Tour de Yorkshire 2019 – Stage 3 [LAST 15 KM]

May 4, 2019

Tour de Yorkshire 2019 – Stage 3 – Bridlington – Scarborough : 132 km

The European peloton returns to British shores later this week with the fifth edition of the Tour de Yorkshire. Defending champion Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team) is set to return, while Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Marcel Kittel (Katusha-Alpecin) both arrive looking to kick-start their seasons after a difficult spring. The race also sees the first outing of Team Ineos in their official 2019 kit, after the takeover from Team Sky. Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome will lead a team that includes Ian Stannard and Owain Doull as the British squad aims to win their first Tour de Yorkshire title since the inaugural edition in 2015. Since then Thomas Voeckler, Serge Pauwels and Van Avermaet have all triumphed through a mixture of aggressive and tactically astute racing. Although this is arguably the weakest field in the race’s short history, with just four WorldTour squads on the start list, there are plenty of interesting subplots to follow during the four stages. Along with the likely protests set to befall Team Ineos over their lead sponsor’s controversial fracking programme, there are a number of rider appearances worthy of tracking.

Alexander Kamp (Riwal Readynez) won stage 3 of the Tour de Yorkshire in Scarborough, prevailing in a sprint finish over a large break group that escaped mid-race.

Chris Lawless (Team Ineos) and Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team) rounded out the podium after a close-run sprint on the seafront, where the finish had been moved by 800 metres after high tides saw waves wash across the road. The trio were part of a 20-strong group that broke away from the peloton under pressure from Ineos and CCC with around 50km to race.

In the end, the stage came down to a spring between the riders who made the split, with Kamp prevailing in the closing metres, just edging out Lawless, who had launched first. Lawless takes over the race lead, while Van Avermaet lurks in third ahead of a tougher final stage on Sunday.

“It was hard in the crosswinds,” said Kamp after the finish. “But my team did a terrific job and I had some power left to finish it off at the end with a good sprint. I didn’t think too much and went with my instinct, and luckily I won. It was a fantastic victory and I’m in good shape so hopefully I can still be in contention tomorrow.”

How it happened

A wet and windy day on the road from Bridlington to Scarborough saw hard racing for much of the stage. It took almost 30km of the stage for the break to form.

Mike Cuming (Madison Genesis), Kévin Reza (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels), Robert Scott (Wiggins Le Col), Romain Sicard (Total Direct Ènergie), Maikel Zijlaard (Hagens Berman Axion), John Archibald (Ribble), Michael Mottram (Vitus), Stephen Bradbury (SwiftCarbon) and Robin Carpenter (Rally UHC) were the names involved in the break of the day.

Scott was the main beneficiary of the break, leading over the Côtes de Silpho, Hooks House Farm and Lythe Bank to take over the lead of the mountain classification. The group didn’t last much longer after the day’s third climb though, with Team Ineos and CCC Team pushing things on back in the peloton.

At 50km from the line it was over for the break, with the peloton making the catch and the two WorldTour teams driving a split at the front soon afterwards. The race was blown apart by the time it reached the double-digit gradients of the Côte de Grosmont, with around 20 riders forming a lead group.

That group would swiftly build a 30-second advantage, working well together to build the lead over the chasing peloton. The run-in over the final climb of the Côte de Ugglebarnaby and the bumpy run to Scarborough was largely quiet, with few attempts to get away in front.

Even when reaching Scarborough, the lead group were quiet, with nobody taking the risk of going it alone in the final kilometres. Instead, it was the same faces at the front, with CCC still doing a lot of work for their leader Van Avermaet.

Come the sprint for the line though, the Belgian wasn’t the fastest man, with Lawless launching first en route to what looked like a near-certain victory. That wasn’t to be however, with the fast finishing Kamp bursting from the group to close in.

On the line, it was Kamp’s by a tiny margin – so much so that the Dane didn’t immediately realise he had won. Lawless could console himself with the blue jersey of overall leader as well as the green points jersey, though.

