Boom survives Tour of Britain onslaught ahead of final stage

Lars Boom (LottoNl-Jumbo)

Lars Boom (LottoNl-Jumbo) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

After the hardest-fought stage of the 2017 Tour of Britain, it was LottoNL-Jumbo who came out on top, and in more ways than one. With Lars Boom coming into the day with a slender eight-second GC lead, it was all hands on deck to keep the green leader’s jersey intact ahead of the race’s final day to Cardiff on Sunday.

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