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Tour of Britain recap: Stage-by-stage companion to the race

By Matt Westby

Wednesday 4 March 2020 11:54, UK

Tour of Britain
Image: From left, Tom Dumoulin, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish will race the Tour of Britain

Steve Cummings won the 2016 Tour of Britain.

The 35-year-old Briton beat Rohan Dennis into second place by 26 seconds and Tom Dumoulin into third by 38 seconds.

Here is how the race panned out...

THE STAGES

Stage 1: Sunday, September 4 - Glasgow to Castle Douglas - 161.5km

Stage winner: Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal). Race leader: Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal).

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Andre Greipel wins Stage 1 of the 2016 Tour of Britain
Image: Andre Greipel sprinted to victory on stage one

Stage 2: Monday, September 5 - Carlisle to Kendal - 187.7km

Stage winner: Julien Vermote (Etixx - Quick-Step). Race leader: Julien Vermote (Etixx - Quick-Step).

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Team Etixx-Quick Step's Julien Vermote wins stage two of the 2016 Tour of Britain
Image: Breakaway rider Julien Vermote won stage two

Stage 3: Tuesday, September 6 - Congleton to Tatton Park, Knutsford - 179km

Stage winner: Ian Stannard (Team Sky). Race leader: Julien Vermote (Etixx - Quick-Step).

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Ian Stannard wins Stage 3 of the 2016 Tour of Britain
Image: Ian Stannard escaped to a solo win on stage three

Stage 4: Wednesday, September 7 - Denbigh to Builth Wells - 218km

Stage winner: Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo). Race leader: Julien Vermote (Etixx - Quick-Step).

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Dylan Groenewegen of Team LottoNL Jumbo celebrates winning stage four of the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Image: Dylan Groenewegen sprinted to victory on stage four

Stage 5: Thursday, September 8 - Abedare to Bath - 194.6km

Stage winner: Jack Bauer (Cannondale-Drapac). Race leader: Julien Vermote (Etixx - Quick-Step).

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Jack Bauer, Tour of Britain, stage five
Image: Jack Bauer won stage five out of the breakaway

Stage 6: Friday, September 9 - Sidmouth to Haytor, Dartmoor - 149.8km

Stage winner: Wout Poels (Team Sky). Race leader: Steve Cummings (Dimension Data).

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Wout Poels wins Stage 6 of the 2016 Tour of Britain
Image: Wout Poels climbed to victory on stage six

Stage 7a: Saturday, September 10 - Bristol to Bristol - 15km individual time trial

Stage winner: Tony Martin (Etixx - Quick-Step). Race leader: Steve Cummings (Dimension Data).

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Germany's Tony Martin crosses the finish line at the end of the 17 km individual time-trial, the eighteenth stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de Franc
Image: Tony Martin won stage 7a's time trial

Stage 7b: Saturday, September 10 - Bristol to Bristol - 76.5km circuit race

Stage winner: Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing). Race leader: Steve Cummings (Dimension Data).

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BMC Racing's Rohan Dennis celebrates his victory in stage seven of the 2016 Tour of Britain in Bristol.
Image: Rohan Dennis won stage 7b after a late attack

Stage 8: Sunday, September 11 - London to London - 99.2km

Stage winner: Caleb Ewan (BikeExchange). Race winner: Steve Cummings (Dimension Data).

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Caleb Ewan, Tour of Britain, stage eight
Image: Caleb Ewan won the final stage in London

KEY STAGE

Stage six. The summit finish on Haytor has the potential to open up some decisive gaps between the overall contenders.

TIME BONUSES

- 10, six and four seconds will be awarded to the top three on stages (except the time trials on stages one and 19).
- Three, two and one second will be awarded to the top three at intermediate sprints.

Tour of Britain 2015, generic, stage seven
Image: The Tour of Britain is one toughest and action-packed races on the calendar

THE JERSEYS

- Yellow: General classification.
- Black: Mountains classification.
- Blue and white: Points classification.
- Green: Sprints classification.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

- 2015: Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor).
- 2014: Dylan van Baarle (Ned).
- 2013: Sir Bradley Wiggins (GB).
- 2012: Nathan Haas (Aus).
- 2011: Lars Boom (Ned).
- 2010: Michael Albasini (Sui).
- 2009: Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor).
- 2008: Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra).
- 2007: Romain Feillu (Fra).
- 2006: Martin Pedersen (Den).
Edvald Boasson Hagen, Tour of Britain, stage eight
Image: Edvald Boasson Hagen won last year's race

CYCLING PHRASEBOOK

- Domestique: Support rider.
- Rouleur: All-rounder.
- Puncheur: A rider who excels on short, sharp climbs.
- Peloton: The main bunch of riders.
- Breakaway: A small group of riders who escape from the peloton.
- Grupetto: A group made up of riders who have been dropped from the peloton on mountain stages who work together to make sure they beat the day's time limit.
- Echelon: A diagonal line of riders that forms across the road when the race is hit by crosswinds. The line is diagonal because riders try to shelter from the wind by the side of the rider in front of them. Normally, multiple echelons form.

