Report & Results – Stage 6: Tour of Britain

Endura Racing’s Jon Tiernan-Locke swept into the IG Markets Gold Jersey in the Tour of Britain today in Wales with an impressive display of climbing in the race’s Queen stage.

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Stage 6: Welshpool to Caerphilly – 190 km(Friday 14th)

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The Endura Racing team were instrumental in bringing back the break of the day, which had slipped clear early in the 190km stage from Welshpool to Caerphilly, and delivered the rider from Devon in exactly the right spot to launch his assault on the overall classification.

The six strong break – Backstedt (UK Youth), Bialoblocki (Node 4-Giordana), Briggs (Raleigh-GAC), Craven (IG-Sigma Sport), Ghyllebert (An Post-Sean Kelly) and House (Rapha Condor) – were swept up by the chase group on the lower slopes of Caerphilly Mountain and that was the cue for Jon to launch a blistering attack.

He overhauled the last of the escapees just before the summit before Briggs managed to latch on to his wheel and the pair swept down the mountain together. Briggs dropped back as they headed to the second passage of the Mountain and at the same time, Leo König (Team NetApp) bridged up to Jon from the chaser group.

König jumped Tiernan-Locke with a few hundred metres to go and rode on to take the stage with Jon close behind in second. Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) led in the remains of the peloton some 18 seconds down on the winner. Jon’s gap over the bunch and the six second bonus gained for second place saw him assume the race lead with a 13 seconds gap to Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEDGE) and 18 seconds over Haas in third.

Saturday’s stage sees Jon defend his lead on his home roads in Devon over a gruelling 173km route from Barnstaple to Dartmouth. The stage starts at 10:15 GMT and will be shown live on ITV4 from 13:15 GMT.

Jon Tiernan-Locke: The stage went almost exactly as we’d talked about this morning. As we headed into the last part of the stage, Jonny [McEvoy] and Russ [Downing] rode hard on the front before Paul [Voß] took me right start of the climb and I took it from there.

The descent off the top was tough as it’s not that fast and you have to pedal it, so I knew the bunch would be able to close the gap. Very happy with how the stage went and it’s going to be awesome to race in front of my home crowd tomorrow, but I’ve got to take some more time from those around me on GC.

Alex Sans Vega (Sporting Director): The stage started just as we’d hoped for with a break going out early and they opened out a nice advantage over the peloton too which was ideal. When Sky came to the front over the Brecon Beacons climb the gap started to come down rapidly, but it also split the group so it was good that it regrouped again soon afterwards.

We then did our job exactly as planned and delivered Jon perfectly for the first passage of Caerphilly Mountain. He was just trying to force a selection, but went alone at first and worked really hard to get as much time as possible. So, a very positive day for us, although it was a huge shame to lose Zak in a crash as he’s been riding so well. The team is still really strong, so we’re looking forward to tomorrow and Sunday now.

Injury Update – Zak Dempster suffered a nasty crash on the run in to Caerphilly and was taken to a local hospital with a suspected broken collar bone. Fortunately there are no breaks and he was discharged after receiving treatment for a laceration to his elbow.

Luke Rowe’s fan club on Caerphilly Mountain including brother Matt.

Some of the sights on the mountain at Caerphilly.

Russell Downing (Endura Racing) leads the chase for the break.

Paul Voss of Endura Racing drives a break after the race was split in the cross winds.

Riders smashing it in the cross winds

The peloton explodes in the cross winds in the Brecons.

Jeremy Hunt gets the smash fest going in the cross winds.

Ivan Basso wearing the red numbers after winning the combativity award the day before

Jack Bobridge chases at the head of the peloton.

Zak Dempster of Endura Racing leads the peloton. The Australian crashed later fortunately there are no breaks and he was discharged after receiving treatment for a laceration to his elbow.

Magnus Backstedt leads the break of six that included Marcin Bialoblocki, Dan Craven (IG Sigma Sport), Graham Briggs (Raleigh GAC), Kristian House, and Pieter Ghyllebert (An Post/Dolan Bikes)

Kristian House attacks and a break of six very quickly formed.

0 kilometre and the race is held up due to some riders puncturing and the race waiting for them.

Jon Tiernan-Locke explained to a packed press conference how his race unfolded and he came to wear the leaders jersey.

