL	V	9.32’25”	25’50”
72.	AMALIE WINTHER OLSEN	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	DEN	U23	9.33’01”	26’26”
73.	ANDREA TERJESEN	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR	U23	9.33’36”	27’01”
74.	TILINA LEVIN	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE		9.36’36”	30’01”
75.	MAURA CLAFFEY	TC RACING	IRL		9.38’49”	32’14”
76.	SARAH DUFFIELD	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	AUS		9.39’15”	32’40”
77.	ISABEL ELLIS	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	9.41’54”	35’19”
78.	EVE DIXON	STARLEY RACING	GBR	U23	9.42’48”	36’13”
79.	KAROLINE ROSTE OMDAL	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR	U23	9.44’24”	37’49”
80.	CHLOE WELLER	PMR@TOACHIM HOUSE	GBR		9.48’18”	41’43”
81.	JENNIFER BATEY	TEAM VERDEX-PEDALPOWER.COM	GBR		9.49’37”	43’02”
82.	PERNILLA VAN ROZELAAR	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	9.49’56”	43’21”
83.	SARAH BURKE	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	GBR		9.53’18”	46’43”
84.	ANGELA SMITH	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	AUS	U23	9.54’39”	48’04”
85.	SHAUNA MCFADDEN	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	IRL	U23, J	9.56’09”	49’34”
86.	MARGAUX CADOL	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	9.56’34”	49’59”
87.	NESSA ROCHFORD	DE RONDE VAN CORK	IRL	V	9.57’19”	50’44”
88.	SOPHIE ENVER	TEAM VERDEX-PEDALPOWER.COM	GBR	U23, J	9.57’39”	51’04”
89.	SANNE VAN HELMOND	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		9.57’40”	51’05”
90.	VICTORIA STRILA	PMR@TOACHIM HOUSE	GBR		9.59’41”	53’06”
91.	EIMEAR HARRISON	TC RACING	IRL	U23, J	10.00’57”	54’22”
92.	MIRELLE VREE	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	NED		10.08’04”	1.01’29”
93.	SARA VERHAEST	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	BEL	U23	10.13’30”	1.06’55”
94.	SELMA SVARF	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE	U23	10.15’33”	1.08’58”
95.	AMY GOOD	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	IRL	U23	10.16’08”	1.09’33”
96.	REBECCA DOBSON	TC RACING	IRL		10.19’44”	1.13’09”
97.	CLAIRE O NEILL	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL	V	10.19’52”	1.13’17”
98.	FRANCESCA CUTTS	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	GBR	U23	10.21’18”	1.14’43”
99.	SOPHIE BLACK	STARLEY RACING	GBR	U23	10.24’01”	1.17’26”

1.	NINA BUIJSMAN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	9.11’23”
2.	PFEIFFER GEORGI	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	9.12’49”	1’26”
3.	ELYNOR BACKSTEDT	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	9.12’55”	1’32”
4.	ALICE SHARPE	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23	9.13’05”	1’42”
5.	CECILIA LE BRIS	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	9.13’32”	2’09”
6.	JENNY HOLDEN	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR	U23	9.13’38”	2’15”
7.	ELENOR CAMPBELL	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR	U23	9.15’05”	3’42”
8.	GRACE GARNER	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR	U23	9.16’58”	5’35”
9.	RHONA CALLANDER	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	9.17’23”	6’00”
10.	HELENE GERARD	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	9.20’28”	9’05”
11.	KYLIE WATERREUS	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	NED	U23, J	9.21’28”	10’05”
12.	AMALIE LUTRO	TEAM RYTGER	NOR	U23, J	9.21’45”	10’22”
13.	CHARLOTTE ALSTON	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR	U23	9.26’19”	14’56”
14.	GABRIELLE RIMASSON	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	9.26’25”	15’02”
15.	MARJOLEIN BAKKER	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	9.27’29”	16’06”
16.	SOPHIE THACKERY	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23, J	9.27’57”	16’34”
17.	MADS SCOTT	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23	9.28’14”	16’51”
18.	SARAH BRADFORD	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	9.28’45”	17’22”
19.	CLEO KORTENHORST	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED	U23	9.29’52”	18’29”
20.	JENNY HOLL	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	9.30’06”	18’43”
21.	JOSEFINE HUITFELDT	TEAM RYTGER	DEN	U23	9.30’26”	19’03”
22.	AMALIE WINTHER OLSEN	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	DEN	U23	9.33’01”	21’38”
23.	ANDREA TERJESEN	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR	U23	9.33’36”	22’13”
24.	ISABEL ELLIS	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	9.41’54”	30’31”
25.	EVE DIXON	STARLEY RACING	GBR	U23	9.42’48”	31’25”
26.	KAROLINE ROSTE OMDAL	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR	U23	9.44’24”	33’01”
27.	PERNILLA VAN ROZELAAR	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	9.49’56”	38’33”
28.	ANGELA SMITH	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	AUS	U23	9.54’39”	43’16”
29.	SHAUNA MCFADDEN	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	IRL	U23, J	9.56’09”	44’46”
30.	MARGAUX CADOL	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	9.56’34”	45’11”
31.	SOPHIE ENVER	TEAM VERDEX-PEDALPOWER.COM	GBR	U23, J	9.57’39”	46’16”
32.	EIMEAR HARRISON	TC RACING	IRL	U23, J	10.00’57”	49’34”
33.	SARA VERHAEST	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	BEL	U23	10.13’30”	1.02’07”
34.	SELMA SVARF	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE	U23	10.15’33”	1.04’10”
35.	AMY GOOD	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	IRL	U23	10.16’08”	1.04’45”
36.	FRANCESCA CUTTS	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	GBR	U23	10.21’18”	1.09’55”
37.	SOPHIE BLACK	STARLEY RACING	GBR	U23	10.24’01”	1.12’38”

