2011 Tour of Britain

April 2014 April 2014 2011 Tour of Britain Competitors in the 2011 Tour of Britain, Peebles - geograph.org.uk - 2595579.jpg The race departing from Peebles 280px UCI Europe Tour 11–18 September 2011 8The Tour of Britain was reduced from 9 stages over 1254.5 km due to the cancellation of Stage 2. 1116.8 km 26h 57' 35" Lars Boom Netherlands RAB 2011 gold Steve Cummings Great Britain SKY 2011 Jan Bárta Czech Republic APP 2011 Geraint Thomas Great Britain SKY 2011 blue Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Great Britain RCS 2011 polkadot Pieter Ghyllebert Belgium SKT 2011 green SKY 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 Tour of Britain was the eighth running of the latest incarnation of the Tour of Britain and the 72nd British tour in total. The race started on 11 September in Peebles, Scotland and finished on 18 September in London, England, with the race also visiting Wales for one stage. The race consisted of eight stages – down from the original itinerary of nine stages due to bad weatherhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/14879182 Second stage cancelled due to weather BBC Sport BBC 12 September 2011 12 September 2011 – and included the Tour's first individual time trial since 2007, as part of two stages on the race's final day, with a criterium to finish the race.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/9462814.stm Tour of Britain to include time trial on final day BBC Sport BBC 19 April 2011 18 September 2011 The race was held as part of the 2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour, and was categorised by the UCI as a 2.1 category race.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/?news_id=144 Tour of Britain a draw for UCI ProTeams in 2011 20 January 2011 18 September 2011 Tour of Britain SweetSpot The race was won by RAB 2011 rider Lars Boom, who claimed the leader's gold jersey after two stage victories, as well as a strong finish on the individual time trial stage. Boom maintained his advantage to the end of the race, with a winning margin over runner-up SKY 2011's Steve Cummings of 36 seconds,http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,20876_7187348,00.html Sky Sports BSkyB 18 September 2011 18 September 2011 Cav sprints to London win and APP 2011's Jan Bárta completed the podium, 19 seconds behind Cummings and 55 seconds down on Boom. In the race's other classifications, SKY 2011 yes's Geraint Thomas won the points classification, SKT 2011 rider Pieter Ghyllebert led the sprints classification from start to finish and Jonathan Tiernan-Locke took home the polka-dot jersey for RCS 2011, as he finished at the top of the mountains classification.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/default.asp?news_id=225 Quotes from The Tour of Britain 2011 winners 18 September 2011 18 September 2011 Tour of Britain SweetSpot As well as Thomas' points victory, SKY 2011 yes finished on top of the teams classification. Participating teams UCI ProTeams GRM – GRM 2011 THR – THR 2011 LEO – LEO 2011 RAB – RAB 2011 SKY – SKY 2011 VCD – VCD 2011 UCI Professional Continental teams APP – APP 2011 EUC – EUC 2011 TSV – TSV 2011 UHC – UHC 2011 UCI Continental teams EDR – EDR 2011 MPT – MPT 2011 RAL – RAL 2011 RCS – RCS 2011 SGS – SGS 2011 SKT – SKT 2011 Stages Stage 1 11 September 2011 – Peebles to Dumfries, 170.3 km mi on A pair of riders – SKT 2011's Pieter Ghyllebert and SGS 2011's Russell Hampton – made the early breakaway from the field, locking out the top two placings at each of the three intermediate sprint points and the three categorised climbs during the stage. Ghyllebert finished first at the sprints, and thus took the race's first sprints jersey, while Hampton earned the polka-dot jersey for heading the mountains classification, and also earned the award for the day's most combative rider.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2-1-2/stage-1/results Cavendish gets off the mark in Dumfries Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 11 September 2011 12 September 2011 Rob Lampard The breakaway, which had an advantage of six minutes over the field at one point during the stage, was caught with around 10 km 1 on remaining, which would ultimately set up a sprint finish in Dumfries.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8755952/Tour-of-Britain-2011-Mark-Cavendish-wins-opening-stage.