London finale plays out in front of huge crowds

Mark CavendishMark Cavendish finished off the Tour of Britain in style today, powering home for his third stage win out of the eight day race. The Omega Pharma Quick Step rider hit the line first on the streets of London, with the 22 year old Irish continental team rider Sam Bennett (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) finishing on his wheel, notching up another strong result.

Cannondale rider Elia Viviani was third and Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) was fourth.

Overnight leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky), who held a comfortable 26 second lead over Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling) heading into the stage, had no moments of concern and finishing in the main bunch, winning the race.

“I’m really happy and proud,” said a happy Cavendish afterwards. “It’s always nice to win here in front of my British supporters. The stage was as we expected it to be. The race was really fast. We had support of other teams to control and we took things into our hands in the last laps. Once again the team was super strong.”

The stage was marked by a six man break comprising Movistar’s Angel Madrazo, IG Sigma Sport’s Pete Williams, Garmin-Sharp’s Jack Bauer, Shane Archbold (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly), NetApp Endura’s Andreas Schillinger and Sergio Pardilla of the MTN-Qhubeka.

These opened a lead of 46 seconds but were unable to pull further ahead. Wiggins’ Sky team worked hard to limit the move, knowing that fifth place Pardilla and sixth placed Bauer were amongst the six.

After it and a subsequent move by Alex Dowsett (Movistar) was brought back, Cavendish’ team hit the front and set him up for the sprint.

He thanked them afterwards. “Martin Velits and Julien Vermote worked hard as usual. Michal Golas and Iljo Keisse did a great job in the last kilometers. The lead out was also perfect once again. Petacchi also led me really well. He always stays calm and waits for the right moment. He went super fast into the second to last corner and then he led me well into the final corner,” he said. “I only had to worry about my sprint.”

Wiggins won the race for the first time, and was very happy with the result.

“At the moment it’s just relief that the job’s done,” he said after the finish, talking about his initial feelings. “From the minute you’ve won the time trial you believe you can win the GC, but it’s not over until you’ve crossed that line. “[The lead] was only 26 seconds, so if you crash before 3km to go, and all those other little things to think about. It was a pretty hectic finish as everyone wants to win the last stage.”

He said that winning in front of the home crowd was part of his enjoyment of the experience. “You can’t fail to hear the crowd. It’s a bit like the Olympics,” he said. “I expected it as every year the race finishes in London it’s been fantastic. It was the same today.”

How it played out:

The final stage of the Tour of Britain took place in London’s Whitehall area, with 97 riders signing in for the laps of the 8.8 kilometre circuit.

While the GC was looking likely to go to Bradley Wiggins (Sky) due to his 26 second overnight lead over Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling), there was still plenty to race for. The stage win was an obvious carrot for the bunch, while the Yodel Direct sprint still needed to be settled. Movistar’s Angel Madrazo started the stage with thirty points, while IG Sigma Sport’s Pete Williams was five points back and determined to try to seize the jersey.

Willams got things off to a good start when he won the first sprint ahead of Garmin-Sharp’s Jack Bauer and Madrazo, reducing his deficit to just two points.

Very soon afterwards those three riders clipped away with Shane Archbold (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly), NetApp Endura’s Andreas Schillinger and Sergio Pardilla of the MTN-Qhubeka team. Madrazo and Williams were intent on fighting it out in the subsequent intermediate sprints, while Pardilla and Bauer were scrapping out out for fifth overall. They had been separated by just three seconds this morning, making those sprints crucial.

The sextet built a lead of 46 seconds, which had dropped to 37 seconds with fifty kilometres to go. Bauer won the next intermediate sprint at the end of lap six, with Williams finishing ahead of Madrazo and thus narrowing his gap to one point. However he pushed the Movistar rider in the buildup to the sprint, raising a question mark about the outcome.

Archbold and Schillinger seized the opportunity when those who disputed the sprint paused, making the most of the lull to eke out a lead. The others were reeled in very soon afterwards.

