Matthias Brandle concede il bis al Giro di Gran Bretagna. L’austriaco, della IAM Pro Cycling, ha vinto la sesta tappa da Bath a Hemel Hempstead (205 km) bissando così l’affermazione conquistata ieri a Exeter. Brandle ha preceduto l’inglese Alex Dowsett (Movistar), che è il nuovo leader della classifica generale, e l’altro britannico Thomas Stewart. Nella scia del podio si sono piazzati Nicola Ruffoni e Sonny Colbrelli, della Bardiani Csf, rispettivamente quarto e quinto.

ORDINE D’ARRIVO
1 Matthias BRANDLE IAM Cycling 4:44:49
2 Alex DOWSETT Movistar Team 0:00:01
3 Thomas STEWART Madison Genesis 0:00:01
4 Sonny COLBRELLI Bardiani CSF 0:01:51
5 Nicola RUFFONI Bardiani CSF 0:01:51
6 Ben SWIFT Team Sky 0:01:51
7 Martin KOHLER BMC Racing Team 0:01:51
8 Heinrich HAUSSLER IAM Cycling 0:01:51
9 Rick ZABEL BMC Racing Team 0:01:51
10 Tom VEELERS Team Giant-Shimano 0:01:51
11 Scott THWAITES Team NetApp-Endura 0:01:51
12 Owain DOULL An Post - Chainreaction 0:01:51
13 Dylan VAN BAARLE Garmin-Sharp 0:01:51
14 Andreas STAUFF MTN - Qhubeka 0:01:51
15 Adam BLYTHE NFTO 0:01:51
16 Jack BAUER Garmin-Sharp 0:01:51
17 Jan BARTA Team NetApp-Endura 0:01:51
18 Sylvain CHAVANEL IAM Cycling 0:01:51
19 Michal KWIATKOWSKI Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:01:51
20 Dylan TEUNS BMC Racing Team 0:01:51
21 Kevin ISTA IAM Cycling 0:01:51
22 Marcin BIALOBLOCKI Giordana Racing Team 0:01:51
23 Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Movistar Team 0:01:51
24 Albert TIMMER Team Giant-Shimano 0:01:51
25 Edoardo ZARDINI Bardiani CSF 0:01:51
26 Jérôme PINEAU IAM Cycling 0:01:51
27 Martijn VERSCHOOR Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:51
28 Nicolas ROCHE Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:51
29 Enrique SANZ UNZUE Movistar Team 0:01:51
30 Matthieu BOULO Team Raleigh 0:01:51
31 Tao GEOGHEGAN HART Great Britain 0:01:51
32 Giovanni VISCONTI Movistar Team 0:01:51
33 Paul VOSS Team NetApp-Endura 0:01:51
34 Germain BURTON Great Britain 0:01:51
35 Maarten WYNANTS Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:51
36 Karel HNIK MTN - Qhubeka 0:01:51
37 Steve LAMPIER Giordana Racing Team 0:01:51
38 Leopold KÖNIG Team NetApp-Endura 0:01:51
39 Richard HANDLEY Rapha Condor JLT 0:01:51
40 Tom STAMSNIJDER Team Giant-Shimano 0:01:51
41 Tyler FARRAR Garmin-Sharp 0:01:51
42 Robert PARTRIDGE Giordana Racing Team 0:01:51
43 Rory SUTHERLAND Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:51
44 Sebastian HENAO GOMEZ Team Sky 0:01:51
45 Alex PETERS Madison Genesis 0:01:51
46 Francesco Manuel BONGIORNO Bardiani CSF 0:01:51
47 Bradley WIGGINS Team Sky 0:01:51
48 Christopher JUUL JENSEN Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:51
49 Sébastien REICHENBACH IAM Cycling 0:01:51
50 Liam HOLOHAN Madison Genesis 0:01:51
51 Dennis VAN NIEKERK MTN - Qhubeka 0:01:51
52 Mark MCNALLY An Post - Chainreaction 0:01:51
53 Michal GOLAS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:01:51
54 Sylvester SZMYD Movistar Team 0:01:51
55 Mark CHRISTIAN Team Raleigh 0:01:51
56 David LOPEZ GARCIA Team Sky 0:01:51
57 Lars-Petter NORDHAUG Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:51
58 Ignatas KONOVALOVAS MTN - Qhubeka 0:01:51
59 David LOZANO RIBA Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:51
60 Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA Movistar Team 0:01:51
61 Thomas MOSES Rapha Condor JLT 0:01:51
62 Bram TANKINK Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:51
63 Mark CAVENDISH Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:02:01
64 Niki TERPSTRA Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:02:01
65 Enrico BATTAGLIN Bardiani CSF 0:02:36
66 Morgan KNEISKY Team Raleigh 0:03:20
67 Julien VERMOTE Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:03:36
68 Ryan MULLEN An Post - Chainreaction 0:05:23
Samuel HARRISON NFTO Abandon
Jonathan MOULD NFTO Abandon

CLASSIFICA GENERALE
1 Alex DOWSETT Movistar Team 25:07:53
2 Michal KWIATKOWSKI Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:34
3 Edoardo ZARDINI Bardiani CSF 0:00:40
4 Nicolas ROCHE Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:50
5 Dylan TEUNS BMC Racing Team 0:00:51
6 Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Movistar Team 0:01:00
7 Bradley WIGGINS Team Sky 0:01:02
8 David LOPEZ GARCIA Team Sky 0:01:04
9 Leopold KÖNIG Team NetApp-Endura 0:01:06
10 Sébastien REICHENBACH IAM Cycling 0:01:06
11 Matthias BRANDLE IAM Cycling 0:01:07
12 Giovanni VISCONTI Movistar Team 0:01:17
13 Sylvain CHAVANEL IAM Cycling 0:01:22
14 Dylan VAN BAARLE Garmin-Sharp 0:01:25
15 Jack BAUER Garmin-Sharp 0:01:31