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110911194105/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8755952/Tour-of-Britain-2011-Mark-Cavendish-wins-opening-stage.html dead 11 September 2011 Mark Cavendish wins opening stage The Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group 11 September 2011 12 September 2011 John MacLeary THR 2011, RAB 2011 and SKY 2011 moved their riders towards the front of the field, to win the sprint for the line and the ten-second time bonus available for the first rider to complete the stage.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/default.asp?news_id=202 Mark Cavendish wins Stage One of The Tour 11 September 2011 12 September 2011 Tour of Britain SweetSpot As it was, THR 2011 yes were the strongest in the closing stages and Mark Renshaw led Mark Cavendish – only racing in the Tour with special dispensation from the Union Cycliste Internationale after his stage 4 exit from the Vuelta a Españahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/14871366 Britain's Mark Cavendish wins stage one for HTC Highroad 11 September 2011 12 September 2011 BBC Sport BBC – out to claim the stage victory, his first in the race since 2007. The stage victory gave Cavendish the lead in the general classification, and also the points classification, from points gained at the finish. Renshaw finished just behind Cavendish, with RAB 2011 yes's Theo Bos completing the top three placings. Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR THR 2011 4h 41' 06" 2 Mark Renshaw AUS THR 2011 s.t. 3 Theo Bos NED RAB 2011 s.t. 4 Barry Markus NED VCD 2011 s.t. 5 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 s.t. 6 Robert Förster GER UHC 2011 s.t. 7 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 s.t. 8 Lars Boom NED RAB 2011 s.t. 9 Roger Hammond GBR GRM 2011 s.t. 10 Ian Wilkinson GBR EDR 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px 20px THR 2011 4h 40' 56" 2 Mark Renshaw AUS THR 2011 + 4" 3 Theo Bos NED RAB 2011 + 6" 4 Lars Boom NED RAB 2011 + 9" 5 Mathew Hayman AUS SKY 2011 + 9" 6 Peter Williams GBR MPT 2011 + 9" 7 Barry Markus NED VCD 2011 + 10" 8 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 + 10" 9 Robert Förster GER UHC 2011 + 10" 10 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 + 10" Stage 2 12 September 2011 – Kendal to Blackpool, 137.7 km mi on Prior to the start of the stage, race organisers cancelled the stage on police advice due to high winds in Northern England, as Hurricane Katia, now a post-tropical cyclone hit the country.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/8756633/Severe-gales-to-batter-Britain-as-Hurricane-Katia-crosses-the-Atlantic.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110912104056/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/8756633/Severe-gales-to-batter-Britain-as-Hurricane-Katia-crosses-the-Atlantic.html dead 12 September 2011 Severe gales to batter Britain as Hurricane Katia crosses the Atlantic The Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group 12 September 2011 12 September 2011 Remained the General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px 20px THR 2011 4h 40' 56" 2 Mark Renshaw AUS THR 2011 + 4" 3 Theo Bos NED RAB 2011 + 6" 4 Lars Boom NED RAB 2011 + 9" 5 Mathew Hayman AUS SKY 2011 + 9" 6 Peter Williams GBR MPT 2011 + 9" 7 Barry Markus NED VCD 2011 + 10" 8 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 + 10" 9 Robert Förster GER UHC 2011 + 10" 10 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 + 10" Stage 3 13 September 2011 – Stoke-on-Trent to Stoke-on-Trent, 140 km 1 on Although not as prominent as the previous day, windy conditions caused problems for the riders during the stage, with the field being split into several groups, behind a trio of breakaway riders. UHC 2011's Boy Van Poppel, SKT 2011's Andrew Fenn, and the mountains classification leader Russell Hampton of SGS 2011 formed the day's breakaway, and they accelerated away from the field to a maximum advantage of over three minutes.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2-1-2/stage-3/results Rob Lampard 13 September 2011 14 September 2011 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Boom strikes in Stoke-on-TrentPorter, Hugh; Smith, Brian 13 September 2011 Tour of Britain 2011: Stage 3 ITV Sport ITV 16:00–16:15 The lead trio also took the maximum points from the first two intermediate sprints and the second category climb at Ramshorn. They stayed ahead of the field – and were later joined by RCS 2011 rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke – until just after Gun Hill, where SKY 2011, THR 2011 and RAB 2011 advanced some of their riders into an echelon of 27 riders.