The two leaders had a seventeen second advantage with just under thirty kilometres to go, but this was down to nine seconds the next time over the line. Archbold pushed on ahead alone but he and Schillinger were both scooped up, bringing everything together with 22 kilometres left.

The final Yodel sprint came soon afterwards and it appeared this would be the decider for the jersey. Yates was best there, beating Alex Dowsett (Movistar) and Williams, who appeared to win the competition with his third place. However the judges had raised an objection to his pushing of Madrazo in the previous sprint and, once the race was over, he was told that he had lost those points.

As a result Madrazo would win the competition, plus the mountains prize.

Soon afterwards, Dowsett attacked with approximately seventeen kilometres to go and opened a solid gap. However the bunch was in no mood to give any chances and he was caught with 9.7 kilometres remaining.

Wiggins’ Sky team continued to drive the pace at the front, thus saving energy for Mark Cavendish’s Omega Pharma Quick Step team. There was plenty of fighting for position heading into the final three kilometres, with Team UK Youth taking over with Cannondale close by.

The An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly team were also prominent, hoping to help stage five winner Sam Bennett to more success.

Omega Pharma Quick Step were lurking, though, and they moved to the front very soon afterwards. Alessandro Petacchi led out Cavendish, easing back slightly when his acceleration gapped the rider he was supporting, then opened up the sprint.

The Manxman then flew by and went flat out to the line. Bennett was in his slipstream and tried to come around, but he couldn’t deny the Omega Pharma Quick Step rider his third stage of the race. The 22 year old finished second, boosting his push for a pro contract, while Elia Viviani (Cannondale) picked up third.

Wiggins rolled in as part of the main bunch, sealing his first overall victory in the race. In doing so he gave himself a morale boost in advance of next week’s world time trial championship, where he will go up against defending champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma Quick Step), multiple winner Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) and Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing Team).

Tour of Britain (2.1)

Stage 8, London:

1, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 88 kilometres in 1 hour 47 mins 23 secs
2, Sam Bennett (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly)
3, Elia Viviani (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
4, Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling)
5, Chris Opie (Team UK Youth)
6, Evaldas Siskevicius (Sojasun)
7, Sacha Modolo (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox)
8, Alessandro Petacchi (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
9, Enrique Sanz (Movistar Team)
10, Blaz Jarc (Team NetApp-Endura)
11, Marcin Bialoblocki (Team UK Youth)
12, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
13, Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling)
14, Michael James Northey (Node 4-Giordana Racing)
15, Owain Doull (Great Britain)
16, Jacob Rathe (Garmin-Sharp)
17, Dean Downing (Madison Genesis)
18, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling)
19, Alexandre Blain (Team Raleigh)
20, Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp)
21, Andrew Tennant (Madison Genesis)
22, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling)
23, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling)
24, Cesare Benedetti (Team NetApp-Endura)
25, Simon Yates (Great Britain)
26, Alexander Wetterhall (Team NetApp-Endura)
27, Sergio Pardilla Bellon (MTN-Qhubeka)
28, Alex Peters (Madison Genesis)
29, Marco Canola (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox)
30, Shem Rodger (Node 4-Giordana Racing)
31, Evan Oliphant (Team Raleigh)
32, Adam Yates (Great Britain)
33, Liam Holohan (Madison Genesis)
34, Steven Lampier (Node 4-Giordana Racing)
35, David Lopez Garcia (Sky Procycling)
36, Aaron Gate (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly)
37, Cristiano Salerno (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
38, Sébastien Reichenbach (IAM Cycling)
39, Richard Handley (Rapha Condor)
40, Marcel Wyss (IAM Cycling)
41, Michael Cuming (Rapha Condor)
42, David Lelay (Sojasun)
43, Will Stephenson (Rapha Condor) at 10 secs
44, Peter Hawkins (Team IG-Sigma Sport)
45, Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
46, Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
47, Wouter Sybrandy (Team IG-Sigma Sport)
48, Mathew Cronshaw (Team IG-Sigma Sport)
49, Mark Christian (Team Raleigh)
50, George Atkins (Great Britain)
51, Alistair Slater (Great Britain)
52, Christophe Laborie (Sojasun)
53, Jonathan Mould (Team UK Youth)
54, Robert Partridge (Team UK Youth)
55, Kristian House (Rapha Condor)
56, Juraj Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
57, Scott Thwaites (Team NetApp-Endura)
58, Jimmy Engoulvent (Sojasun)
59, Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka)
60, Yanto Barker (Team UK Youth)
61, Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox)
62, Lachlan Norris (Team Raleigh)
63, Andreas Schillinger (Team NetApp-Endura)
64, Nicola Boem (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox)
65, Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp)
66, Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
67, Martin Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
68, Joshua Edmondson (Sky Procycling)
69, Mark McNally (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly)
70, James Williamson (Node 4-Giordana Racing)
71, Heinrich Haussler (IAM Cycling)
72, Erick Rowsell (Team NetApp-Endura)
73, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
74, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
75, Julien Vermote (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
76, Thomas Moses (Team Raleigh)
77, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun) at 26 secs
78, Marco Coledan (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) at 39 secs
79, Alan Marangoni (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 48 secs
80, Matthias Krizek (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
81, Nicolò Martinello (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
82, Ian Wilkinson (Team UK Youth) at 57 secs
83, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) at 1 min mins 3 secs
84, Ben Greenwood (Team IG-Sigma Sport) at 1 min 16 secs
85, James Moss (Team IG-Sigma Sport)
86, Sean Downey (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) at 1 min 29 secs
87, Peter Williams (Team IG-Sigma Sport) at 1 min 51 secs
88, Luke Grivell-Mellor (Rapha Condor)
89, Nicolas Vereecken (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly)
90, Thomas Scully (Team Raleigh)
91, Songezo Jim (MTN Qhubeka)
92, Shane Archbold (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly)
93, Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox)
94, Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain 3 mins 37 secs
95, Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling)
96, Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Movistar Team) at 5 mins 24 secs
97, Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team) at 5 mins 27 secs

