Cycling: The final day of the Tour of Britain consisted of two stages. First, an 8-kilometer time trial was held in the capital of Great Britain, before the sprinters could once again prove their skills on a circuit.
The time trial was entirely the business of Bradley Wiggins (Sky), who raced through his hometown at an average speed of almost 54 kilometers per hour and relegated Sylvain Chavanel (IAM), who had been leading up to that point, to second place. Third was Stven Cummings (BMC).
11th place was enough for Dylan van Baarle (Garmin-Sharp), who was overall leader up to that point, to go to the last 88 kilometers in the yellow jersey.
These were initially shaped by an escape group in which Jan Barta (NetApp-Endura) and Chavanel were active. However, both dropped back into the field as the race progressed. Andreas Stauff (MTN-Qhubeka) was the next to try. But his attempt was not granted any success either.
In the end, the expected sprint took place, with Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) not only showing cleverness, but also the best legs. He clamped onto the rear wheel of Mark Renshaw (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), who was supposed to start the sprint for Mark Cavendish. However, the Brit was forced to do a long sprint. Kittel just had to react. And he did it with aplomb. Third place went to Nicola Ruffoni (Bardiani-CSF). After his victory on the first stage, it was Kittel's second success this week.
In the overall standings, Van Baarle defended the lead jersey he took over the day before, following in the footsteps of last year's winner Bradley Wiggins. The Brit finished third this time behind Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).
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