Results :
1 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 3:23:24
2 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
4 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Dimension Data
5 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
6 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos
7 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
8 Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
9 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Charles
10 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
11 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Ineos
12 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
13 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
14 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos
15 James Shaw (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
16 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos
17 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
18 Krister Hagen (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:06
19 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:08
20 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team 0:00:16
21 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) CCC Team
22 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:43
23 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
24 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
25 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos
26 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
27 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
28 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:02:22
29 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:54
30 Max Stedman (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
31 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot-Charles
32 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
33 Sean Quinn (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
34 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
35 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
36 Robert Scott (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
37 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain National Team
38 Jacob Scott (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
39 Alex Luhrs (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
40 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie
41 Isaac Mundy (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
42 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
43 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot-Charles
44 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team
45 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
46 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot-Charles
47 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
48 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins Lecol
49 Scott Auld (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:04:03
50 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
51 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
52 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
53 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
54 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:07:33
55 Sean Flynn (GBr) Great Britain National Team
56 Corentin Navarro (Fra) Team Wiggins Lecol
57 Joey Walker (GBr) Madison Genesis
58 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Charles
59 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon
60 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Wiggins Lecol
61 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
62 Michael Mottram (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
63 Stephen Bradbury (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
64 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:09:48
65 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
66 William Tidball (GBr) Great Britain National Team
67 Charley Calvert (GBr) Great Britain National Team
68 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
69 Gruffudd Lewis (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
70 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
71 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
72 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Total Direct Energie
73 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:52
74 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie
75 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Roompot-Charles
76 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
77 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
78 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
79 Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
80 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team
81 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
82 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos
83 Christopher Latham (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
84 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
85 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
86 Adam Kenway (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
87 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
88 Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain National Team
89 Joseph Nally (GBr) Great Britain National Team
90 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis
91 Michael Cuming (GBr) Madison Genesis
92 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis
93 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Hagens Berman Axeon
94 John Archibald (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:12:50
95 Zeb Kyffin (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:12:52
96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:12:58
97 Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
98 John Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
99 Peter Williams (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
100 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
101 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
102 Graham Briggs (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
103 Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis
104 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
105 George Wood (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:14:06
106 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie
107 Jacob Tipper (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:17:05
108 Daniel Bigham (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:22:10
109 Robert-Jon McCarthy (Irl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
DNF Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
DNF Daniel Pearson (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
DNF Ben Turner (GBr) Great Britain National Team
DNF Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
DNF Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
DNS Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
DNS Ian Garrison (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
DNS Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNS Rory Townsend (Irl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
DNS Senne Leysen (Bel) Roompot-Charles
DNS Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
DNS Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team
DNS Alistair Slater (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK

General Classification after Stage 3:
1 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos 10:38:15
2 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 0:00:06
4 Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:10
5 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
6 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
7 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Charles
8 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos
9 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos
10 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
11 James Shaw (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
12 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Ineos
13 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos
14 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
15 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
16 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
17 Krister Hagen (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:16
18 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:18
19 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) CCC Team 0:00:26
20 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team
21 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:01:53
22 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
23 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
24 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
25 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
26 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos 0:02:16
27 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:02:32
28 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:02:53
29 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:03:00
30 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie
31 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:03:04
32 Sean Quinn (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
33 Alex Luhrs (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
34 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
35 Max Stedman (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
36 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
37 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
38 Isaac Mundy (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
39 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot-Charles
40 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team
41 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot-Charles
42 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
43 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins Lecol
44 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
45 Robert Scott (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:03:27
46 Jacob Scott (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:03:32
47 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:56
48 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:04:09
49 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:04:13
50 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
51 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
52 Scott Auld (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:04:56
53 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:07:37
54 Michael Mottram (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
55 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:07:43
56 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
57 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Charles
58 Corentin Navarro (Fra) Team Wiggins Lecol
59 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:08:02
60 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:09:48
61 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:09:54
62 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:09:56
63 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
64 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:09:58
65 Charley Calvert (GBr) Great Britain National Team
66 William Tidball (GBr) Great Britain National Team
67 Gruffudd Lewis (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
68 Michael Cuming (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:10:01
69 Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:10:02
70 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
71 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
72 Christopher Latham (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
73 Adam Kenway (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
74 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis
75 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Dimension Data 0:10:07
76 Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK 0:10:18
77 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:10:21
78 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:10:25
79 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis
80 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:10:31
81 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:10:32
82 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:10:50
83 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos 0:10:54
84 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:58
85 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Hagens Berman Axeon
86 Stephen Bradbury (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:11:08
87 Joey Walker (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:11:44
88 Joseph Nally (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:12:02
89 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 0:12:05
90 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:12:09
91 John Archibald (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:13:00
92 John Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:13:08
93 Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis
94 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:13:31
95 Zeb Kyffin (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:13:38
96 Peter Williams (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:13:41
97 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:13:52
98 Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
99 George Wood (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:14:16
100 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:14:35
101 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team 0:15:21
102 Jacob Tipper (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:18:07
103 Sean Flynn (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:18:14
104 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:18:33
105 Graham Briggs (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK 0:20:15
106 Robert-Jon McCarthy (Irl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:22:20
107 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:23:01
108 Daniel Bigham (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:23:11
109 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:25:50