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/sep/13/tour-of-britain-lars-boom William Fotheringham The Guardian Guardian Media Group 13 September 2011 14 September 2011 Lars Boom saddles the wind to pip Mark Cavendish After advancing all six of their riders into the echelon, SKY 2011 yes sent one of their riders on the attack with around 15 km 1 on remaining on the stage. The newly crowned British time trial champion Alex Dowsett attempted to take a solo victory for the second time in a few weeks, after a similar performance at the Tour du Poitou-Charentes a couple weeks prior to the Tour of Britain.http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,15264_7174391,00.html Sky Sports BSkyB 13 September 2011 14 September 2011 Boom bursts into Britain lead Dowsett was caught within the final 2 km 1 on of the stage, which allowed several teams to launch mini-attacks on their rivals, in an attempt to break them. Ultimately, it was the RAB 2011 yes duo Michael Matthews and Lars Boom that set up the sprint akin to the sprint that Mark Renshaw and Mark Cavendish accomplished for THR 2011 yes in Dumfries in Stage 1. Boom won the stage ahead of Matthews, with Geraint Thomas best of the rest in third for Team Sky, ahead of team-mate Steve Cummings and Cavendish. Boom's win – coupled with bonus seconds on the finish and intermediate sprints – enabled him to take the general classification lead from Cavendish by three seconds.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/14894057 BBC Sport BBC 13 September 2011 14 September 2011 Dutch rider Lars Boom takes stage win Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED RAB 2011 3h 23' 42" 2 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 s.t. 3 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 s.t. 4 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 s.t. 5 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px THR 2011 s.t. 6 Ian Bibby GBR MPT 2011 s.t. 7 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR RCS 2011 s.t. 8 Jelle Wallays BEL TSV 2011 s.t. 9 Linus Gerdemann GER LEO 2011 s.t. 10 Andrew Fenn GBR SKT 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED 20px RAB 2011 8h 04' 35" 2 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px THR 2011 + 3" 3 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 + 6" 4 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 + 7" 5 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2011 + 8" 6 Andrew Fenn GBR SKT 2011 + 8" 7 Ian Bibby GBR MPT 2011 + 13" 8 Linus Gerdemann GER LEO 2011 + 13" 9 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 + 13" 10 Daniel Lloyd GBR GRM 2011 + 13" Stage 4 14 September 2011 – Welshpool to Caerphilly, 183.7 km mi on Just like the previous day's stage, a trio of riders went away from the field to form the day's breakaway. RCS 2011's Kristian House, EDR 2011's Jack Bauer, and the sprints classification leader Pieter Ghyllebert of SKT 2011 formed the breakaway, and they accelerated away from the field to a maximum advantage of almost six minutes.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2-1-2/stage-4/results Rob Lampard 14 September 2011 15 September 2011 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Hushovd the big cheese in Caerphilly The lead trio also took the maximum points from all three intermediate sprints – a result that boosted Ghyllebert's lead in the sprints classification – and the first two categorised climbs of the day, at Llyswen Hill and over the first category climb at the Brecon Beacons. The field steadily brought back the breakaway, and by the foot of the final climb of the day coming at Caerphilly mountain with just 5 km 1 on remaining, the field was all back together again.http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,15264_7176912,00.html Hushovd wins in Wales Sky Sports BSkyB 14 September 2011 15 September 2011 The climb split the field apart so much so, that only 22 riders were in contention of winning the stage at Caerphilly Castle.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/sep/14/thor-hushovd-tour-of-britain William Fotheringham 14 September 2011 15 September 2011 The Guardian Guardian Media Group Thor Hushovd nips past Geraint Thomas to take Tour of Britain stage The world road race champion, Thor Hushovd, was set up for the sprint by GRM 2011 team-mate Julian Dean, and proceeded to take the stage victory. Lars Boom, the race leader, finished behind Hushovd, and ahead of Cesare Benedetti, Ian Bibby and Boy Van Poppel. Boom extended his lead in the general classification, thanks to his time bonus of six seconds on the finish line, and also assumed the lead of the points classification from Mark Cavendish.