Tour of Britain 2026 - Stage 4

Helmsley > Leyburn, 165.8km

02.09-06.09

Cees Bol won stage 4 of the Tour of Britain, beating Tim Wellens in a two rider sprint after the pair broke clear on the final climb. It was Bol’s first victory since 2022 and the seventh professional win of his career. Fabio Christen finished third, 21 seconds behind, with Filippo Ganna leading the peloton home.

Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Cees Bol Decathlon CMA CGM 4:00:39
2 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.03
3 Fabio Christen Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.21
4 Filippo Ganna Netcompany INEOS + 00.30
5 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team + 00.30
6 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.30
7 Axel Källberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 00.30
8 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.30
9 Elliot Rowe Great Britain + 00.30
10 Jasper Stuyven Soudal Quick-Step + 00.30
11 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.30
12 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.30
13 Gianni Marchand Tarteletto-Isorex + 00.30
14 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.30
15 Mark Donovan Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.30
16 Alessandro Pinarello NSN Cycling Team + 00.48
17 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.48
18 Xandro Meurisse Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.55
19 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS + 00.55
20 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step + 01.31
21 Ben Swift Netcompany INEOS + 02.15
22 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.51
23 Edgar Cadena Team Storck - MRW Bau + 02.52
24 Lennert Teugels Tarteletto-Isorex + 02.52
25 Jacob Bush Great Britain + 02.52
26 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.59
27 Ben Wiggins Great Britain + 02.59
28 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 02.59
29 Robin Donzé Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 02.59
30 Jake Stewart NSN Cycling Team + 02.59
31 Benoît Cosnefroy UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 02.59
32 Pascal Eenkhoorn Soudal Quick-Step + 03.42
33 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 04.16
34 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 04.29
35 Yorben Lauryssen Tarteletto-Isorex + 04.29
36 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 04.29
37 Nils Politt UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.35
38 Robbe Ghys Decathlon CMA CGM + 05.44
39 Victor Vidal BIKE AID + 09.27
40 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 09.27
41 Dylan van Baarle Soudal Quick-Step + 09.27
42 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 09.27
43 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 09.27
44 Connor Swift Netcompany INEOS + 09.27
45 Alvaro Sagrado Perez Team Storck - MRW Bau + 09.27
46 Dion Smith NSN Cycling Team + 09.27
47 Ian Lopez de San Roman Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 09.27
48 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 10.07
49 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling + 10.09
50 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling + 10.09
51 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 10.09
52 Émilien Jacquelin Decathlon CMA CGM + 10.09
53 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 10.09
54 Teodor De Luca Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 11.52
55 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 11.52
56 Andrew Lydic APS Pro Cycling + 11.52
57 Oliver Wood Great Britain + 18.47
58 Will Smith Great Britain + 18.47
59 Marcus Sander Hansen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 18.47
60 Sebastian Vestergaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 18.47
61 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 18.47
62 Ethan Vernon NSN Cycling Team + 18.47
63 Mark Stewart Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 18.47
64 Hjalmar Klyver Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 19.09
65 Frank Aron Ragilo Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 19.09
66 Timothy Dupont Tarteletto-Isorex + 19.09
67 Karl Hall BIKE AID + 19.09
68 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping + 19.09
69 Jakob Neumann Team Storck - MRW Bau + 19.09
70 Arne Santy Tarteletto-Isorex + 19.09
71 Emil Schandorff Iwersen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 19.09
72 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex + 19.09
73 Lennard Sternsdorff BIKE AID + 19.09
74 Kristians Belohvosciks BIKE AID + 19.09
75 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 19.09
76 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 19.09
77 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 19.09
78 Noe Ury Team Storck - MRW Bau + 19.09
79 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 19.09
80 Veljko Stojnic Team United Shipping + 19.09
81 Erik Fetter Team United Shipping + 19.09
82 Brody McDonald Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 19.09
83 Janos Pelikan Team United Shipping + 19.09
84 Riley Pickrell Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 19.09
85 Nikiforos Arvanitou Team United Shipping + 19.09
86 Matthew Walls Team Storck - MRW Bau + 19.09
87 Robin Kull Team Storck - MRW Bau + 19.09
88 Stan Dewulf Decathlon CMA CGM + 19.09
89 Matthew Bostock Great Britain + 19.09
90 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 19.09
91 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 19.09
92 Oliver Mattheis BIKE AID + 19.09
93 Henri Vandenabeele Team Flanders-Baloise + 19.09
94 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 19.09
95 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 19.09
96 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 19.09
97 Tim Merlier Soudal Quick-Step + 19.09
98 Laurenz Rex Soudal Quick-Step + 19.09
99 Olav Kooij Decathlon CMA CGM + 19.09
100 Sam Bennett Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 19.09
101 Sam Welsford Netcompany INEOS + 19.09
102 Ryan Mullen NSN Cycling Team + 19.09
103 Ronan O'Connor APS Pro Cycling + 19.09
104 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID + 19.09
105 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 19.09
- Cian Keogh APS Pro Cycling DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG 16:01:45
2 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team + 00.21
3 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.40
4 Jasper Stuyven Soudal Quick-Step + 00.42
5 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.42
