Ogni volta che corre, fa venire un brivido lungo la schiena a chi sogna il successo mondiale. Perché Mathieu Van der Poel non finisce di stupire: vince sugli strappi, vince nelle classiche e ora vince anche in volata, grazie ad un colpo di reni degno del miglior pistard. L'olandese della Corendon Circus ha vinto così l'ottava e ultima tappa del Tour of Britain regolando al fotofinish l'olandese Cess Bol mentre Matteo Trentin, che ha fato lavorare a lungo i suoi compagni di squadra, è partito un po' troppo indietro e si è fermato al terzo posto. Quinto posto per Davide Cimolai e sesto per Sacha Modolo.

Ci hanno provato soprattutto gli uomini della Ineos, strada facendo, a mettere in dicfficoltà Van der Poel ma l'olandese - e con lui anche Trentin che ha sempre risposto in prima persona ad ogni tentativo, confermando di essere in bella condizione - ha sempre parato ogni colpo, correndo come sua abitudine nelle primissime posiizioni del gruppo per andare poi a cogliere una vittoria davvero esaltante che mette il sigililo al suo straordinario Tour of Britain.

ORDINE D'ARRIVO

1 Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Corendon - Circus 3:49:26
2 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
3 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
4 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:00
5 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:00
6 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First 0:00:00
7 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
8 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:00
9 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:00
10 Danilo Wyss (SUI) Team Dimension Data 0:00:00
11 Connor Swift (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:00:00
12 Nils Politt (GER) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:00
13 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:00
14 Jake Stewart (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:00:00
15 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:00
16 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos 0:00:00
17 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 0:00:00
18 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos 0:00:00
19 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos 0:00:00
20 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:00:00
21 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon - Circus 0:00:00
22 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:00:00
23 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
24 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:00:00
25 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:00
26 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:00:00
27 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:00
28 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
29 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:00:00
30 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
31 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:00
32 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:00
33 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:00
34 Hector Carretero (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:13
35 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:13
36 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:13
37 Philipp Walsleben (GER) Corendon - Circus 0:00:19
38 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:22
39 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos 0:00:24
40 Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:24
41 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:00:24
42 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:01:15
43 Florian Stork (GER) Team Sunweb 0:01:30
44 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos 0:00:00
45 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton - Scott 0:02:29
46 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:06:17
47 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:06:17
48 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:06:17
49 Alex Colman (Bel) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:06:17
50 Jim Brown (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:06:17
51 Trond Håkon Trondsen (Nor) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:06:17
52 Ethan Vernon (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:06:17
53 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:06:17
54 Rory Townsend (Irl) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:06:17
55 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:06:17
56 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Corendon - Circus 0:06:17
57 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:06:17
58 Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:06:17
59 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:06:17
60 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:06:17
61 Matthew Walls (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:06:17
62 Ryan Christensen (NZl) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:06:17
63 Peter Williams (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling 0:06:17
64 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:06:17
65 Jacob Scott (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling 0:06:17
66 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team 0:06:17
67 Joey Walker (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:06:17
68 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 0:06:17
69 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:06:17
70 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:06:17
71 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:06:17
72 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:06:17
73 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Esp) Movistar Team 0:06:17
74 Boris Vallée (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:06:17
75 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:06:17
76 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:06:17
77 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:06:17
78 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:06:17
79 Robert Scott (GBr) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:06:17
80 James Shaw (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling 0:06:17
81 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:06:17
82 Julien Vermote (Bel) Team Dimension Data 0:06:17
83 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:06:17
84 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:17
85 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon - Circus 0:06:17
86 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:17
87 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:17
88 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:17
89 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:06:17
90 Rhys Britton (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:06:17
91 Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:06:17
92 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:06:17
93 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:06:17
94 Michael Cuming (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:06:17
95 Edward Laverack (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling 0:06:17
96 Ben Hardy (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling 0:06:17
97 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:17
98 Rémy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:17
99 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:06:17
100 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Corendon - Circus 0:06:17
101 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:06:17
102 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:06:17
103 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:06:17
104 Bernhard Eisel (AUT) Team Dimension Data 0:06:30
105 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data 0:06:30
106 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data 0:06:30
DNF Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
DNF Tristan Robbins (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling
DNF Rasmus Byriel Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
DNS Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy

CLASSIFICA FINALE

1 Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Corendon - Circus 29:47:41
2 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:17
3 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:50
4 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos 0:00:52
5 Nils Politt (GER) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:01:01
6 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos 0:01:01
7 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:01:03
8 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:01:04
9 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:07
10 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:01:08
11 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 0:01:08
12 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:01:10
13 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:25
14 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:01:27
15 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:01:34
16 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:01:34
17 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos 0:01:35
18 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:01:38
19 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:01:44
20 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:49
21 Danilo Wyss (SUI) Team Dimension Data 0:01:58
22 Connor Swift (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:02:19
23 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:02:27
24 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:41
25 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:02:51
26 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:03:15
27 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos 0:03:44
28 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:04:10
29 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:05:08
30 Florian Stork (GER) Team Sunweb 0:07:53
31 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:25
32 James Shaw (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling 0:08:41
33 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:08:56
34 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:09:09
35 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team 0:09:14
36 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:22
37 Julien Vermote (Bel) Team Dimension Data 0:11:49
38 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team 0:12:04
39 Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Movistar Team 0:12:54
40 Ryan Christensen (NZl) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:13:03
41 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:14:30
42 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Corendon - Circus 0:15:15
43 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:52
44 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:16:21
45 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 0:16:32
46 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:16:44
47 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:17:15
48 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:17:19
49 Philipp Walsleben (GER) Corendon - Circus 0:19:02
50 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:19:40
51 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon - Circus 0:20:42
52 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Esp) Movistar Team 0:20:51
53 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:20:56
54 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:21:45
55 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos 0:21:46
56 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:22:33
57 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:24:51
58 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:24:54
59 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:25:02
60 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First 0:25:43
61 Jake Stewart (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:27:02
62 Matthew Walls (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:28:09
63 Ethan Vernon (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:29:11
64 Alex Colman (Bel) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:30:33
65 Hector Carretero (Esp) Movistar Team 0:30:33
66 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:30:35
67 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:32:42
68 Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:32:46
69 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:32:50
70 Edward Laverack (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling 0:33:08
71 Trond Håkon Trondsen (Nor) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:33:24
72 Boris Vallée (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:33:37
73 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:34:28
74 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:34:47
75 Jim Brown (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:34:47
76 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data 0:34:55
77 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:35:00
78 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:35:54
79 Robert Scott (GBr) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:36:21
80 Peter Williams (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling 0:37:09
81 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton - Scott 0:37:12
82 Jacob Scott (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling 0:38:25
83 Rhys Britton (GBr) Nazionale Gran Bretagna 0:38:56
84 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:39:36
85 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:39:37
86 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:40:09
87 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data 0:40:34
88 Joey Walker (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:40:58
89 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Corendon - Circus 0:42:55
90 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon - Circus 0:42:59
91 Rémy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:43:15
92 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:43:30
93 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins LeCol 0:43:41
94 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:43:59
95 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:44:14
96 Rory Townsend (Irl) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:44:58
97 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:45:03
98 Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:45:26
99 Ben Hardy (GBr) SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling 0:46:36
100 Michael Cuming (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:47:21
101 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:48:45
102 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:49:23
103 Bernhard Eisel (AUT) Team Dimension Data 0:50:07
104 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:52:09
105 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:52:10
106 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon - dhb p/b Bloor Homes 0:59:19