2018 Tour of Britain
Male Team 02 - 09 Sep

Tour of Britain

1132 Kilometers 8 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Carlos Barbero
  2. Víctor De la Parte
  3. Rubén Fernández
  4. José Joaquín Rojas
  5. Eduardo Sepúlveda
  6. Jasha Sütterlin
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TV

ITV4 will be showing all eight stages live from start to finish for Britain. Starting times for the broadcasts will be: 10.45am (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday), 11.15am (Tuesday), 12.45pm (TTT / Thursday), 10.15am (Saturday) and 3.15pm (finale). Over across Europe, the race will be shown on Eurosport 1 and 2, though the coincidence with the US Open and the Vuelta a España will create several disruptions, with some stages to be broadcast only on Eurosport Player. The most common starting time will be 2.30pm CEST.
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Timetable

Most stages will finish between 4.15 and 4.50pm CEST (the schedules available below are BST, one hour less). There will only be variations at the stages to Bristol (Tuesday 4th), finishing around 3.45pm; the Whinlatter TTT (Thursday 6th), around 3.20pm; and London's finishing circuit, scheduled to end at 6pm.
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Bonus

There will be 10-6-4" bonuses at all seven road stages and 3-2-1" at each of the three intermediate sprints per stage.
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Social Media

The @TourofBritain account will offer comprehensive, live coverage all all stages; the sponsorship-based official hashtag will be #OVOToB.

Stages

Analysis

01
Pembrey - Newport (174.8km)
02 September
  1. 01 André Greipel Lotto Soudal 4h00'54"
  2. 02 Caleb Ewan Mitchelton-Scott "
  3. 03 Fernando Gaviria Quick Step "
  4. 14 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team "
  5. 18 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team "
  6. 28 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team "
  7. 40 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team "
  8. 61 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team "
  9. 63 Víctor De la Parte Movistar Team "
02
Cranbrook - Barnstaple (174.9km)
03 September
  1. 01 Cameron Meyer Mitchelton-Scott 4h14'46"
  2. 02 Alessandro Tonelli Bardiani-CSF +1"
  3. 03 Patrick Bevin BMC Racing Team +2"
  4. 05 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team "
  5. 21 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +39"
  6. 27 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team "
  7. 45 Víctor De la Parte Movistar Team +3'22"
  8. 46 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team "
  9. 49 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team "
03
Bristol (127.2km)
04 September
  1. 01 Julian Alaphilippe Quick Step 2h47'41"
  2. 02 Patrick Bevin BMC Racing Team "
  3. 03 Emils Liepins One Pro Cycling "
  4. 08 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team "
  5. 18 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team "
  6. 30 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team "
  7. 36 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team +6"
  8. 62 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team +2'01"
  9. 70 Víctor De la Parte Movistar Team +2'59"
04
Nuneaton - Royal Leamington Spa (183.5km)
05 September
  1. 01 André Greipel Lotto Soudal 4h22'04"
  2. 02 Sacha Modolo EF – Drapac "
  3. 03 Patrick Bevin BMC Racing Team "
  4. 05 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team "
  5. 14 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team "
  6. 18 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team "
  7. 53 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team "
  8. 61 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team "
  9. 82 Víctor De la Parte Movistar Team "
05
Cockermouth - Whinlatter (CRE / TTT) (14km)
06 September
  1. 01 LottoNLJumbo
  2. 02 Quick Step +16"
  3. 03 Katusha-Alpecin +20"
  4. 05 Movistar Team +36" Team: Carlos Barbero Víctor De la Parte Rubén Fernández José Joaquín Rojas Eduardo Sepúlveda Jasha Sütterlin
06
Barrow-in-Furness - Whinlatter (168.3km)
07 September
  1. 01 Wout Poels Team Sky 4h01'51"
  2. 02 Julian Alaphilippe Quick Step +2"
  3. 03 Hugh Carthy EF – Drapac +12"
  4. 10 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team +21"
  5. 22 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team +36"
  6. 23 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team "
  7. 31 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +1'20"
  8. 56 Víctor De la Parte Movistar Team +3'19"
  9. 83 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team +5'06"
07
West Bridgford - Mansfield (215.6km)
08 September
  1. 01 Ian Stannard Team Sky 4h56'27"
  2. 02 Nils Politt Katusha-Alpecin +59"
  3. 03 Giovanni Carboni Bardiani-CSF +3'09"
  4. 14 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +4'04"
  5. 26 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team "
  6. 28 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team "
  7. 44 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team "
  8. 45 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team "
  9. 52 Víctor De la Parte Movistar Team "
08
London (77km)
09 September
  1. 01 Caleb Ewan Mitchelton-Scott 1h38'33"
  2. 02 Fernando Gaviria Quick Step "
  3. 03 André Greipel Lotto Soudal "
  4. 12 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team "
  5. 27 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team "
  6. 29 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team "
  7. 35 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team "
  8. 46 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team "
  9. 63 Víctor De la Parte Movistar Team +35"

Analysis

Far away from the tremendously flat course designed for its 2017 edition, looking to have as much riders preparing for the Bergen Worlds as possible into its peloton, the Tour of Britain is back to its roots in 2018, featuring a course similar to what the event has always offered since returning to the calendar in 2005: lumpy routes, steep ramps and technical roads where controlling a race is difficult, since teams are down one man to six per squad compared to the usual seven.

The race will start in Wales (Sunday 2nd) with a 174km stage through the Brecon Beacons National Park, even if the key elevation won’t come until eight kilometers before the line, with the ascent to Belmont Hill. A day later (Monday 3rd), the climb to Challacombe Hill will be further from the finish, 21km before Barnstaple, yet its 1.3km at 13% average are certain to break the peloton into several pieces. The bunch sprint in Bristol (Tuesday 4th) is not certain either, since stage three will be short (127km) and feature two little ascents in the last three kilometers. A clearer chance for the fastest men on the peloton will be available at Royal Leamington Spa (Wednesday 5th, 183km), back to the Midlands after a visit to Southwest the days before.

The climb to Whinlatter, in the North West of England -near Scotland, at the Lake District National Park-, will be the main protagonist of the race. Stage five (Thursday 6th) will be a very peculiar TTT, 14km finishing on its demanding slopes, and stage six (viernes 7th) will bring the only mountain-top finish of the race, again on its summit (3.2km at 7%) after four other categorized ascents. Before the final, classic urban circuit in London (Sunday 9th), the race will take on its longest stage, 216km towards Mansfield on more rolling terrain, making for an unpredictable result.