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Cycling: Tour of Britain Highlights

Matt Barbet presents highlights from the eighth and final stage of the 2023 Tour of Britain from Margam Country Park to Caerphilly. Commentary from Ned Boulting and David Millar.

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Highlights of the Tour of Britain cycling tournament.

8. Stage Eight: Margam Country Park to Caerphilly

7. stage seven: tewkesbury to gloucester, 6. stage six highlights: southend-on-sea to harlow, 5. stage five highlights: felixstowe to felixstowe, 4. stage four highlights: sherwood forest to newark-on-trent, 3. stage three highlights: the howdens stage - goole to beverley, 2. stage two highlights: wrexham to wrexham, 1. stage one highlights: altrincham to manchester.

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• Day 5 Denbighshire – Snowdonia National Park – Denbighshire
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Tour of Britain 2023: Van Poppel sprints to victory, Van Aert remains leader

Results 6th stage 2023 Tour of Britain

1. Danny van Poppel (nld) 2. Ethan Vernon (gbr) s.t. 3. Tord Gudmestad (nor) s.t. 4. Olav Kooij (nld) s.t. 5. Capser van Uden (nld) s.t. 6. Nicolò Parisini (ita) s.t. 7. Davide Persico (ita) s.t. 8. Robert Donaldson (gbr) s.t. 9. Tom Pidcock (gbr) s.t. 10. Szimon Sajnok (pol) s.t.

GC after stage 6 1. Wout van Aert (bel) 2. Ethan Vernon (gbr) + 0.03 3. Olav Kooij (nld) s.t. 4. Danny van Poppel (nld) s.t. 5. Tom Pidcock (gbr) s.t. 6. Davide Bomboi (bel) s.t. 7. Casper van Uden (nld) s.t. 8. Davide Persico (ita) s.t. 9. Gonzalo serrano (spa) s.t. 10. Rasmus Tiller (nor) s.t.

Race report Abram Stockman attacks from the gun. His team mate Joren Bloem rejoins him before Kamil Malecki makes it three at the front. They open up a lead of almost 3 minutes – and, that’s it.

Around the midway marker the attack is history and then Stockmann gives it another go with Danny van der Tuuk, Jack Rootkin-Gray, William Tidball and Hartthijs de Vries. The five open up a lead of more than 1 minute.

Stockman and De Vries are the last riders to be reeled in inside the last 14 kilometres. A late attack by Dimitri Peyskens is neutralised with 3 kilometres to go.

Van Aert leads out Kooij, but Gudmestad comes storming past the winning tandem in the last few hundred metres. Vernon pinpoints the Norwegian and he is heading for victory until Van Poppel outguns him with an ultimate dash to the line.

Van Aert stays in the lead of the general classification.

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Wout van Aert won stage 5 of the Tour of Britain

A final-kilometre attack from Wout van Aert earned Jumbo-Visma their fifth win in a row at the Tour of Britain , with four-time stage winner Olav Kooij handing over victory to his invaluable lead-out rider in Felixstowe.

The whole squad taking a wrong turn on a roundabout in the final 10km threatened to let a team other than Jumbo-Visma win a stage of this year’s race, but the yellow and black jerseys were soon back at the front of the peloton, leading into a late flyer for Van Aert.

Ethan Vernon (Great Britain) took second from the bunch ahead of Danny van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) in third. Van Aert’s small gap on the line will see him move into the race lead with three days remaining.

Joey Rosskopf (Q36.5 Pro Cycling), Abram Stockman (TDT-Unibet) and Callum Ormiston (Global 6 Cycling) had been up the road for most of the 192km stage, but were brought back before the final.

“I’m feeling really happy of course,” Van Aert said after taking what was only his second road win of the year. “It’s always tricky to make a plan like that, and if you can execute it like this it’s a lot of satisfaction. Another great day for the team, and I’m really, really proud of this one.

“Yesterday evening we had a look at the final corners, talking about the lead-out, and first I came up with [the plan to attack] as a joke slash idea, and we started to think about it. We knew even if someone would respond immediately that the bunch would still be stretched out and Olav would still have a good chance of winning the sprint, so we tried something else.

“I think that’s a nice thing about cycling, enough times it’s boring and you can expect what’s going to happen, so it’s nice to spice things up.”

A change in result after four similar stages

Stage 5 of the Tour of Britain headed to the east of England, starting and finishing in Felixstowe and taking in a 192km loop around Suffolk, making it the longest stage of this year’s race.

As with many of the stages, the day kicked off with a fast battle for the breakaway. Five riders got away fairly quickly, with King of the Mountains leader James Fouché (Bolton Equities Black Spoke) joined by Harry Birchill (Saint Piran), Kamil Małecki (Q36.5 Pro Cycling), Hartthijs De Vries (TDT-Unibet) and Jack Brough (Great Britain). However, unlike the preceding stages, the peloton were not particularly keen for this group to get too far ahead, keeping the gap very small before catching them again before the first climb after just 20km of racing.

