Summary

  • Denmark's Mads Pedersen wins

  • Italian Matteo Ttrentin second

  • Switzerland's Stefan Kung third

  • GB's Tao Geoghegan Hart 26th, Ben Swift 30th

  • Geraint Thomas & Adam Yates did not finish

  • 272.3km from Leeds to Harrogate

  • Route shortened by 23.5km because of heavy rain

Live Reporting

Jack Skelton

  1. Moscon dropped

    Team Ineos rider Gianni Moscon is shelled out from the leading group.

    Italy team-mate Matteo Trentin looks a lot stronger.

  2. 20km to go

    Mathieu van der Poel (Ned), Matteo Trentin (Ita), Gianni Moscon (Ita), Stefan Kung (Swi) and Mads Pedersen (Den) lead the peloton by 51 seconds with 20km to go.

  3. Britain's Tao Geoghegan Hart and Ben Swift are still up there.

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  4. It's not a peloton anymore. Riders have been shelled out the back.

    It's playing into the hands of the leading five riders.

    There are still three riders in no man's land between but they aren't gaining on the leaders at all.

  5. Rochelle Gilmore
    2010 Commonwealth Games champion on BBC TV

    The domestiques look very tired on the front of the bunch.

  6. France now hit the front with Belgium.

  7. Chris Boardman
    Olympic cycling champion on BBC TV

    The peloton have to attack the two ramps on this climb to get themselves back into contention. It's got to happen in the next 10 minutes.

    They can't leave it to the last lap, the gap will be too big.

  8. The lead keeps creeping up.

    The decisive move may already have been made.

  9. Chris Boardman
    Olympic cycling champion on BBC TV

    One man is not going to pull back five.

    Belgium need to put more people on the front if they want to bring it back.

  10. 25km to go

    The leading group of five now have 30 seconds on the main field.

    Can the chase get organised?

    Belgium have put the big engine Tim Wellens on the front to try and drive the peloton on.

  11. Advantage Italy at the moment with Trentin and Moscon in the leading group. Trentin looks the stronger of the two.

    Belgium, France and Australia the big nations to miss out on this move.

  12. Two laps to go

    Race favourite Mathieu van der Poel leads Mads Pedersen, Matteo Trentin, Gianni Moscon and Stefan Kung over the line with two laps to go.

    The chasing trio are 12 seconds down.

    The peloton roll in 25 seconds back - the likes of Van Avermaet, Sagan, Kristoff and Matthews all still there.

    Adam Yates continues to cruise at the back, looking comfortable. Is he going to try anything today?

  13. Simon Brotherton
    Commentator on BBC TV

    It has almost stopped raining in Harrogate for the first time today.

  14. Gorka Izagirre (Spa), Carlos Betancur (Col) and Toms Skujins (Lat) are off in pursuit of the leading quintet.

    The leaders have 11 seconds on them and 22 seconds on the peloton.

  15. 30km to go

    The leaders: Mathieu van der Poel (Ned), Matteo Trentin (Ita), Gianni Moscon (Ita), Stefan Kung (Swi) and Mads Pedersen (Den).

    Spain's Gorka Izagirre has countered off the front of the peloton.

  16. Van der Poel and Trentin gets across to the leading group and drop Martinez as they do so.

  17. Rochelle Gilmore
    2010 Commonwealth Games champion on BBC TV

    The Belgian team are under immense pressure here.

  18. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned), Matteo Trentin (Ita) and Daniel Martinez (Col) are hammering it down in pursuit of the leading trio of Gianni Moscon (Ita), Stefan Kung (Swi) and Mads Pedersen (Den).

    Panic in the peloton with Van der Poel especially up the road.

    The likes of Peter Sagan and Greg van Avermaet need to respond quickly.

  19. Rochelle Gilmore
    2010 Commonwealth Games champion on BBC TV

    If the others aren't careful, this could be the winning move.

  20. Mathieu van der Poel and Matteo Trentin are attacking off the front of the peloton.