Tour of Britain 2019 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

September 9, 2019

Tour of Britain 2019 – Stage 3 – Berwick-upon-Tweed – Newcastle-upon-Tyne : 183,2 km

Every year there is a new angle in the story that the Tour of Britain has written since 2004, but this year’s is obvious: it’s an ideal build up event on British roads for the upcoming World Championships in Yorkshire. Not that all the stages will resemble the lumpy, technical parcours of Harrogate – although a few will do just that – but the Manchester finish comes 15 days before the elite men’s race, giving plenty of time for recovery before the big day. Not surprising then that the field is one of the strongest that the race has ever seen, headed by the prodigious Mathieu Van der Poel, whose victory in the Amstel Gold Race in late April makes him an obvious favourite for Harrogate.

Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) used his power and speed to win the rising finish in the centre of Newcastle. The Dutchman kicked early as the gradient rose and his sprint rivals were unable to close the gap.

Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) tried to come up late but was slightly blocked and unable to catch his compatriot. Davide Cimolai (Israel Cycling Academy) was third and Groenewegen’s teammate Mike Teunissen was fourth.

Race leader Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) finished fifth and so retained the leader’s green jersey. He now leads Cimolai by just seven seconds before Tuesday’s ken hilly stage from Gateshead to Kendal. Van der Poel moved up to third overall, 11 seconds down on Trentin.

“It was a hard finish, it was a little uphill but it was okay for me and we took the win after doing a good job,” Groenewegen explained after taking his 13th win of 2019 and his second of this year’s Tour of Britain.

“The team did a good job in the final two kilometres with the lead out. I sprinted a little bit early, with two hundred metres to go, but it was enough.”

Jumbo-Visma have now won 45 races so far in 2019.

How it unfolded

The 183km stage started on wet roads in Berwick-on-Tweed, close to the Scottish border but the long ride south towards Newcastle offered better conditions and dry roads.

The early break was quick to form after a fast start, with six riders going away after nine kilometres. In there where Robert Scott (Wiggins Le Col), Jacob Scott (Swift Carbon), Rory Townsend (Canyon DHB), Dries de Bont (Corendon-Circus), Harry Tanfield (Katusha-Alpecin) and Christophe Noppe (Sport Vlaanderen). None were considered an overall threat and so they quickly opened a three-minute gap. Mitchelton-Scott lead the chase at the head of the peloton.

The riders in the break fought for the early intermediate sprints and the King of the Mountains, with Jacob Scott scoring enough points to extend his lead in the climber’s competition, while Townsend took the intermediate sprints jersey.

The stage rolled on towards Newcastle until 62km to go when a closing level crossing split the peloton and caused a moment of chaos, with team cars and medical vehicles also stuck behind the level crossing.

The front half of the peloton was quickly stopped by the race officials to allow the second part to catch them. Then the break was stopped to ensure they did not gain an unfair advantage. Race director Mick Bennett and his staff took control and when all the riders were back together, the break was allowed to start again and was given a lead of 2:54.

The six attackers recognized their opportunity and immediately began to work together at high speed to try and hold off the peloton. For a long time their efforts paid off, forcing the peloton to join forces in pursuit.

Israel Cycling Academy and then Jumbo-Visma helped Mitchelton-Scott, with other helping too. However it was a close pursuit match, with the peloton only catching the six with a kilometre to go. Positioning was vital in the city centre streets and slight chicane to the foot of the climb. Norwegian national champion Amund Grøndahl Jansen and Teunissen were there for Groenewegen, with the Dutchman using his muscular power and sprinting skills to win by several bike lengths.