Intermediate sprints:

Sprint 1:

1, Peter Williams (Team IG Sigma Sport) 5 pts
2, Jack Bauer (Garmin Sharp) 3 pts
3, Angel Madrazo (Movistar) 2
4, Shane Archbold (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) 1

Sprint 2:

1, Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) 5 pts
2, Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Movistar Team) 3
3, Andreas Schillinger (Team NetApp-Endura) 2
4, Sergio Pardilla Bellon (MTN-Qhubeka) 1

Sprint 3:

1, Simon Yates (Great Britain) 5 pts
2, Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team) 3
3, Peter Williams (Team IG-Sigma Sport) 2
4, Scott Thwaites (Team NetApp-Endura) 1

Young rider:

1, Owain Doull (Great Britain 1 hours 47 mins 23 secs
2, Jacob Rathe (Garmin-Sharp)
3, Simon Yates (Great Britain)
4, Alex Peters (Madison Genesis)
5, Adam Yates (Great Britain)
6, Will Stephenson (Rapha Condor) at 10 secs
7, George Atkins (Great Britain)
8, Alistair Slater (Great Britain)
9, Jonathan Mould (Team UK Youth)
10, Joshua Edmondson (Sky Procycling)
11, Thomas Moses (Team Raleigh)
12, Luke Grivell-Mellor (Rapha Condor) at 1 min 51 secs
13, Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain 3 mins 37 secs

Teams:

1, IAM Cycling, at 5 hours 22 mins 9 secs
2, Team NetApp Endura
3, Sky Procycling
4, Madison Genesis
5, Great Britain
6, Node 4, Giordana Racing
7, Omega Pharma Quick-Step, at 10 secs
8, Team UK Youth
9, Cannondale
10, Bardiani Valvole CSF Inox
11, Team Raleigh
12, Sojasun
13, Garmin Sharp
14, AN Post Chain Reaction
15, Rapha Condor JLT
16, UnitedHealthcare, at 20 secs
17, Team IG Sigma Sport, at 30 secs
18, MTN Qhubeka, at 2 mins 1 secs
19, Movistar, at 6 mins 27 secs

