2019 Tour of Britain

The 2019 Ovo Energy Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men's professional road cycling race. It was the sixteenth running of the modern version of the Tour of Britain and the 79th British tour in total. The race started on 7 September 2019 in Glasgow and finished on 14 September 2019 in Manchester. It is part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour.^[1]

2019 Tour of Britain

2019 UCI Europe Tour
Passing through Kilmarnock on stage one
Race details
Dates	7–14 September 2019
Stages	8
Distance	1,250 km (776.7 mi)
Winning time	29h 47' 41"
Results
Winner  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) (Corendon–Circus)   Second  Matteo Trentin (ITA) (Mitchelton–Scott)   Third  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal) Points  Matteo Trentin (ITA) (Mitchelton–Scott) Mountains  Jacob Scott (GBR) (Swift Carbon Pro Cycling) Sprints  Rory Townsend (IRL) (Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes)   Team Team Ineos
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Teams

A total of 20 teams raced in the 2019 Tour of Britain: 10 UCI WorldTeams, 5 UCI Professional Continental teams, 4 UCI Continental Teams, and a British national team. Each team started with six riders for a starting peloton of 120 riders, of which 106 finished the race.^[2][3]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education First
• Lotto–Soudal
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Movistar Team
• Team Dimension Data
• Team Ineos
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• Team Sunweb

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• Corendon–Circus
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Riwal Readynez
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Wanty–Gobert

UCI Continental Teams

• Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes
• Madison Genesis
• Swift Carbon Pro Cycling
• Team Wiggins Le Col

National Teams

• Great Britain

Route

Stage characteristics^[4][5]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	7 September	George Square, Glasgow to Kirkcudbright	201.5 km (125.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)
2	8 September	Kelso to Kelso	166.4 km (103.4 mi)		Hilly stage	Matteo Trentin (ITA)
3	9 September	Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastle-upon-Tyne	182.2 km (113.2 mi)		Flat stage	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)
4	10 September	Gateshead to Kendal	171.5 km (106.6 mi)		Mountain stage	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
5	11 September	Birkenhead Park to Birkenhead Park	174 km (108.1 mi)		Flat stage	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)
6	12 September	Pershore to Pershore	14.5 km (9.0 mi)		Individual time trial	Edoardo Affini (ITA)
7	13 September	Warwick to Burton Dassett Country Park	186.5 km (115.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
8	14 September	Altrincham to Deansgate, Manchester	165 km (102.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
Total			1,250 km (776.7 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

7 September 2019 — Glasgow to Kirkcudbright, 201.5 km (125 mi)

Stage 1 result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 39' 49" 2  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Israel Cycling Academy + 0" 3  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 4  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus + 0" 5  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Ineos + 0" 6  Boris Vallée (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 0" 7  Trond Trondsen (NOR) Wanty–Gobert + 0" 8  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 9  Matthew Bostock (GBR) Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes + 0" 10  Sacha Modolo (ITA) EF Education First + 0"

General classification after stage 1[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 39' 39" 2  Rory Townsend (IRL) Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes + 3" 3  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Israel Cycling Academy + 4" 4  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) AG2R La Mondiale + 4" 5  Dries De Bondt (BEL) Corendon–Circus + 5" 6  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 6" 7  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus + 10" 8  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Ineos + 10" 9  Boris Vallée (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 10" 10  Trond Trondsen (NOR) Wanty–Gobert + 10"

Stage 2

8 September 2019 — Kelso to Kelso, 166.4 km (103 mi)

Stage 2 result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott 3h 55' 53" 2  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 3  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 4  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Israel Cycling Academy + 0" 5  Alex Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 6  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Ineos + 0" 7  Alex Dowsett (GBR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 0" 8  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 0" 9  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 0" 10  Danilo Wyss (SUI) Team Dimension Data + 0"

General classification after stage 2[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott 8h 35' 25" 2  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Israel Cycling Academy + 11" 3  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 11" 4  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 13" 5  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 16" 6  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Ineos + 17" 7  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus + 17" 8  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 17" 9  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 17" 10  Alex Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 17"

Stage 3

9 September 2019 — Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 182.2 km (113 mi)

Stage 3 result[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 37' 53" 2  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus + 0" 3  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Israel Cycling Academy + 0" 4  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 5  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 6  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 7  Matthew Walls (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 8  Alex Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 9  Nils Eekhoff (NED) Team Sunweb + 0" 10  Danilo Wyss (SUI) Team Dimension Data + 0"

