Tour of Britain 2014

Sir Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel headed a high-pedigree field for the 11th instalment of the Tour of Britain.

Stage 3: Tuesday, September 9 - Newtown to The Tumble - 179.9km | Report | Gallery Result 1 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani-CSF, 4:35:02
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +9
3 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Tinkoff-Saxo, +11
4 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC, +14
5 Sir Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, same time
6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar, st
7 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, st
8 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling, +16
9 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar, st
10 Leopold Konig (Cze) NetApp-Endura, st General classification 1 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani-CSF, 11:30:21
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +13
3 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Tinkoff-Saxo, +17
4 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC, +21
5 Sir Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +24
6 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, same time
7 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar, +26
8 Leopold Konig (Cze) NetApp-Endura, st
9 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling, st
10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar, +37 Stage 4: Wednesday, September 10 - Worcester to Bristol - 184.6km | Report | Gallery Result 1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, 4:19:09
2 Albert Timmer (Ned) Giant-Shimano, same time
3 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC, st
4 Jack Bauer (NZ), Garmin-Sharp, st
5 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar, st
6 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Tinkoff-Saxo, st
7 Ben Swift (GB) Team Sky, +6secs
8 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing, st
9 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) bardiani-CSF, st
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling, st
Selected other
34 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, st General classification 1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, 15:49:33
2 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani, +3secs
3 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC, +14
4 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Tinkoff-Saxo, same time
5 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar, +23
6 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +27
7 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, st
8 Leopold Konig (Cze) NetApp-Endura, +29
9 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling, st
10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar, +40 Stage 5: Thursday, September 11 - Exmouth to Exeter - 177.3km | Report | Gallery Result 1 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling, 4:32:03
2 Shane Archbold (NZ) An Post-Chain Reaction, +8secs
3 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin, same time
4 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani, +14sec
5 Ben Swift (Gbr) Team Sky, st
6 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing, st
7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
8 Kevyn Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling, st
9 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Tinkoff-Saxo, st
10 Jack Bauer (NZ) Garmin-Sharp, st
Selected other
36 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, st General classification 1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, 20:21:50
2 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani, +3secs
3 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC, +14
4 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Tinkoff-Saxo, same time
5 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar, +23
6 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +27
7 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, st
8 Leopold Konig (Cze) NetApp-Endura, +29
9 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling, st
10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar, +40 Stage 6: Friday, September 12 - Bath to Hemel Hempstead - 205.6km | Report | Gallery Result 1 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling, 4:44:49
2 Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Movistar, +1sec
3 Tom Stewart (Gbr) Madison Genesis, same time
4 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani, +1:51
5 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani, st
6 Ben Swift (GB) Team Sky, st
7 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing, st
8 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling, st
9 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing, st
10 Tom Veelers (Ned) Giant-Shimano, st General classification 1 Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Movistar, 25:07:53
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Qucik-Step, +34sec
3 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani, +40
4 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Tinoff-Saxo, +50
5 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC, +51
6 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar, +1:00
7 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +1:02
8 David Lopez (Spa) eam Sky, +1:04
9 Leopold Konig (Cze) NetApp-Endura, +1:06
10 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling, same time Stage 7: Saturday, September 13 - Camberley to Brighton - 226.5km | Report | Gallery Result 1 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, 5:12:34
2 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka, +23sec
3 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp, same time
4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +1:20
5 Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin, st
6 Kevyn Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling, st
7 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing, st
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling, st
9 Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani-CSF, st
10 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani-CSF, st General classification 1 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp, 30:22:02
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +19sec
3 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani, +25
4 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Tinkoff-Saxo, +35
5 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC, +36
6 Ion Izagire (Spa) Movistar, +45
7 Sir Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +47
8 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, +49
9 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling, +51
10 Alex Dowsett (GB) Movistar, +59 Stage 8a: Sunday, September 14 - London to London - 8.8km individual time trial | Report | Gallery Result 1 Sir Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, 9:50
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling, +8sec
3 Stephen Cummings (GB) BMC, +9
4 Jan Barta (Cze) NetApp - Endura, +14
5 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling, +15
6 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +16
7 Ryan Mullen (Ire) An Port-Chain Reaction, +20
8 Alex Dowsett (GB) Movistar, same time
9 Chris Juul-Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo, +24
10 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing, +25
Selected other
11 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp, st General classification 1 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp, 30:32:17
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +10sec
3 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +22
4 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani - CSF, +37
5 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Tinkoff-Saxo, +42
6 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar, +46
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling, +50
8 Alex Dowsett (GB) Movistar, +54
9 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing, +1:10
10 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, +1:11

