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Tour of Britain 2026 - Stage 2

Boston > Skegness, 180.2km

02.09-06.09

Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) produced a dominant late surge to claim stage 2 of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men, winning from a reduced front group after crosswinds shattered the peloton.

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Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Tim Merlier Soudal Quick-Step 3:53:55
2 Olav Kooij Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
3 Sam Bennett Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
4 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
5 Ethan Vernon NSN Cycling Team + 00.00
6 Riley Pickrell Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 00.00
7 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
8 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
9 Jake Stewart NSN Cycling Team + 00.00
10 Brody McDonald Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 00.00
11 Arne Santy Tarteletto-Isorex + 00.00
12 Sam Welsford Netcompany INEOS + 00.00
13 Timothy Dupont Tarteletto-Isorex + 00.00
14 Elliot Rowe Great Britain + 00.00
15 Axel Källberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 00.00
16 Ben Wiggins Great Britain + 00.00
17 Fabio Christen Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
18 Cees Bol Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
19 Edgar Cadena Team Storck - MRW Bau + 00.00
20 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
21 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
22 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team + 00.00
23 Mark Donovan Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
24 Jasper Stuyven Soudal Quick-Step + 00.00
25 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
26 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
27 Nils Politt UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
28 Alessandro Pinarello NSN Cycling Team + 00.00
29 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step + 00.00
30 Janos Pelikan Team United Shipping + 00.00
31 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex + 00.00
32 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 00.00
33 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
34 Robbe Ghys Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
35 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
36 Will Smith Great Britain + 00.00
37 Jacob Bush Great Britain + 00.00
38 Mark Stewart Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 00.17
39 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.38
40 Laurenz Rex Soudal Quick-Step + 00.44
41 Pascal Eenkhoorn Soudal Quick-Step + 01.12
42 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.43
43 Kristians Belohvosciks BIKE AID + 01.43
44 Yorben Lauryssen Tarteletto-Isorex + 01.43
45 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 01.43
46 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.43
47 Noe Ury Team Storck - MRW Bau + 01.43
48 Sebastian Vestergaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 01.43
49 Frank Aron Ragilo Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 01.43
50 Nikiforos Arvanitou Team United Shipping + 01.43
51 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.43
52 Xandro Meurisse Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 01.43
53 Ryan Mullen NSN Cycling Team + 01.43
54 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS + 01.43
55 Emil Schandorff Iwersen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 01.43
56 Ian Lopez de San Roman Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 01.43
57 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 01.43
58 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling + 01.43
59 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 01.43
60 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 01.43
61 Émilien Jacquelin Decathlon CMA CGM + 01.43
62 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 01.43
63 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.43
64 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling + 01.43
65 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.43
66 Lennert Teugels Tarteletto-Isorex + 01.43
67 Filippo Ganna Netcompany INEOS + 01.43
68 Gianni Marchand Tarteletto-Isorex + 01.43
69 Marcus Sander Hansen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 01.43
70 Teodor De Luca Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 01.43
71 Hjalmar Klyver Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 01.43
72 Ben Swift Netcompany INEOS + 01.43
73 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.43
74 Connor Swift Netcompany INEOS + 01.43
75 Robin Donzé Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.43
76 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 01.43
77 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.43
78 Robin Kull Team Storck - MRW Bau + 01.43
79 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.43
80 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.43
81 Benoît Cosnefroy UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 01.43
82 Oliver Mattheis BIKE AID + 01.43
83 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.43
84 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 01.43
85 Dion Smith NSN Cycling Team + 01.43
86 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 01.43
87 Oliver Wood Great Britain + 01.43
88 Jakob Neumann Team Storck - MRW Bau + 01.43
89 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 01.43
90 Victor Vidal BIKE AID + 01.43
91 Henri Vandenabeele Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.43
92 Matthew Bostock Great Britain + 01.43
93 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID + 01.43
94 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping + 01.43
95 Alvaro Sagrado Perez Team Storck - MRW Bau + 01.43
96 Dylan van Baarle Soudal Quick-Step + 01.43
97 Lennard Sternsdorff BIKE AID + 01.43
98 Veljko Stojnic Team United Shipping + 01.43
99 Erik Fetter Team United Shipping + 01.43
100 Karl Hall BIKE AID + 01.57
101 Stan Dewulf Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.27
102 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 05.00
103 Andrew Lydic APS Pro Cycling + 15.39
104 Matthew Walls Team Storck - MRW Bau + 15.39
105 Ronan O'Connor APS Pro Cycling + 15.39
106 Cian Keogh APS Pro Cycling + 15.39
107 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 15.39
- Vilmer Ekman Lucky Sport Cycling Team DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team 7:56:25
2 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.12
3 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.19
4 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.21
5 Jasper Stuyven Soudal Quick-Step + 00.21
