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5th Tour of Britain - 2.1

Great Britain, September 7-14, 2008

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Stage 2 - September 8: Milton Keynes - Newbury, 145km

Goss shines as the big guns fail to deliver

By Gerry McManus

Goss wins the sprint into Newbury.
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Australian Matt Goss (Team CSC – Saxobank) swept aside all before him as he won stage two of the Tour of Britain in Newbury. He upset the odds to hold off the powerful team Columbia sprinters Julian Dean and Chris Sutton to win the stage and go into second place overall behind Alessandro Petacchi (Team LPR Brakes – Ballan. Petacchi finished fifth on the stage to stay in yellow for at least another day. Goss is now on the same time as the Italian, courtesy of the time bonus for the stage victory.

"The last 10km was very difficult," said stage winner Matt Goss: "The team did a great job keeping me up at the front. We had everyone up there in the last five kilometres and I had an easy ride with no stress sitting behind those guys. It certainly made my job easy when I was left at the front with 200m to go. We kept it fast so that guys couldn't ride up around us. There are a lot of good sprinters here and getting a win is a big boost to my confidence. Having some big names in the field makes it feel a little bit better."

How it unfolded

Danilo Di Luca (Team LPR Brakes) was very active again today, going clear after 10km and winning the intermediate sprint at Winslow ahead of Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) and Emilien Berges (Agritubel). Di Luca was part of five man break who gained over a minute by the time they reached the ascent of the third category climb at Oving. Russell Downing (Pinarello CandiTV) sprinted clear at the top to take maximum points ahead of Kevin Evans (MTN Energade). The leaders were still clear when they reached the provincial town of Aylesbury with Di Luca taking maximum points and another three bonus seconds in the sprint.

MTN Energade's leads the break
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The break was finally reeled in and Ian Stannard (Great Britain) took the opportunity to launch himself with maximum effort to build up a solo lead of over three minutes. Stannard even managed to extend his leading margin had as he climbed the second category climb at Streatly Hill, no doubt spurred on by hundreds of spectators cheering him on. Kristian House (Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk) had started the day in the mountains jersey and he won another six points in the competition as he led the bunch over the summit. Stannard's lead dwindled rapidly when the LPR Brakes team took up the chase on the run into Newbury. Stannard's team mate Ben Swift managed to take some valuable KOM points from House on the third category climb at Shefford Park.

The TopSport – Vlaanderen team did their best to spoil the sprinters' chances by attacking in numbers in the final 10km with the bunch splitting into two under the pressure. Goss sprinted home for his first win of the season. This is the second Tour of Britain stage victory for the 21-year-old from Launceston, Tasmania who won stage three into Wolverhampton in 2007.

It is still all to play for in the general classification with only 10 seconds between Petacchi and 84 riders. House now has a 10 point lead in the E.ON King of the Mountains competition but faces a severe test of his ability tomorrow when the race loops into Exmoor with the toughest test waiting for the peloton at the category one climb at North Molton Ridge after 94km.

Petacchi also leads the points competition and Di Luca has the sprinters jersey to show for his combative efforts in the first two days.

Ian Stannard explained that his 40-mile solo break was not planned despite the stage starting in his home town. "It was nice to start the stage in Milton Keynes," said Stannard: "But I treated it the same as any other stage. The opportunity came and I took it. I was keen to get away. Looking at the results in past few years, a break had stayed away and more or less decided the overall general classification. I was banking on teams sitting up but it didn't happen today."

Photography

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Results

1 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                           3.25.11
2 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30
3 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30
4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia
5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan
7 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
8 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
9 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv
10 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain
11 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
12 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
13 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
14 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain
15 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld
16 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
18 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia
19 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld
20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
21 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel
22 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia
23 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
24 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv
25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30
26 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia
28 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan
29 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30
30 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
31 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan
32 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
33 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
34 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
35 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
36 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain
37 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
38 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Energade
39 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven RT
40 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30
41 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
42 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
43 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
44 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT
45 Travis Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
46 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
47 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven RT
48 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
49 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
50 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld         
51 Tom Murray (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv
52 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
53 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven RT
54 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain
55 Rhys Lloyd (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
56 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) MTN Energade
57 Rob Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
58 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Great Britain
59 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
60 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel
61 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven RT
62 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain
63 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen  
64 Diego Caccia (Ita)Barloworld
65 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
66 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
67 Freddy Bichot (Fra)   Agritubel
68 Rahsaan Bahati (USA) Rock Racing
69 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan
70 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30
71 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
72 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv
73 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing
74 Santiago Botero (Col) Rock Racing
75 David George (RSA) MTN Energade
76 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
77 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan
78 Neil McDonald (RSA) MTN Energade
79 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
80 Andrew Roche (Irl) Pinarello RT - Canditv
81 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
82 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
83 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
84 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
85 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
86 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade
87 Juan Gomis (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira                                          0.16
88 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
89 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                    0.46
90 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Columbia
91 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
92 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Energade                                                      1.49
93 Lee Davis (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                              3.27
94 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing                                                 13.28
95 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira

