Boom wins Britain TT, takes GC lead after stage 5

Former world cyclocross champion Lars Boom won stage 5 at the Tour of Britain Thursday and moved into the overall race lead.

The Dutchman rode the 16.2km test in 19:02.5. His LottoNL-Jumbo teammate Victor Campenaerts was second, six seconds back. Vasil Kiryienka (Sky), the 2015 world time trial champion, was third, another second slower.

“I know, I always go out hard,” said Boom. “So I knew already in my mind that if it’s headwind in the last few kilometers I’m going to drop some seconds, but in the end I could keep it on 45, 48 [kph], so it was quite OK and my team director was telling me that at one kilometer out I was still 10 seconds faster, so I knew it was OK.

“The week before we came to Britain I had some problems with the stomach and so I was looking a little bit funny for the shape, but the feeling now was pretty good on the TT bike.

“There’s a really strong field here, that’s why I’m also really pleased with the win. We have to make a plan for the next few days. We need to see because it can be difficult with only six riders in the team, so it makes the racing also a little bit more difficult, but that’s quite nice about this race. And 20 seconds is not much so we have to look … I don’t know yet.”

The GC standings mirror the time trial results with Campanaerts second and Kiryienka third. Three stages remain in the eight-day British race.

Stage 5 results

• 1. Lars Boom, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, in 19:02.50
• 2. Victor Campenaerts, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :06
• 3. Vasil Kiryienka, TEAM SKY, at :07
• 4. Stefan KÜng, BMC RACING TEAM, at :08
• 5. Jos Van Emden, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :11
• 6. Tony Martin, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :12
• 7. Michal Kwiatkowski, TEAM SKY, at :17
• 8. Geraint Thomas, TEAM SKY, at :17
• 9. Alex Dowsett, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :21
• 10. Luke Durbridge, ORICA – SCOTT, at :21
• 11. Ryan Mullen, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :25
• 12. Primož RogliČ, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :25
• 13. Owain Doull, TEAM SKY, at :26
• 14. Harry Tanfield, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at :26
• 15. Michael Hepburn, ORICA – SCOTT, at :29
• 16. Edvald Boasson Hagen, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at :30
• 17. Marcin Bialoblocki, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at :32
• 18. Dylan Van Baarle, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :40
• 19. Joseph Rosskopf, BMC RACING TEAM, at :41
• 20. Mads Würtz Schmidt, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :41
• 21. Jonathan Castroviejo, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :41
• 22. Nils Politt, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :43
• 23. Gorka Izaguirre Insausti, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :46
• 24. James Gullen, JLT CONDOR, at :48
• 25. Tao Geoghegan Hart, TEAM SKY, at :48
• 26. Jan Tratnik, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at :49
• 27. Patrick Bevin, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :52
• 28. Laurens De Plus, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :53
• 29. Silvan Dillier, BMC RACING TEAM, at :57
• 30. Roger Kluge, ORICA – SCOTT, at 01:00
• 31. Kamil Gradek, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 01:00
• 32. Imanol Erviti, MOVISTAR TEAM, at 01:00
• 33. Gijs Van Hoecke, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at 01:02
• 34. Reto Hollenstein, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at 01:02
• 35. Ben Hermans, BMC RACING TEAM, at 01:07
• 36. James Oram, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 01:09
• 37. Tiago Machado, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at 01:10
• 38. Alexander Kristoff, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at 01:10
• 39. Hayden Mccormick, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 01:12
• 40. Hugh John Carthy, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at 01:13
• 41. Rory Sutherland, MOVISTAR TEAM, at 01:19
• 42. Xandro Meurisse, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 01:19
• 43. Connor Swift, MADISON GENESIS, at 01:20
• 44. Karol Domagalski, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 01:21
• 45. Daniel Martin, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at 01:23
• 46. Elia Viviani, TEAM SKY, at 01:23
