Tour of Britain

Stage 2: Darlington - Redcar

GB United Kingdom Wednesday 04 September 2024 152.1 km

Alaphilippe makes huge jump in Tour of Britain GC

Alaphilippe makes huge jump in Tour of Britain GC

Julian Alaphilippe climbed to third overall at the Tour of Britain – a race he won in 2018 – after a fantastic day of racing, which had the riders take on the hilly roads to Redcar, a small seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast. Runner-up at the end of Wednesday’s 152.1km stage, Alaphilippe racked up his ninth podium of the season as he became Soudal Quick-Step’s best-placed rider in the general classification of the six-day race.

The combination of rain, wind and short hills made for an exciting stage, which opened up quite early, when a group containing Gil Gelders bridged across to the original breakaway. They were followed, soon after, by another group, this time featuring Julian Alaphilippe and Remco Evenepoel. The latter blew this reduced peloton with a massive acceleration which ended up making a significant selection that left only nine riders in the lead.

Evenepoel kept things together until inside ten kilometers to go, neutralising a series of attacks and paving the way for a move of his two-time World Champion teammate, who joined an important move on the last important climb of the day. This three-man group went all the way, holding off the chasers in Redcar, where Alaphilippe finished runner-up behind Stephen Williams (Israel-PremierTech).

“We had a plan for today, which was to take responsibility and go on the attack. Julian felt good and we rode for him. In the finale, one guy was faster, but Loulou made a big leap in the GC and can continue to go for a good result. I am here to support him, help the team as much as possible, push my limits and improve my form. I am happy with how things went so far and we will continue to try the next stages”, said Remco, who is one of the three Soudal Quick-Step riders in the top ten, alongside Julian and stage one winner Paul Magnier.

 

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Race details

1 Stephen Williams
Israel - Premier Tech
3:37:25
2 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
3 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:00
4 Joseph Blackmore
Israel - Premier Tech
0:21
5 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:21
6 Louis Sutton
Great Britain
0:21
7 Tom Donnenwirth
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team
0:21
8 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:21
9 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
1:27
10 Matevž Govekar
Bahrain - Victorious
1:27
31 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
1:27
104 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
18:45
105 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
26:35
1 Stephen Williams
Israel - Premier Tech
7:49:00
2 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:06
3 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:16
4 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:31
5 Joseph Blackmore
Israel - Premier Tech
0:31
6 Tom Donnenwirth
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team
0:31
7 Louis Sutton
Great Britain
0:31
8 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:31
9 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
1:27
10 Julius Johansen
Sabgal / Anicolor
1:28
44 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
2:26
104 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
33:59
106 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
36:52
1 Julius Johansen
Sabgal / Anicolor
30 pt
2 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
27 pt
3 Stephen Williams
Israel - Premier Tech
26 pt
4 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
19 pt
5 Ethan Vernon
Israel - Premier Tech
18 pt
6 Callum Thornley
Trinity Racing
17 pt
7 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
15 pt
8 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
12 pt
9 Robert Donaldson
Trinity Racing
12 pt
10 Nickolas Zukowsky
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
10 pt
14 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
6 pt
26 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
3 pt
29 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
1 Callum Thornley
Trinity Racing
50 pt
2 Dean Harvey
Trinity Racing
24 pt
3 Laurent Gervais
Project Echelon Racing
20 pt
4 Baptiste Veistroffer
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team
19 pt
5 Louis Sutton
Great Britain
18 pt
6 Nickolas Zukowsky
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
18 pt
7 Cade Bickmore
Project Echelon Racing
17 pt
8 Julius Johansen
Sabgal / Anicolor
14 pt
9 James McKay
Saint Piran
10 pt
10 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
6 pt
12 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
5 pt
15 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
17 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
3 pt
1 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
7:49:06
2 Joseph Blackmore
Israel - Premier Tech
0:25
3 Louis Sutton
Great Britain
0:25
4 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
1:21
5 Robert Donaldson
Trinity Racing
1:27
6 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team
1:31
7 Fergus Browning
Trinity Racing
1:31
8 Joshua Ludman
Saint Piran
1:31
9 Liam O'Brien
Lidl - Trek Future Racing
1:31
10 Bjoern Koerdt
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
1:31
15 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
2:20
39 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
36:46
1 Israel - Premier Tech 23:29:18
2 Soudal Quick-Step 0:12
3 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 1:06
4 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 1:27
5 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team 1:27
6 Great Britain 1:27
7 Bahrain - Victorious 2:33
8 Sabgal / Anicolor 2:33
9 INEOS Grenadiers 2:33
10 Lidl - Trek Future Racing 2:52

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