2023 Tour of Britain

The 2023 Tour of Britain was a men's professional road cycling stage race. It was the nineteenth running of the modern version of the Tour of Britain and the 82nd British tour in total. The race is part of the 2023 UCI ProSeries.

2023 Tour of Britain

2023 UCI ProSeries
Stage 5 in Ipswich
Race details
Dates	3 – 10 September 2023
Stages	8
Distance	1,271.1 km (789.8 mi)
Winning time	28h 43' 57"
Results
Winner  Wout van Aert (BEL) (Team Jumbo–Visma)   Second  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)   Third  Damien Howson (AUS) (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) Points  Olav Kooij (NED) (Team Jumbo–Visma) Mountains  James Fouché (NZL) (Bolton Equities Black Spoke) Youth  Magnus Sheffield (USA) (Ineos Grenadiers) Combativity  Abram Stockman (BEL) (TDT–Unibet Cycling Team)   Team Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
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The Tour of Britain started on 3 September in Manchester and the final stage finished in Caerphilly, Wales on the 10th.^[1][2]

Teams

Five UCI WorldTeams, six UCI ProTeams, four UCI Continental teams, and one national team made up the sixteen teams in the race.^[3]

UCI WorldTeams

• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Movistar Team
• Team DSM–Firmenich
• Team Jumbo–Visma

UCI ProTeams

• Bolton Equities Black Spoke
• Bingoal WB
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Flanders–Baloise
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

UCI Continental Teams

• Global 6 Cycling
• Saint Piran
• TDT–Unibet Cycling Team
• Trinity Racing

UCI Continental Teams

• Great Britain

Schedule

Stage characteristics and winners^[4]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	3 September	Altrincham to Manchester	163.6 km (101.7 mi)		Hilly stage	Olav Kooij (NED)
2	4 September	Wrexham to Wrexham	109.9 km (68.3 mi)		Flat stage	Olav Kooij (NED)
3	5 September	Goole to Beverley	154.7 km (96.1 mi)		Flat stage	Olav Kooij (NED)
4	6 September	Sherwood Forest to Newark-on-Trent	166.6 km (103.5 mi)		Flat stage	Olav Kooij (NED)
5	7 September	Felixstowe to Felixstowe	192.4 km (119.6 mi)		Flat stage	Wout van Aert (BEL)
6	8 September	Southend-on-Sea to Harlow	146.2 km (90.8 mi)		Flat stage	Danny van Poppel (NED)
7	9 September	Tewkesbury to Gloucester	170.9 km (106.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Rasmus Tiller (NOR)
8	10 September	Margam Country Park to Caerphilly	166.8 km (103.6 mi)		Hilly stage	Carlos Rodríguez (ESP)
Total			1,271.1 km (789.8 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

3 September 2023 – Altrincham to Manchester, 163.6 km (101.7 mi)^[4]

Stage 1 Result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 3h 51' 02" 2  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 4  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 5  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 6  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 7  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 0" 8  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 9  Gonzalo Serrano (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 10  Rory Townsend (IRL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 3h 51' 02" 2  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 4  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 5  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 6  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 7  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 0" 8  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 9  Gonzalo Serrano (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 10  Rory Townsend (IRL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke + 0"

Stage 2

4 September 2023 – Wrexham to Wrexham, 109.9 km (68.3 mi)^[4]

Stage 2 Result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 2h 22' 51" 2  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 4  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 5  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 6  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 7  Luke Lamperti (USA) Trinity Racing + 0" 8  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 9  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 10  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 6h 13' 53" 2  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 4  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 5  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 6  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 7  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 8  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 0" 9  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 10  Gonzalo Serrano (ESP) Movistar Team + 0"

Stage 3

5 September 2023 – Goole to Beverley, 154.7 km (96.1 mi)^[4]

Stage 3 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 3h 25' 58" 2  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 4  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 5  Rasmus Tiller (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 6  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 7  Robert Donaldson (GBR) Trinity Racing + 0" 8  Casper van Uden (NED) Team DSM–Firmenich + 0" 9  Rory Townsend (IRL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke + 0" 10  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 9h 39' 51" 2  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 4  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 5  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 6  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 0" 7  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 8  Gonzalo Serrano (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 9  Rasmus Tiller (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 10  Rory Townsend (IRL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke + 0"