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8763058/Tour-of-Britain-2011-stage-four-Thor-Hushovd-triumphs-in-Caerphilly-as-Lars-Boom-retains-overall-leaders-jersey.html Thor Hushovd triumphs in Caerphilly as Lars Boom retains overall leader's jersey The Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group 14 September 2011 15 September 2011 John MacLeary Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Thor Hushovd NOR GRM 2011 4h 32' 22" 2 Lars Boom NED 20px RAB 2011 s.t. 3 Cesare Benedetti ITA APP 2011 s.t. 4 Ian Bibby GBR MPT 2011 s.t. 5 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2011 s.t. 6 Jan Bárta CZE APP 2011 s.t. 7 Stijn Neirynck BEL TSV 2011 s.t. 8 Leopold König CZE APP 2011 s.t. 9 Iker Camaño ESP EDR 2011 s.t. 10 Linus Gerdemann GER LEO 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED 20px 20px RAB 2011 12h 36' 51" 2 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 + 12" 3 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2011 + 14" 4 Ian Bibby GBR MPT 2011 + 19" 5 Linus Gerdemann GER LEO 2011 + 19" 6 Daniel Lloyd GBR GRM 2011 + 19" 7 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 + 19" 8 Bert-Jan Lindeman NED VCD 2011 + 19" 9 Jan Bárta CZE APP 2011 + 19" 10 Jelle Wallays BEL TSV 2011 + 19" Stage 5 15 September 2011 – Exeter to Exmouth, 180.3 km mi on After several mini-attacks in the early running of the stage, it was not until around 40 km 1 on into the stage that the breakaway developed. The breakaway had been instigated by RCS 2011 rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke at the foot of the first climb at Haytor Rocks, and would eventually swell to a total of thirteen riders, who held a maximum advantage of almost six minutes.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/14936570 15 September 2011 16 September 2011 BBC Sport BBC Renshaw wins stage five in Exmouth Tiernan-Locke, as well as winning maximum points at Haytor Rocks, claimed both of the second category climbs that were held later on the stage. As a result of his points on the day, he assumed the lead of the mountains classification from SGS 2011's Russell Hampton, who had held the lead of the classification since the opening stage in Scotland. The field brought back the breakaway quickly, although there was a counter-attack from the break, with Damien Gaudin of EUC 2011 going off the front with 25 km 1 on remaining. Gaudin's bid for victory was eventually stunted within the closing 3 km 1 on of the stage.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2-1-2/stage-5/results Rob Lampard 15 September 2011 16 September 2011 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Renshaw shows his form in Exmouth THR 2011 made their presence at the front of the field, in a bid to repeat their victory on Stage 1 with Mark Cavendish. However, Cavendish decided not to fully sprint for the line to allow Mark Renshaw – a rider who has led out Cavendish to many of his victories over their time at the team – to take the stage victory. Cavendish led the rest of the field over the line, ahead of Robert Förster, Geraint Thomas and Andrew Fenn. RAB 2011's Lars Boom maintained his twelve-second lead in the general classification over Thomas, who took the lead of the points classification from Boom.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8766312/Tour-of-Britain-2011-stage-five-Mark-Cavendish-second-to-lead-out-man-Mark-Renshaw-in-HTC-Highroad-one-two.html Mark Cavendish second to lead-out man Mark Renshaw in HTC-Highroad one-two The Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group 15 September 2011 16 September 2011 John MacLeary Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Renshaw AUS THR 2011 4h 17' 38" 2 Mark Cavendish GBR THR 2011 s.t. 3 Robert Förster GER UHC 2011 s.t. 4 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 s.t. 5 Andrew Fenn GBR SKT 2011 s.t. 6 Mathew Hayman AUS SKY 2011 s.t. 7 Zak Dempster AUS RCS 2011 s.t. 8 Stijn Neirynck BEL TSV 2011 s.t. 9 Daniel Schorn AUT APP 2011 s.t. 10 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA LEO 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED 20px RAB 2011 16h 54' 29" 2 Geraint Thomas GBR 20px SKY 2011 + 12" 3 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2011 + 14" 4 Daniel Lloyd GBR GRM 2011 + 16" 5 Linus Gerdemann GER LEO 2011 + 17" 6 Ian Bibby GBR MPT 2011 + 19" 7 Jelle Wallays BEL TSV 2011 + 19" 8 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 + 19" 9 Bert-Jan Lindeman NED VCD 2011 + 19" 10 Bram Tankink NED RAB 2011 + 19" Stage 6 16 September 2011 – Taunton to Wells, 146 km 1 on Four riders made up the day's breakaway – SKY 2011's Ben Swift, SKT 2011's Mark McNally, Paul Voss of EDR 2011 and Lars Bak for the THR 2011 team – but none of the quartet were in great contention to take any of the jerseys during the stage. The day's first intermediate sprint, coming at 20 km 1 on into the stage, saw several riders fall while contesting the sprint; most notably points classification leader Geraint Thomas and Ian Bibby of MPT 2011, with the latter forced to abandon the race due to a broken collarbone.