• 47. Lukasz Owsian, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 01:25
• 48. Maximiliano Ariel Richeze, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at 01:26
• 49. Marcel Sieberg, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 01:26
• 50. James Shaw, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 01:28
• 51. Christopher Lawless, GREAT BRITAIN, at 01:28
• 52. Senne Leysen, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 01:29
• 53. Daniele Bennati, MOVISTAR TEAM, at 01:29
• 54. Mark Stewart, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 01:30
• 55. Philippe Gilbert, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at 01:31
• 56. Dion Smith, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 01:32
• 57. Maciej Paterski, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 01:35
• 58. Jonas Koch, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 01:36
• 59. Ethan Hayter, GREAT BRITAIN, at 01:37
• 60. Oliver Wood, GREAT BRITAIN, at 01:42
• 61. Mark Cavendish, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 01:42
• 62. Regan Gough, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 01:42
• 63. Floris Gerts, BMC RACING TEAM, at 01:46
• 64. Zdenek Štybar, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at 01:47
• 65. Jay Robert Thomson, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 01:48
• 66. Matthew Holmes, MADISON GENESIS, at 01:52
• 67. Davide Formolo, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at 01:52
• 68. Alessandro Tonelli, BARDIANI CSF, at 01:53
• 69. Rob Power, ORICA – SCOTT, at 01:55
• 70. Taylor Karl Gunman, MADISON GENESIS, at 01:57
• 71. Russell Downing, JLT CONDOR, at 02:02
• 72. Brenton Jones, JLT CONDOR, at 02:02
• 73. James Knox, GREAT BRITAIN, at 02:08
• 74. Luka Mezgec, ORICA – SCOTT, at 02:13
• 75. Peter Williams, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 02:15
• 76. Ian Bibby, JLT CONDOR, at 02:15
• 77. Fernando Gaviria Rendon, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at 02:16
• 78. Mark Renshaw, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 02:17
• 79. Graham Briggs, JLT CONDOR, at 02:19
• 80. Thomas Gibbons, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 02:25
• 81. Mark Mcnally, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 02:26
• 82. Alistair Slater, JLT CONDOR, at 02:28
• 83. Robert Partridge, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 02:28
• 84. Enrico Barbin, BARDIANI CSF, at 02:29
• 85. Enzo Wouters, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 02:29
• 86. Nikolas Maes, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 02:31
• 87. Andrea Pasqualon, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 02:31
• 88. Jonathan Mcevoy, MADISON GENESIS, at 02:33
• 89. Jacob Hennessy, GREAT BRITAIN, at 02:33
• 90. Kris Boeckmans, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 02:35
• 91. Jacob Scott, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 02:37
• 92. Vincenzo Albanese, BARDIANI CSF, at 02:37
• 93. Rory Townsend, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 02:38
• 94. Matthew Teggart, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 02:38
• 95. Chris Opie, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 02:38
• 96. Eric Marcotte, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 02:39
• 97. Richard Handley, MADISON GENESIS, at 02:41
• 98. Dexter Gardias, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 02:45
• 99. Dylan Groenewegen, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at 02:45
• 100. Alexandre Blain, MADISON GENESIS, at 02:47
• 101. Steele Von Hoff, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 02:47
• 102. Damien Shaw, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 02:47
• 103. Kyle Murphy, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 02:49
• 104. Simone Andreetta, BARDIANI CSF, at 02:50
• 105. Sean Mckenna, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 02:53
• 106. Adam Hartley, GREAT BRITAIN, at 02:53
• 107. Giulio Ciccone, BARDIANI CSF, at 02:55
• 108. Andres Miguel Diaz Corrales, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 03:07
• 109. Bernhard Eisel, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 03:11
• 110. Alan Banaszek, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 03:38
• 111. Scott Thwaites, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 03:56
• 112. Orlando Trinidad Garibay Contreras, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 03:56
• 113. Caleb Ewan, ORICA – SCOTT, at 03:57
• 114. Paolo Simion, BARDIANI CSF, at 04:04