Jon Tiernan-Locke on the podium after getting the leader’s jersey

Second time up Caerphilly mountain and Jon Tiernan-Locke leads stage winner Leopold Koenig

After being in the break all day, Graham Briggs (Raleigh – GAC)  was caught at the foot of the final climb and is pictured, eyes closed, fighting the pain to finish the race 20th.

Magnus Backstedt has company as he fights his way to the top of Caerphilly mountain.

Leopold Koenig is the stage winner for stage 6

Stage Six, Welshpool to Caerphilly, 189.6km

1 Leopold Koenig Team NetApp 4h 38′ 2”
2 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing at 0′ 2”
3 Nathan Haas Garmin – Sharp at 0′ 19”
4 Damiano Caruso Liquigas – Cannondale st
5 Luke Rowe Sky Procycling st
6 Paul Voss Endura Racing st
7 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare st
8 Simon Yates Great Britain st
9 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp st
10 Liam Holohan Raleigh – GAC st
11 Samuel Sanchez Euskaltel Euskadi st
12 David Lelay Saur Sojasun st
13 Josh Edmondson Great Britain st
14 Ivan Basso Liquigas – Cannondale at 0′ 29”
15 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare at 0′ 33”
16 Leigh Howard Orica – GreenEDGE st
17 David Clarke Node 4 – Giordana st
18 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel Euskadi st
19 Jerome Coppel Saur Sojasun at 0′ 35”
20 Graham Briggs Raleigh – GAC at 1′ 10”
21 Jacek Morajko Vacansoleil – DCM st
22 Marcin Bialoblocki Node 4 – Giordana at 1′ 21”
23 Niels Wytinck An Post Sean Kelly at 1′ 30”
24 Richard Lang Rapha Condor st
25 Christian Knees Sky Procycling st
26 Bernard Sulzberger Raleigh – GAC st
27 Jan Barta Team NetApp st
28 Christopher Jennings Rapha Condor st
29 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post Sean Kelly st
30 Yannick Talabardon Saur Sojasun st
31 Mark McNally An Post Sean Kelly st
32 Evan Oliphant Raleigh – GAC st
33 David McGowan UK Youth Cycling st
34 Yanto Barker UK Youth Cycling st
35 Michael Northey Node 4 – Giordana st
36 Wouter Sybrandy IG – Sigma Sport st
37 Steele Von Hoff Garmin – Sharp at 1′ 57”
38 Richard Handley Rapha Condor st
39 Simon Richardson IG – Sigma Sport st
40 Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare at 2′ 3”
41 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil – DCM st
42 Gediminas Bagdonas An Post Sean Kelly at 3′ 18”
43 Lachlan Morton Garmin – Sharp st
44 Peter Williams Node 4 – Giordana st
45 Magnus Backstedt UK Youth Cycling at 3′ 38”
46 Dan Craven IG – Sigma Sport at 4′ 46”
47 Kristian House Rapha Condor st
48 Matthias Krizek Liquigas – Cannondale at 5′ 18”
49 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas – Cannondale st
50 Mathew Cronshaw Node 4 – Giordana st
51 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare st
52 George Atkins Great Britain st
53 Ben Grenda Rapha Condor st
54 Christofer Stevenson UK Youth Cycling st
55 Owain Doull Great Britain st
56 Alistair Slater Great Britain st
57 Tom Moses Great Britain st
58 Ricardo Garcia Euskaltel Euskadi st
59 Rony Martias Saur Sojasun st
60 Russell Downing Endura Racing st
61 Aidis Kruopis Orica – GreenEDGE st
62 Jonny Clarke UnitedHealthcare st
63 Tom Last IG – Sigma Sport st
64 Daniel Lloyd IG – Sigma Sport st
65 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp at 5′ 33”
66 Peter Hawkins IG – Sigma Sport at 6′ 8”
67 Jacob Rathe Garmin – Sharp at 7′ 38”
68 Barry Markus Vacansoleil – DCM st
69 Sep Vanmarcke Garmin – Sharp at 7′ 56”
70 Jeremy Hunt Sky Procycling at 8′ 32”
71 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling st
72 Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling st
73 Jonathan McEvoy Endura Racing st
74 Cesare Benedetti Team NetApp st
75 Adrian Saez de Arregui Euskaltel Euskadi st
76 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel Euskadi st
77 Russell Hampton Raleigh – GAC st
78 Michael Hepburn Orica – GreenEDGE at 14′ 42”
79 Ian Bibby Endura Racing st
80 Jack Bobridge Orica – GreenEDGE st
81 Ronan Mclaughlin An Post Sean Kelly st
82 Rico Rogers Node 4 – Giordana st
83 Marco Benfatto Liquigas – Cannondale st
84 Michael Cuming Rapha Condor st
85 Chris Opie UK Youth Cycling at 22′ 20”
86 Niklas Gustavsson UK Youth Cycling st