Final overall standings:

1, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) 29 hours 45 mins 22 secs
2, Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling) at 26 secs
3, Simon Yates (Great Britain 1 min 3 secs
4, David Lopez Garcia (Sky Procycling) at 1 min 8 secs
5, Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 min 13 secs
6, Sergio Pardilla Bellon (MTN-Qhubeka) at 1 min 16 secs
7, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) at 1 min 34 secs
8, Sébastien Reichenbach (IAM Cycling) at 1 min 42 secs
9, Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 1 min 46 secs
10, Marcel Wyss (IAM Cycling) at 1 min 57 secs
11, Evaldas Siskevicius (Sojasun) at 2 mins 19 secs
12, Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) at 2 mins 29 secs
13, Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) at 2 mins 55 secs
14, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) at 2 mins 59 secs
15, Cesare Benedetti (Team NetApp-Endura) at 3 mins 7 secs
16, Richard Handley (Rapha Condor) at 3 mins 9 secs
17, Steven Lampier (Node 4-Giordana Racing) at 3 mins 30 secs
18, Marcin Bialoblocki (Team UK Youth) at 3 mins 34 secs
19, David Lelay (Sojasun) at 3 mins 44 secs
20, Alexander Wetterhall (Team NetApp-Endura) at 4 mins 15 secs
21, Liam Holohan (Madison Genesis) at 4 mins 28 secs
22, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 5 mins 47 secs
23, Heinrich Haussler (IAM Cycling) at 5 mins 50 secs
24, Julien Vermote (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 6 mins 8 secs
25, Cristiano Salerno (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 7 mins 29 secs
26, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 7 mins 43 secs
27, Mark McNally (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) at 8 mins 1 secs
28, Scott Thwaites (Team NetApp-Endura) at 8 mins 15 secs
29, Wouter Sybrandy (Team IG-Sigma Sport) at 8 mins 34 secs
30, Shem Rodger (Node 4-Giordana Racing) at 10 mins 41 secs
31, Martin Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 10 mins 51 secs
32, Alistair Slater (Great Britain 10 mins 56 secs
33, Robert Partridge (Team UK Youth) at 11 mins 27 secs
34, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 11 mins 47 secs
35, Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka) at 12 mins 7 secs
36, Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 12 mins 37 secs
37, Michael James Northey (Node 4-Giordana Racing) at 13 mins 43 secs
38, Yanto Barker (Team UK Youth) at 13 mins 46 secs
39, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 14 mins 10 secs
40, Evan Oliphant (Team Raleigh) at 14 mins 19 secs
41, Thomas Moses (Team Raleigh) at 14 mins 34 secs
42, Sacha Modolo (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) at 14 mins 55 secs
43, Sam Bennett (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) at 15 mins 38 secs
44, Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) at 16 mins 17 secs
45, Will Stephenson (Rapha Condor) at 17 mins 41 secs
46, Erick Rowsell (Team NetApp-Endura) at 17 mins 57 secs
47, Kristian House (Rapha Condor) at 18 mins 4 secs
48, Jacob Rathe (Garmin-Sharp) at 18 mins 39 secs
49, Thomas Scully (Team Raleigh) at 19 mins 6 secs