6 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.54
7 Elliot Rowe Great Britain + 00.54
8 Filippo Ganna Netcompany INEOS + 02.14
9 Mark Donovan Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 02.41
10 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 03.15
11 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS + 03.38
12 Fabio Christen Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 03.39
13 Axel Källberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 03.46
14 Alessandro Pinarello NSN Cycling Team + 04.10
15 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step + 04.53
16 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 05.00
17 Cees Bol Decathlon CMA CGM + 05.03
18 Ben Wiggins Great Britain + 05.19
19 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 05.35
20 Gianni Marchand Tarteletto-Isorex + 05.41
21 Xandro Meurisse Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.12
22 Edgar Cadena Team Storck - MRW Bau + 06.14
23 Jacob Bush Great Britain + 06.14
24 Jake Stewart NSN Cycling Team + 06.21
25 Nils Politt UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 06.49
26 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 07.56
27 Lennert Teugels Tarteletto-Isorex + 07.57
28 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 08.15
29 Robbe Ghys Decathlon CMA CGM + 08.20
30 Robin Donzé Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 08.28
31 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 09.30
32 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 09.34
33 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 09.34
34 Pascal Eenkhoorn Soudal Quick-Step + 10.31
35 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 10.32
36 Yorben Lauryssen Tarteletto-Isorex + 10.38
37 Ben Swift Netcompany INEOS + 10.57
38 Benoît Cosnefroy UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 10.57
39 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 12.49
40 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 14.32
41 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 14.38
42 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 15.12
43 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 15.25
44 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 15.27
45 Connor Swift Netcompany INEOS + 15.48
46 Ian Lopez de San Roman Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 15.57
47 Alvaro Sagrado Perez Team Storck - MRW Bau + 16.16
48 Dion Smith NSN Cycling Team + 16.23
49 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 16.42
50 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling + 16.59
51 Teodor De Luca Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 17.07
52 Dylan van Baarle Soudal Quick-Step + 19.09
53 Victor Vidal BIKE AID + 20.55
54 Émilien Jacquelin Decathlon CMA CGM + 21.48
55 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling + 22.12
56 Arne Santy Tarteletto-Isorex + 22.29
57 Will Smith Great Britain + 22.33
58 Brody McDonald Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 22.37
59 Janos Pelikan Team United Shipping + 22.47
60 Tim Merlier Soudal Quick-Step + 23.23
61 Riley Pickrell Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 23.30
62 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex + 23.36
63 Olav Kooij Decathlon CMA CGM + 23.37
64 Mark Stewart Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 23.47
65 Sebastian Vestergaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 23.52
66 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 23.52
67 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 23.59
68 Nikiforos Arvanitou Team United Shipping + 24.14
69 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 24.14
70 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 24.14
71 Henri Vandenabeele Team Flanders-Baloise + 24.14
72 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 24.19
73 Kristians Belohvosciks BIKE AID + 24.27
74 Frank Aron Ragilo Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 24.27
75 Marcus Sander Hansen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 24.27
76 Noe Ury Team Storck - MRW Bau + 24.27
77 Erik Fetter Team United Shipping + 24.38
78 Hjalmar Klyver Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 24.49
79 Oliver Wood Great Britain + 25.04
80 Laurenz Rex Soudal Quick-Step + 25.06
81 Robin Kull Team Storck - MRW Bau + 25.10
82 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 25.22
83 Sam Bennett Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 25.30
84 Sam Welsford Netcompany INEOS + 25.53
85 Oliver Mattheis BIKE AID + 25.54
86 Stan Dewulf Decathlon CMA CGM + 26.50
87 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 26.55
88 Matthew Bostock Great Britain + 27.19
89 Ethan Vernon NSN Cycling Team + 28.20
90 Timothy Dupont Tarteletto-Isorex + 28.32
91 Ryan Mullen NSN Cycling Team + 28.58
92 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID + 29.36
93 Andrew Lydic APS Pro Cycling + 31.32
94 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 32.54
95 Lennard Sternsdorff BIKE AID + 33.04
96 Veljko Stojnic Team United Shipping + 33.04
97 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping + 34.02
98 Emil Schandorff Iwersen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 34.04
99 Karl Hall BIKE AID + 34.17
100 Jakob Neumann Team Storck - MRW Bau + 38.26
101 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 40.18
102 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 40.49
103 Matthew Walls Team Storck - MRW Bau + 41.56
104 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 43.32
105 Ronan O'Connor APS Pro Cycling + 48.00
- Cian Keogh APS Pro Cycling DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Elliot Rowe Great Britain 16:02:39
2 Ben Wiggins Great Britain + 04.25
3 Jacob Bush Great Britain + 05.20
4 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 13.44
5 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 14.18
6 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 14.33
7 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 15.48
8 Teodor De Luca Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 16.13
9 Will Smith Great Britain + 21.39
10 Sebastian Vestergaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 22.58
11 Frank Aron Ragilo Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 23.33
12 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 26.01
13 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID + 28.42
14 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 32.00
15 Lennard Sternsdorff BIKE AID + 32.10
16 Karl Hall BIKE AID + 33.23
17 Jakob Neumann Team Storck - MRW Bau + 37.32
18 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 42.38