Fouché still managed to crest the climb first to add to his KoM lead, but missed out on the next break that went. The new group was made up of Joey Rosskopf (Q36.5 Pro Cycling), Abram Stockman (TDT-Unibet) and Callum Ormiston (Global 6 Cycling). This move was allowed to go, and the trio soon had a three-minute lead as the situation finally calmed down.

Stockman won both the KoM and the intermediate sprint, and then from there the race was very quiet with no more point-scoring opportunities in the 127km remaining. Naturally, it was once again Jumbo-Visma who were controlling things, but they were clearly feeling a little more generous towards the break on a sunny day in Suffolk.

After a long stretch of very little happening, the peloton finally started to ramp up the chase going into the final 40km, and the gap gradually began to shrink. It was down to 30 seconds with 24km remaining, with Ineos Grenadiers glued to the wheels of the Jumbo riders charged with closing the gap. Olav Kooij and Wout van Aert were not seen putting their noses in the win at any time during the chase, showing just how much they’ve been able to save for the sprint finishes this week.

Ormiston was the first to drop out of the break, with 20km to go, followed by Stockman, whilst Rosskopf pushed on for the longest, holding on valiantly until he was caught with 5km to go.

Approaching the finale, some teams did try to get in the way of Jumbo-Visma’s lead-out, but it was an error on a roundabout with 7km to go - where the Jumbo train went the wrong way - that really caused the Dutch team some problems, but they soon found their way back to the front for the finale.

Van Aert was on the front of the peloton heading into the final kilometre, appearing to be setting up another sprint for Kooij, but going into one of last corners Kooij slightly grabbed the breaks round the bend, slowing up the peloton and letting Van Aert accelerate away from the bunch. A moment of hesitation from the peloton and the blocking action from the slowing Jumbo riders allowed Van Aert to get an immediate jump, which the strong Belgian was able to hold all the way to the line, holding off the sprinting peloton behind.

It was Ethan Vernon who sprinted to second just ahead of Danny van Poppel, with Kooij out of the placings for the first time this race, instead sitting up across the line to celebrate yet another win for his team, this time a result of not just strength but a successful tactical play.

The first rider to finish with any kind of time gap, Van Aert goes into the race lead - taking the jersey from Kooij - three seconds ahead of Vernon and Max Kanter (Movistar) on the virtual podium.

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Tour of Britain - Stage 5

• Dates 7 Sept
• Race Length 192 kms
• Start Felixstowe
• Finish Felixstowe
• Race Category Elite Men

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• Founded 1984
• Team Principal Richard Plugge
• UCI Code TJV
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• Nationality Belgium
• UCI Wins 46
• Height 1.9m

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Kenya’s military chief dies in a helicopter crash

FILE - Kenya’s military chief General Francis Ogolla is dressed in full uniform at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov. 14, 2023. Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced Thursday, April 18, 2024, evening and declared three days of national mourning. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

FILE - Kenya’s military chief General Francis Ogolla, right, and Kenya’s President William Ruto, left, at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov. 14, 2023. Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced Thursday, April 18, 2024, evening and declared three days of national mourning. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

FILE - Kenya Air Force Brigadier Francis Ogolla speaks to journalists in Nyanyuki airstrip, Kenya, Aug. 15, 2012. Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced Thursday, April 18, 2024, evening and declared three days of national mourning. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi, File)

FILE - Kenya’s military chief General Francis Ogolla, right, shakes hand with Britain’s King Charles III, left, and Kenya’s President William Ruto, center, as they attend a military welcome ceremony during Charles’ visit at the Mtongwe Naval Base in Mombasa, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2023. Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced Thursday, April 18, 2024, evening and declared three days of national mourning. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

FILE - Kenya’s military personnel practice maneuvers as part of Britain’s King Charles III’s visit to the Mtongwe Naval Base in Mombasa, Kenya, Nov. 2, 2023. Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced Thursday, April 18, 2024, evening and declared three days of national mourning. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s military chief Gen. Francis Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced Thursday and declared three days of national mourning.

The helicopter was carrying 11 people, including Gen. Ogolla, when it crashed Thursday and caught fire in a remote area near the border with Uganda, killing nine people onboard, the president said.

It is unclear what caused the crash.

Gen. Ogolla, 61, was on a tour of the country’s troubled western region that has seen frequent attacks by local bandits.

He was appointed Kenya’s Chief of Defense Forces in April last year after Gen. Robert Kibochi retired.

Political controversy surrounded Ogolla even before his appointment, when he was accused by the country’s electoral commission chairperson as being part of a national security council delegation that tried to influence the outcome of the 2022 general election against President Ruto.

Ruto later explained that he called Gen. Ogolla before his appointment and said that, despite the election controversy, he was the most qualified for the job.

Gen Ogolla joined Kenya’s military force 40 years ago.

He was a graduate of École Militaire de Paris, the National Defence College of Kenya, Egerton University and the University of Nairobi.

Gen. Ogolla is survived by his wife Aileen, two children and a grandson.

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