50, Lachlan Norris (Team Raleigh) at 19 mins 15 secs
51, Mathew Cronshaw (Team IG-Sigma Sport) at 20 mins 13 secs
52, Christophe Laborie (Sojasun) at 20 mins 50 secs
53, Owain Doull (Great Britain 21 mins 14 secs
54, Alessandro Petacchi (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
55, Marco Coledan (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) at 21 mins 29 secs
56, Peter Williams (Team IG-Sigma Sport) at 21 mins 34 secs
57, Ian Wilkinson (Team UK Youth) at 21 mins 35 secs
58, Enrique Sanz (Movistar Team) at 21 mins 51 secs
59, Andrew Tennant (Madison Genesis) at 21 mins 59 secs
60, Aaron Gate (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) at 22 mins 55 secs
61, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun) at 23 mins 4 secs
62, Alexandre Blain (Team Raleigh) at 23 mins 9 secs
63, Blaz Jarc (Team NetApp-Endura) at 23 mins 13 secs
64, Elia Viviani (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 23 mins 16 secs
65, Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team) at 23 mins 42 secs
66, Sean Downey (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) at 25 mins 32 secs
67, Nicolas Vereecken (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) at 25 mins 42 secs
68, Alan Marangoni (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 25 mins 57 secs
69, Michael Cuming (Rapha Condor) at 26 mins 2 secs
70, Alex Peters (Madison Genesis) at 26 mins 31 secs
71, Ben Greenwood (Team IG-Sigma Sport) at 26 mins 51 secs
72, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) at 27 mins 2 secs
73, Matthias Krizek (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 27 mins 24 secs
74, Juraj Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 27 mins 26 secs
75, Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 28 mins 4 secs
76, Joshua Edmondson (Sky Procycling) at 28 mins 9 secs
77, Andreas Schillinger (Team NetApp-Endura) at 30 mins 3 secs
78, Marco Canola (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) at 30 mins 40 secs
79, Chris Opie (Team UK Youth) at 31 mins 33 secs
80, James Williamson (Node 4-Giordana Racing) at 31 mins 38 secs
81, Adam Yates (Great Britain 33 mins 18 secs
82, Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain 34 mins 37 secs
83, Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Movistar Team) at 35 mins 10 secs
84, Mark Christian (Team Raleigh) at 36 mins 16 secs
85, Jimmy Engoulvent (Sojasun) at 36 mins 47 secs
86, Shane Archbold (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) at 37 mins 16 secs
87, Songezo Jim) at 37 mins 34 secs
88, James Moss (Team IG-Sigma Sport) at 37 mins 52 secs
89, Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) at 38 mins 52 secs
90, Nicolò Martinello (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 39 mins 36 secs
91, Jonathan Mould (Team UK Youth) at 42 mins 17 secs
92, George Atkins (Great Britain 47 mins 0 secs
93, Luke Grivell-Mellor (Rapha Condor) at 47 mins 57 secs
94, Dean Downing (Madison Genesis) at 48 mins 1 secs
95, Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling) at 52 mins 14 secs
96, Peter Hawkins (Team IG-Sigma Sport) at 53 mins 25 secs
97, Nicola Boem (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) at 1 hour 12 secs

