TOUR OF BRITAIN: GREIPEL SI IMPONE A ROYAL LEMINGTON SPA

Conclusione in volata nella quarta tappa del Tour of Britain. Ad aggiudicarsela è stato Andrè Greipel che ha avuto la meglio su Modolo e Bevin, con quest’ultimo che grazie all’abbuono distanzia Cameron Meyer in classifica generale

La quinta tappa del OVO Energy Tour of Britain ha visto la vittoria del velocista della Lotto Soudal Andrè Greipel, all’ottavo successo stagionale. Alle spalle del “Gorilla” si è piazzato Sacha Modolo (EF Education First-Drapac), che nulla ha potuto contro il più titolato avversario. La terza piazza è, invece, andata al leader della classifica generale Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing Team), che ha provato ad anticipare tutti e si è consolato con l’abbuono del terzo posto, che gli ha permesso di guadagnare alcuni secondi sull’australiano Cameron Meyer (Mitchelton-Scott), che dopo la tappa di ieri era accreditato del suo stesso tempo in classifica. Completano la “TopTen” Rick Zabel (Katusha Alpecin), Carlos Barbero (Movistar), Emīls Liepiņš (ONE Pro Cycling), Romain Cardis (Direct Énergie), Daniel McLay (Team EF Education First-Drapac), Andrew Tennant (Canyon Eisberg) e Gabriel Cullaigh (Team Wiggins).
Prima della volata finale la tappa è stata animata per la quasi totalità da una fuga nata subito dopo il via. I fuggitivi rispondevano ai nomi di Matthew Holmes (Madison Genesis), Alex Moses (JLT Condor), Alex Paton (Canyon Eisberg), Nicholas Dlamini (Dimension Data), Hayden McCormick (ONE Pro Cycling) e Paul Ourselin (Direct Énergie).
Strada facendo il gruppo in fuga ha perso per strada Moses e Paton, staccatisi quando mancavano circa 40 Km al termine. Dlamini, invece, dopo aver conquistato la maglia dei GPM si è rialzato facendosi riprendere dal plotone. I tre superstiti del tentativo, nonostante l’impegno profuso, hanno visto svanire i propri sogni di successo quando al termine mancavano solo 3600 metri, con il plotone ormai lanciato verso la volata finale.
Domani è in programma una delle frazioni più impegnative dell’edizione 2018 della corsa britannica, una cronosquadre di
14 Km che da Cockermouth condurrà le formazioni in gara sino al Whinlatter Pass (323 metri), con il tratto finale della prova che avrà l’aspetto di una cronoscalata.