General classification after stage 3[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott 13h 13' 18" 2  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Israel Cycling Academy + 7" 3  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus + 11" 4  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 11" 5  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 13" 6  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 16" 7  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Ineos + 17" 8  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 17" 9  Alex Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 17" 10  Danilo Wyss (SUI) Team Dimension Data + 17"

Stage 4

10 September 2019 — Gateshead to Kendal, 171.5 km (107 mi)

Stage 4 result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus 4h 23' 08" 2  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 3" 3  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 3" 4  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Ineos + 3" 5  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 3" 6  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 3" 7  Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 3" 8  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 3" 9  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 3" 10  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 3"

General classification after stage 4[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus 17h 36' 27" 2  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 1" 3  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 7" 4  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 14" 5  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 15" 6  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Ineos + 19" 7  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 19" 8  Thomas Sprengers (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 19" 9  Nils Politt (GER) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 19" 10  Andrey Amador (CRC) Movistar Team + 19"

Stage 5

11 September 2019 — Birkenhead Park to Birkenhead Park, 174 km (108 mi)

Stage 5 result[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 3h 57' 31" 2  Matthew Walls (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 3  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 4  Cees Bol (NED) Team Sunweb + 0" 5  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Israel Cycling Academy + 0" 6  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 7  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Ineos + 0" 8  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 0" 9  Edoardo Affini (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 10  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Team Dimension Data + 0"

General classification after stage 5[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott 21h 33' 55" 2  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus + 3" 3  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 10" 4  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 17" 5  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 18" 6  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Ineos + 22" 7  Andrey Amador (CRC) Movistar Team + 22" 8  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 22" 9  Nils Politt (GER) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 22" 10  Pavel Sivakov (RUS) Team Ineos + 22"

Stage 6

12 September 2019 — Pershore - Pershore, 14.5 km (9 mi), (ITT)

Stage 6 result[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Edoardo Affini (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott 16' 39" 2  Sebastian Langeveld (NED) EF Education First + 7" 3  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Team Ineos + 7" 4  Luke Durbridge (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 8" 5  Tanel Kangert (EST) EF Education First + 10" 6  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus + 12" 7  Alex Dowsett (GBR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 13" 8  Jos van Emden (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 16" 9  Pavel Sivakov (RUS) Team Ineos + 17" 10  Frederik Frison (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 20"

General classification after stage 6[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus 21h 50' 49" 2  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 6" 3  Pavel Sivakov (RUS) Team Ineos + 24" 4  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 26" 5  Nils Politt (GER) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 27" 6  Gianni Moscon (ITA) Team Ineos + 33" 7  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 35" 8  Tanel Kangert (EST) EF Education First + 36" 9  Andrey Amador (CRC) Movistar Team + 39" 10  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 40"

Stage 7

13 September 2019 — Warwick to Burton Dassett Country Park, 186.5 km (116 mi)

Stage 7 result[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus 4h 07' 49" 2  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 1" 3  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 3" 4  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Israel Cycling Academy + 3" 5  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 3" 6  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 3" 7  Gianni Moscon (ITA) Team Ineos + 5" 8  Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 5" 9  Thomas Sprengers (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 5" 10  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 5"

General classification after stage 7[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus 25h 58' 25" 2  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 12" 3  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 40" 4  Pavel Sivakov (RUS) Team Ineos + 42" 5  Nils Politt (GER) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 51" 6  Gianni Moscon (ITA) Team Ineos + 51" 7  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 53" 8  Andrey Amador (CRC) Movistar Team + 57" 9  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 57" 10  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 58"

Stage 8

14 September 2019 — Altrincham to Deansgate, Manchester, 165 km (103 mi)

Stage 8 result[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus 3h 49' 26" 2  Cees Bol (NED) Team Sunweb + 0" 3  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 4  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 5  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Israel Cycling Academy + 0" 6  Sacha Modolo (ITA) EF Education First + 0" 7  Nils Eekhoff (NED) Team Sunweb + 0" 8  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 9  Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 0" 10  Danilo Wyss (SUI) Team Dimension Data + 0"