6 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.25
7 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.33
8 Elliot Rowe Great Britain + 00.33
9 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 00.40
10 Filippo Ganna Netcompany INEOS + 01.53
11 Mark Donovan Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 02.20
12 Nils Politt UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 02.23
13 Ben Wiggins Great Britain + 02.29
14 Robbe Ghys Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.45
15 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS + 02.52
16 Axel Källberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.29
17 Fabio Christen Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 03.31
18 Edgar Cadena Team Storck - MRW Bau + 03.31
19 Jake Stewart NSN Cycling Team + 03.31
20 Alessandro Pinarello NSN Cycling Team + 03.31
21 Arne Santy Tarteletto-Isorex + 03.31
22 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.31
23 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step + 03.31
24 Jacob Bush Great Britain + 03.31
25 Brody McDonald Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 03.37
26 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 03.42
27 Janos Pelikan Team United Shipping + 03.47
28 Will Smith Great Britain + 03.55
29 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 04.09
30 Tim Merlier Soudal Quick-Step + 04.29
31 Riley Pickrell Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 04.30
32 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 04.30
33 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex + 04.36
34 Mark Stewart Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 04.42
35 Olav Kooij Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.47
36 Cees Bol Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.59
37 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 05.14
38 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 05.14
39 Yorben Lauryssen Tarteletto-Isorex + 05.14
40 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 05.14
41 Xandro Meurisse Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 05.14
42 Nikiforos Arvanitou Team United Shipping + 05.14
43 Sebastian Vestergaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 05.14
44 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 05.14
45 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 05.14
46 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 05.14
47 Lennert Teugels Tarteletto-Isorex + 05.14
48 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 05.14
49 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 05.14
50 Henri Vandenabeele Team Flanders-Baloise + 05.14
51 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 05.20
52 Gianni Marchand Tarteletto-Isorex + 05.20
53 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 05.20
54 Laurenz Rex Soudal Quick-Step + 05.23
55 Teodor De Luca Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 05.24
56 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 05.25
57 Kristians Belohvosciks BIKE AID + 05.27
58 Noe Ury Team Storck - MRW Bau + 05.27
59 Frank Aron Ragilo Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 05.27
60 Ian Lopez de San Roman Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 05.27
61 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling + 05.27
62 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 05.27
63 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 05.27
64 Oliver Mattheis BIKE AID + 05.27
65 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 05.27
66 Connor Swift Netcompany INEOS + 05.38
67 Robin Donzé Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 05.38
68 Erik Fetter Team United Shipping + 05.38
69 Marcus Sander Hansen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 05.49
70 Hjalmar Klyver Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 05.49
71 Pascal Eenkhoorn Soudal Quick-Step + 05.51
72 Oliver Wood Great Britain + 06.08
73 Robin Kull Team Storck - MRW Bau + 06.10
74 Ryan Mullen NSN Cycling Team + 06.13
75 Dion Smith NSN Cycling Team + 06.13
76 Sam Bennett Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.18
77 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.22
78 Sam Welsford Netcompany INEOS + 06.22
79 Ben Swift Netcompany INEOS + 06.22
80 Benoît Cosnefroy UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 06.22
81 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 06.22
82 Dylan van Baarle Soudal Quick-Step + 06.22
83 Matthew Bostock Great Britain + 06.22
84 Alvaro Sagrado Perez Team Storck - MRW Bau + 06.58
85 Stan Dewulf Decathlon CMA CGM + 07.25
86 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 07.54
87 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 07.55
88 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID + 09.02
89 Timothy Dupont Tarteletto-Isorex + 09.32
90 Ethan Vernon NSN Cycling Team + 09.42
91 Émilien Jacquelin Decathlon CMA CGM + 10.51
92 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping + 11.13
93 Emil Schandorff Iwersen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 11.15
94 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling + 11.15
95 Victor Vidal BIKE AID + 11.15
96 Lennard Sternsdorff BIKE AID + 11.15
97 Veljko Stojnic Team United Shipping + 11.15
98 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 11.25
99 Karl Hall BIKE AID + 11.29
100 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 18.29
101 Jakob Neumann Team Storck - MRW Bau + 18.29
102 Andrew Lydic APS Pro Cycling + 19.49
103 Matthew Walls Team Storck - MRW Bau + 21.41
104 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 21.46
105 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 21.49
106 Ronan O'Connor APS Pro Cycling + 25.11
107 Cian Keogh APS Pro Cycling + 32.25
- Vilmer Ekman Lucky Sport Cycling Team DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Elliot Rowe Great Britain 7:56:58
2 Ben Wiggins Great Britain + 01.56
3 Jacob Bush Great Britain + 02.58
4 Will Smith Great Britain + 03.22
5 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 04.41
6 Sebastian Vestergaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 04.41
7 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 04.47
8 Teodor De Luca Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 04.51
9 Frank Aron Ragilo Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 04.54
10 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 04.54
11 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 04.54
12 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 07.22
13 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID + 08.29
14 Lennard Sternsdorff BIKE AID + 10.42
15 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 10.52
16 Karl Hall BIKE AID + 10.56
17 Jakob Neumann Team Storck - MRW Bau + 17.56
18 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 21.13