1.	TEAM WNT	27.34’11”
2.	FUSION RTFIERLAN	27.40’44”	6’33”
3.	CLIFF PRATT RACING	27.42’32”	8’21”
4.	CYCLING ULSTER	27.44’04”	9’53”
5.	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	27.46’26”	12’15”
6.	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	27.47’04”	12’53”
7.	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	27.47’15”	13’04”
8.	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	27.48’10”	13’59”
9.	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	27.54’17”	20’06”
10.	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	27.56’43”	22’32”
11.	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	27.58’21”	24’10”
12.	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	27.59’20”	25’09”
13.	ELITE VELO KALAS SPORTWEAR CRT	27.59’50”	25’39”
14.	TEAM TORELLI	27.59’59”	25’48”
15.	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	28.03’49”	29’38”
16.	SCOTT ORWELL WHEELERS	28.05’21”	31’10”
17.	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	28.08’47”	34’36”
18.	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	28.09’18”	35’07”
19.	TC RACING	28.11’44”	37’33”
20.	PMR@TOACHIM HOUSE	29.00’18”	1.26’07”
21.	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	29.13’45”	1.39’34”
22.	TEAM VERDEX-PEDALPOWER.COM	29.14’11”	1.40’00”

1.	IDA ERNGREN	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE		12
2.	MARIEKE KERKVLIET	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		10
3.	TONE HATTELAND LIMA	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR		8
4.	STINE BORGLI	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR		6
5.	NATALIE GRINCZER	TEAM WNT	GBR		4
General, Générale
1.	MARIEKE KERKVLIET	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		31
2.	IDA ERNGREN	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE		27
3.	RIKKE LONNE	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	DEN		24
4.	LYDIA BOYLAN	TEAM WNT	IRL		20
5.	ERIN KINNEALY	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	AUS		16
6.	NATALIE GRINCZER	TEAM WNT	GBR		13
7.	LAURA GORTER	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		12
8.	TONE HATTELAND LIMA	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR		8
9.	NINA BUIJSMAN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	7
10.	CECILIA LE BRIS	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	7
11.	STINE BORGLI	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR		6
12.	EVA VAN DEN BORN	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	NED		6
13.	ROOS HOOGEBOOM	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	NED		5
14.	EILEEN ROE	TEAM WNT	GBR		4
15.	ALICE SHARPE	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23	3
16.	FIONA HUNTER-JOHNSON	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR		3

