Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) po finiszu na ulicach Liverpoolu wygrał pierwszy odcinek brytyjskiego touru i objął prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej.
Niemiec w końcówce pokonał młodego Włocha Nicolę Ruffoniego (Bardiani-CSF) i Marka Cavendisha (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
W peletonie do mety dotarli Polacy – 32. finiszował Michał Kwiatkowski, 59. Michał Gołaś (obaj Omega Pharma-Quick Step), 106. Sylwester Szmyd (Movistar Team), a 109. Marcin Białobłocki (Velosure-Giordana).
fot. © Cor Vos / Team Giant-Shimano
Wyniki 1. etapu Tour of Britain 2014 (2.HC), Liverpool – Liverpool (104,8 km):
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 2:16:35 2 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 5 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 6 Markus Barry (Ned) Belkin 7 Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain 8 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 9 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 10 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar Team 11 Alex Peters (GBr) Madison Genesis 12 Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp-Endura 13 Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team 14 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 15 Yanto Barker (GBr) Team Raleigh 16 Adam Blythe (GBr) NFTO 17 Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Team Raleigh 18 Bol Jetse (Ned) Belkin 19 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 20 Chris Opie (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 21 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 22 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 23 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 24 Owain Doull (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction 25 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Raleigh 26 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 27 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin 28 James Lowsley Williams (GBr) NFTO 29 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 30 Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Team Raleigh 31 Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 32 Michał Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 33 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 34 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 35 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 36 Germain Burton (GBr) Great Britain 37 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Madison Genesis 38 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain 39 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 40 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 41 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 42 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team 43 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 44 Robert Partridge (GBr) Giordana Racing Team 45 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 46 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 47 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 48 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Movistar Team 49 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 50 George Atkins (GBr) Team Raleigh 51 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 52 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 53 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka 54 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 55 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 56 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 57 Dennis Van Niekerk (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka 58 Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain 59 Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM Cycling 60 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 61 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 62 Thomas Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 63 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 64 Leopold König (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 65 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team 66 Thomas Scully (NZl) Madison Genesis 67 Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction 68 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin 69 Dale Appleby (GBr) NFTO 70 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 71 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 72 Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis 73 Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 74 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 75 Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin 76 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 77 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 78 Bradley Morgan (GBr) Giordana Racing Team 79 Karel Hnik (Cze) MTN-Qhubeka 80 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 81 Joshua Hunt (GBr) NFTO 82 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 83 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 84 Jonathan Mould (GBr) NFTO 85 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky 86 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 87 Ryan Mullen (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction 88 Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 89 Michael Cumings (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 90 Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction 91 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 92 Dylan Girdlestone (Rsa) Garmin-Sharp 93 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Raleigh 94 Jim Songezo (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka 95 James Moss (GBr) Giordana Racing Team 96 Steve Lampier (GBr) Giordana Racing Team 97 Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin 98 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 99 Samuel Harrison (GBr) NFTO 100 Liam Holohan (GBr) Madison Genesis 101 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Great Britain 102 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain 103 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 104 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo 105 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 106 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team 107 Nathan Edmondson (GBr) Giordana Racing Team 108 Michael James Northey (NZl) Madison Genesis 109 Marcin Białobłocki (Pol) Giordana Racing Team 110 Glen O'Shea (Aus) An Post-Chainreaction 111 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 112 Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF 113 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Garmin-Sharp 114 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp 115 Shane Archbold (NZl) An Post-Chainreaction 116 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 117 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura 118 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 119 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 120 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk Klasyfikacja po 1. etapie 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 2:16:25 2 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 00:01 3 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 00:04 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:06 6 Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 00:07 7 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 00:10 8 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 9 Markus Barry (Ned) Belkin 10 Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain 11 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 12 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 13 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar Team 14 Alex Peters (GBr) Madison Genesis 15 Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp-Endura 16 Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team 17 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 18 Yanto Barker (GBr) Team Raleigh 19 Adam Blythe (GBr) NFTO 20 Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Team Raleigh 21 Bol Jetse (Ned) Belkin 22 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 23 Chris Opie (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 24 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 25 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 27 Owain Doull (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction 28 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Raleigh 29 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin 31 James Lowsley Williams (GBr) NFTO 32 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 33 Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Team Raleigh 34 Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 35 Michał Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 36 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 37 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 38 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 39 Germain Burton (GBr) Great Britain 40 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Madison Genesis 41 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain 42 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 43 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 44 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 45 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team 46 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 47 Robert Partridge (GBr) Giordana Racing Team 48 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 49 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 50 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 51 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Movistar Team 52 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 53 George Atkins (GBr) Team Raleigh 54 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 55 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 56 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka 57 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 58 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 59 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 60 Dennis Van Niekerk (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka 61 Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain 62 Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM Cycling 63 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 64 Thomas Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 65 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 66 Leopold König (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 67 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team 68 Thomas Scully (NZl) Madison Genesis 69 Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction 70 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin 71 Dale Appleby (GBr) NFTO 72 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 73 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 74 Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis 75 Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 76 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 77 Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin 78 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 79 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 80 Bradley Morgan (GBr) Giordana Racing Team 81 Karel Hnik (Cze) MTN-Qhubeka 82 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 83 Joshua Hunt (GBr) NFTO 84 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 85 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 86 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky 87 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 88 Ryan Mullen (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction 89 Michael Cumings (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL 90 Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction 91 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 92 Dylan Girdlestone (Rsa) Garmin-Sharp 93 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Raleigh 94 Jim Songezo (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka 95 James Moss (GBr) Giordana Racing Team 96 Steve Lampier (GBr) Giordana Racing Team 97 Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin 98 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 99 Samuel Harrison (GBr) NFTO 100 Liam Holohan (GBr) Madison Genesis 101 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Great Britain 102 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain 103 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 104 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo 105 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 106 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team 107 Nathan Edmondson (GBr) Giordana Racing Team 108 Michael James Northey (NZl) Madison Genesis 109 Marcin Białobłocki (Pol) Giordana Racing Team 110 Glen O'Shea (Aus) An Post-Chainreaction 111 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 112 Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF 113 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Garmin-Sharp 114 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp 115 Shane Archbold (NZl) An Post-Chainreaction 116 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 117 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura 118 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 119 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 120 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 02:21:36