2013 Tour of Britain

The 2013 Tour of Britain was the tenth running of the current Tour of Britain and the 74th British tour in total. The race consisted of eight stages, starting on 15 September in Peebles, and finishing on 22 September in London. The race was part of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour and was categorised by the UCI as a 2.1 category race.

2013 Tour of Britain

2013 UCI Europe Tour
Sir Bradley Wiggins after the final stage
Race details
Dates	15–22 September 2013
Stages	8
Distance	1,159.3 km (720.4 mi)
Winning time	29h 45' 22"
Results
Winner  Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) (Team Sky)   Second  Martin Elmiger (Switzerland) (IAM Cycling)   Third  Simon Yates (Great Britain) (Great Britain) Points  Martin Elmiger (Switzerland) (IAM Cycling) Mountains  Ángel Madrazo (Spain) (Movistar Team) Sprints  Ángel Madrazo (Spain) (Movistar Team)   Team Team Sky
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Sir Bradley Wiggins won the race after gaining a lead in the stage 3 time trial.^[1]

Teams

19 teams were invited to participate in the tour: 5 UCI ProTeams, 6 UCI Professional Continental Teams, 7 UCI Continental Teams and one national team.^[2]

UCI ProTeams Cannondale Garmin–Sharp Movistar Team Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Team Sky

UCI Professional Continental Teams Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox IAM Cycling MTN–Qhubeka Sojasun NetApp–Endura UnitedHealthcare

UCI Continental Teams An Post–Chain Reaction Team IG–Sigma Sport Madison Genesis Node 4–Giordana Racing Rapha Condor–JLT Team Raleigh Team UK Youth

National Teams Great Britain

Stages

There were 8 stages in the 2013 race covering a total of 1,159.3 kilometres (720 mi).^[3] Notable stages were Stage 6, which featured the race's first ever summit finish, and Stage 3, an individual time trial, something absent in the previous edition.^[4]

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	15 September	Peebles – Drumlanrig Castle	209.9 km (130 mi)		Flat stage	Elia Viviani (ITA)
2	16 September	Carlisle – Kendal	186.6 km (116 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Gerald Ciolek (GER)
3	17 September	Knowsley – Knowsley	16.1 km (10 mi)		Individual time trial	Bradley Wiggins (GBR)
4	18 September	Stoke-on-Trent – Llanberis	188.4 km (117 mi)		Hilly stage	Mark Cavendish (GBR)
5	19 September	Machynlleth – Caerphilly	177.1 km (110 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Sam Bennett (IRL)
6	20 September	Sidmouth – Haytor	137 km (85 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Simon Yates (GBR)
7	21 September	Epsom – Guildford	155.4 km (97 mi)		Hilly stage	Mark Cavendish (GBR)
8	22 September	London – London	88.8 km (55 mi)		Flat stage	Mark Cavendish (GBR)

Stage 1

15 September 2013 – Peebles to Drumlanrig Castle, 209.9 km (130.4 mi)

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Elia Viviani (ITA) Cannondale 6h 04' 43" 2  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 3  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka s.t. 4  Marco Coledan (ITA) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox s.t. 5  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) IAM Cycling s.t. 6  Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) Sojasun s.t. 7  Shane Archbold (NZL) An Post–Chain Reaction s.t. 8  Jonathan Dibben (GBR) Great Britain s.t. 9  Steele Von Hoff (AUS) Garmin–Sharp s.t. 10  James Williamson (NZL) Node 4–Giordana Racing s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Elia Viviani (ITA) Cannondale 6h 04' 33" 2  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 4" 3  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka + 6" 4  Aaron Gate (NZL) An Post–Chain Reaction + 6" 5  Christophe Laborie (FRA) Sojasun + 6" 6  Anthony Delaplace (FRA) Sojasun + 7" 7  Nathan Haas (AUS) Garmin–Sharp + 8" 8  Peter Hawkins (IRL) Team IG–Sigma Sport + 8" 8  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky + 9" 10  Marco Coledan (ITA) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox + 10"