1.	EILEEN ROE	TEAM WNT	GBR		28
2.	RIKKE LONNE	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	DEN		27
3.	EVA VAN DEN BORN	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	NED		17
4.	GRACE GARNER	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR	U23	15
5.	LYDIA BOYLAN	TEAM WNT	IRL		14
6.	CECILIA LE BRIS	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	13
7.	MELISSA VAN NECK	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 1	NED		12
8.	HELENE GERARD	TEAM BREIZH LADIES	FRA	U23	11
9.	IDA ERNGREN	TEAM CRESCENT DARE	SWE		10
10.	NINA BUIJSMAN	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	NED	U23	9
11.	STINE BORGLI	BRYNE CK LADIES ELITE	NOR		9
12.	LAURA GORTER	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		9
13.	ERIN KINNEALY	CCN ENERGY HR AUSTRALIA	AUS		8
14.	KIRSTEN PEETOOM	MAASLANDSTER NICHELIVING CCN	NED		6
15.	NATALIE GRINCZER	TEAM WNT	GBR		5
16.	JENNIFER GEORGE	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		5
17.	JENNY HOLDEN	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR	U23	5
18.	MARIEKE KERKVLIET	WV BREDA MANIEU.NL- LADIESTEAM	NED		4
19.	CHARLOTTE ALSTON	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR	U23	3
20.	RHONA CALLANDER	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	2

1.	LYDIA BOYLAN	TEAM WNT	IRL		9.10’43”
2.	NATALIE GRINCZER	TEAM WNT	GBR		9.11’39”	56″
3.	EVA VAN DEN BORN	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	NED		9.12’43”	2’00”
4.	PFEIFFER GEORGI	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	9.12’49”	2’06”
5.	ELYNOR BACKSTEDT	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	9.12’55”	2’12”
6.	JENNIFER GEORGE	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		9.13’00”	2’17”
7.	ALICE SHARPE	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23	9.13’05”	2’22”
8.	JENNY POWELL	ELITE VELO KALAS SPORTWEAR CRT	DEN		9.13’06”	2’23”
9.	EILEEN ROE	TEAM WNT	GBR		9.13’12”	2’29”
10.	ELIZABETH BANKS	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR		9.13’16”	2’33”
11.	REBECCA RIMMINGTON	TEAM WNT	GBR		9.13’29”	2’46”
12.	JENNY HOLDEN	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR	U23	9.13’38”	2’55”
13.	ELENOR CAMPBELL	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR	U23	9.15’05”	4’22”
14.	STEPHANIE MOTTRAM	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		9.15’34”	4’51”
15.	KELLY MURPHY	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR		9.15’34”	4’51”
16.	REBECCA CARTER	TEAM WNT	GBR		9.15’46”	5’03”
17.	GRACE GARNER	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR	U23	9.16’58”	6’15”
18.	RHONA CALLANDER	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	9.17’23”	6’40”
19.	FIONA HUNTER-JOHNSON	FUSION RTFIERLAN	GBR		9.18’02”	7’19”
20.	LYDIA GURLEY	REGIOTEAM NOORD-HOLLAND 2	IRL		9.19’25”	8’42”
21.	LAUREN CREAMER	TEAM TORELLI	IRL		9.19’26”	8’43”
22.	ALICIA SPEAKE	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		9.19’58”	9’15”
23.	ERYN NOLAN	ELITE VELO KALAS SPORTWEAR CRT	IRL		9.22’24”	11’41”
24.	TAMSIN VICARY	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR		9.23’20”	12’37”
25.	MARGRIET KLOPPENBURG	ELITE VELO KALAS SPORTWEAR CRT	DEN		9.24’20”	13’37”
26.	CHARLOTTE ALSTON	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR	U23	9.26’19”	15’36”
27.	ANNA WEAVER	TEAM VERDEX-PEDALPOWER.COM	GBR		9.26’55”	16’12”
28.	SOPHIE THACKERY	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23, J	9.27’57”	17’14”
29.	ALISA HEALY	RACING CHANCE FOUNDATION	GBR		9.28’04”	17’21”
30.	MADS SCOTT	TEAM TORELLI	GBR	U23	9.28’14”	17’31”
31.	SARAH BRADFORD	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	9.28’45”	18’02”
32.	JENNY HOLL	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR	U23, J	9.30’06”	19’23”
33.	ALEXIS BARNES	PMR@TOACHIM HOUSE	AUS		9.31’03”	20’20”
34.	ELLEN MCDERMOTT	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	GBR		9.31’03”	20’20”
35.	CORINNE CLARKE	CLIFF PRATT RACING	GBR		9.31’58”	21’15”
36.	ISABEL ELLIS	BACKSTEDT CYCLING	GBR	U23, J	9.41’54”	31’11”
37.	EVE DIXON	STARLEY RACING	GBR	U23	9.42’48”	32’05”
38.	CHLOE WELLER	PMR@TOACHIM HOUSE	GBR		9.48’18”	37’35”
39.	JENNIFER BATEY	TEAM VERDEX-PEDALPOWER.COM	GBR		9.49’37”	38’54”
40.	SARAH BURKE	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	GBR		9.53’18”	42’35”
41.	SOPHIE ENVER	TEAM VERDEX-PEDALPOWER.COM	GBR	U23, J	9.57’39”	46’56”
42.	VICTORIA STRILA	PMR@TOACHIM HOUSE	GBR		9.59’41”	48’58”
43.	AMY GOOD	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	IRL	U23	10.16’08”	1.05’25”
44.	FRANCESCA CUTTS	GB CYCLES.CO.UK	GBR	U23	10.21’18”	1.10’35”
45.	SOPHIE BLACK	STARLEY RACING	GBR	U23	10.24’01”	1.13’18”