TEAMS AND RIDERS

AN POST-CHAIN REACTION
Country: Belgium. Status: Continental.
Team: Nicolas Vereecken, Jasper Bovenhuis, Emiel Wastyn, Oliver-Kent-Spark, Jacob Scott, Damien Shaw.

BARDIANI-CSF
Country: Italy. Status: Pro Continental.
Team: Edoardo Zardini, Nicola Boem, Francesco Bongiorno, Nicola Ruffoni, Paolo Simion, Alessandro Tonelli.

BMC RACING
Country: United States. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Rohan Dennis, Taylor Phinney, Rick Zabel, Taylor Eisenhart, Amael Moinard, Loic Vliegen.

CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
Country: Spain. Status: Pro Continental.
Team: Carlos Barbero, Miguel Angel Benito, Javier Aramendia, Andre Goncalves, Diego Rubio, Hector Saez.

CANNONDALE-DRAPAC
Country: United States. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Ryan Mullen, Wouter Wippert, Jack Bauer, Dylan van Baarle, Sebastian Langeveld, Ruben Zepuntke.

DIMENSION DATA
Country: South Africa. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Mark Cavendish, Steve Cummings, Mark Renshaw, Bernhard Eisel, Jay Robert Thomson, Johann van Zyl.

ETIXX – QUICK-STEP
Country: Belgium. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Dan Martin, Tony Martin, Ariel Richeze, Julien Vermote, Lukasz Wisniowski, Adrien Costa.

GIANT-ALPECIN
Country: Germany. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Tom Dumoulin, Roy Curvers, Jochem Hoekstra, Ramon Sinkeldam, Martijn Tusveld, Maximilian Walscheid.

GREAT BRITAIN
Country: Great Britain. Status: National team.
Team: Adam Blythe, Gabriel Cullaigh, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Dan McLay, Mark Stewart, Oliver Wood.

JLT-CONDOR
Country: Great Britain. Status: Continental.
Team: Russell Downing, Graham Briggs, Conor Dunne, Steve Lampier, Tom Moses, Alistair Slater.

LOTTONL-JUMBO
Country: Netherlands. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Dylan Groenewegen, Tom Leezer, Paul Martens, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Robert Wagner, Maarten Wynants.

LOTTO SOUDAL
Country: Belgium. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Andre Greipel, Jasper De Buyst, Jens Debusschere, Frederik Frison, James Shaw, Marcel Sieberg.

MADISON-GENESIS
Country: Great Britain. Status: Continental.
Team: Erick Rowsell, Alexandre Blain, Taylor Gunman, Matt Holmes, Matt Cronshaw, Tom Stewart.

MOVISTAR
Country: Spain. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Alex Dowsett, Juan Jose Lobato, Giovanni Visconti, Javier Moreno, Gorka Izagirre, Jorge Arcas.

NFTO
Country: Great Britain. Status: Continental.
Team: Ian Bibby, Dale Appleby, Edmund Bradbury, Liam Stones, Jonathan McEvoy, Rob Partridge.

ONE PRO CYCLING
Country: Great Britain. Status: Pro Continental.
Team: Hayden McCormick, Dion Smith, Karol Domagalski, Kristian House, Steele von Hoff, Peter Williams.

ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
Country: Australia. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Alex Edmondson, Caleb Ewan, Michael Hepburn, Luka Mezgec, Robert Power, Amets Txurruka.

TEAM SKY
Country: Great Britain. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Elia Viviani, Wout Poels, Ian Stannard, Nicolas Roche, Ben Swift, Danny van Poppel.

TREK-SEGAFREDO
Country: United States. Status: WorldTour.
Team: Boy van Poppel, Eugenio Alafaci, Jack Bobridge, Marco Coledan, Giacomo Nizzolo, Jacopo Mosca.

WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT
Country: Belgium. Status: Pro Continental.
Team: Mark McNally, Enrico Gasparotto, Marco Marcato, Guillaume Martin, Xandro Meurisse, Bjorn Thurau.

WIGGINS
Country: Great Britain. Status: Continental.
Team: Sir Bradley Wiggins, Owain Doull, Jon Dibben, Chris Latham, Mark Christian, Dan Pearson.

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