TOUR OF BRITAIN 2021 STAGE 7 RESULTS

Yves Lampaert won the penultimate stage of the Tour of Britain on Saturday as home hope Ethan Hayter maintained his slender lead over Wout van Aert in the overall standings. This year’s first stage in Scotland, a 121-mile affair, was dominated by a six-strong breakaway group, with Lampaert then outsprinting Matteo Jorgenson and Matt Gibson to the finish line in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park. Lampaert’s Belgian compatriot Van Aert had halved Hayter’s lead on Friday but the Londoner kept his advantage at four seconds heading into Sunday’s final stage after the pair finished within the peloton on Saturday.

“It was a good day all round because we kept the jersey and have one day left to go,” said Ineos Grenadiers cyclist Hayter, bidding to become the first British champion of this event in five years.

“It’s probably going to kick off tomorrow (Sunday), it always does on the last day of a stage race. I’ll do my best to beat Wout if it does come to a sprint.”

The tour concludes with a 107 mile stage from Stonehaven to Aberdeen in northeast Scotland.

TOUR OF BRITAIN STAGE 7 RESULTS

1	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck – Quick Step	4:39:09
2	JORGENSON Matteo	Movistar Team	0:00
3	GIBSON Matthew	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	0:00
4	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:35
5	EENKHOORN Pascal	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:41
6	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	1:51
7	VAN AERT Wout	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:51
8	KANTER Max	Team DSM	1:51
9	DENNIS Rohan	INEOS Grenadiers	1:51
10	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	1:51

2021 TOUR OF BRITAIN OVERALL STANDINGS

1	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	27:34:32
2	VAN AERT Wout	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:04
3	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:21
4	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:35
5	WOODS Michael	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:54
6	DENNIS Rohan	INEOS Grenadiers	1:08
7	MARTIN Dan	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:10
8	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	1:37
9	DONOVAN Mark	Team DSM	1:58
10	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	2:01

Photos: Alex Broadway/SWPix/CV/Bettini