1.	CLAIRE MCILLWAINE	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		9.12’58”
2.	KATHARINE SMYTH	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		9.15’35”	2’37”
3.	HEATHER FOLEY	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		9.16’19”	3’21”
4.	MICHELLE GEOGHEGAN	SCOTT ORWELL WHEELERS	IRL		9.18’05”	5’07”
5.	ROISIN THOMAS	TC RACING	IRL		9.18’39”	5’41”
6.	FIONA GUIHEN	TC RACING	IRL		9.20’15”	7’17”
7.	BETH MCLUSKEY	SCOTT ORWELL WHEELERS	IRL	V	9.22’32”	9’34”
8.	AIDEEN KEENAN	SCOTT ORWELL WHEELERS	IRL		9.24’44”	11’46”
9.	EILEEN BURNS	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL		9.26’42”	13’44”
10.	SINNEAD OAKES	DE RONDE VAN CORK	IRL	V	9.32’25”	19’27”
11.	MAURA CLAFFEY	TC RACING	IRL		9.38’49”	25’51”
12.	SHAUNA MCFADDEN	TEAM JADEN WELDTITE	IRL	U23, J	9.56’09”	43’11”
13.	NESSA ROCHFORD	DE RONDE VAN CORK	IRL	V	9.57’19”	44’21”
14.	EIMEAR HARRISON	TC RACING	IRL	U23, J	10.00’57”	47’59”
15.	REBECCA DOBSON	TC RACING	IRL		10.19’44”	1.06’46”
16.	CLAIRE O NEILL	CYCLING ULSTER	IRL	V	10.19’52”	1.06’54”

Steve Cummings leads Tour of Britain heading into final stage

by Anna Magrath | Sep 10, 2016

Steve Cummings survived a penultimate stage assault from BMC Racing Team’s Rohan Dennis to head to London for the final stage of the Tour of Britain wearing the Yellow Jersey presented by Eisberg of race leader.

Having come second, behind Tony Martin, in the morning’s time trial, Dennis attacked late on in the afternoon’s second part of the Bristol Stage presented by OVO Energy to take the win and to haul himself to within 26-seconds of the overall lead.

Behind Cummings came in 15th within a group six seconds back after a frantic chase of lone leader Dennis across the Clifton Downs to limit the BMC rider’s advantage.

It was a tough two stages, First off in the morning the conditions were treacherous really with the rain so I was happy to get that done and limit my losses. Luckily the weather improved in the afternoon so that was less of a concern it was just about not losing the race at the start and being attentive at the end. I had two people I had to follow and I let one go but it wasn’t that I just fell asleep it was that I didn’t have the legs to do it! I still limited my losses though and kept the jersey so it’s a good day for everyone.

Steve Cummings

Team Dimension Data

Dennis had responded to an acceleration from Tom Dumoulin on the final of six ascents of Bridge Valley Road after the peloton had caught a four rider break containing Andre Greipel, who won the HIGH5 Combativity Award for Stage Seven, on the last of those circuits.

The former UCI World Hour Record holder went clear as the climb stiffened, showing further good climbing form in a week that has seen him star on the ascents of The Struggle in Cumbria (Stage Two) and Haytor in Devon (Stage Six). Dennis then put his time trialling abilities to the fore to hold off the 20-plus rider group behind.

Coming into the final kilometre on the Downs Cummings put in a big effort to close down Dennis and limit his losses, briefly gapping his rivals before fading slightly in the final few hundred metres for a safe 15th position.

Looking ahead to Stage Eight, the London Stage presented by TfL, Rohan Dennis was pestimistic about his chances of overturning Cummings’ advantage.

