Tour of Britain 2019 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

September 12, 2019

Tour of Britain 2019 – Stage 6 – Pershore – Pershore ITT : 14,4 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.

Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) moved back into the lead of the Tour of Britain, taking the green jersey from the shoulders of Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) in the 14.4km individual time trial in Pershore.

“I’m delighted of course. It’s been a really long time since I did a time trial,” Van der Poel said. “I’m happy with the result. Ahead of the Worlds of course an individual time trial on such a hard course is really good indication. My legs felt really good today so lets hope that in the coming days that things will be as good. It’s a really close battle with Matteo for the first place in the race. He’s already shown his really fast legs to get bonus seconds, so it’s going to be a proper fight.”

Eduardo Affini (Mitchelton-Scott) set the early fast time as the 12th rider down the ramp and held on to take the stage victory over Sebastian Langeveld (EF Education First) by seven seconds.

“It is a really special victory and I am really happy with it. It was probably more stressful to wait in the hot-seat than to do the TT,” Affini said.

“There are strong riders here, more or less we know each other and we know who is really strong in the TT event, but I managed to do a good TT and pace myself well.

“I was really able to give everything on the way back home and I am really happy to win.”

Dylan van Baarle (Team Ineos) was third on the day fractions of a second behind Langeveld.

But the action was hottest at the tail end of the start list, with Trentin battling to keep his thin lead over the young Dutch upstart. The Italian was even with Van der Poel at the intermediate time check, but faded in the latter half of the course, losing nine seconds to the Corendon-Circus man.

The overall classification shifted in favour of Van der Poel, who pulled out a six second lead over Trentin with Pavel Sivakov (Ineos) moving into third at 24 seconds, two seconds ahead of Jasper De Buyst (Lotto Soudal).

“I think I did the best I could,” Trentin said. “I was expecting to lose a little bit. Six seconds is not the end of the world, but it will be hard to take it back. Eduardo did a really good time trial and he’s super young. It’s good for him going into the Worlds.”

Results :
1 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:16:40
2 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:07
3 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos
4 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:08
5 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:00:10
6 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus 0:00:12
7 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:13
8 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:16
9 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos 0:00:17
10 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:20
11 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
12 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
13 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:21
14 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Corendon-Circus 0:00:22
15 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos 0:00:26
16 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:28
17 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
18 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:31
19 Brent van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal
20 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:00:32
21 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
22 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:33
23 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
24 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:34
25 Bagdonas Gediminas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:37
26 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:38
27 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
28 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
29 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:40
30 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:42
31 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
32 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb
33 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:00:44
34 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First
35 Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:45
36 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos 0:00:49
37 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:00:52
38 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:00:55
39 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 0:00:58
40 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:00
41 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:01:04
42 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:01:05
43 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Dimension Data 0:01:06
44 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:01:07
45 James Shaw (GBr) Swift Carbon Pro Cycling
46 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
47 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:01:10
48 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Corendon-Circus
49 Rhys Britton (Gbr) Great Britain 0:01:11
50 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Madison Genesis
51 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:13
52 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:01:14
53 Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:15
54 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:16
55 Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:01:19
56 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos
57 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First 0:01:22
58 Alex Colman (Bel) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:01:23
59 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:25
60 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
61 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team 0:01:27
62 Ethan Vernon (GBr) Great Britain 0:01:30
63 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins Lecol
64 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:01:31
65 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
66 Jacob Scott (GBr) Swift Carbon Pro Cycling 0:01:35
67 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:40
68 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
69 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:41
70 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ Continental
71 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
72 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:42
73 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:46
74 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:52
75 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:01:54
76 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:01:57
77 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:02
78 Joey Walker (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:02:04
79 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:05
80 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:07
81 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
82 Ryan Christensen (NZl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:02:08
83 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:02:09
84 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert
85 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:10
86 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:02:11
87 Ben Hardy (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
88 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:02:13
89 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:15
90 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:02:17
91 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:19
92 Matthew Walls (GBr) Great Britain 0:02:22
93 Jim Brown (GBr) Great Britain 0:02:25
94 Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:02:26
95 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:02:28
96 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:02:29
97 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:02:30
98 Peter Williams (GBr) Swift Carbon Pro Cycling 0:02:31
99 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:02:33
100 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:02:38
101 Edward Laverack (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
102 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:02:43
103 Michael Cuming (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:02:45
104 Rory Townsend (Irl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
105 Trond Håkon Trondsen (Nor) Team Coop 0:02:47
106 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
107 Robert Scott (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:02:50
108 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:03:00
109 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:03:15
110 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:03:23

General Classification after Stage 6 :
1 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus 21:50:49
2 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:06
3 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos 0:00:24
4 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:26
5 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:27
6 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos 0:00:33
7 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:35
8 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:00:36
9 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:00:39
10 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:40
11 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:41
12 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 0:00:46
13 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos 0:00:49
14 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:54
15 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:57
16 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:58
17 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:00:59
18 Brent van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:06
19 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
20 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:01:10
21 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
22 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:01:12
23 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:15
24 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:19
25 James Shaw (GBr) Swift Carbon Pro Cycling 0:01:22
26 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Dimension Data 0:01:24
27 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:40
28 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
29 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team 0:01:55
30 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
31 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:59
32 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
33 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos 0:02:05
34 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:02:25
35 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:02:52
36 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:44
37 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 0:04:09
38 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 0:04:52
39 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:05:26
40 Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:05:43
41 Ryan Christensen (NZl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:06:06
42 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:28
43 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:34
44 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:08:54
45 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:09:25
46 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:09:36
47 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:09:40
48 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:46
49 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:12
50 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:12:01
51 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:12:12
52 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Corendon-Circus 0:12:43
53 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ Continental 0:14:45
54 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:14:54
55 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos 0:15:31
56 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:16:49
57 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:16:51
58 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:17:20
59 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:17:32
60 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:57
61 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:18:56
62 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First 0:19:37
63 Ethan Vernon (GBr) Great Britain 0:19:52
64 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:20:19
65 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:20:20
66 Rhys Britton (Gbr) Great Britain 0:20:22
67 Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:20:23
68 Matthew Walls (GBr) Great Britain 0:20:30
69 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
70 Edward Laverack (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:21:00
71 Trond Håkon Trondsen (Nor) Team Coop 0:21:01
72 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:21:02
73 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:21:03
74 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:21:14
75 Alex Colman (Bel) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
76 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:22:00
77 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert 0:22:05
78 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:22:34
79 Jim Brown (GBr) Great Britain 0:22:39
80 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:23:32
81 Robert Scott (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:23:58
82 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:24:14
83 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Corendon-Circus 0:24:21
84 Peter Williams (GBr) Swift Carbon Pro Cycling 0:25:01
85 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:25:07
86 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:25:41
87 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:25:50
88 Jacob Scott (GBr) Swift Carbon Pro Cycling 0:26:02
89 Bagdonas Gediminas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:14
90 Rory Townsend (Irl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:27:18
91 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:27:23
92 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:27:46
93 Ben Hardy (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:28:02
94 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:28:17
95 Joey Walker (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:28:50
96 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:29:00
97 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:29:42
98 Michael Cuming (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:29:43
99 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:31:07
100 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:31:20
101 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:31:36
102 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:31:51
103 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:33:35
104 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:33:36
105 Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:35:54
106 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:37:15
107 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:40:30
108 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes 0:40:45
109 Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:41:30
110 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:54:18