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team 46
2 Tim Merlier Soudal Quick-Step 43
3 Olav Kooij Decathlon CMA CGM 43
4 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG 33
5 Cees Bol Decathlon CMA CGM 32
6 Filippo Ganna Netcompany INEOS 27
7 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team 26
8 Axel Källberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team 23
9 Jasper Stuyven Soudal Quick-Step 16
10 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM 14
11 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 14
12 Fabio Christen Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 12
13 Arne Santy Tarteletto-Isorex 12
14 Sam Bennett Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 12
15 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex 11
16 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team 11
17 Yorben Lauryssen Tarteletto-Isorex 10
18 Ian Lopez de San Roman Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 10
19 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team 10
20 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 10
21 Ethan Vernon NSN Cycling Team 10
22 Timothy Dupont Tarteletto-Isorex 8
23 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping 8
24 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling 7
25 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 6
26 Elliot Rowe Great Britain 5
27 Xandro Meurisse Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 5
28 Janos Pelikan Team United Shipping 5
29 Riley Pickrell Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 5
30 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise 5
31 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID 5
32 Karl Hall BIKE AID 5
33 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG 4
34 Émilien Jacquelin Decathlon CMA CGM 4
35 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS 3
36 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise 3
37 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 3
38 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 3
39 Jake Stewart NSN Cycling Team 2
40 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 2
41 Brody McDonald Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 2
42 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 1
43 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise 1
44 Ryan Mullen NSN Cycling Team 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping 25
2 Xandro Meurisse Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 21
3 Ian Lopez de San Roman Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 19
4 Cees Bol Decathlon CMA CGM 17
5 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise 17
6 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG 16
7 Ben Swift Netcompany INEOS 14
8 Boas Lysgaard BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 9
9 Jonah Killy Tarteletto-Isorex 9
10 Janos Pelikan Team United Shipping 8
11 Oscar Schempp BIKE AID 8
12 Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team 8
13 Elliot Rowe Great Britain 7
14 Gianni Marchand Tarteletto-Isorex 7
15 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 6
16 Daan Hoole Decathlon CMA CGM 5
17 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling 5
18 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team 4
19 Matteo Trentin Tudor Pro Cycling Team 4
20 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step 4
21 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise 4
22 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates-XRG 4
23 Benoît Cosnefroy UAE Team Emirates-XRG 3
24 Arne Santy Tarteletto-Isorex 3
25 Karl Hall BIKE AID 3
26 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG 2
27 Axel Källberg Lucky Sport Cycling Team 2
28 Alessandro Pinarello NSN Cycling Team 2
29 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG 2
30 Asger Røjbek Sørensen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 2
31 Paul Wright Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 1
32 Nils Politt UAE Team Emirates-XRG 1
33 Victor Johannsen BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 UAE Team Emirates-XRG 48:11:24
2 Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.50
3 Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 04.25
4 NSN Cycling Team + 04.57
5 Great Britain + 06.18
6 Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team + 06.21
7 Decathlon CMA CGM Team + 07.39
8 Soudal Quick-Step + 07.40
9 Tarteletto-Isorex + 11.48
10 Team Flanders-Baloise + 19.25
11 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 21.36
12 Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 24.41
13 Lucky Sport Cycling Team + 39.04
14 Team Storck - MRW Bau + 40.00
15 APS Pro Cycling + 43.05
16 Team United Shipping + 56.20
17 BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 57.22
18 BIKE AID + 01:02.55

Race profile

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

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