Tour de Yorkshire 2017 – Stage 3 [LAST 35 KM]

April 30, 2017

Tour de Yorkshire 2017 – Stage 3 – Bradford – Fox Valley (Sheffield) : 194,5 km

The Tour de Yorkshire is a three-day road cycling race in Yorkshire, England which started in May 2015. It is promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and is rated as a 2.1 event as part of the UCI Europe Tour.
The idea for the race arose as a legacy event following the significant success of the visit of the 2014 Tour de France to the county. The first two stages of the 2014 Tour, also organised by ASO, from Leeds to Harrogate, and York to Sheffield, were nicknamed Le Tour de Yorkshire.

Serge Pauwels won the third edition of the Tour de Yorkshire, taking victory on the third-and-final stage to cap a fine team display that saw Dimension Data finish with a one-two on the stage and GC through Omar Fraile.

With four short-but-tough climbs in the final 20 kilometres of the run from Bradford to Sheffield, the strongest contenders began to emerge, and Jacques Ranse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data) put the group into difficulty on the Cote de Wigtwizzle, teeing up an attack from Pauwels over the top. The Belgian extended his advantage to half a minute over the climbs of Ewden Height and Midhopestones as Fraile marked moves, disrupted pace and generally gave a textbook demonstration of how to race behind a solo teammate.

So strong was Fraile, he was the only rider in the thinning chase group of eight riders strong enough to make it across to Pauwels after the final climb, and it was almost cruel the way he left them behind and joined up with his teammate inside the final two kilometres.

From there the victory was in the bag, with a lead of around 10 seconds, but the question was which one of them would be taking it. Fraile quickly informed Pauwels he wouldn’t be getting in the way, and the two riders raised their arms in unison as they crossed the line.

“Omar has been a fantastic roommate this week, he’s a great guy, he basically gave me the victory today. That makes him a great person,” said Pauwels in his television interview after the stage.

Jonathan Hivert (Direct Energie) won the dash for third place from the group of seven several seconds later, clinching third overall, one second behind Fraile and seven behind Pauwels, who took 10 bonus seconds for the stage win.

Also in the select group were Brent Bookwallter (BMC Racing), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Sky), Maurits Lammertink (LottoNL-Jumbo), Matthew Holmes (Madison Genesis), Mark Christian (Aqua Blue Sport), and Lennard Hofstede (Delko Marseille).

“This was above all a team performance,” Pauwels said. “We had Bernie Eisel pulling all day for us, then it was up to me, Jacques, and Omar to be up there in the final. There was a bit of hesitation after the first climb, so I chose the right moment to try and jump, then I had Omar and Jacques doing a fantastic job behind me.

“I didn’t know a lot. Once I got 25 seconds I had [directeur sportif] Roger Hammond telling me I wasn’t allowed to look behind. I tried to time trial for the last 10 kilometres and I didn’t look behind. It was only at the last moment I saw an Enve wheel next to me, but it was only Omar. It’s fantastic to get the win with a team performance.”