Points classification:

1, Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling) 59 pts
2, Elia Viviani (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 56
3, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 55
4, Sam Bennett (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) 55
5, Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) 45
6, Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka) 41
7, Evaldas Siskevicius (Sojasun) 38
8, Simon Yates (Great Britain) 37
9, Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) 35
10, Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 35
11, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) 34
12, Sergio Pardilla Bellon (MTN-Qhubeka) 30
13, Chris Opie (Team UK Youth) 27
14, David Lopez Garcia (Sky Procycling) 24
15, Alessandro Petacchi (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 22
16, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) 21
17, Marco Coledan (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) 21
18, Sébastien Reichenbach (IAM Cycling) 19
19, Marcin Bialoblocki (Team UK Youth) 19
20, Blaz Jarc (Team NetApp-Endura) 18
21, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 16
22, Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) 15
23, Sacha Modolo (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) 14
24, Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team) 14
25, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) 13
26, Scott Thwaites (Team NetApp-Endura) 13
27, Owain Doull (Great Britain) 13
28, David Lelay (Sojasun) 12
29, Jacob Rathe (Garmin-Sharp) 11
30, Enrique Sanz (Movistar Team) 11

Sprint classification:

1, Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Movistar Team) 35 pts
2, Peter Williams (Team IG-Sigma Sport) 32
3, Aaron Gate (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) 18
4, Thomas Scully (Team Raleigh) 13
5, Ian Wilkinson (Team UK Youth) 13
6, Christophe Laborie (Sojasun) 13
7, Kristian House (Rapha Condor) 13
8, Jacob Rathe (Garmin-Sharp) 11
9, Nicola Boem (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) 11
10, Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) 8
11, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) 7
12, Mathew Cronshaw (Team IG-Sigma Sport) 7
13, Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) 6
14, Simon Yates (Great Britain) 5
15, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun) 5
16, Peter Hawkins (Team IG-Sigma Sport) 4
17, Martin Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 4
18, Liam Holohan (Madison Genesis) 3
19, Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team) 3
20, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) 2
21, Andreas Schillinger (Team NetApp-Endura) 2
22, Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain) 2
23, Michael James Northey (Node 4-Giordana Racing) 2
24, Sean Downey (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) 2
25, Sergio Pardilla Bellon (MTN-Qhubeka) 1
26, Heinrich Haussler (IAM Cycling) 1
27, Scott Thwaites (Team NetApp-Endura) 1
28, Alistair Slater (Great Britain) 1
29, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) 1
30, Shane Archbold (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) 1

Mountains classification:

1, Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Movistar Team) 72 pts
2, Kristian House (Rapha Condor) 47
3, Peter Williams (Team IG-Sigma Sport) 33
4, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 31
5, Sean Downey (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) 28
6, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun) 28
7, Michael James Northey (Node 4-Giordana Racing) 25
8, Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) 24
9, David Lopez Garcia (Sky Procycling) 23
10, Simon Yates (Great Britain) 19
11, Sergio Pardilla Bellon (MTN-Qhubeka) 18
12, Christophe Laborie (Sojasun) 18
13, Martin Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 17
14, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) 17
15, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) 16
16, Jacob Rathe (Garmin-Sharp) 16
17, Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) 14
18, Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) 14
19, Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling) 14
20, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) 12
21, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) 11
22, Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling) 10
23, Liam Holohan (Madison Genesis) 10
24, Ian Wilkinson (Team UK Youth) 10
25, Aaron Gate (An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly) 10
26, Matthias Krizek (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 10
27, Peter Hawkins (Team IG-Sigma Sport) 9
28, Marcel Wyss (IAM Cycling) 9
29, Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain) 9
30, Mathew Cronshaw (Team IG-Sigma Sport) 8

Best young rider classification:

1, Simon Yates (Great Britain 2) at 9 hours 46 mins 25 secs
2, Alistair Slater (Great Britain 9 mins 53 secs
3, Thomas Moses (Team Raleigh) at 13 mins 31 secs
4, Will Stephenson (Rapha Condor) at 16 mins 38 secs
5, Jacob Rathe (Garmin-Sharp) at 17 mins 36 secs
6, Owain Doull (Great Britain 20 mins 11 secs
7, Alex Peters (Madison Genesis) at 25 mins 28 secs
8, Joshua Edmondson (Sky Procycling) at 27 mins 6 secs
9, Adam Yates (Great Britain 32 mins 15 secs
10, Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain 33 mins 34 secs
11, Jonathan Mould (Team UK Youth) at 41 mins 14 secs
12, George Atkins (Great Britain 45 mins 57 secs
13, Luke Grivell-Mellor (Rapha Condor) at 46 mins 54 secs

Teams classification:

1, Sky Procycling, 89 hours 18 mins 53 secs
2, IAM Cycling, at 57 secs
3, Sojasun, at 6 mins 47 secs
4, Omega Pharma Quick-Step, at 11 mins 29 secs
5, Team NetApp Endura, at 11 mins 33 secs
6, UnitedHealthcare, at 15 mins 31 secs
7, Team UK Youth, at 16 mins 43 secs
8, Great Britain 16 mins 46 secs
9, Garmin Sharp, at 17 mins 11 secs
10, Bardiani Valvole CSF Inox, at 23 mins 49 secs
11, Node 4, Giordana Racing, at 25 mins 7 secs
12, AN Post Chain Reaction, at 26 mins 33 secs
13, MTN Qhubeka, at 27 mins 56 secs
14, Rapha Condor JLT, at 29 mins 34 secs
15, Team Raleigh, at 30 mins 0 secs
16, Movistar, at 31 mins 44 secs
17, Team IG Sigma Sport, at 33 mins 15 secs
18, Madison Genesis, at 45 mins 21 secs
19, Cannondale, at 50 mins 49 secs