Stage 4

6 September 2023 – Sherwood Forest to Newark-on-Trent, 166.6 km (103.5 mi)^[4]

Stage 4 Result[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 3h 45' 40" 2  Casper van Uden (NED) Team DSM–Firmenich + 0" 3  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 4  Milan Fretin (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 0" 5  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 6  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 7  Davide Persico (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0" 8  Ben Turner (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 9  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 10  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 13h 25' 31" 2  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 3  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 4  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 5  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 0" 6  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 7  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 8  Casper van Uden (NED) Team DSM–Firmenich + 0" 9  Gonzalo Serrano (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 10  Rory Townsend (IRL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke + 0"

Stage 5

7 September 2023 – Felixstowe to Felixstowe, 192.4 km (119.6 mi)^[4]

Stage 5 Result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 20' 05" 2  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 3" 3  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3" 4  Alexander Salby (DEN) Bingoal WB + 3" 5  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 3" 6  Davide Persico (ITA) Bingoal WB + 3" 7  Milan Fretin (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 3" 8  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 3" 9  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 3" 10  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 3"

General classification after Stage 5[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma 17h 45' 36" 2  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 3" 3  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 3" 4  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 3" 5  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 3" 6  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3" 7  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 3" 8  Casper van Uden (NED) Team DSM–Firmenich + 3" 9  Gonzalo Serrano (ESP) Movistar Team + 3" 10  Davide Persico (ITA) Bingoal WB + 3"

Stage 6

8 September 2023 – Southend-on-Sea to Harlow, 146.2 km (90.8 mi)^[4]

Stage 6 Result[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 14' 34" 2  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 3  Tord Gudmestad (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 4  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 5  Casper van Uden (NED) Team DSM–Firmenich + 0" 6  Nicolò Parisini (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 7  Davide Persico (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0" 8  Robert Donaldson (GBR) Trinity Racing + 0" 9  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 10  Szymon Sajnok (POL) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 6[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma 21h 00' 10" 2  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Great Britain + 3" 3  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 3" 4  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3" 5  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 3" 6  Davide Bomboi (BEL) TDT–Unibet Cycling Team + 3" 7  Casper van Uden (NED) Team DSM–Firmenich + 3" 8  Davide Persico (ITA) Bingoal WB + 3" 9  Gonzalo Serrano (ESP) Movistar Team + 3" 10  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 3"

Stage 7

9 September 2023 – Tewkesbury to Gloucester, 170.9 km (106.2 mi)^[4]

Stage 7 Result[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Rasmus Tiller (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 3h 50' 53" 2  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Stephen Williams (GBR) Great Britain + 0" 4  Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) Movistar Team + 0" 5  Damien Howson (AUS) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 6  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 7  Zeb Kyffin (GBR) Saint Piran + 0" 8  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 9  Liam Johnston (AUS) Trinity Racing + 0" 10  Mark Donovan (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 7[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma 24h 51' 03" 2  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3" 3  Rasmus Tiller (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 3" 4  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 3" 5  Damien Howson (AUS) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 3" 6  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 3" 7  Mark Donovan (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 3" 8  Stephen Williams (GBR) Great Britain + 3" 9  Zeb Kyffin (GBR) Saint Piran + 3" 10  Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) Movistar Team + 3"

Stage 8

10 September 2023 – Margam Country Park to Caerphilly, 166.8 km (103.6 mi)^[4]

Stage 8 Result[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) Ineos Grenadiers 3h 52' 43" 2  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 11" 3  Damien Howson (AUS) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 11" 4  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 11" 5  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 11" 6  Nils Politt (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 30" 7  Zeb Kyffin (GBR) Saint Piran + 31" 8  Mark Donovan (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 31" 9  Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) Movistar Team + 31" 10  Kamiel Bonneu (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 31"

