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Cycling race
2018 Tour of Britain 2018 UCI Europe Tour Dates 2–9 September Stages 8 Distance 1,140 km (708.4 mi) Winning time 26h 25' 58"
The 2018 Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men's professional road cycling race . It was the fifteenth running of the modern version of the Tour of Britain and the 78th British tour in total. The race started on 2 September in Pembrey Country Park and finished on 9 September in London . It was part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour .[1] The French rider Julian Alaphilippe of Quick-Step Floors won the race.
Aqua Blue Sport were replaced by WIGGINS less than week before the start of the race.[2]
The starting teams were:[3]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental Teams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams
Stage 1 [ edit ]
2 September 2018 — Pembrey to Newport , 175 km (109 mi)
Stage 2 [ edit ]
3 September 2018 — Cranbrook to Barnstaple , 174 km (108 mi)
Stage 3 [ edit ]
4 September 2018 — Bristol to Bristol, 125 km (78 mi)
Stage 4 [ edit ]
5 September 2018 — Nuneaton to Leamington Spa , 183 km (114 mi)
Stage 5 [ edit ]
6 September 2018 — Cockermouth to Whinlatter Pass , 14 km (9 mi) (TTT )
Stage 6 [ edit ]
7 September 2018 — Barrow-in-Furness to Whinlatter Pass , 169 km (105 mi)
Stage 7 [ edit ]
8 September 2018 — West Bridgford to Mansfield , 223 km (139 mi)
Stage 8 [ edit ]
9 September 2018 — London to London, 77 km (48 mi)
Classification leadership [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Tour of Britain 2018 to start in south Wales and finish in London" . BBC Sport . 5 June 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018 .
^ Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle (28 August 2018). "Team Wiggins replace Aqua Blue Sport in Tour of Britain line up" . Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 3 September 2018 .
^ a b "Tour of Britain 2018: everything you need to know" . Cycling Weekly . 6 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018 .
^ "Tour of Britain 2018" . CyclingStage.com . Retrieved 20 August 2018 .
^ a b Fotheringham, William (2 September 2018). "Tour of Britain: Greipel wins opening stage" . Cycling News . Retrieved 3 September 2018 .
^ a b Windsor, Richard (2 September 2018). "André Greipel sprints to victory on opening stage of 2018 Tour of Britain" . Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 3 September 2018 .
^ a b Fotheringham, William (3 September 2018). "Tour of Britain: Meyer wins stage 2 in Barnstaple" . Cycling News . Retrieved 3 September 2018 .
^ a b Windsor, Richard (3 September 2018). "Cameron Meyer takes breakaway victory in explosive Tour of Britain 2018 stage two" . Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 3 September 2018 .
^ a b Fletcher, Patrick (4 September 2018). "Tour of Britain: Alaphilippe wins stage 3" . Cycling News . Retrieved 4 September 2018 .
^ a b Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle (4 September 2018). "Julian Alaphilippe sprints to victory on stage three of Tour of Britain 2018" . Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 4 September 2018 .
^ a b Ryan, Barry (5 September 2018). "Tour of Britain: Greipel wins stage 4" . Cycling News . Retrieved 5 September 2018 .
^ a b Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle (5 September 2018). "André Greipel wins stage four of the Tour of Britain" . Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 5 September 2018 .
^ a b Fotheringham, William (6 September 2018). "Tour of Britain: LottoNL-Jumbo win uphill TTT" . Cycling News . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ a b Rogers, Owen (6 September 2018). "LottoNL-Jumbo take Tour of Britain team time trial to put Roglič in race lead" . Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ a b "Tour of Britain: Poels wins on Whinlatter Pass" . Cycling News . 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018 .
^ a b Rogers, Owen (7 September 2018). "Wout Poels wins Tour of Britain stage six for Team Sky as Alaphilippe takes race lead" . Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 7 September 2018 .
^ a b Fotheringham, William (8 September 2018). "Tour of Britain: Stannard wins stage 7" . Cycling News . Retrieved 9 September 2018 .
^ a b Rogers, Owen (8 September 2018). "Ian Stannard takes solo win on Tour of Britain 2018 stage seven" . Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 9 September 2018 .
^ a b Fotheringham, William (9 September 2018). "Julian Alaphilippe wins 2018 Tour of Britain" . Cycling News . Retrieved 9 September 2018 .
^ a b Rogers, Owen (9 September 2018). "Caleb Ewan peerless in final stage sprint as Julian Alaphilippe wins 2018 Tour of Britain overall" . Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 9 September 2018 .
External links [ edit ]
Tour of Britain Open Kellogg's Tour of Britain PruTour Ovo Energy Tour of Britain AJ Bell Tour of Britain