Lars Boom took the overall lead in the Tour of Britain after winning Thursday’s stage five time trial.
The Lotto NL-Jumbo rider, who won the race in 2011, timed 19min 2sec around the 16-kilometre route in the coastal town of Clacton-on-Sea in southeast England.
Team-mate Victor Campenaerts of Belgium was second in the time trial, six seconds slower. He is eight seconds behind Boom overall, in second place.
The highest-placed Briton is Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas, who is ninth overall after coming eighth on Thursday.
Friday’s 187km sixth stage will run from Newmarket to Aldeburgh.
Tour of Britain 2017 – stage 5 results (Tendring ITT):
1 | Lars Boom (LottoNl-Jumbo) | 19:02 |
2 | Victor Campenaerts (LottoNl-Jumbo) | +06” |
3 | Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) | +07” |
4 | Stefan Kung (BMC) | +08” |
5 | Jos Van Emden (LottoNl-Jumbo) | +11” |
6 | Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin) | +12” |
7 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) | +17” |
8 | Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) | ,, |
9 | Alex Dowsett (Movistar) | +21” |
10 | Luke Durbridge (Orica-Scott) | ,, |
General classification after stage 5:
1 | Lars Boom (LottoNl-Jumbo) | 17:57:25 |
2 | Victor Campenaerts (LottoNl-Jumbo) | +08” |
3 | Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) | +09” |
4 | Stefan Kung (BMC) | +10” |
5 | Jos Van Emden (LottoNl-Jumbo) | +13” |
6 | Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin) | +14” |
7 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) | +19” |
8 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) | ,, |
9 | Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) | ,, |
10 | Alex Dowsett (Movistar) | +23” |