Stage 8b: Sunday, September 14 - London to London - 88.8km | Report | Gallery Result 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Giant-Shimano, 1:50:33
2 Mark Cavendish (GB) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, same time
3 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani-CSF, st
4 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar, st
5 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC, st
6 Ian Wilkinson (GB) Raleigh, st
7 Dan McLay (GB) Great Britain, st
8 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo, st
9 Adam Blythe (GB) NFTO, st
10 Shane Archbold (NZ) An Post-Chain Reaction, st Final general classification 1 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp, 32:22:50
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +10sec
3 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +22
4 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani - CSF, +37
5 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Tinkoff-Saxo, +42
6 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar, +46
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling, +50
8 Alex Dowsett (GB) Movistar, +54
9 Jan Barta (Cze) NetApp-Endura, +1:09
10 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing, +1:10

Key stage

Stage three. The climb to The Tumble is steep enough and long enough to create gaps and put the strongest rider on the day in the driving seat for the rest of the race.

The jerseys

- Yellow: General classification.
- Blue and white: Points classification.
- Green and white polka dots: Mountains classification.
- Green and red: Sprints classification.

Time bonuses

- 10, 6 and 4 bonus seconds will be awarded to the first three finishers on stages one to seven.
- 6, 4 and 2 seconds will be awarded to the first three finishers on stage 8b.
- 3, 2 and 1 second will be awarded to the first three riders over the line at intermediate sprints.

Points allocation

Points classification - 15, 14, 12, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point will be awarded to the first 15 riders over the stage finish line. Mountains classification - Category-one climbs: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point will be awarded to the first ten riders over the summit.
- Category-two climbs: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point will be awarded to the six riders over the summit.
- Category-three climbs: 4, 3, 2 and 1 point will be awarded to the four riders over the summit.

Previous winners

2013: Sir Bradley Wiggins (GB)
2012: Nathan Haas (Aus)
2011: Lars Boom (Ned)
2010: Michael Albasini (Swi)
2009: Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
2008: Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra)
2007: Romain Feillu (Fra)
2006: Martin Pedersen (Den)
2005: Nick Nuyens (Bel)
2004: Mauricio Ardila (Col)