Stage 2

16 September 2013 – Carlisle to Kendal, 186.6 km (115.9 mi)

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka 5h 01' 01" 2  Sam Bennett (IRL) An Post–Chain Reaction s.t. 3  Thomas Lövkvist (SWE) IAM Cycling + 6" 4  Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain + 6" 5  Michał Gołaś (POL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 6" 6  Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin–Sharp + 6" 7  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling + 9" 8  Marco Coledan (ITA) Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox + 9" 9  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN–Qhubeka + 9" 10  Julien Vermote (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 9"

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka 11h 05' 30" 2  Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain + 20" 3  Michał Gołaś (POL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 20" 4  Marco Coledan (ITA) Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox + 23" 5  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN–Qhubeka + 23" 6  Julien Vermote (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 23" 7  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling + 23" 8  Sacha Modolo (ITA) Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox + 23" 9  Scott Thwaites (GBR) NetApp–Endura + 26" 10  Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (ITA) Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox + 26"

Stage 3

17 September 2013 – Knowsley, 16.1 km (10.0 mi) individual time trial (ITT)

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky 19' 54" 2  Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky + 36" 3  Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin–Sharp + 42" 4  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling + 54" 5  Alex Dowsett (GBR) Movistar Team + 56" 6  David López (ESP) Team Sky + 1' 16" 7  Alexander Wetterhall (SWE) NetApp–Endura + 1' 20" 8  Stefano Pirazzi (ITA) Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox + 1' 22" 9  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 25" 10  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 26"

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky 11h 25' 54" 2  Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky + 37" 3  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling + 47" 4  Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin–Sharp + 55" 5  Alex Dowsett (GBR) Movistar Team + 57" 6  David López (ESP) Team Sky + 1' 17" 7  Michał Gołaś (POL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 18" 8  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 18" 9  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 21" 10  Alexander Wetterhall (SWE) NetApp–Endura + 1' 21"

Stage 4

18 September 2013 – Stoke-on-Trent to Llanberis, 188.4 km (117.1 mi)

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 4h 45' 42" 2  Elia Viviani (ITA) Cannondale s.t. 3  Steele Von Hoff (AUS) Garmin–Sharp s.t. 4  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) IAM Cycling s.t. 5  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 6  Owain Doull (GBR) Great Britain s.t. 7  Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) Sojasun s.t. 8  Scott Thwaites (GBR) NetApp–Endura s.t. 9  Chris Opie (GBR) Team UK Youth s.t. 10  Sam Bennett (IRL) An Post–Chain Reaction s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky 16h 11' 36" 2  Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky + 37" 3  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling + 47" 4  Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin–Sharp + 55" 5  Alex Dowsett (GBR) Movistar Team + 57" 6  David López (ESP) Team Sky + 1' 17" 7  Michał Gołaś (POL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 18" 8  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 18" 9  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 21" 10  Alexander Wetterhall (SWE) NetApp–Endura + 1' 21"

Stage 5

19 September 2013 – Machynlleth to Caerphilly, 177.1 km (110.0 mi)

Stage 5 Result Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) An Post–Chain Reaction 4h 35' 29" 2  Michał Gołaś (POL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 3  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling s.t. 4  David Lelay (FRA) Sojasun s.t. 5  Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin–Sharp s.t. 6  Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain s.t. 7  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky s.t. 8  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) IAM Cycling s.t. 9  Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky s.t. 10  Nairo Quintana (COL) Movistar Team s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky 20h 47' 05" 2  Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky + 37" 3  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling + 43" 4  Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin–Sharp + 55" 5  Michał Gołaś (POL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 12" 6  David López (ESP) Team Sky + 1' 17" 7  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 18" 8  Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain + 1' 23" 9  Dan Martin (IRL) Garmin–Sharp + 1' 38" 10  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) IAM Cycling + 1' 44"

