Tour of Britain 2026 - Stage 1

Lincoln > Lincoln, 182.5km

02.09-06.09

Lewis Askey (NSN) claimed victory on the opening stage of the Lloyds Tour of Britain in Lincoln after an explosive effort inside the final kilometre.

Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team 4:02:44
2 Filippo Ganna Netcompany INEOS + 00.02
3 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.02
4 Jasper Stuyven Soudal Quick-Step + 00.09
5 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.09
6 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.09
7 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.11
8 Elliot Rowe Great Britain + 00.19
9 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.19
10 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 00.26
11 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS + 00.55
12 Mark Donovan Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 02.06
13 Nils Politt UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 02.09
14 Ben Wiggins Great Britain + 02.15
15 Robbe Ghys Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.31
16 Fabio Christen Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 03.17
17 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.17
18 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.17
19 Alessandro Pinarello NSN Cycling Team + 03.17
20 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 03.17
21 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.17
22 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.17
23 Xandro Meurisse Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 03.17
24 Axel Källberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.17
25 Edgar Cadena Team Storck - MRW Bau + 03.17
26 Yorben Lauryssen Tarteletto-Isorex + 03.17
27 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.17
28 Henri Vandenabeele Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.17
29 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step + 03.17
30 Vilmer Ekman Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.17
31 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.17
32 Nikiforos Arvanitou Team United Shipping + 03.17
33 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.17
34 Jacob Bush Great Britain + 03.17
35 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 03.17
36 Sebastian Vestergaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 03.17
37 Jake Stewart NSN Cycling Team + 03.17
38 Lennert Teugels Tarteletto-Isorex + 03.17
39 Arne Santy Tarteletto-Isorex + 03.17
40 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.17
41 Gianni Marchand Tarteletto-Isorex + 03.23
42 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 03.23
43 Brody McDonald Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 03.23
44 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.23
45 Teodor De Luca Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.27
46 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 03.28
47 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.28
48 Frank Aron Ragilo Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.30
49 Noe Ury Team Storck - MRW Bau + 03.30
50 Kristians Belohvosciks BIKE AID + 03.30
51 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.30
52 Ian Lopez de San Roman Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 03.30
53 Oliver Mattheis BIKE AID + 03.30
54 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling + 03.30
55 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 03.30
56 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.30
57 Janos Pelikan Team United Shipping + 03.34
58 Connor Swift Netcompany INEOS + 03.41
59 Erik Fetter Team United Shipping + 03.41
60 Will Smith Great Britain + 03.41
61 Robin Donzé Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.41
62 Hjalmar Klyver Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.52
63 Marcus Sander Hansen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 03.52
64 Andrew Lydic APS Pro Cycling + 03.56
65 Oliver Wood Great Britain + 04.11
66 Mark Stewart Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 04.11
67 Robin Kull Team Storck - MRW Bau + 04.13
68 Riley Pickrell Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 04.16
69 Ryan Mullen NSN Cycling Team + 04.16
70 Dion Smith NSN Cycling Team + 04.16
71 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 04.16
72 Benoît Cosnefroy UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.25
73 Pascal Eenkhoorn Soudal Quick-Step + 04.25
74 Ben Swift Netcompany INEOS + 04.25
75 Dylan van Baarle Soudal Quick-Step + 04.25
76 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.25
77 Laurenz Rex Soudal Quick-Step + 04.25
78 Tim Merlier Soudal Quick-Step + 04.25
79 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex + 04.25
80 Matthew Bostock Great Britain + 04.25
81 Olav Kooij Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.39
82 Stan Dewulf Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.44
83 Cees Bol Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.45
84 Alvaro Sagrado Perez Team Storck - MRW Bau + 05.01
85 Matthew Walls Team Storck - MRW Bau + 05.48
86 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 05.56
87 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 05.57
88 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 06.01
89 Sam Welsford Netcompany INEOS + 06.08
90 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.08
91 Sam Bennett Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.08
92 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID + 07.06
93 Émilien Jacquelin Decathlon CMA CGM + 08.54
94 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping + 09.18
95 Timothy Dupont Tarteletto-Isorex + 09.18
96 Karl Hall BIKE AID + 09.18
97 Veljko Stojnic Team United Shipping + 09.18
98 Lennard Sternsdorff BIKE AID + 09.18
99 Victor Vidal BIKE AID + 09.18
100 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling + 09.18
101 Ronan O'Connor APS Pro Cycling + 09.18
102 Emil Schandorff Iwersen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 09.18
103 Ethan Vernon NSN Cycling Team + 09.28
104 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 09.28
105 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 16.32
106 Jakob Neumann Team Storck - MRW Bau + 16.32
107 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 16.32
108 Cian Keogh APS Pro Cycling + 16.32