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8771294/Tour-of-Britain-2011-Lars-Boom-wins-stage-six-his-second-of-the-race.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110918094757/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8771294/Tour-of-Britain-2011-Lars-Boom-wins-stage-six-his-second-of-the-race.html dead 18 September 2011 Lars Boom wins stage six, his second of the race The Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group 16 September 2011 17 September 2011 John MacLeary The sprint itself was won by race leader Lars Boom, putting another three seconds onto his overall lead, prior to the breakaway move, who held station off the front until the closing 25 km 1 on of the stage, when 17 other riders bridged the gap to them, and provided for a reduced field sprint finish.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2-1-2/stage-6/results Rob Lampard 16 September 2011 17 September 2011 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Boom wins in Wells and extends overall lead Boom was the strongest rider in the remaining riders, and comfortably took the stage win, extending his general classification lead to 28 seconds over APP 2011's Leopold König, who finished third on the stage.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/14954852 Lars Boom wins stage six to extend Tour of Britain lead BBC Sport BBC 16 September 2011 17 September 2011 Boom also regained the points classification lead from the delayed Thomas. Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED 20px RAB 2011 3h 19' 02" 2 Alexandre Pichot FRA EUC 2011 s.t. 3 Leopold König CZE APP 2011 s.t. 4 Jan Bárta CZE APP 2011 s.t. 5 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 s.t. 6 Linus Gerdemann GER LEO 2011 s.t. 7 Jack Bauer NZL EDR 2011 s.t. 8 Julian Dean NZL GRM 2011 s.t. 9 Bartosz Huzarski POL APP 2011 s.t. 10 Iker Camaño ESP EDR 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED 20px 20px RAB 2011 20h 13' 18" 2 Leopold König CZE APP 2011 + 28" 3 Daniel Lloyd GBR GRM 2011 + 29" 4 Linus Gerdemann GER LEO 2011 + 31" 5 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 + 32" 6 Jelle Wallays BEL TSV 2011 + 32" 7 Jan Bárta CZE APP 2011 + 32" 8 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR 20px RCS 2011 + 32" 9 Iker Camaño ESP EDR 2011 + 50" 10 Joost Posthuma NED LEO 2011 + 52" Stage 7 17 September 2011 – Bury St Edmunds to Sandringham, 199.7 km mi on The breakaway was the key to the day's stage, having made an escape from the field after just 5.5 km mi on, and ultimately held an advantage of almost 90 seconds all the way to the end of the stage. Six riders from six different teams – Gediminas Bagdonas of SKT 2011, Ian Wilkinson of EDR 2011, EUC 2011's Mathieu Claude, TSV 2011's Stijn Neirynck, and riding for British continental teams RAL 2011 and SGS 2011, Richard Handley and Wouter Sybrandy – were left to fight for the victory themselves, with RAB 2011 ending a pursuit to catch them with around 30 km 1 on remaining, instead deciding to protect their leader Lars Boom and his lead overall.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2-1-2/stage-7/results Rob Lampard 17 September 2011 17 September 2011 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Bagdonas wins in Sandringham Bagdonas ultimately took the stage win ahead of Wilkinson, Claude and Neirynck, as Boom maintained his lead of 28 seconds in the general classification over APP 2011's Leopold König, ahead of the final day's split-stages.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8770912/Tour-of-Britain-2011-Lithuanian-Gediminas-Bagdonas-wins-breakaway-to-take-stage-seven-in-Sandringham.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110918085720/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8770912/Tour-of-Britain-2011-Lithuanian-Gediminas-Bagdonas-wins-breakaway-to-take-stage-seven-in-Sandringham.html dead 18 September 2011 Lithuanian Gediminas Bagdonas wins breakaway to take stage seven in Sandringham The Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group 17 September 2011 17 September 2011 John MacLeary Boom and König both finished in the pack led home by Mark Cavendish, 83 seconds behind Bagdonas.