Results :
1 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 4:57:47
2 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Dimension Data
3 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:06
4 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
5 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:08
6 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
7 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
8 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
9 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
10 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:23
11 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:32
12 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
13 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:50
14 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
15 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
16 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
17 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:22
18 Robert Kišerlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin
19 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
20 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:25
21 Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT Condor 0:01:43
22 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
23 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
24 Thomas Stewart (GBr) One Pro Cycling
25 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis
26 Max Stedman (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
27 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
28 Ben O’connor (Aus) Dimension Data
29 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:53
30 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain 0:03:00
31 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) One Pro Cycling 0:04:07
32 Floris Gerfs (Ned) BMC Racing Team
33 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
34 Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT Condor
35 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
36 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
37 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
38 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
39 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:04:56
40 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:05:53
41 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:05:57
42 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:05:58
43 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 0:06:44
44 Joey Walker (GBr) Great Britain
45 Adam Hartley (GBr) Great Britain
46 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data
47 Adrià Moreno Sala (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC
48 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
49 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-Scott
50 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
51 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
52 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
53 Joshua Hunt (GBr) One Pro Cycling
54 Jack Pullar (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
55 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
56 Adam Kenway (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
57 Thomas Moses (GBr) JLT Condor
58 Ryan Perry (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
59 Alex Frame (NZl) JLT Condor
60 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
61 Steve Lampier (GBr) JLT Condor
62 Taylor Karl Gunman (NZl) Madison Genesis
63 Kamil Gradek (Pol) One Pro Cycling
64 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
65 Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
66 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC 0:09:32
67 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:09:40
68 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
69 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC 0:09:44
70 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Great Britain 0:10:28
71 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain
72 Robert Partridge (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
73 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
74 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
75 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
76 Chris Opie (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
77 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
78 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
79 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
80 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Madison Genesis
81 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
82 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:11:46
83 Kristian House (GBr) One Pro Cycling
84 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
85 James Gullen (GBr) JLT Condor
86 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:13:37
87 Andre Looij (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
88 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
89 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott
90 Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie
91 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
92 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
93 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
94 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
95 James Knox (GBr) Great Britain 0:13:43
96 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) One Pro Cycling 0:17:28
97 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon 0:18:10
98 Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
99 Dexter Gardias (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
100 Jonathan Diebben (GBr) Team Sky
DNF Fraser Martin (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
DNF Matthew Cronshaw (GBr) Madison Genesis
DNF Tobyn Horton (GBr) Madison Genesis
DNF Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis
DNF Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Brenton Jones (Aus) JLT Condor
DNF Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
DNF James Lowsley Williams (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
DNF Rory Townsend (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
DNF Peter Williams (GBr) One Pro Cycling
DNF Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
DNF Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott
DNF Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Matthew Bostock (GBr) Great Britain
DNF Mark Mcnally (GBr) Great Britain
DNF Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
DNF Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
DNF Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky
DNS Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
DNS Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott
DNS Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
DNS Karol Domagalski (Pol) One Pro Cycling

Final General Classification :
1 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 11:53:04
2 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Dimension Data 0:00:06
3 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:07
4 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:18
5 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:00:20
6 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
7 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
8 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
9 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
10 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:35
11 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:44
12 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
13 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport 0:01:02
14 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
15 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
16 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
17 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:34
18 Robert Kišerlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin
19 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
20 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:01:55
21 Thomas Stewart (GBr) One Pro Cycling
22 Ben O’connor (Aus) Dimension Data
23 Max Stedman (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
24 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
25 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
26 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis
27 Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT Condor
28 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:57
29 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:05
30 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain 0:03:12
31 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:04:18
32 Floris Gerfs (Ned) BMC Racing Team 0:04:19
33 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
34 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
35 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
36 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) One Pro Cycling
37 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:05:08
38 Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT Condor 0:05:42
39 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:06:05
40 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:06:10
41 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 0:06:56
42 Alex Frame (NZl) JLT Condor
43 Ryan Perry (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
44 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
45 Adam Kenway (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
46 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
47 Adam Hartley (GBr) Great Britain
48 Adrià Moreno Sala (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC
49 Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
50 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
51 Joshua Hunt (GBr) One Pro Cycling
52 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:07:02
53 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data 0:07:30
54 Thomas Moses (GBr) JLT Condor 0:07:47
55 Joey Walker (GBr) Great Britain 0:07:49
56 Steve Lampier (GBr) JLT Condor 0:08:07
57 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:08:38
58 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:08:45
59 Jack Pullar (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon 0:08:50
60 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:09:14
61 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:09:40
62 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
63 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:09:52
64 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC 0:09:56
65 Taylor Karl Gunman (NZl) Madison Genesis 0:09:58
66 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:10:30
67 Chris Opie (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon 0:10:36
68 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:10:38
69 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:10:39
70 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Great Britain 0:10:40
71 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
72 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain
73 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
74 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
75 Robert Partridge (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
76 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:52
77 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:11:03
78 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:11:25
79 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:11:56
80 Andre Looij (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:13:49
81 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
82 James Knox (GBr) Great Britain 0:13:55
83 Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie 0:15:33
84 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:15:46
85 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:15:52
86 Kamil Gradek (Pol) One Pro Cycling 0:15:53
87 James Gullen (GBr) JLT Condor 0:16:27
88 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) One Pro Cycling 0:17:40
89 Jonathan Diebben (GBr) Team Sky 0:18:22
90 Dexter Gardias (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
91 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC 0:18:24
92 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:18:47
93 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott 0:18:53
94 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:19:01
95 Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:19:33
96 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC 0:20:43
97 Kristian House (GBr) One Pro Cycling 0:22:33
98 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:22:34
99 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon 0:22:51
100 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:31:48