Gaviria takes Britain stage 4; Bookwalter crashes out

Sep 06, 2017

LONDON (AFP) — Fernando Gaviria kept his nerve to win the Tour of Britain’s stage 4 after a tense duel with Team Sky’s Elia Viviani on Wednesday.

Quick-Step Floors rider Gaviria held off Viviani and Alexander Kristoff to take the 165-kilometer stage from Mansfield to Newark.

While Colombia’s Gaviria won the daily honors, Viviani assumed the overall lead from Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott).

“For sure it’s good to have the leader’s jersey back on the shoulders,” Viviani told TeamSky.com. “I’m disappointed because it was a really, really close sprint — but with one of the best sprinters in the world — so it can be a good second place.”

Ewan is level on time with Viviani with four stages remaining, but the Orica-Scott star has lost the green jersey with the Italian boasting greater consistency.

Gaviria now sits third but trails by just six seconds, with Thursday’s stage 5 a 16km time trial in Essex’s Clacton-on-Sea.

“I’ve been coming back from an injury on my left leg. Every day has been going a little bit better. Today everything felt good,” Gaviria said.

He credited his team for strong support in the final 10 kilometers of the stage.

“The boys were spectacular! Philippe [Gilbert] protected me going into the last 10 kilometers, then Zdenek and Max took over and guided me in the final,” Gaviria added. “I’m happy I could repay them by taking the stage, and I hope to get other good results before the Tour of Britain will come to a conclusion.”

Meanwhile, Brent Bookwalter of the United States was forced out of the race after an ugly pile-up.

BMC’s Bookwalter crashed into a car parked close to a tight corner and was forced to withdraw from the race, in an incident where several other riders also crashed.

