Nils Politt won the final stage of the Tour of Britain Men on Sunday, after the UAE Team Emirates-XRG team dominated the day, riding Tim Wellens to overall victory.
Politt was part of a group of eight riders which formed when the race exploded in the Lammermuir Hills of the Scottish borders. On the windswept moorland between the day’s three classified climbs, all of which came within 20km of each other, first Netcompany Ineos then UAE put the race in the gutter, splitting the bunch.
With five UAE riders in that group, they controlled, and with their lead secure on two laps around the start and finish town of Earlston, they began playing the game on the final circuit. Politt escaped alone with 8km of the day to go and a series of counterattacks were unable to close him down.
Having survived one of those counterattacks, Florian Vermeersch took second place, six seconds behind him team mate, while Filippo Ganna (Netcompany-Ineos) won the sprint for third.
Wellens took eighth place on the stage, finishing well ahead of his nearest rival on GC, to secure the overall win.
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Tim Wellens celebrates GC victory with top 10 finish on stage 5 at Tour of Britain Men (Image credit: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com)
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Initially concentrating mainly on the women's sport, he has covered hundreds of race days on the ground and interviewed some of the sport's biggest names.
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