Dimension Data’s Edvald Boasson Hagen took second on the 190km opening stage of Tour of Britain in Kelso, Scotland, today.
Edvald Boasson Hagen, pictured here during this year’s Tour de France, placed second on the opening stage of Tour of Britain in Kelso, Scottland, today. Photo: Stiehl Photography
The Norwegian finished just off Australian and stage winner Caleb Ewan’s (Orica-Scott) wheel in a bunch sprint finish. Completing the podium was Italy’s Elia Viviani (Team Sky).
Today’s triumph puts Ewan in the overall lead. He is three seconds ahead of Hagen and four seconds in front of Poland’s Karol Domagalski (One Pro Cycling).
More results can be viewed below:
Stage one results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott | 4:34:17 |
| 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data | |
| 3 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 4 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 5 | Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 6 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 7 | Brenton Jones (Aus) JLT Condor | |
| 8 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 9 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 10 | Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team | |
| 11 | Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 12 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 13 | Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 14 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 15 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott | |
| 16 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 17 | Oliver Wood (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 18 | Mark Stewart (GBr) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 19 | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 20 | Hayden Mccormick (NZl) One Pro Cycling | |
| 21 | James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal | |
| 22 | Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 23 | Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 24 | Russell Downing (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 25 | Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 26 | Matthew Teggart (Irl) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 27 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 28 | Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 29 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data | |
| 30 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 31 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 32 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | |
| 33 | Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 34 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 35 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team | |
| 36 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott | |
| 37 | Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 38 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 39 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 40 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 41 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott | |
| 42 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 43 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 44 | Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 45 | Lars Boom (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 46 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 47 | Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 48 | Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 49 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky | |
| 50 | Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 51 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 52 | Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 53 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 54 | Dexter Gardias (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | |
| 55 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 56 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 57 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 58 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 59 | Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 60 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team | |
| 61 | James Oram (NZl) One Pro Cycling | |
| 62 | Karol Domagalski (Pol) One Pro Cycling | |
| 63 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 64 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 65 | Kamil Gradek (Pol) One Pro Cycling | |
| 66 | James Knox (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 67 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky | |
| 68 | Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis | |
| 69 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | +16" |
| 70 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | +29" |
| 71 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott | +41" |
| 72 | James Gullen (GBr) JLT Condor | +1'50" |
| 73 | Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 74 | Rory Townsend (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | |
| 75 | Jay Thompson (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 76 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) One Pro Cycling | |
| 77 | Regan Gough (NZl) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 78 | Eric Marcotte (USA) Cylance Cycling | |
| 79 | Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 80 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 81 | Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis | |
| 82 | Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 83 | Bryan Lewis (USA) Cylance Cycling | +3'57" |
| 84 | James Lowsley-Williams (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | +6'26" |
| 85 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Madison Genesis | |
| 86 | Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 87 | Harry Tanfield (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | |
| 88 | Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis | |
| 89 | Senne Leysen (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 90 | Thomas Gibbons (USA) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 91 | Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 92 | Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 93 | Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 94 | Damien Shaw (Irl) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 95 | Peter Williams (GBr) One Pro Cycling | |
| 96 | Taylor Gunman (NZl) Madison Genesis | |
| 97 | Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Madison Genesis | |
| 98 | Sean Mckenna (Irl) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 99 | Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 100 | Andres Diaz (Ven) Cylance Cycling | |
| 101 | Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 102 | Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 103 | Kyle Murphy (USA) Cylance Cycling | |
| 104 | Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 105 | Rob Power (Aus) Orica-Scott | |
| 106 | Jacob Scott (GBr) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 107 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 108 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | +7'30" |
| 109 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | |
| 110 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 111 | Alan Banaszek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 112 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 113 | Orlando Garibay (Mex) Cylance Cycling | +11'05" |
| 114 | Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 115 | Graham Briggs (GBr) JLT Condor | +12'43" |
| 116 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | |
| 117 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 118 | Chris Opie (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | |
| 119 | Adam Hartley (GBr) Great Britain | |
| DNF | Samuel Hunter Grove (USA) Cylance Cycling |
General classification
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott | 4:34:07 |
| 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data | +3" |
| 3 | Karol Domagalski (Pol) One Pro Cycling | +4" |
| 4 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | +6" |
| 5 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin | +10" |
| 6 | Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 7 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 8 | Brenton Jones (Aus) JLT Condor | |
| 9 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 10 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 11 | Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team | |
| 12 | Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 13 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 14 | Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 15 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 16 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott | |
| 17 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 18 | Oliver Wood (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 19 | Mark Stewart (GBr) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 20 | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 21 | Hayden Mccormick (NZl) One Pro Cycling | |
| 22 | James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal | |
| 23 | Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 24 | Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 25 | Russell Downing (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 26 | Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 27 | Matthew Teggart (Irl) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 28 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 29 | Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 30 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data | |
| 31 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 32 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 33 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | |
| 34 | Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 35 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 36 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team | |
| 37 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott | |
| 38 | Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 39 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 40 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 41 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 42 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott | |
| 43 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 44 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 45 | Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 46 | Lars Boom (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 47 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 48 | Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 49 | Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 50 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky | |
| 51 | Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 52 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 53 | Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 54 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 55 | Dexter Gardias (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | |
| 56 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 57 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 58 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 59 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 60 | Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 61 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team | |
| 62 | James Oram (NZl) One Pro Cycling | |
| 63 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 64 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 65 | Kamil Gradek (Pol) One Pro Cycling | |
| 66 | James Knox (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 67 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky | |
| 68 | Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis | |
| 69 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | +26" |
| 70 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | +39" |
| 71 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott | +52" |
| 72 | Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | +1'58" |
| 73 | James Gullen (GBr) JLT Condor | +2'00" |
| 74 | Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 75 | Rory Townsend (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | |
| 76 | Jay Thompson (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 77 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) One Pro Cycling | |
| 78 | Regan Gough (NZl) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 79 | Eric Marcotte (USA) Cylance Cycling | |
| 80 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 81 | Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis | |
| 82 | Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 83 | Bryan Lewis (USA) Cylance Cycling | +4'07" |
| 84 | Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | +6'31" |
| 85 | James Lowsley-Williams (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | +6'36" |
| 86 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Madison Genesis | |
| 87 | Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 88 | Harry Tanfield (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | |
| 89 | Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis | |
| 90 | Senne Leysen (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 91 | Thomas Gibbons (USA) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 92 | Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 93 | Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 94 | Damien Shaw (Irl) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 95 | Peter Williams (GBr) One Pro Cycling | |
| 96 | Taylor Gunman (NZl) Madison Genesis | |
| 97 | Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Madison Genesis | |
| 98 | Sean Mckenna (Irl) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 99 | Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 100 | Andres Diaz (Ven) Cylance Cycling | |
| 101 | Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 102 | Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 103 | Kyle Murphy (USA) Cylance Cycling | |
| 104 | Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 105 | Rob Power (Aus) Orica-Scott | |
| 106 | Jacob Scott (GBr) An Post Chain Reaction | |
| 107 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 108 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | +7'40" |
| 109 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | |
| 110 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 111 | Alan Banaszek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 112 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 113 | Orlando Garibay (Mex) Cylance Cycling | +11'15" |
| 114 | Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 115 | Graham Briggs (GBr) JLT Condor | +12'50" |
| 116 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | +12'52" |
| 117 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | +12'53" |
| 118 | Chris Opie (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon | |
| 119 | Adam Hartley (GBr) Great Britain |
