Tour of Britain: Ewan reclaims overall lead after another close sprint

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Caleb Ewan tour of britain 2017

Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) took his second win of the Tour of Britain on stage 3, beating Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) and Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin) after a bunch sprint into Scunthorpe’s Central Park.

Race leader Elia Viviani (Team Sky) finished in seventh place and lost the leader’s green jersey which went back to Ewan.

“Today was a tough day with the weather,” Ewan said after a ride through the flat terrain of Lincolnshire. “It wasn’t as straightforward as we might have expected.”

Tour of Britain 2017 – stage 3 results (Normanby Hall country park – Scunthorpe):

1Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott)

4:04:05

2Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data)

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3Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin)

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4Brenton Jones (JLT Condor)

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5Mads Würtz Schmidt (Katusha-Alpecin)

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6Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty – Groupe Gobert)

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7Elia Viviani (Team Sky)

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8Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors)

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9Daniele Bennati (Movistar)

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10Nikolas Maes (Lotto Soudal)

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General classification after stage 3:

1Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott)

13:54:34

2Elia Viviani (Team Sky)

+06”

3Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data)

+07”

4Karol Domagalski (ONE)

+14”

5Silvan Dillier (BMC)

+15”

6Kamil Gradek (ONE)

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7Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin)

+16”

8Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors)

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9Lars Boom (LottoNl-Jumbo)

+18”

10Zdenek Stybar (Quick-Step Floors)

+20”

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