Teams and riders

AN POST CHAIN REACTION
Country: Ireland
Status: Continental
Team: Shane Archbold (NZ), Aaron Gate (NZ), Robert Jon McCarthy (Aus), Sean Downey (Ire), Glenn O'Shea (Aus), Owain Doull (GB). BARDIANI-CSF
Country: Italy
Status: Pro Continental.
Team: Enrico Battaglin (Ita), Nicola Ruffoni (Ita), Sonny Colbrelli (Ita), Edoardo Zardini (Ita), Francesco Bongiorno (Ita), Andrea Piechele (Ita). BELKIN
Country: Netherlands
Status: WorldTour
Team: Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor), Barry Markus (Ned), Rick Flens (Ned), Bram Tankink (Ned), Maarten Wynants (Bel), Jetse Bol (Ned). BMC RACING
Country: USA
Status: WorldTour
Team: Steve Cummings (GB), Martin Kohler (Swi), Sebastian Lander (Den), Rick Zabel (Ger), Dylan Teuns (Bel), Peter Velits (Svk). GARMIN-SHARP
Country: USA
Status: WorldTour
Team: Jack Bauer (NZ), Thomas Dekker (Ned), Tyler Farrar (USA), Lasse Hansen (Den), Dylan van Baarle (USA), Dylan Girdlestone (RSA). GIANT-SHIMANO
Country: Netherlands
Status: WorldTour
Team: Marcel Kittel (Ger), Brian Bulgac (Ned), Tom Stamsnijder (Ned), Tom Veelers (Ned), Albert Timmer (Ned), Bert de Backer (Bel). GIORDANA RACING TEAM
Country: Britain
Status: Continental
Team: Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol), James Moss (GB), Nathan Edmondson (GB), Bradley Morgan (GB), Steve Lampier (GB), Rob Partridge (GB). GREAT BRITAIN
Status: National team
Team: Tao Geoghagen Hart (GB), Dan McLay (GB), Dan Pearson (GB), Chris Lathan (GB), Chris Lawless (GB), Germain Burton (GB). IAM CYCLING
Country: Switzerland
Status: Pro Continental
Team: Sylvain Chavanel (Fra), Heinrich Haussler (Aus), Kevyn Ista (Bel), Matthias Brandle (Aut), Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi), Jerome Pineau (Fra). MADISON GENESIS
Country: Britain
Status: Continental
Team: Tom Stewart (GB), Mike Northey (NZ), Liam Holohan (GB), Tom Scully (NZ), Ian Bibby (GB), Alex Peters (GB). MOVISTAR
Country: Spain
Status: WorldTour
Team: Igor Anton (Spa), Alex Dowsett (GB), Pablo Lastras (Spa), Juan Jose Lobato (Spa), Ion Izagirre (Spa), Enrique Sanz (Spa). MTN-Qhubeka
Country: South Africa
Status: Pro Continental
Team: Songezo Jim (RSA), Linus Gerdemann (Ger), Dennis can Niekerk (RSA), Ignatas Konovalovas (Lit), Youcef Geguigui (Alg), Karel Hnik (Cze). NETAPP-ENDURA
Country: Germany
Status: Pro Continental
Team: Leopold Konig (Cze), Jan Barta (Cze), Sam Bennett (Ire), Zak Dempster (Aus), Scott Thwaites (GB), Paul Voss (Ger). NFTO Pro Cycling
Country: Britain
Status: Continental
Team: Adam Blythe (GB), Jon Mould (GB), Josh Hunt (GB), Sam Harrison (GB), James Lowsley-Williams (GB), Dale Appleby (GB). NOVO NORDISK
Country: United States
Status: Pro Continental
Team: Martijn Verschoor (Ned), Andrea Peron (Ita), Javier Meglas (Spa), David Lozano (Spa), Charles Planet (Fra), Kevin de Mesmaekers (Bel). OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP
Country: Belgium
Status: WorldTour
Team: Mark Cavendish (GB), Mark Renshaw (Aus), Michal Golas (Pol), Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol), Niki Terpstra (Ned), Julien Vermote (Bel). RALEIGH
Country: Britain
Status: Continental
Team: Matthieu Boulo (Fra), Yanto Barker (GB), Ian Wilkinson (GB), Morgan Kneisky (Fra), Mark Christian (GB), George Atkins (GB). RAPHA CONDOR JLT
Country: Britain
Status: Continental
Team: Kristian House (GB), Chris Opie (GB), Tom Moses (GB), Richard Handley (GB), Mike Cuming (GB), Hugh Carthy (GB). TEAM SKY
Country: Britain
Status: WorldTour
Team: Sir Bradley Wiggins (GB), Sebastian Henao (Col), Ian Stannard (GB), Ben Swift (GB), Bernhard Eisel (Aut), David Lopez (Spa). TINKOFF-SAXO
Country: Russia
Status: WorldTour
Team: Nicolas Roche (Ire), Manuele Boaro (Ita), Rory Sutherland (Aus), Chris Juul Jensen (Den), Rasmus Guldhammer (Den), Nikolai Trusov (Rus).