Stage 4 results

1. Fernando Gaviria Rendon, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, in 3:43:31
2. Elia Viviani, TEAM SKY, at :00
3. Alexander Kristoff, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :00
4. Dylan Groenewegen, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :00
5. Alan Banaszek, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at :00
6. Andrea Pasqualon, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at :00
7. Harry Tanfield, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at :00
8. Enzo Wouters, LOTTO SOUDAL, at :00
9. Nikolas Maes, LOTTO SOUDAL, at :00
10. Nils Politt, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :00
11. Patrick Bevin, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :00
12. Brenton Jones, JLT CONDOR, at :00
13. Maximiliano Ariel Richeze, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :00
14. Floris Gerts, BMC RACING TEAM, at :00
15. Caleb Ewan, ORICA – SCOTT, at :00
16. Vincenzo Albanese, BARDIANI CSF, at :00
17. Steele Von Hoff, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :00
18. Christopher Lawless, GREAT BRITAIN, at :00
19. Philippe Gilbert, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :00
20. Mark Renshaw, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at :00
21. Stefan KÜng, BMC RACING TEAM, at :00
22. Ryan Mullen, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :00
23. Edvald Boasson Hagen, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at :00
24. Jonathan Mcevoy, MADISON GENESIS, at :00
25. Thomas Gibbons, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at :00
26. Dylan Van Baarle, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :00
27. Zdenek Štybar, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :00
28. Tony Martin, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :00
29. Enrico Barbin, BARDIANI CSF, at :00
30. Marcel Sieberg, LOTTO SOUDAL, at :00
31. Daniele Bennati, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :00
32. Gorka Izaguirre Insausti, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :00
33. Alex Dowsett, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :00
34. Rory Townsend, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at :00
35. Michal Kwiatkowski, TEAM SKY, at :00
36. Mads Würtz Schmidt, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :00
37. Laurens De Plus, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :00
38. Gijs Van Hoecke, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :00
39. Hayden Mccormick, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :00
40. Luka Mezgec, ORICA – SCOTT, at :00
41. Victor Campenaerts, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :00
42. Imanol Erviti, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :00
43. Silvan Dillier, BMC RACING TEAM, at :00
44. Chris Opie, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at :00
45. Owain Doull, TEAM SKY, at :00
46. Oliver Wood, GREAT BRITAIN, at :00
47. Kamil Gradek, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :00
48. Xandro Meurisse, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at :00
49. James Shaw, LOTTO SOUDAL, at :00
50. Matthew Teggart, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at :00
51. Jos Van Emden, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :00
52. Vasil Kiryienka, TEAM SKY, at :00
53. Dexter Gardias, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at :00
54. Joseph Rosskopf, BMC RACING TEAM, at :00
55. Geraint Thomas, TEAM SKY, at :00
56. Roger Kluge, ORICA – SCOTT, at :00
57. Mark Stewart, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at :00
58. Reto Hollenstein, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :00
59. James Oram, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :00
60. Lars Boom, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :00
61. Daniel Martin, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :00
62. Tiago Machado, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :00
63. Senne Leysen, LOTTO SOUDAL, at :00
64. Paolo Simion, BARDIANI CSF, at :00
65. Peter Williams, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :00
66. Dion Smith, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at :00
67. Alessandro Tonelli, BARDIANI CSF, at :00
68. Maciej Paterski, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at :00
69. Jan Tratnik, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at :00
70. Connor Swift, MADISON GENESIS, at :00
71. Jonathan Castroviejo, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :00
72. Lukasz Owsian, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at :00
73. Jonas Koch, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at :00
74. Giulio Ciccone, BARDIANI CSF, at :00
75. James Knox, GREAT BRITAIN, at :00
76. Regan Gough, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at :00
77. Andres Miguel Diaz Corrales, CYLANCE CYCLING, at :00
78. Hugh John Carthy, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :00
79. Karol Domagalski, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :00
80. Michael Hepburn, ORICA – SCOTT, at :00
81. Taylor Karl Gunman, MADISON GENESIS, at :00
82. Eric Marcotte, CYLANCE CYCLING, at :00
83. Kyle Murphy, CYLANCE CYCLING, at :00
84. Mark Cavendish, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at :00
85. Rory Sutherland, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :00
86. Adam Hartley, GREAT BRITAIN, at :00
87. Russell Downing, JLT CONDOR, at :00
88. Simone Andreetta, BARDIANI CSF, at :00
89. Robert Partridge, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at :00
90. Sean Mckenna, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at :00
91. Matthew Holmes, MADISON GENESIS, at :00
92. Jay Robert Thomson, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at :00
93. Primož RogliČ, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :00
94. Richard Handley, MADISON GENESIS, at :00
95. Alexandre Blain, MADISON GENESIS, at :00
96. Damien Shaw, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at :00
97. James Gullen, JLT CONDOR, at :00
98. Ian Bibby, JLT CONDOR, at :00
99. Mark Mcnally, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at :00
100. Kris Boeckmans, LOTTO SOUDAL, at :00
101. Davide Formolo, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :36
102. Rob Power, ORICA – SCOTT, at 01:20
103. Ben Hermans, BMC RACING TEAM, at 01:20
104. Jacob Hennessy, GREAT BRITAIN, at 01:25
105. Graham Briggs, JLT CONDOR, at 01:48
106. Bernhard Eisel, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 01:53
107. Tao Geoghegan Hart, TEAM SKY, at 01:53
108. Alistair Slater, JLT CONDOR, at 01:53
109. Ethan Hayter, GREAT BRITAIN, at 01:53
110. Marcin Bialoblocki, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 01:53
111. Orlando Trinidad Garibay Contreras, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 01:53
112. Jacob Scott, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 01:53
113. Luke Durbridge, ORICA – SCOTT, at 02:08
114. Scott Thwaites, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 04:24
DSQ. James Lowsley-Williams, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON
DSQ. Bryan Lewis, CYLANCE CYCLING
DNF Brent Bookwalter, BMC RACING TEAM