Stage 6

20 September 2013 – Sidmouth to Haytor, 137 km (85 mi)

Stage 6 Result Rider Team Time 1  Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain 3h 23' 44" 2  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling + 2" 3  David López (ESP) Team Sky + 2" 4  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN–Qhubeka + 5" 5  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) IAM Cycling + 5" 6  Nairo Quintana (COL) Movistar Team + 7" 7  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky + 7" 8  Francesco Bongiorno (ITA) Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox + 12" 9  Marcel Wyss (SWI) IAM Cycling + 12" 10  Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) Sojasun + 31"

General Classification after Stage 6 Rider Team Time 1  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky 24h 10' 56" 2  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling + 32" 3  Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain + 1' 06" 4  David López (ESP) Team Sky + 1' 08" 5  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 16" 6  Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin–Sharp + 1' 19" 7  Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky + 1' 34" 8  Michał Gołaś (POL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 36" 9  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) IAM Cycling + 1' 42" 10  Nairo Quintana (COL) Movistar Team + 1' 58"

Stage 7

21 September 2013 – Epsom to Guildford, 155.4 km (96.6 mi)

Stage 7 Result Rider Team Time 1  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 3h 46' 57" 2  Elia Viviani (ITA) Cannondale s.t. 3  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka s.t. 4  Blaž Jarc (SVN) NetApp–Endura s.t. 5  Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin–Sharp s.t. 6  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) IAM Cycling s.t. 7  Chris Opie (GBR) Team UK Youth s.t. 8  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling s.t. 9  Alessandro Bazzani (ITA) UnitedHealthcare s.t. 10  Sam Bennett (IRL) An Post–Chain Reaction s.t.

General Classification after Stage 7 Rider Team Time 1  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky 27h 57' 59" 2  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling + 26" 3  Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain + 1' 06" 4  David López (ESP) Team Sky + 1' 08" 5  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 16" 6  Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin–Sharp + 1' 19" 7  Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky + 1' 34" 8  Michał Gołaś (POL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 36" 9  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) IAM Cycling + 1' 42" 10  Nairo Quintana (COL) Movistar Team + 1' 56"

Stage 8

22 September 2013 – London to London, 88.8 km (55.2 mi)

Stage 8 Result Rider Team Time 1  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 1h 47' 23" 2  Sam Bennett (IRL) An Post–Chain Reaction s.t. 3  Elia Viviani (ITA) Cannondale s.t. 4  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) IAM Cycling s.t. 5  Chris Opie (GBR) Team UK Youth s.t. 6  Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) Sojasun s.t. 7  Sacha Modolo (ITA) Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox s.t. 8  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 9  Enrique Sanz (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 10  Blaž Jarc (SLO) NetApp–Endura s.t.

General Classification after Stage 8 Rider Team Time 1  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky 29h 45' 22" 2  Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling + 26" 3  Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain + 1' 03" 4  David López (ESP) Team Sky + 1' 08" 5  Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin–Sharp + 1' 13" 6  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 16" 7  Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky + 1' 34" 8  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) IAM Cycling + 1' 42" 9  Michał Gołaś (POL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 46" 10  Marcel Wyss (SUI) IAM Cycling + 1' 57"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Sprint Classification	Mountains Classification	Points Classification	Team Classification	Combativity award
1	Elia Viviani	Elia Viviani	Aaron Gate	Kristian House	Elia Viviani	An Post–Chain Reaction	Anthony Delaplace
2	Gerald Ciolek	Gerald Ciolek	Nicola Boem	Ángel Madrazo	Gerald Ciolek	Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox	Ángel Madrazo
3	Bradley Wiggins	Bradley Wiggins				Team Sky	no award
4	Mark Cavendish		Aaron Gate		Elia Viviani		Thomas Scully
5	Sam Bennett		Ángel Madrazo		Sam Bennett		Jacob Rathe
6	Simon Yates				Martin Elmiger		Liam Holohan
7	Mark Cavendish						Pete Williams
8	Mark Cavendish						Shane Archbold
Final		Bradley Wiggins	Ángel Madrazo	Ángel Madrazo	Martin Elmiger	Team Sky	Kristian House