The penultimate day of racing at Tour of Britain saw the peloton take on rolling roads; starting and finishing in Northampton. It was a fast start to things with multiple attacks behind a three-rider move, but eventually things calmed down and those ahead built on their lead. Riding smartly, they kept it at a gap which was close so the peloton didn’t want to shut them down too early, before fully going for it in the final 30 kilometres.
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL contributed to the chase and eventually the leading trio was reeled in at the flamme rouge. However, on the technical and twisting run-in to the line the team weren’t able to fully nail the lead-out and sprint finisher Casper van Uden ran out of steam in the battle to the line, finishing the stage in tenth place.
Van Uden said: “The boys a good job looking after Oscar and me today. It was a hard stage with a strong break out front over the rolling terrain so it cost quite a bit to bring it back. Unfortunately, at the moment I am just lacking some legs for these types of finishes. However, we have one more day to finish off with a bang tomorrow!”