General classification

• 1. Lars Boom, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, in 17:57:25
• 2. Victor Campenaerts, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :08
• 3. Vasil Kiryienka, TEAM SKY, at :09
• 4. Stefan KÜng, BMC RACING TEAM, at :10
• 5. Jos Van Emden, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :13
• 6. Tony Martin, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :14
• 7. Michal Kwiatkowski, TEAM SKY, at :19
• 8. Edvald Boasson Hagen, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at :19
• 9. Geraint Thomas, TEAM SKY, at :19
• 10. Alex Dowsett, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :23
• 11. Ryan Mullen, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :27
• 12. Primož RogliČ, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :27
• 13. Owain Doull, TEAM SKY, at :28
• 14. Michael Hepburn, ORICA – SCOTT, at :31
• 15. Dylan Van Baarle, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :42
• 16. Joseph Rosskopf, BMC RACING TEAM, at :43
• 17. Mads Würtz Schmidt, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :43
• 18. Jonathan Castroviejo, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :43
• 19. Nils Politt, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at :45
• 20. Gorka Izaguirre Insausti, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :48
• 21. Patrick Bevin, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at :54
• 22. Silvan Dillier, BMC RACING TEAM, at :54
• 23. Laurens De Plus, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at :55
• 24. Kamil Gradek, ONE PRO CYCLING, at :57
• 25. Imanol Erviti, MOVISTAR TEAM, at 01:02
• 26. Gijs Van Hoecke, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at 01:04
• 27. Reto Hollenstein, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at 01:04
• 28. Alexander Kristoff, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at 01:04
• 29. Elia Viviani, TEAM SKY, at 01:05
• 30. James Oram, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 01:11
• 31. Tiago Machado, TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN, at 01:12
• 32. Hayden Mccormick, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 01:14
• 33. Hugh John Carthy, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at 01:15
• 34. Karol Domagalski, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 01:17
• 35. Rory Sutherland, MOVISTAR TEAM, at 01:21
• 36. Xandro Meurisse, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 01:21
• 37. Daniel Martin, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at 01:25
• 38. Maximiliano Ariel Richeze, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at 01:28
• 39. Marcel Sieberg, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 01:28
• 40. James Shaw, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 01:30
• 41. Christopher Lawless, GREAT BRITAIN, at 01:30
• 42. Daniele Bennati, MOVISTAR TEAM, at 01:31
• 43. Mark Stewart, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 01:32
• 44. Philippe Gilbert, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at 01:33
• 45. Dion Smith, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 01:34
• 46. Maciej Paterski, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 01:37
• 47. Floris Gerts, BMC RACING TEAM, at 01:48
• 48. Zdenek Štybar, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at 01:49
• 49. Alessandro Tonelli, BARDIANI CSF, at 01:55
• 50. Oliver Wood, GREAT BRITAIN, at 01:59
• 51. Fernando Gaviria Rendon, QUICK – STEP FLOORS, at 02:04
• 52. Russell Downing, JLT CONDOR, at 02:04
• 53. Brenton Jones, JLT CONDOR, at 02:04
• 54. James Knox, GREAT BRITAIN, at 02:10
• 55. Luka Mezgec, ORICA – SCOTT, at 02:15
• 56. Enrico Barbin, BARDIANI CSF, at 02:31
• 57. Nikolas Maes, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 02:33
• 58. Andrea Pasqualon, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 02:33
• 59. Matthew Teggart, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 02:40
• 60. Richard Handley, MADISON GENESIS, at 02:42
• 61. Dexter Gardias, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 02:47
• 62. Giulio Ciccone, BARDIANI CSF, at 02:57
• 63. Lukasz Owsian, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 03:15
• 64. Roger Kluge, ORICA – SCOTT, at 03:27
• 65. Regan Gough, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 03:34
• 66. Mark Renshaw, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 03:38
• 67. Caleb Ewan, ORICA – SCOTT, at 03:39
• 68. James Gullen, JLT CONDOR, at 03:45
• 69. Jan Tratnik, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 03:46
• 70. Ben Hermans, BMC RACING TEAM, at 03:50
• 71. Dylan Groenewegen, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at 04:31
• 72. Eric Marcotte, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 04:31
• 73. Davide Formolo, CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM, at 04:35
• 74. Jonas Koch, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 04:35
• 75. Luke Durbridge, ORICA – SCOTT, at 04:36
• 76. Steele Von Hoff, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 04:39
• 77. Jay Robert Thomson, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 04:45
• 78. Rory Townsend, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 06:02
• 79. Alistair Slater, JLT CONDOR, at 07:14
• 80. Connor Swift, MADISON GENESIS, at 07:48
• 81. Harry Tanfield, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 07:56
• 82. Senne Leysen, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 07:57
• 83. Scott Thwaites, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 08:22
• 84. Vincenzo Albanese, BARDIANI CSF, at 09:05
• 85. Taylor Karl Gunman, MADISON GENESIS, at 09:30
• 86. Kris Boeckmans, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 09:33
• 87. Thomas Gibbons, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 09:41
• 88. Mark Mcnally, WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT, at 09:45
• 89. Peter Williams, ONE PRO CYCLING, at 09:48
• 90. Enzo Wouters, LOTTO SOUDAL, at 10:02
• 91. Jonathan Mcevoy, MADISON GENESIS, at 10:06
• 92. Alexandre Blain, MADISON GENESIS, at 10:17
• 93. Mark Cavendish, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 10:19
• 94. Damien Shaw, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 10:20
• 95. Sean Mckenna, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 10:26
• 96. Andres Miguel Diaz Corrales, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 10:40
• 97. Ethan Hayter, GREAT BRITAIN, at 10:55
• 98. Paolo Simion, BARDIANI CSF, at 11:20
• 99. Kyle Murphy, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 11:22
• 100. Jacob Hennessy, GREAT BRITAIN, at 12:09
• 101. Jacob Scott, AN POST CHAIN REACTION, at 13:02
• 102. Simone Andreetta, BARDIANI CSF, at 13:21
• 103. Tao Geoghegan Hart, TEAM SKY, at 13:25
• 104. Ian Bibby, JLT CONDOR, at 14:29
• 105. Rob Power, ORICA – SCOTT, at 14:31
• 106. Marcin Bialoblocki, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 15:37
• 107. Bernhard Eisel, TEAM DIMENSION DATA, at 15:37
• 108. Alan Banaszek, CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE, at 15:38
• 109. Matthew Holmes, MADISON GENESIS, at 15:51
• 110. Robert Partridge, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 17:17
• 111. Chris Opie, BIKE CHANNEL CANYON, at 18:45
• 112. Orlando Trinidad Garibay Contreras, CYLANCE CYCLING, at 19:01
• 113. Adam Hartley, GREAT BRITAIN, at 19:58
• 114. Graham Briggs, JLT CONDOR, at 31:41