Points

1 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 15 pts
2 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                                  14
3 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                                 13
4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia                                                       12
5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia                                                      11
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                           10
7 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                               9
8 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                           8
9 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                             7
10 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain                                                           6
11 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                              5
12 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk                                         4
13 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                          3
14 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain                                                          2
15 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                                                            1

Mountains

Oving, cat 3

1 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                             4 pts
2 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade                                                           3
3 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                                           2
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                                 1

Streatley Hill, cat 2
1 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain                                                         6 pts
2 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk                                        5
3 David George (RSA) MTN Energade                                                          4
4 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain                                                          3
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                                 2
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                                          1

Shefford Park, cat 3
1 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain                                                            4 pts
2 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk                                        3
3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                                  2
4 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                                    1

Sprints

Winslow
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                                 5 pts
2 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                                          3
3 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                                           2
4 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                             1

Aylesbury
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                                 5 pts
2 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                             3
3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                                          2
4 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                                           1

Thame
1 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain                                                         5 pts
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                                         3
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                                 2
4 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                                  1

Teams

1 Team Columbia                                                                     10.15.33
2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank
3 Garmin - Chipotle
4 Barloworld
5 Great Britain
6 LPR Brakes - Ballan
7 SouthAustralia.com - AIS
8 Agritubel
9 Pinarello RT - Candi TV
10 Topsport Vlaanderen
11 Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co.
12 An Post M.Donnelly
13 Plowman Craven RT
14 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
15 Rock Racing
16 MTN Energade
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                     5.16.55
2 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                             0.02
4 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain                                                       0.04
5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld
6 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30
7 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                          0.06
9 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain                                                     0.07
10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
11 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                        0.08
12 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
13 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                                      0.09
14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia                                                   0.10
15 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
16 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
17 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
18 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
19 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
20 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain
21 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
22 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
23 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
24 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
25 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel
26 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv
27 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan
28 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
29 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia
30 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia
31 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
32 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
33 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Energade
34 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
35 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
36 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven RT
37 Rahsaan Bahati (USA) Rock Racing
38 Tom Murray (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv
39 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT
40 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
41 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Great Britain
42 Travis Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
43 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia
44 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven RT
45 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia
46 Freddy Bichot (Fra)   Agritubel
47 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
48 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30
49 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld
50 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
51 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30
52 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain
53 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) MTN Energade
54 Rhys Lloyd (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
55 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
56 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain
57 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
58 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
59 Neil McDonald (RSA) MTN Energade
60 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
61 Andrew Roche (Irl) Pinarello RT - Canditv
62 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
63 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld         
64 Rob Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
65 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan
66 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
67 Diego Caccia (Ita)Barloworld
68 David George (RSA) MTN Energade
69 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing
70 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
71 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
72 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven RT
73 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade
74 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
75 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen  
76 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30
77 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
78 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
79 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
80 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
81 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam
82 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
83 Santiago Botero (Col) Rock Racing
84 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
85 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan
86 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                         0.20
87 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira                                0.26
88 Juan Gomis (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
89 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                             0.29
90 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven RT                                               0.30
91 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                    0.56
92 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Columbia
93 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Energade                                                      1.59
94 Lee Davis (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                              3.37
95 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing                                                 13.38

Points classification

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                           25 pts
2 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia                                                       22
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 19
4 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                              18
5 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain                                                          16
6 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk                                         16
7 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                          15
8 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                                  14
9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                             13
10 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                                13
11 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                             11
12 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                         11
13 Rahsaan Bahati (USA) Rock Racing                                                       11
14 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia                                                     11
15 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                            7
16 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain                                                           6
17 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                            5
18 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                            3
19 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam                      2
20 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                                                            1
21 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                           1

Mountains classification

1 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk                                       19 pts
2 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain                                                            9
3 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain                                                         6
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                                 6
5 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain                                                          6
6 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                             4
7 David George (RSA) MTN Energade                                                          4
8 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade                                                           3
9 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                   2
10 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                                          2
11 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                            2
12 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia                                                      2
13 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                                 2
14 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                                  1
15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                                         1
16 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                                   1
17 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                                 1

Sprints classification

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                                14 pts
2 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                  10
3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                                                            10
4 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30                                  9
5 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain                                                         5
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                                          5
7 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv                                             4
8 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                                         3
9 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                                           3
10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia                                                      2
11 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                              1

Teams classification

1 Great Britain                                                                     15.51.15
2 Team Columbia
3 Team CSC - Saxo Bank
4 SouthAustralia.com - AIS
5 Agritubel
6 Garmin - Chipotle
7 Barloworld
8 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
9 Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co.
10 LPR Brakes - Ballan
11 Pinarello RT - Candi TV
12 Rock Racing
13 Topsport Vlaanderen
14 An Post M.Donnelly
15 Plowman Craven RT
16 MTN Energade

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