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team 4:02:31
2 Filippo Ganna Netcompany INEOS + 00.09
3 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.11
4 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.20
5 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.21
6 Jasper Stuyven Soudal Quick-Step + 00.22
7 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.24
8 Elliot Rowe Great Britain + 00.32
9 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.32
10 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 00.39
11 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS + 01.08
12 Mark Donovan Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 02.19
13 Nils Politt UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 02.22
14 Ben Wiggins Great Britain + 02.28
15 Robbe Ghys Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.44
16 Fabio Christen Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 03.30
17 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.30
18 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.30
19 Alessandro Pinarello NSN Cycling Team + 03.30
20 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 03.30
21 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.30
22 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.30
23 Xandro Meurisse Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 03.30
24 Axel Källberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.30
25 Edgar Cadena Team Storck - MRW Bau + 03.30
26 Yorben Lauryssen Tarteletto-Isorex + 03.30
27 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.30
28 Henri Vandenabeele Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.30
29 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step + 03.30
30 Vilmer Ekman Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.30
31 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.30
32 Nikiforos Arvanitou Team United Shipping + 03.30
33 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.30
34 Jacob Bush Great Britain + 03.30
35 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 03.30
36 Sebastian Vestergaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 03.30
37 Jake Stewart NSN Cycling Team + 03.30
38 Lennert Teugels Tarteletto-Isorex + 03.30
39 Arne Santy Tarteletto-Isorex + 03.30
40 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.30
41 Gianni Marchand Tarteletto-Isorex + 03.36
42 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 03.36
43 Brody McDonald Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 03.36
44 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.36
45 Teodor De Luca Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.40
46 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 03.41
47 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.41
48 Frank Aron Ragilo Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.43
49 Noe Ury Team Storck - MRW Bau + 03.43
50 Kristians Belohvosciks BIKE AID + 03.43
51 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.43
52 Ian Lopez de San Roman Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 03.43
53 Oliver Mattheis BIKE AID + 03.43
54 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling + 03.43
55 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 03.43
56 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.43
57 Janos Pelikan Team United Shipping + 03.47
58 Connor Swift Netcompany INEOS + 03.54
59 Erik Fetter Team United Shipping + 03.54
60 Will Smith Great Britain + 03.54
61 Robin Donzé Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.54
62 Hjalmar Klyver Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 04.05
63 Marcus Sander Hansen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 04.05
64 Andrew Lydic APS Pro Cycling + 04.09
65 Oliver Wood Great Britain + 04.24
66 Mark Stewart Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 04.24
67 Robin Kull Team Storck - MRW Bau + 04.26
68 Riley Pickrell Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 04.29
69 Ryan Mullen NSN Cycling Team + 04.29
70 Dion Smith NSN Cycling Team + 04.29
71 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 04.29
72 Benoît Cosnefroy UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.38
73 Pascal Eenkhoorn Soudal Quick-Step + 04.38
74 Ben Swift Netcompany INEOS + 04.38
75 Dylan van Baarle Soudal Quick-Step + 04.38
76 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.38
77 Laurenz Rex Soudal Quick-Step + 04.38
78 Tim Merlier Soudal Quick-Step + 04.38
79 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex + 04.38
80 Matthew Bostock Great Britain + 04.38
81 Olav Kooij Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.52
82 Stan Dewulf Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.57
83 Cees Bol Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.58
84 Alvaro Sagrado Perez Team Storck - MRW Bau + 05.14
85 Matthew Walls Team Storck - MRW Bau + 06.01
86 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 06.09
87 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.10
88 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 06.11
89 Sam Welsford Netcompany INEOS + 06.21
90 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.21
91 Sam Bennett Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.21
92 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID + 07.18
93 Émilien Jacquelin Decathlon CMA CGM + 09.07
94 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping + 09.29
95 Timothy Dupont Tarteletto-Isorex + 09.31
96 Karl Hall BIKE AID + 09.31
97 Veljko Stojnic Team United Shipping + 09.31
98 Lennard Sternsdorff BIKE AID + 09.31
99 Victor Vidal BIKE AID + 09.31
100 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling + 09.31
101 Ronan O'Connor APS Pro Cycling + 09.31
102 Emil Schandorff Iwersen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 09.31
103 Ethan Vernon NSN Cycling Team + 09.41
104 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 09.41
105 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 16.45
106 Jakob Neumann Team Storck - MRW Bau + 16.45
107 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 16.45
108 Cian Keogh APS Pro Cycling + 16.45

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Elliot Rowe Great Britain 4:03:03
2 Ben Wiggins Great Britain + 01.56
3 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 02.58
4 Vilmer Ekman Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 02.58
5 Jacob Bush Great Britain + 02.58
6 Sebastian Vestergaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 02.58
7 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 03.04
8 Teodor De Luca Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.08
9 Frank Aron Ragilo Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.11
10 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.11
11 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 03.11
12 Will Smith Great Britain + 03.22
13 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 05.39
14 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID + 06.46
15 Karl Hall BIKE AID + 08.59
16 Lennard Sternsdorff BIKE AID + 08.59
17 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 09.09
18 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 16.13
19 Jakob Neumann Team Storck - MRW Bau + 16.13

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team 35
2 Filippo Ganna Netcompany INEOS 19
3 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG 15
4 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM 13
5 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team 10
6 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team 10
7 Jasper Stuyven Soudal Quick-Step 8
8 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping 7
9 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID 5
10 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG 4
11 Elliot Rowe Great Britain 3
12 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 3
13 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team 2
14 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 1
15 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping 13
2 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID 8
3 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team 8
4 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG 6
5 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM 5
6 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex 5
7 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling 5
8 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team 4
9 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team 3
10 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG 2
11 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 2
12 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 UAE Team Emirates-XRG 12:10:34
2 Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.23
3 Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team + 02.16
4 Great Britain + 03.29
5 NSN Cycling Team + 04.12
6 Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 04.50
7 Decathlon CMA CGM Team + 04.57
8 Soudal Quick-Step + 05.29
9 Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.18
10 Team Flanders-Baloise + 07.29
11 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 07.29
12 Tarteletto-Isorex + 07.29
13 Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 07.39
14 Team United Shipping + 07.59
15 BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 08.04
16 APS Pro Cycling + 08.21
17 Team Storck - MRW Bau + 08.38
18 BIKE AID + 11.44

Race profile

Race
Tour of Britain
Start date
02.09.2026
End date
06.09.2026
Total distance
182.5 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.Pro
Country
United Kingdom
Discipline
Road
First edition
1945

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