Wout van Aert won the stage 1 of the Tour of Britian, outsprinting DSM’s Nils Eekhoff and Movistar’s Gonzalo Serrano at the end of a 112 mile ride from Penzance to Bodmin. Van Aert now lead the race by four seconds over Eekhoff with seven stages to go. Monday’s stage 2 features a hilly course that Van Aert can take advantage of again with a small rise in the final mile.

2021 TOUR OF BRITAIN STAGE 1 RESULTS

1	VAN AERT Wout	Team Jumbo-Visma	4:33:36
2	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	0:00
3	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar Team	0:00
4	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	0:00
5	TOWNSEND Rory	Canyon dhb SunGod	0:02
6	WOODS Michael	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:02
7	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Team Qhubeka NextHash	0:02
8	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:02
9	MEURISSE Xandro	Alpecin-Fenix	0:02
10	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	0:02

 

2021 TOUR OF BRITAIN OVERALL STANDINGS

1	VAN AERT Wout	Team Jumbo-Visma	4:33:26
2	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	0:04
3	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar Team	0:06
4	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	0:10
5	TOWNSEND Rory	Canyon dhb SunGod	0:12
6	WOODS Michael	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:12
7	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Team Qhubeka NextHash	0:12
8	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:12
9	MEURISSE Xandro	Alpecin-Fenix	0:12
10	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	0:12

 

 

Photos: Alex Broadway/SWPix/CV/Bettini