General classification after Stage 8[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma 28h 43' 57" 2  Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 3" 3  Damien Howson (AUS) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 3" 4  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 3" 5  Mark Donovan (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 23" 6  Zeb Kyffin (GBR) Saint Piran + 23" 7  Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) Movistar Team + 23" 8  Kamiel Bonneu (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 23" 9  Nils Politt (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 28" 10  Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) Ineos Grenadiers + 28"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Olav Kooij	Olav Kooij	Olav Kooij	James Fouché	Olav Kooij	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Harry Tanfield
2	Olav Kooij					Bora–Hansgrohe	Abram Stockman
3	Olav Kooij					Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Nícolas Sessler
4	Olav Kooij						Harry Tanfield
5	Wout van Aert	Wout van Aert					Wout van Aert
6	Danny van Poppel						Abram Stockman
7	Rasmus Tiller				Magnus Sheffield		Ben Turner
8	Carlos Rodríguez					Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	Stephen Williams
Final		Wout van Aert	Olav Kooij	James Fouché	Magnus Sheffield	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	Abram Stockman

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Wout van Aert (BEL)	Team Jumbo–Visma	28h 43' 57"
2	Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 3"
3	Damien Howson (AUS)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 3"
4	Magnus Sheffield (USA)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 3"
5	Mark Donovan (GBR)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 23"
6	Zeb Kyffin (GBR)	Saint Piran	+ 23"
7	Gregor Mühlberger (AUT)	Movistar Team	+ 23"
8	Kamiel Bonneu (BEL)	Team Flanders–Baloise	+ 23"
9	Nils Politt (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 28"
10	Carlos Rodríguez (ESP)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 28"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Olav Kooij (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	108
2	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Bora–Hansgrohe	94
3	Wout van Aert (BEL)	Team Jumbo–Visma	79
4	Ethan Vernon (GBR)	Great Britain	71
5	Abram Stockman (BEL)	TDT–Unibet Cycling Team	47
6	Casper van Uden (NED)	Team DSM–Firmenich	37
7	Rasmus Tiller (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	31
8	Carlos Rodríguez (ESP)	Ineos Grenadiers	25
9	Damien Howson (AUS)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	18
10	James Fouché (NZL)	Bolton Equities Black Spoke	15

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	James Fouché (NZL)	Bolton Equities Black Spoke	49
2	Carlos Rodríguez (ESP)	Ineos Grenadiers	30
3	Mark Donovan (GBR)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	28
4	Wout van Aert (BEL)	Team Jumbo–Visma	26
5	Magnus Sheffield (USA)	Ineos Grenadiers	25
6	Abram Stockman (BEL)	TDT–Unibet Cycling Team	22
7	Stephen Williams (GBR)	Great Britain	18
8	Zeb Kyffin (GBR)	Saint Piran	17
9	Jack Rootkin-Gray (GBR)	Saint Piran	15
10	Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	15

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Magnus Sheffield (USA)	Ineos Grenadiers	28h 44' 00"
2	Carlos Rodríguez (ESP)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 25"
3	Igor Arrieta (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 1' 27"
4	Paul Magnier (FRA)	Trinity Racing	+ 1' 48"
5	Casper van Uden (NED)	Team DSM–Firmenich	+ 5' 19"
6	Robert Donaldson (GBR)	Trinity Racing	+ 7' 06"
7	Jack Rootkin-Gray (GBR)	Saint Piran	+ 7' 06"
8	Luke Lamperti (USA)	Trinity Racing	+ 9' 44"
9	Olav Kooij (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 13' 54"
10	Evan Russell (CAN)	Global 6 Cycling	+ 14' 20"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	86h 14' 29"
2	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 7"
3	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 1' 21"
4	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 2' 03"
5	Bingoal WB	+ 8' 01"
6	Trinity Racing	+ 9' 38"
7	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 11' 21"
8	Global 6 Cycling	+ 11' 43"
9	Saint Piran	+ 12' 03"
10	Team Flanders–Baloise	+ 12' 03"