Rouleur Combativity Award: Graham Briggs, Team Raleigh – GAC

IG Gold Jersey, General Classification, after Stage Six

1 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing 1h 16′ 57”
2 Leigh Howard Orica – GreenEDGE at 0′ 13”
3 Nathan Haas Garmin – Sharp at 0′ 18”
4 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare at 0′ 20”
5 Damiano Caruso Liquigas – Cannondale at 0′ 23”
6 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare at 0′ 33”
7 Christian Knees Sky Procycling at 1′ 34”
8 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp at 2′ 1”
9 David Lelay Saur Sojasun st
10 Jerome Coppel Saur Sojasun at 4′ 16”
11 David Clarke Node 4 – Giordana at 4′ 35”
12 Leopold Koenig Team NetApp at 5′ 0”
13 Paul Voss Endura Racing at 5′ 4”
14 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel Euskadi at 6′ 15”
15 Josh Edmondson Great Britain st
16 Jacek Morajko Vacansoleil – DCM at 6′ 23”
17 Luke Rowe Sky Procycling at 6′ 27”
18 Samuel Sanchez Euskaltel Euskadi at 6′ 37”
19 Yannick Talabardon Saur Sojasun at 6′ 45”
20 Yanto Barker UK Youth Cycling at 7′ 53”
21 Sep Vanmarcke Garmin – Sharp st
22 Ivan Basso Liquigas – Cannondale at 8′ 3”
23 Steele Von Hoff Garmin – Sharp at 8′ 13”
24 Magnus Backstedt UK Youth Cycling at 10′ 13”
25 Richard Lang Rapha Condor at 11′ 30”
26 Russell Downing Endura Racing at 11′ 31”
27 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp at 12′ 29”
28 Bernard Sulzberger Raleigh – GAC at 12′ 58”
29 Jan Barta Team NetApp at 13′ 2”
30 Wouter Sybrandy IG – Sigma Sport at 13′ 4”
31 Marcin Bialoblocki Node 4 – Giordana at 13′ 5”
32 Gediminas Bagdonas An Post Sean Kelly at 13′ 34”
33 Evan Oliphant Raleigh – GAC at 15′ 6”
34 Ben Grenda Rapha Condor at 15′ 18”
35 Simon Richardson IG – Sigma Sport at 15′ 54”
36 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas – Cannondale at 15′ 59”
37 Rony Martias Saur Sojasun at 16′ 45”
38 Matthias Krizek Liquigas – Cannondale at 17′ 6”
39 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare at 17′ 18”
40 Liam Holohan Raleigh – GAC at 17′ 41”
41 Dan Craven IG – Sigma Sport at 18′ 21”
42 Peter Williams Node 4 – Giordana at 18′ 33”
43 Michael Northey Node 4 – Giordana at 18′ 52”
44 David McGowan UK Youth Cycling st
45 Mark McNally An Post Sean Kelly st
46 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil – DCM at 19′ 36”
47 Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling at 19′ 39”
48 Cesare Benedetti Team NetApp at 20′ 8”
49 Adrian Saez de Arregui Euskaltel Euskadi at 20′ 22”
50 Niels Wytinck An Post Sean Kelly at 20′ 47”
51 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post Sean Kelly at 22′ 20”
52 Jonathan McEvoy Endura Racing at 22′ 53”
53 Christofer Stevenson UK Youth Cycling at 22′ 58”
54 Ricardo Garcia Euskaltel Euskadi at 24′ 3”
55 Mathew Cronshaw Node 4 – Giordana at 24′ 49”
56 Jacob Rathe Garmin – Sharp at 25′ 55”
57 Jonny Clarke UnitedHealthcare at 27′ 45”
58 Alistair Slater Great Britain at 28′ 7”
59 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel Euskadi at 28′ 37”
60 Jeremy Hunt Sky Procycling at 29′ 2”
61 Kristian House Rapha Condor at 29′ 43”
62 Simon Yates Great Britain at 30′ 35”
63 Aidis Kruopis Orica – GreenEDGE at 31′ 20”
64 Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare at 32′ 12”
65 Chris Opie UK Youth Cycling at 32′ 20”
66 Ian Bibby Endura Racing at 32′ 50”
67 Richard Handley Rapha Condor at 33′ 15”
68 Graham Briggs Raleigh – GAC at 33′ 19”
69 Daniel Lloyd IG – Sigma Sport at 33′ 58”
70 Peter Hawkins IG – Sigma Sport at 35′ 22”
71 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling at 36′ 4”
72 Barry Markus Vacansoleil – DCM at 37′ 15”
73 Christopher Jennings Rapha Condor at 39′ 50”
74 Niklas Gustavsson UK Youth Cycling at 40′ 56”
75 Tom Moses Great Britain at 41′ 36”
76 Ronan Mclaughlin An Post Sean Kelly at 42′ 59”
77 Lachlan Morton Garmin – Sharp at 43′ 6”
78 Owain Doull Great Britain at 43′ 22”
79 Tom Last IG – Sigma Sport at 43′ 52”
80 Michael Cuming Rapha Condor at 44′ 58”
81 George Atkins Great Britain at 45′ 0”
82 Marco Benfatto Liquigas – Cannondale at 46′ 8”
83 Russell Hampton Raleigh – GAC at 49′ 45”
84 Michael Hepburn Orica – GreenEDGE at 57′ 44”
85 Jack Bobridge Orica – GreenEDGE at 58′ 23”
86 Rico Rogers Node 4 – Giordana at 1h 0′ 19”