To pick up 26-seconds it means I’d have to go off the front and win the stage, and with at least four teams there that would want it to be a bunch sprint that’s pretty unlikely to be honest. The first plan will probably be just to make sure we don’t lose second and then if there is an opportunity to take time off Steve then I’ll take it, but with his team it’ll be tough they’re pretty experienced and riding the front and closing down anything that’s dangerous.

Rohan Dennis

Team BMC Racing

Stage 7 of Tour of Britain 2016 - Image ©Sweetspot

Stage 7 of Tour of Britain 2016 - Image @Theo Southee photography

Stage 6 of Tour of Britain 2016 - Image ©Sweetspot

The stage win does though move Dennis into the lead of the Chain Reaction Cycles Points classification with a six-point advantage over Dumoulin. Dutch national champion Dylan Groenewegen lies a further two points in arrears, and looks the favourite for the jersey should the final stage end in a bunch sprint, as expected.

The Yodel Sprints Jersey will go down to the final day, with An Post Chain Reaction’s Jasper Bovenhuis holding a six-point lead over Greipel, with nine points to play for at three intermediate Yodel Sprints during the 16-lap London stage.

One classification that was sealed in Bristol is the SKODA King of the Mountains Jersey, with Wanty Group Gobert’s Xandro Meurisse extending his lead over Nicolas Roche and completing his hold on the jersey that he took on Stage Two in Cumbria.

In the morning’s Alpecin Time Trial Tony Martin had ridden to the victory, clocking an 18-minutes and 6-second lap to beat Dennis by 3-seconds for the second stage win of the week for Etixx Quick-Step, with Olympic Games Silver medallist Tom Dumoulin in third.

Having twice finished second overall in the Tour of Britain (2008 and 2011), Cummings heads to London on the verge of history and becoming the first Brit since Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2013 to win his national Tour.

Speaking after the Bristol Stage presented by OVO Energy which again saw hundreds of thousands of spectators lining the roadside for the seventh day, Steve Cummings said;

All week the crowds have been fantastic here in Britain, people are loving their cycling now and it’s a really cool thing because it’s free to watch and it’s a cool way to get around being on a bike! You get a buzz and you get goosebumps from the crowds and they push you on so it’s great.

Steve Cummings

Team Dimension Data

The Tour of Britain concludes in central London on Sunday 11 September with the London Stage presented by TfL featuring 16-laps of a 6-kilometre circuit taking in the world-famous landmarks of Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. Stage Eight gets underway at 1430, with live coverage of the Tour of Britain on ITV4 from 1400 to 1700.

Steve Cummings takes the Tour of Britain lead on Dartmoor

by Anna Magrath | Sep 9, 2016

Steve Cummings crossed the summit of the Haytor climb in Devon and into the Yellow Jersey presented by Eisberg as leader of the Tour of Britain at the end of the sixth stage, as Team Sky’s Wout Poels took the stage win in the South West.

Poels led the way, striking out with 1.5-kilometres to go to cross the summit alone for the victory, his third Tour of Britain stage win.

Behind Team Dimension Data man Cummings was amid a gaggle of chasers, crossing the line alone in eighth, at 21-seconds , but with more than enough in hand over previous race leader Julien Vermote to earn himself a 49-second lead on General Classification over Tom Dumoulin.

Speaking after pulling on the Tour of Britain’s Yellow Jersey presented by Eisberg for the first time, Steve Cummings said;

The team have done an excellent job all week in taking care of me every day and sacrificed chances for Mark [Cavendish] in the sprints to protect me. I was feeling a little bit of pressure coming into today and I just thought all I could do was do my best and I gave it my all at the end and I’m delighted to take Yellow.

I’ve been second twice before in this race, once by four seconds and once by eight seconds I think, so this race is normally won by seconds not minutes. You still have to claw back those seconds and it’s not done until it’s done. The time trial I’ll just give it full gas and hopefully it’ll be enough to hold off the superstar time trialists Dumoulin and Dennis.

Steve Cummings

Stage 6 ToB2016 Yellow Jersey Holder, Team Dimension Data

In a stage run off in extremely blustery and often wet conditions right from the start at Sidmouth on Devon’s Jurassic Coast the peloton never let the day’s break get more than just over a three minute advantage as the race wended its way across Devon towards the Dartmoor denouement.

With the race together at the foot of the Haytor climb it was BMC Racing’s Rohan Dennis who kicked things off with the first attack, being joined by Tom Dumoulin, Gorka Izagirre and Poels as Vermote was distanced.

