After a frantic day of racing in Suffolk, Matevž Govekar emerged victorious on the streets of Felixstowe in a decreased bunch dash. The Bahrain Victorious rider led the dash out from the entrance and held off the remainder of the sprinters behind to take the win.
The race had break up early on, as a bunch of round 30 riders gained separation from the remainder of the peloton with many riders together with factors classification chief Paul Magnier (Soudal Fast-Step) caught out. The entire major normal classification contenders had been current on the entrance although and their groups labored arduous to extend the hole on these behind them.
There have been some makes an attempt to go clear late on, with Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Fast-Step) making an attempt thrice within the last 25km. Nevertheless, a transfer didn’t materialise, as he was shut down by the groups in the primary group, ultimately admitting defeat and settling again into the bunch.
Within the last dash, Rasmus Pedersen (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Improvement Crew) and Ben Swift (Ineos Grenadiers) got here closest to difficult Govekar, however they’d left it too late to return across the Slovenian rider, who claimed simply the third skilled victory of his profession.
Ethan Vernon was additionally well-positioned within the finale after his Israel-Premier Tech workforce had managed the stage for total chief Stevie Williams. Nevertheless, after a powerful leadout he was unable to totally launch his dash after failing to search out the precise gear within the last few hundred metres and he in the end completed in fourth place.
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RESULTS: TOUR OF BRITAIN 2024, STAGE SIX, LOWESTOFT › FELIXSTOWE (158KM)
1. Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain Victorious, in 3:22:18
2. Rasmus Pedersen (Den) AG2R La Mondiale Improvement Crew
3. Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
4. Ethan Vernon (GBr) Israel-Premier Tech
5. Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
6. Rory Townsend (Ire) Q36.5 Professional Biking
7. Noah Hobbs (GBr) Groupama-FDJ Continentale
8. Robert Donaldson (GBr) Trinity Racing
9. Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
10. Sean Flynn (GBr) dsm-firmenich PostNL, all at similar time
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SIX
1. Stevie Williams (GBr) Israel-Premier Tech, in 21:25:14
2. Oscar Onley (GBr) dsm-firmenich PostNL, +16s
3. Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Improvement Crew, +36s
4. Mark Donovan (GBr) Q36.5 Professional Biking, +40s
5. Joe Blackmore (GBr) Israel-Premier Tech, +41s
6. Jelte Krijnsen (Ned) Q36.5 Professional Biking, +1:39
7. Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain Victorious, +1:40
8. Mathias Bregnhøj (Den) Sabgal-Anicolor, +1:58
9. Noa Isidore (Fra) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Improvement Crew, at similar time
10. Sean Flynn (GBr) dsm-firmenich PostNL, +2:03