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/sep/17/gediminas-bagdonas-tour-of-britain An Post's Gediminas Bagdonas wins stage seven of the Tour of Britain Andy Nicolson 17 September 2011 17 September 2011 The Guardian Guardian Media Group Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Gediminas Bagdonas LTU SKT 2011 4h 33' 17" 2 Ian Wilkinson GBR EDR 2011 s.t. 3 Mathieu Claude FRA EUC 2011 s.t. 4 Stijn Neirynck BEL TSV 2011 s.t. 5 Richard Handley GBR RAL 2011 + 4" 6 Wouter Sybrandy NED SGS 2011 + 11" 7 Mark Cavendish GBR THR 2011 + 1' 23" 8 Andrew Fenn GBR SKT 2011 + 1' 23" 9 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA LEO 2011 + 1' 23" 10 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 + 1' 23"General Classification after Stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED 20px 20px RAB 2011 24h 47' 58" 2 Leopold König CZE APP 2011 + 28" 3 Daniel Lloyd GBR GRM 2011 + 29" 4 Linus Gerdemann GER LEO 2011 + 31" 5 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 + 32" 6 Jan Bárta CZE APP 2011 + 32" 7 Jelle Wallays BEL TSV 2011 + 32" 8 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR 20px RCS 2011 + 32" 9 Iker Camaño ESP EDR 2011 + 50" 10 Joost Posthuma NED LEO 2011 + 52" Stage 8a 18 September 2011 – London, 8.8 km mi on individual time trial (ITT) The first of the final day's pair of stages was a short circuit through London, around Whitehall and the Thames Embankment, measuring 8.8 km mi on. The early benchmark was set by the second rider out on the course, Rick Flens of RAB 2011, with a time of 10' 41" that stood well against the majority of the early runners, and was not bettered until EDR 2011's Alexander Wetterhall,http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,15264_7186647,00.html Dowsett takes London TT Sky Sports BSkyB 18 September 2011 18 September 2011 the former Swedish national time trial champion, broke the timing beam with a time of 10' 33". Just like Flens before him, Wetterhall's time also managed to give him the best time for a while, and it was not until Lieuwe Westra of VCD 2011 that Wetterhall was displaced from the top spot.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9824/Tour-of-Britain-Dowsett-grabs-time-trial-victory-Boom-extends-race-lead.aspx Dowsett grabs time trial victory, Boom extends race lead Shane Stokes VeloNation VeloNation LLC 18 September 2011 18 September 2011 Westra's time of 10' 19" remained unchallenged for another fifteen minutes – riders outside the top ten in the general classification left the start at one-minute intervalshttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/default.asp?news_id=222 Individual Time Trial Start Times 17 September 2011 18 September 2011 Tour of Britain SweetSpot – until SKY 2011's Alex Dowsett went round the course some five seconds quicker than Westra did.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/530167/dowsett-takes-tour-of-britain-time-trial-as-boom-sets-up-overall-win.html Dowsett takes Tour of Britain time trial as Boom sets up overall win Nigel Wynn 18 September 2011 18 September 2011 Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited Dowsett's time was ultimately good enough for the stage victory, for his first victory in the race. As the top ten took to the course in two-minute intervals, it was Dowsett's team-mate Steve Cummings that made up the most ground on time, as he finished nine seconds off Dowsett's time, a result that would lift him from fifth place to second place in the general classification. Despite Cummings' position gain, he lost four seconds to race leader Lars Boom, as he finished the course marginally quicker than Westra, to claim second place on the stage.