At 2.5-kilometres to go Cummings and Tony Gallopin briefly made the junction with the three leaders, before Dennis went again, taking Dumoulin and Poels with him.

The next attack was the tall Dutchman’s, and despite the valiant efforts of the Giant Alpecin and BMC rider they couldn’t do enough to reel him in, allowing the Team Sky man to add victory atop Haytor to his summit finish win on Hartside in Cumbria 12-months previously.

“The last part we took control and we wanted to close the gap to go for the stage victory with me,” said Poels speaking afterwards.

“Yogi [Ian Stannard] and Danny [van Poppel] did a really good job, so I was really happy with that. It’s my sixth [win] of the season already and it’s always nice to win here at the Tour of Britain; last year on the uphill finish and this year again. It’s a really nice race.”

Along with Vermote’s demotion from the overall lead to eleventh overall, Etixx Quick-Step teammate Dan Martin completed a miserable day for the team, dropping from fifth to twelth.

Six riders now lie within a minute of the lead going into the Bristol double-stage, including Olympic Games Time Trial Silver medallist Tom Dumoulin, and 2014 Tour of Britain winner Dylan Van Baarle.

The last of those six Xandro Meurisse extended his lead in the SKODA King of the Mountains classification to 15-points over Nicolas Roche, with just 18 left to play for on the Bristol circuit on Saturday afternoon.

For the sprinters Jasper Bovenhuis enjoyed another productive day in the breakaway to hold an eight point lead over Johnny McEvoy in the Yodel Sprints Jersey, while Dan McLay and Nicola Ruffoni have 29-points a-piece towards the Chain Reaction Cycles Points Classification, with the Brit wearing the blue jersey.

Stage 6 of Tour of Britain 2016 - Image @Theo Southee photography

Highlights of Stage Six are on ITV4 at 8pm on Friday 9 September, with a repeat at 1pm on Saturday 10 September.

The Tour of Britain resumes with the Bristol Stage presented by OVO Energy, taking place over a 15-kilometre circuit in Bristol that includes both the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the SKODA King of the Mountains climb of Bridge Valley Road.

Riders will contest an individual time trial over one lap of the Bristol circuit from 10:01, before the afternoon sees a six-lap circuit race on the same circuit, finishing on the Clifton Downs where Michal Kwiatowski won a Tour of Britain stage in 2014.

Jack Bauer holds off the peloton for Stage Five Tour of Britain victory

by Anna Magrath | Sep 8, 2016

Jack Bauer (Cannonade Drapac) put in an all action display to win Stage Five of the Tour of Britain into Bath with a dramatic finish on the Royal Avenue as the peloton caught the break at the line

The victory, his first individual win since breaking his leg 14-months ago at the Tour de France, came at the end of a hard 194.5-kilometre stage from Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

The Kiwi was part of a five rider break who survived until the final dash for the line, with Bauer and breakaway companions Amael Moinard and Erick Rowsell taking the 1-2-3 in Victoria Park, ahead of Caleb Ewan and Stage Four winner Dylan Groenewegen who led in the break.

It was a tough day out there. We had a great group, a really motivated group and really balanced which is quite unusual for a breakaway in that everyone really commits,” said the Cannondale Drapac rider after the stage.

I really appreciate what I have and I’ve tried to make a real go of it this year but this really caps off a difficult season for me and I think many people had written me off thinking I just couldn’t ride my bike any more or perform to the same level. But a year on I’m back and I’m able to win a race and I’m really grateful for that.

Jack Bauer

Stage 5 ToB winner, Cannonade Drapac

With the race in effect all coming back together for the finish the overall classification remained unchanged, with Julien Vermote continuing in the Yellow Jersey presented by Eisberg. The Belgian lies six seconds ahead of Steve Cummings heading towards a potentially decisive summit finish in Devon on Friday’s Stage Six.

Bauer had broken away along with Moinard, Rowsell, Javier Moreno and Johnny McEvoy as the race headed across South Wales. The quintet built a lead of over five-minutes as the race headed through Gloucestershire, which was whittled down by the teams of Lotto Soudal and LottoNL Jumbo working towards the sprint.

The gap steadily diminished, and with four rider remaining out front the gap was just a handful of seconds racing through the outskirts of Bath. Taking the penultimate left-hand corner Bauer went clear, but immediately eased as he sense the gradient steepen, following Moreno’s wheel through the final right hander before opening his sprint, to take the win as the charging peloton caught the escapees moments too late.

