Tour of Britain Stage 6: Wout Poels victorious in Tour of Britain, Cummings takes lead
Wout Poels (Sky) won the Tour of Britain’s queen stage for the second consecutive year, as Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data) took over the race lead as stage six finished atop Haytor.
Dutch cyclist Wout Poels of Team Sky has won the sixth stage of the Tour of Britain. Stephen Cummings, who finished eighth, moves into first place in the overall standings.
Poels came in first in what was the first true summit finish in this Tour of Britain, at the end of a stage from Sidmouth to Haytor in Dartmoor with a length of 149 kilometers.
The Team Sky leader crossed the line seven seconds ahead of Rohan Dennis of BMC Racing Team and eight seconds ahead of compatriot Tom Dumoulin of Giant-Alpecin.
The top five was completed by Dylan van Baarle and Xandro Meurisse.
Belgian Julien Vermote of Etixx-Quick Step began the day in first place but finished almost two minutes behind the stage winner and saw his leader's jersey switch to Cummings who had previously been in second place.
In the battle for the overall victory, Cummings (Dimension Data) now has a 49-second lead over Dumoulin. Dennis follows at 51 seconds while Vermote drops down to 11th place.
Although there are only two days left in the Tour of Britain, the riders still face three stages as Saturday offers a double-header with a time trial in the morning followed by a regular stage in the afternoon.
Tour of Britain Stage 6 Top 10
1 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky 3:56:15
2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:07
3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:08
4 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:12
5 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:00:17
6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
8 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 0:00:21
9 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:00:31
10 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
11 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
12 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
13 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain 0:00:35
14 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:38
15 Mark Christian (GBr) Team WIGGINS
16 Robert Power (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:00:47
17 Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 0:01:10
18 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange 0:01:17
19 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:27
20 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:01:33
Tour of Britain GC after Stage 6, Top 20
1 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 27:04:11
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:49
3 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:51
4 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:00:53
5 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:57
6 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:00:58
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:01:06
8 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:14
9 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:20
10 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:01:24
11 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:01:25
12 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:02:10
13 Mark Christian (GBr) Team WIGGINS 0:03:11
14 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:04:34
15 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain 0:04:51
16 Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 0:05:24
17 Steven Lampier (GBr) JLT Condor 0:05:59
18 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:06:05
19 Domingos Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:28
20 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Team WIGGINS 0:06:33
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