Results :
1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma 4:37:53
2 Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Corendon – Circus
3 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
4 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
5 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton – Scott
6 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo – Visma
7 Matthew Walls (GBr) Great Britain
8 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
9 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb
10 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Team Dimension Data
11 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
12 Simon Clarke (Aus) Ef Education First
13 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
14 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
15 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
16 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
17 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos
18 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
19 Trond Håkon Trondsen (Nor) Team Coop
20 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
21 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
22 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos
23 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Ef Education First
24 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos
25 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
26 Julien Vermote (Bel) Team Dimension Data
27 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
28 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:08
29 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Ag2R La Mondiale
30 Alex Colman (Bel) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes
31 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal
32 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos
33 James Shaw (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
34 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin
35 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
36 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Ef Education First
37 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos
38 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
39 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
40 Tanel Kangert (Est) Ef Education First
41 Peter Williams (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
42 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
43 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
44 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
45 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
46 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2R La Mondiale
47 Luis Ricardo Villalobos Hernandez (Mex) Ef Education First
48 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
49 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
50 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
51 Ryan Christensen (NZl) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes
52 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
53 Connor Swift (GBr) Great Britain
54 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon – Circus
55 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
56 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
57 Ethan Vernon (GBr) Great Britain
58 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Team Dimension Data
59 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
60 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
61 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Corendon – Circus
62 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Movistar Team
63 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
64 Robert Scott (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
65 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Heizomat Rad – Net.De
66 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
67 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
68 Axel Domont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
69 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb
70 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Wiggins Lecol
71 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Dimension Data
72 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
73 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:24
74 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:27
75 Jim Brown (GBr) 0:00:31
76 Bagdonas Gediminas (Ltu) Ag2R La Mondiale
77 Ben Hardy (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:00:36
78 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:38
79 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:00:40
80 Rory Townsend (Irl) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes
81 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:00:45
82 Jake Stewart (GBr) Great Britain
83 Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb
84 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data 0:00:47
85 Rhys Britton (GBr) Great Britain 0:00:51
86 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes 0:00:55
87 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
88 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes 0:01:00
89 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:01:12
90 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton – Scott 0:01:22
91 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Corendon – Circus 0:01:26
92 Edward Laverack (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:01:28
93 Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:29
94 Jacob Scott (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:01:33
95 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:38
96 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin
97 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon – Circus 0:01:40
98 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data
99 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Corendon – Circus 0:02:10
100 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
101 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton – Scott 0:05:04
102 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
103 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
104 Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
105 Joey Walker (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:05:43
106 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
107 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes
108 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Madison Genesis
109 Rasmus Byriel Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:05:51
110 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Ef Education First
111 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Madison Genesis
112 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:09:20
113 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
114 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
115 Michael Cuming (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:09:35
116 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:12:12
117 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:13:20
DNS Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
DNS Mads Schmidt Würtz (Den) Team Katusha Alpecin

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton – Scott 13:13:18
2 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:07
3 Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Corendon – Circus 0:00:11
4 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
5 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma 0:00:13
6 Simon Clarke (Aus) Ef Education First 0:00:16
7 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos 0:00:17
8 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
9 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
10 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Team Dimension Data
11 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo – Visma
12 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
13 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
14 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
15 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos
16 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
17 Julien Vermote (Bel) Team Dimension Data
18 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos
19 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
20 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos
21 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
22 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:25
23 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Ef Education First
24 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
25 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
26 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal
27 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Ag2R La Mondiale
28 Tanel Kangert (Est) Ef Education First
29 James Shaw (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
30 Connor Swift (GBr) Great Britain
31 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
32 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos
33 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos
34 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb
35 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
36 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
37 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon – Circus
38 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
39 Ryan Christensen (NZl) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes
40 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
41 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
42 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
43 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
44 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
45 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
46 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
47 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2R La Mondiale
48 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
49 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Team Dimension Data
50 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
51 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Corendon – Circus
52 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Movistar Team
53 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:45
54 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
55 Axel Domont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
56 Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:02
57 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Corendon – Circus 0:01:43
58 Edward Laverack (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:01:45
59 Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:22
60 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma 0:03:28
61 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:03:48
62 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
63 Matthew Walls (GBr) Great Britain
64 Trond Håkon Trondsen (Nor) Team Coop
65 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
66 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Ef Education First
67 Robert Scott (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:03:55
68 Ethan Vernon (GBr) Great Britain 0:03:56
69 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
70 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
71 Luis Ricardo Villalobos Hernandez (Mex) Ef Education First
72 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
73 Alex Colman (Bel) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes
74 Rory Townsend (Irl) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes 0:04:12
75 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
76 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:04:15
77 Jim Brown (GBr) 0:04:19
78 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:04:26
79 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
80 Jake Stewart (GBr) Great Britain 0:04:33
81 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data 0:04:35
82 Rhys Britton (GBr) Great Britain 0:04:39
83 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes 0:04:43
84 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
85 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:05:00
86 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton – Scott 0:05:10
87 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon – Circus 0:05:15
88 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Dimension Data 0:05:25
89 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:05:26
90 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data 0:05:28
91 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Corendon – Circus 0:05:58
92 Jacob Scott (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:06:28
93 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:07:56
94 Peter Williams (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:08:04
95 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:08:06
96 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Heizomat Rad – Net.De 0:08:08
97 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:23
98 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes 0:08:25
99 Ben Hardy (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:08:36
100 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton – Scott 0:08:52
101 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
102 Joey Walker (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:09:31
103 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:09:37
104 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Ef Education First 0:09:39
105 Michael Cuming (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:09:52
106 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:10:13
107 Bagdonas Gediminas (Ltu) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:11:02
108 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:12:28
109 Rasmus Byriel Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:12:36
110 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:08
111 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:13:37
112 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Bloor Homes 0:13:43
113 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:13:51
114 Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:15:27
115 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:16:46
116 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:18:57
117 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma 0:19:58