Dan McLay took a top ten spot in the bunch kick to move into the Chain Reaction Cycles Points Jersey, while Jasper Bovenhuis kept the Yodel Sprints Jersey and Xandro Meurisse the SKODA King of the Mountains jersey.

Stage 5 of Tour of Britain 2016 - Image ©Sweetspot

Stage 5 of Tour of Britain 2016 - Image @Theo Southee photography

Highlights of Stage Five are on ITV4 at 8pm with a repeat at Midday on Friday 9 September and available on demand via the ITV Hub for 30-days.

Stage Six sees the peloton head to Devon for a 150-kilometre stage from Sidmouth to Haytor in the Dartmoor National Park, which culminates with a summit finish atop a five-kilometre climb. Live coverage of Stage is on ITV4 from 12:30, with highlights at 8pm.

Tour of Britain Dylan Groenewegen wins Stage Four in Wales

by Anna Magrath | Sep 7, 2016

Dylan Groenewegen sprinted to victory at the end of Stage Four of the Tour of Britain on the Royal Welsh Showground, heading home British duo Dan McLay and Ben Swift, at the end of the 218-kilometre stage through Mid-Wales from Denbigh.

The Dutch National Champion was afforded the perfect leadout by LottoNL Jumbo teammate Tom Leezer onto the showground, and held off McLay over the final 200-metres from the last corner.

Behind Swift’s third place on the stage and resulting time bonus helped him move up to third overall, while Julien Vermote, the Yellow Jersey presented by Eisberg came home fifth to retain his race lead for a third day.

I won in Yorkshire and I’ve won here too.

Today was a very hard stage with all the climbs, and it was very long, so I knew there was only a small chance I could fight for it. But the team was very strong and I started to think I could do it. It was a very hard final but the team worked very hard and I had four guys for me, so it was a perfect team performance.

Dylan Groenewegen

Tour of Britain Stage 4 Winner, LottoNL Jumbo

It had in fact been the other Lotto team in the Tour of Britain, Lotto Soudal who had worked had to set up the sprint over the final 15-kilometre run through Powys, but they were usurped for pole position on the left hand turn into the Showground by their Dutch compatriots.

Four riders had spent the stage up the road, including Bardiani CSF’s Alessandro Tonelli as the longest surviving, and winner of the HIGH5 Combativity Award for Stage Four.

The quartet were eventually swept off when the General Classification contenders vying for the Yellow Jersey presented by Eisberg began to battle, with Dan Martin, Wout Poels and the teams of Movistar and Cannondale Drapac all active.

This flurry of attacks split the field, ditching sprinters like Mark Cavendish, Caleb Ewan and Elia Viviani, and briefly Andre Greipel, although the German national champion got back across to the leaders.

Stage 4 of Tour of Britain 2016 - Image ©Sweetspot

Stage 4 of Tour of Britain 2016 - Image @Theo Southee photography

No great advantage was ever established with some of the dropped riders able to rejoin as the race hit Rhayader and the main roads leading to Builth Wells the General Classification battle was over, barring a hotly contest intermediate Yodel Sprint in Newbridge-on-Wye with less than 20-kilometres remaining.

That Yodel Sprint saw Tony Gallopin taking the points, and more importantly the time bonuses, which elevated him into fourth overall behind Swift, but now ahead of Dan Martin.

Thanks to the win at the day’s opening Yodel Sprint in Mold, Jasper Bovenhuis retook the Yodel Sprints Jersey while the battle between Xandro Meurisse and Nicolas Roche for the SKODA King of the Mountains jersey continued apace.

The Belgian has now eked out a two-point lead over the Irish Champion and wears the jersey for a third day on Stage Five.

Julien Vermote continues in the Yellow Jersey presented by Eisberg and also inherits the Chain Reaction Cycles Points Jersey, while second overall Steve Cummings continues as the Adnams Best British Rider in the Tour of Britain.

Highlights of Stage Four from Denbigh to Builth Wells are on ITV4 at 8pm with a repeat on the same channel at Midday on Thursday 8 September and available on demand via the ITV Hub.

The Tour of Britain remains in Wales for the Start of Stage Five in Aberdare Park in Rhondda Cynon Taf, which then crosses South Wales and the Forest of Dean for the finish on the Royal Avenue in Bath.

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