Mario Prato

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4:22:04
2 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
3 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team
4 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
5 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Emils Liepins (Lat) ONE Pro Cycling
7 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
8 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
9 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon-Eisberg
10 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins
11 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
12 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors
13 Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
14 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
16 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
17 Mark Downey (Irl) Team Wiggins
18 Jasha Sutterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
19 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
20 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
21 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
22 Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT Condor
23 Mads WŸrtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
24 Ryan Christensen (NZl) Canyon-Eisberg
25 Max Stedman (GBr) Canyon-Eisberg
26 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
27 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
28 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
29 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
30 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
31 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
32 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors
33 Edmund Bradbury (GBr) JLT Condor
34 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
35 Peter Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
36 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal
37 Rory Townsend (GBr) Canyon-Eisberg
38 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
39 Neilson Powless (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo
40 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
41 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data
42 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
43 Dmitry Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
44 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
45 Stefan Kung SWI BMC Racing Team
46 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
47 Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
48 Thomas Baylis (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
49 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain
50 Tom Pidcock (GBr) Team Wiggins
51 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
52 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
53 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
54 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
55 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
56 George Pym (GBr) Madison Genesis
57 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
58 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
59 Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo
60 Jonathan Mould (GBr) JLT Condor
61 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
62 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
63 Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott
64 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
65 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
66 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
67 Robert Power (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
68 Matthew Teggart (Irl) Team Wiggins
69 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
70 Fred Wright (GBr) Great Britain
71 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data
72 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
73 Joe Nally (GBr) Great Britain
74 Christopher Latham (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
75 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
76 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
77 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
78 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
79 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky
80 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
81 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
82 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
83 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
84 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
85 Stephen Williams (GBr) Great Britain
86 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis
87 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
88 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
89 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
90 Thomas Stewart (GBr) JLT Condor
91 Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:22
92 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Great Britain 0:00:32
93 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
94 Hayden McCormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 0:00:38
95 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:44
96 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
97 James Fouché (NZL) Team Wiggins
98 Dexter Gardias (GBr) Canyon-Eisberg
99 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott
100 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
101 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
102 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb
103 Alex Paton (GBr) Canyon-Eisberg
104 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:00:57
105 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:03
106 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:01:07
107 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
108 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:30
109 José Neves Fernandes (Por) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:33
110 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb
111 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain
112 Thomas Moses (GBr) JLT Condor 0:03:14
113 Graham Briggs (GBr) JLT Condor
114 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:03:50
115 Koen Bouwman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team 15:25:11
2 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:04
3 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:06
4 Jasha Sutterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 0:00:16
5 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
6 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
7 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
8 Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo
9 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:23
10 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data 0:00:26
11 Mads WŸrtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:50
12 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
13 Dmitry Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
14 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:53
15 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
16 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
17 Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
18 Max Stedman (GBr) Canyon-Eisberg
19 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
20 Neilson Powless (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo
21 Tom Pidcock (GBr) Team Wiggins
22 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain
23 Edmund Bradbury (GBr) JLT Condor
24 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
25 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:55
26 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:12
27 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:01:28
28 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data 0:01:44
29 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:01:46
30 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:53
31 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 0:02:59
32 Stephen Williams (GBr) Great Britain
33 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:03:30
34 Emils Liepins (Lat) ONE Pro Cycling 0:03:32
35 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:03:36
36 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
37 Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott
38 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:42
39 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
40 Robert Power (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
41 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:03:43
42 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:03:52
43 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 0:04:16
44 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 0:04:27
45 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
46 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
47 Ryan Christensen (NZl) Canyon-Eisberg 0:04:38
48 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins 0:04:59
49 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
50 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
51 Stefan Kung SWI BMC Racing Team
52 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
53 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
54 Hayden McCormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 0:05:03
55 Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:05:21
56 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:05:30
57 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 0:06:31
58 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:06:34
59 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:06:35
60 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
61 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
62 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb
63 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
64 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
65 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:07:31
66 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:08:47
67 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:08:54
68 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 0:09:12
69 Fred Wright (GBr) Great Britain
70 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
71 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:09:39
72 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:10:01
73 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 0:10:30
74 Mark Downey (Irl) Team Wiggins 0:11:32
75 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:11:56
76 Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT Condor 0:12:14
77 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:12:16
78 Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
79 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:44
80 James Fouché (NZL) Team Wiggins 0:13:51
81 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:13:57
82 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:14:54
83 Matthew Teggart (Irl) Team Wiggins 0:14:58
84 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:15:07
85 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
86 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:16:14
87 Koen Bouwman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:16:57
88 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Great Britain 0:17:28
89 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:17:33
90 Thomas Baylis (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
91 Jonathan Mould (GBr) JLT Condor 0:17:41
92 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:17:44
93 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
94 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon-Eisberg
95 Joe Nally (GBr) Great Britain
96 Thomas Stewart (GBr) JLT Condor
97 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:18:14
98 Peter Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 0:18:22
99 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:18:28
100 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:19:55
101 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:20:10
102 George Pym (GBr) Madison Genesis
103 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:20:54
104 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott 0:21:16
105 Christopher Latham (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 0:21:19
106 José Neves Fernandes (Por) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:21:42
107 Alex Paton (GBr) Canyon-Eisberg 0:22:19
108 Dexter Gardias (GBr) Canyon-Eisberg 0:22:23
109 Rory Townsend (GBr) Canyon-Eisberg 0:22:27
110 Thomas Moses (GBr) JLT Condor 0:23:08
111 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:23:38
112 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:28:16
113 Graham Briggs (GBr) JLT Condor 0:28:31
114 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:29:42
115 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:33:55