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18092011/58/dowsett-wins-time-trial-boom-closes-victory.html Dowsett wins time trial, Boom closes on victory Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 18 September 2011 18 September 2011 Stage 8a Result RiderTeamTime 1 Alex Dowsett GBR SKY 2011 10' 14" 2 Lars Boom NED 20px RAB 2011 + 5" 3 Lieuwe Westra NED VCD 2011 + 5" 4 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 + 9" 5 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 + 16" 6 Alexander Wetterhall SWE EDR 2011 + 19" 7 Michael Rogers AUS SKY 2011 + 19" 8 Thor Hushovd NOR GRM 2011 + 23" 9 Damien Gaudin FRA EUC 2011 + 25" 10 Joost Posthuma NED LEO 2011 + 26"General Classification after Stage 8a RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED 20px 20px RAB 2011 24h 58' 17" 2 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 + 36" 3 Jan Bárta CZE APP 2011 + 56" 4 Linus Gerdemann GER LEO 2011 + 57" 5 Leopold König CZE APP 2011 + 1' 01" 6 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR 20px RCS 2011 + 1' 03" 7 Jelle Wallays BEL TSV 2011 + 1' 12" 8 Iker Camaño ESP EDR 2011 + 1' 12" 9 Joost Posthuma NED LEO 2011 + 1' 13" 10 Daniel Lloyd GBR GRM 2011 + 1' 25" Stage 8b 18 September 2011 – London, 88 km 1 on The race's final stage was held over the same circuit as the individual time trial that had taken place hours before, with ten laps of the circuit making up the stage distance of 88 km 1 on.http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/article/roa20110918-Tour-of-Britain-Stage-8b-Report-0 Tour of Britain – Stage 8b Report britishcycling.org.uk British Cycling 18 September 2011 18 September 2011 As had been the case in many of the week's stage, a rider from the SKT 2011 team made their way into the stage breakaway, with Ronan McLaughlin latterly joined by RCS 2011 rider Kristian House towards the end of the first lap of the circuit, but their advantage never exceeded more than 40 seconds as RAB 2011 and THR 2011 looked to keep the gap at a minimum in preparation for the finish. After starting the stage in dry conditions, rain started to fall towards the end of the eighth lap of the race, providing the race's 79 remaining riders with an added danger in the closing stages. House attacked off McLaughlin on the final lap, but was eventually swallowed up by the main field prior to the bunch sprint at the finish. Robert Förster of UHC 2011 led the sprint out ahead of Mark Renshaw and Geraint Thomas, but it was Mark Cavendish, who turned into the final straight in fifth position, who took the stage victory ahead of Renshaw – THR 2011's third one-two finish of the Tour – and allowed Cavendish to head to the UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark on a high. Lars Boom finished in the main field to seal the race victory, and he became the first Dutch rider to win the Tour of Britain.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2-1-2/stage-8b/results Boom wins Tour of Britain Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 18 September 2011 18 September 2011 Despite his overall victory, Boom surrendered the victory in the points classification on the finish to Thomas, after his fourth place on the stage behind Cavendish, Renshaw and Förster.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/14966707 Boom in gold after Cavendish win BBC Sport BBC 18 September 2011 18 September 2011 Stage 8b Result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR THR 2011 1h 59' 13" 2 Mark Renshaw AUS THR 2011 s.t. 3 Robert Förster GER UHC 2011 s.t. 4 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 s.t. 5 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 s.t. 6 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA LEO 2011 s.t. 7 Tobyn Horton GBR MPT 2011 s.t. 8 Andrew Fenn GBR SKT 2011 s.t. 9 Dan Craven NAM RCS 2011 s.t. 10 Stijn Neirynck BEL TSV 2011 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED 20px RAB 2011 26h 57' 35" 2 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 + 36" 3 Jan Bárta CZE APP 2011 + 55" 4 Linus Gerdemann GER LEO 2011 + 57" 5 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR 20px RCS 2011 + 1' 03" 6 Iker Camaño ESP EDR 2011 + 1' 07" 7 Jelle Wallays BEL TSV 2011 + 1' 12" 8 Joost Posthuma NED LEO 2011 + 1' 13" 9 Leopold König CZE APP 2011 + 1' 19" 10 Daniel Lloyd GBR GRM 2011 + 1' 25" Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classification25pxSprint Classification25pxMountains Classification25pxPoints Classification25pxTeam Classification 1 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Pieter Ghyllebert Russell Hampton Mark Cavendish SKY 2011 2 stage cancelled 3 Lars Boom Lars Boom RAB 2011 4 Thor Hushovd Lars Boom SKY 2011 5 Mark Renshaw Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Geraint Thomas 6 Lars Boom Lars Boom 7 Gediminas Bagdonas 8a Alex Dowsett 8b Mark Cavendish Geraint Thomas Final Lars Boom Pieter Ghyllebert Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Geraint Thomas SKY 2011 Notes N References 2 External links 2011 Tour of Britain http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/default.asp 2011 Tour of Britain Category:September 2011 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:2011 in sport in London