The 2018 Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men's professional

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. It was the fifteenth running of the modern version of the

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

and the 78th British tour in total. The race started on 2 September in Pembrey Country Park and finished on 9 September in

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. It was part of the

2018 UCI Europe Tour The 2018 UCI Europe Tour was the fourteenth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2018 season began on 25 January 2018 with the Trofeo Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines, Campos and ended on 16 October 2018 with the Nationale Sluitingsprijs. French ri ...

. The French rider

Julian Alaphilippe Julian Alaphilippe (born 11 June 1992) is a French professional road cyclist, former cyclo-cross racer and two-fold UCI World Road Champion, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the brother of racing cyclist Bryan Alaphilippe. Career Ea ...

of won the race.

Teams

were replaced by less than week before the start of the race. The starting teams were:

Stages

Stage 1

;2 September 2018 —

Pembrey Pembrey (Welsh: ''Pen-bre'') is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated between Burry Port and Kidwelly, overlooking Carmarthen Bay, with a population of about 2,154 in 2011. The electoral ward having a population of 4,301. It is in th ...

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Stage 2

;3 September 2018 — Cranbrook to

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, but ...

Stage 3

;4 September 2018 —

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city i ...

to Bristol,

Stage 4

;5 September 2018 — Nuneaton to

Leamington Spa Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply Leamington (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following ...

Stage 5

;6 September 2018 —

Cockermouth Cockermouth is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England, so named because it is at the confluence of the River Cocker as it flows into the River Derwent. The mid-2010 census estimates state that Cocke ...

Whinlatter Pass The Whinlatter Pass is a mountain pass in the English Lake District. It is located on the B5292 road linking Braithwaite, to the west of Keswick, with High Lorton to the south of Cockermouth. To the north the pass is flanked by Whinlatter ...

, ( TTT)

Stage 6

;7 September 2018 —

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 202 ...

Stage 7

;8 September 2018 —

West Bridgford West Bridgford is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately south of the city of Nottingham, from which the River Trent divides it. Forming part of the Nott ...

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market t ...

Stage 8

;9 September 2018 —

to London,

Classification leadership

File:2018 Tour of Britain stage 8 - race winner Julian Alaphilippe.JPG, General classification -

File:2018 Tour of Britain stage 8 - points winner Paddy Bevin.JPG, Points classification - Patrick Bevin File:2018 Tour of Britain stage 8 - King of the Mountains Nick Dlamini.JPG, Mountains classification - Nicholas Dlamini File:2018 Tour of Britain stage 8 - sprints winner Alex Paton.JPG, Sprints classification -

Alex Paton Alexander Paton (13 August 1869 – 1935) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers in the 1890s as a right half; he featured for the club over 200 times in the league, as well as on the losing side in the ...

File:2018 Tour of Britain stage 8 - winning team Lotto-NL Jumbo.JPG, Team classification - File:2018 Tour of Britain stage 8 113 Matt Holmes on the podium.JPG, Race combativity award - Matthew Holmes

References

External links

* {{Tour of Britain

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