Tour of Britain 2023: Van Aert takes race lead with late attack

Results 5th stage 2023 Tour of Britain

1. Wout van Aert (bel)
2. Ethan Vernon (gbr) + 0.03
3. Danny van Poppel (nld) s.t.
4. Alexander Salby (den) s.t.
5. Max Kanter (ger) s.t.
6. Davide Persico (ita) s.t.
7. Milan Fretin (bel) s.t.
8. Davide Bomboi (bel) s.t.
9. Tom Pidcock (gbr) s.t.
10. Stian Fredheim (nor) s.t.

GC after stage 5
1. Wout van Aert (bel)
2. Ethan Vernon (gbr) + 0.03
3. Max Kanter (ger) s.t.
4. Olav Kooij (fra) s.t.
5. Davide Bomboi (bel) s.t.
6. Danny van Poppel (nld) s.t.
7. Tom Pidcock (gbr) s.t.
8. Casper van Uden (nld) s.t.
9. Gonzalo serrano (spa) s.t.
10. Davide Persico (ita) s.t.

Race report
Breakaway riders Callum Ormuston, Joey Rosskopf and Abram Stockman carve out a maximum lead of 3.30 minutes.

Rosskopf heads out alone inside the last 13 kilometres. His effort is history with 7 kilometres left to race.

Jumbo-Visma pulls out another rabbit out of the hat in the finale. No Olav Kooij this time, but his lead-out in the last four days, Wout van Aert, strikes just after the flamme rouge. He stays ahead of the bunch and wins the race with a 3 seconds lead. He takes the leader’s jersey.

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