Last major meeting in stages before the Worldwidethe Tour of Britain started this Tuesday for six days of intense racing through the kingdom. As the day before, a massive sprint was expected to Stowmarket at the end of a 2nd stage of 169.3 km Again completely flat. And despite very complicated weather conditions with a lot of rain throughout the day (except for a beautiful sun on arrival), the planned scenario took place, with a new victory forOlav Kooij ! If the Dutch must have been used the day before, this second success in two days this time has suffered from no dispute, the sprinter of the Visma | Lease a Bike Perfectly merchanting this narrow and winding final before producing her effort at 200 meters and finally winning with several long leads on her rivals.
Thymen arensman involved in a fall but reclassified
A final packaging disputed in a fairly reduced committee following a fall in the last three kilometers and which cut the peloton in two on these soggy roads. There was no longer many people of the level ofOlav Kooij To come and contest this double which reached out to him, and the rapid Batavian was not asked despite a less efficient train than the day before. Kooij was able to be locked up and launching from afar, he then had no trouble getting rid of the young and surprising Belgian Tom Crabbe (Team Flanders-Baloise) and premises Sam Watson (INEOS Grenadiers). Matevz Govekar (Bahrain Victorious) et Rory Townsend (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) complete the top 5 of the day. Logically, the carrier of the green jersey confirms his position as a leader in the general classification thanks to the bonuses.
Note that only 53 runners first arrived in the first peloton, but the latecomers embarrassed by the fall in the final were obviously reclassified at the same time, like the image of Victor Lafay (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale), Remco Evenepoel et Ilan van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step) or Thymen Arensman (Ineos grenadiers), who went to the ground before crossing the line with his teammate Geraint Thomas With more than 4 minutes late.