Chain Reaction Cycles Points Classification, after Stage Six
1) Boy Van Poppel, NED, UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling, 62pts
2) Leigh Howard, AUS, Orica GreenEDGE, 53pts
3) Luke Rowe, GBR, Team Sky, 50pts
4) Mark Cavendish, GBR, Team Sky, 44pts
5) Russell Downing, GBR, Endura Racing, 44pts

SKODA King of the Mountains Classification, after Stage Six

1) Kristian House, GBR, Rapha Condor, 86pts
2) Pablo Urtasun, SPA, Euskaltel – Euskadi, 44pts
3) Peter Williams, GBR, Node4 – Giordana Racing, 32pts
4) Richard Handley, GBR, Rapha Condor, 32pts
5) Bernard Sulzberger, AUS, Team Raleigh – GAC, 31pts

Yodel Sprints Classification, after Stage Six

1) Peter Williams, GBR, Node4 – Giordana Racing, 29pts
2) Marcin Bialoblocki, POL, Node4 – Giordana Racing, 13pts
3) Matt Cronshaw, GBR, Node4 – Giordana Racing, 13pts
4) Rony Martias, FRA, Saur Sojasun, 12pts
5) Kristian House, GBR, Rapha Condor, 11pts

Team General Classification, after Stage Six
1) Saur Sojasun, FRA, 75:57:13
2) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling, USA, + 1.45
3) Garmin – Sharp, USA, + 5.40
4) Endura Racing, GBR, + 6.56

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THE 2012 TOUR OF BRITAIN
Stage 1: Ipswich to Norfolk Showground – 199km (Sunday 9th)
Stage 2: Nottingham to Knowsley – 178 km (Monday 10th)
Stage 3: Jedburgh to Dumfries – 161 km(Tuesday 11th)
Stage 4: Carlisle to Blackpool – 156 km (Wednesday 12th)
Stage 5: The Stoke-on-Trent Stage 146 km (Thursday 13th)
Stage 6: Welshpool to Caerphilly – 190 km(Friday 14th)
Stage 7: Barnstaple to Dartmouth 170 km (Saturday 15th)
Stage 8: Reigate to Guildford 147 km(Sunday 16th)

 

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