Final general classification[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Corendon–Circus 29h 47' 41" 2  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 17" 3  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 50" 4  Pavel Sivakov (RUS) Team Ineos + 52" 5  Nils Politt (GER) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 1' 01" 6  Gianni Moscon (ITA) Team Ineos + 1' 01" 7  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 03" 8  Andrey Amador (CRC) Movistar Team + 1' 07" 9  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 1' 07" 10  Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 08"

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Sprints classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1[14]	Dylan Groenewegen	Dylan Groenewegen	Dylan Groenewegen	Jacob Scott	Rory Townsend	Wanty–Gobert	Rory Townsend
2[15]	Matteo Trentin	Matteo Trentin	Matteo Trentin		Gediminas Bagdonas	Team Ineos	Peter Williams
3[16]	Dylan Groenewegen				Rory Townsend		Harry Tanfield
4[17]	Mathieu van der Poel	Mathieu van der Poel					Dylan van Baarle
5[18]	Dylan Groenewegen	Matteo Trentin					Jacob Scott
6[19]	Edoardo Affini	Mathieu van der Poel					no award
7[20]	Mathieu van der Poel						Mathieu van der Poel
8[21]	Mathieu van der Poel						Pavel Sivakov
Final		Mathieu van der Poel	Matteo Trentin	Jacob Scott	Rory Townsend	Team Ineos	Dylan van Baarle

• 
  Mathieu van der Poel
  Overall winner
• 
  Matteo Trentin
  Points classification
• 
  Jacob Scott
  King of the mountains
• 
  Rory Townsend
  Sprints classification
• 
  Dylan van Baarle
  Combativity
• 
  Team Ineos

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification
	Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the sprints classification
	Denotes the leader of the team classification

General classification

Final general classification (1-10)^[22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Corendon–Circus	29h 47' 41"
2	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 17"
3	Jasper De Buyst (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 50"
4	Pavel Sivakov (RUS)	Team Ineos	+ 52"
5	Nils Politt (GER)	Team Katusha–Alpecin	+ 1' 01"
6	Gianni Moscon (ITA)	Team Ineos	+ 1' 01"
7	Mike Teunissen (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1' 03"
8	Andrey Amador (CRC)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 07"
9	Tiesj Benoot (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 1' 07"
10	Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1' 08"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	Mitchelton–Scott	86
2	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Corendon–Circus	73
3	Davide Cimolai (ITA)	Israel Cycling Academy	73
4	Jasper De Buyst (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	64
5	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	45
6	Ben Swift (GBR)	Team Ineos	44
7	Mike Teunissen (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	42
8	Simon Clarke (AUS)	EF Education First	38
9	Matthew Walls (GBR)	Great Britain	28
10	Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	27

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jacob Scott (GBR)	Swift Carbon Pro Cycling	59
2	Dries De Bondt (BEL)	Corendon–Circus	35
3	Dylan van Baarle (NED)	Team Ineos	34
4	Cameron Meyer (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	22
5	Eddie Dunbar (IRL)	Team Ineos	21
6	Pavel Sivakov (RUS)	Team Ineos	18
7	Emil Vinjebo (DEN)	Riwal Readynez	18
8	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Corendon–Circus	15
9	Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	AG2R La Mondiale	15
10	Axel Domont (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	14

Sprints classification

Final sprints classification (1–10)^[22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Rory Townsend (IRL)	Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes	17
2	Dries De Bondt (BEL)	Corendon–Circus	15
3	Dylan van Baarle (NED)	Team Ineos	14
4	Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	AG2R La Mondiale	13
5	Matthew Bostock (GBR)	Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes	9
6	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	Mitchelton–Scott	7
7	Matthew Holmes (GBR)	Madison Genesis	6
8	Emil Vinjebo (DEN)	Riwal Readynez	6
9	Cameron Meyer (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	5
10	Axel Domont (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	4

Teams classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[22]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Team Ineos	89h 25' 56"
2	Lotto–Soudal	+ 1' 45"
3	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 3' 14"
4	Movistar Team	+ 5' 26"
5	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 8' 00"
6	EF Education First	+ 9' 41"
7	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 13' 17"
8	Riwal Readynez	+ 15' 48"
9	Corendon–Circus	+ 16' 22"
10	Team Sunweb	+ 17' 02"