General classification

1. Elia Viviani, TEAM SKY, in 17:38:05
2. Caleb Ewan, ORICA – SCOTT, at :00
3. Fernando Gaviria Rendon, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :06
4. Edvald Boasson Hagen, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at :07
5. Alexander Kristoff, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :12
6. Karol Domagalski, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :14
7. Silvan Dillier, BMC RACING TEAM, at :15
8. Kamil Gradek, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :15
9. Lars Boom, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :18
10. Richard Handley, MADISON GENESIS, at :19
11. Nikolas Maes, LOTTO SOUDAL, at :20
12. Andrea Pasqualon, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at :20
13. Brenton Jones, JLT CONDOR, at :20
14. Floris Gerts, BMC RACING TEAM, at :20
15. Zdenek Štybar, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :20
16. Christopher Lawless, GREAT BRITAIN, at :20
17. Daniele Bennati, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :20
18. Philippe Gilbert, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :20
19. Tony Martin, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :20
20. Mads Würtz Schmidt, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :20
21. Patrick Bevin, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :20
22. Stefan KÜng, BMC RACING TEAM, at :20
23. Marcel Sieberg, LOTTO SOUDAL, at :20
24. Dylan Van Baarle, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :20
25. Nils Politt, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :20
26. Gijs Van Hoecke, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :20
27. Alex Dowsett, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :20
28. Maximiliano Ariel Richeze, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :20
29. Laurens De Plus, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :20
30. Michal Kwiatkowski, TEAM SKY, at :20
31. Hayden Mccormick, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :20
32. Matthew Teggart, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at :20
33. Ryan Mullen, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :20
34. Dion Smith, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at :20
35. Owain Doull, TEAM SKY, at :20
36. Enrico Barbin, BARDIANI CSF, at :20
37. Jos Van Emden, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :20
38. Victor Campenaerts, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :20
39. Gorka Izaguirre Insausti, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :20
40. James Shaw, LOTTO SOUDAL, at :20
41. Maciej Paterski, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at :20
42. Mark Stewart, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at :20
43. Xandro Meurisse, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at :20
44. Luka Mezgec, ORICA – SCOTT, at :20
45. Joseph Rosskopf, BMC RACING TEAM, at :20
46. Michael Hepburn, ORICA – SCOTT, at :20
47. Reto Hollenstein, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :20
48. Imanol Erviti, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :20
49. Geraint Thomas, TEAM SKY, at :20
50. Russell Downing, JLT CONDOR, at :20
51. Jonathan Castroviejo, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :20
52. Vasil Kiryienka, TEAM SKY, at :20
53. Tiago Machado, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :20
54. James Oram, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :20
55. Dexter Gardias, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at :20
56. Hugh John Carthy, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :20
57. Daniel Martin, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :20
58. Alessandro Tonelli, BARDIANI CSF, at :20
59. Giulio Ciccone, BARDIANI CSF, at :20
60. Rory Sutherland, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :20
61. James Knox, GREAT BRITAIN, at :20
62. Primož RogliČ, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :20
63. Oliver Wood, GREAT BRITAIN, at :35
64. Mark Renshaw, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 01:39
65. Dylan Groenewegen, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at 02:04
66. Lukasz Owsian, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 02:08
67. Steele Von Hoff, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 02:10
68. Regan Gough, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 02:10
69. Eric Marcotte, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 02:10
70. Roger Kluge, ORICA – SCOTT, at 02:45
71. Ben Hermans, BMC RACING TEAM, at 03:01
72. Davide Formolo, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at 03:01
73. Jan Tratnik, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 03:15
74. Jay Robert Thomson, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 03:15
75. James Gullen, JLT CONDOR, at 03:15
76. Jonas Koch, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 03:17
77. Rory Townsend, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 03:42
78. Luke Durbridge, ORICA – SCOTT, at 04:33
79. Scott Thwaites, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 04:44
80. Alistair Slater, JLT CONDOR, at 05:04
81. Vincenzo Albanese, BARDIANI CSF, at 06:46
82. Senne Leysen, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 06:46
83. Connor Swift, MADISON GENESIS, at 06:46
84. Kris Boeckmans, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 07:16
85. Paolo Simion, BARDIANI CSF, at 07:34
86. Thomas Gibbons, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 07:34
87. Mark Mcnally, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 07:37
88. Harry Tanfield, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 07:48
89. Alexandre Blain, MADISON GENESIS, at 07:48
90. Enzo Wouters, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 07:51
91. Jonathan Mcevoy, MADISON GENESIS, at 07:51
92. Peter Williams, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 07:51
93. Andres Miguel Diaz Corrales, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 07:51
94. Sean Mckenna, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 07:51
95. Taylor Karl Gunman, MADISON GENESIS, at 07:51
96. Damien Shaw, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 07:51
97. Kyle Murphy, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 08:51
98. Mark Cavendish, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 08:55
99. Ethan Hayter, GREAT BRITAIN, at 09:36
100. Jacob Hennessy, GREAT BRITAIN, at 09:54
101. Jacob Scott, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 10:43
102. Simone Andreetta, BARDIANI CSF, at 10:49
103. Alan Banaszek, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 12:18
104. Ian Bibby, JLT CONDOR, at 12:32
105. Bernhard Eisel, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 12:44
106. Rob Power, ORICA – SCOTT, at 12:54
107. Tao Geoghegan Hart, TEAM SKY, at 12:55
108. Matthew Holmes, MADISON GENESIS, at 14:17
109. Robert Partridge, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 15:07
110. Marcin Bialoblocki, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 15:23
111. Orlando Trinidad Garibay Contreras, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 15:23
112. Chris Opie, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 16:25
113. Adam Hartley, GREAT BRITAIN, at 17:23
114. Graham Briggs, JLT CONDOR, at 29:40

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