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team 40
2 Tim Merlier Soudal Quick-Step 25
3 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team 23
4 Filippo Ganna Netcompany INEOS 19
5 Olav Kooij Decathlon CMA CGM 18
6 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG 15
7 Jasper Stuyven Soudal Quick-Step 15
8 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM 14
9 Sam Bennett Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 12
10 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex 11
11 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team 10
12 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 8
13 Axel Källberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team 7
14 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping 7
15 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team 6
16 Ethan Vernon NSN Cycling Team 6
17 Janos Pelikan Team United Shipping 5
18 Riley Pickrell Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 5
19 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID 5
20 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG 4
21 Elliot Rowe Great Britain 3
22 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS 3
23 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 3
24 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 3
25 Jake Stewart NSN Cycling Team 2
26 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 1
27 Brody McDonald Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 1
28 Émilien Jacquelin Decathlon CMA CGM 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping 13
2 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex 9
3 Janos Pelikan Team United Shipping 8
4 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID 8
5 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team 8
6 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG 6
7 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 6
8 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM 5
9 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling 5
10 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team 4
11 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team 3
12 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG 2
13 Axel Källberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team 2
14 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 2
15 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 UAE Team Emirates-XRG 23:52:19
2 Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.23
3 Great Britain + 03.29
4 NSN Cycling Team + 04.12
5 Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 04.50
6 Decathlon CMA CGM Team + 04.57
7 Soudal Quick-Step + 05.29
8 Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team + 05.42
9 Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.18
10 Tarteletto-Isorex + 07.29
11 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 10.55
12 Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 11.05
13 Team United Shipping + 11.25
14 Team Storck - MRW Bau + 12.04
15 Team Flanders-Baloise + 12.38
16 BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 13.13
17 APS Pro Cycling + 13.30
18 BIKE AID + 16.53

Race profile

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

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