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. Russia's Pavel Sivakov, who rides for Team Ineos, has had a crash with Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar.

    Sivakov's bike looks crocked, a new one needed.

  2. The pace eases off on the front of the peloton and the bunch comes all back together.

    It means the leading group's advantage has gone back out to 2:10.

  3. It sounds like there has been a split in the peloton due to the pace on the front.

    Unfortunately, without any helicopter images because of the rain, we can't confirm that quite yet.

  4. The race will rejoin the original route at Leyburn.

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  5. The climb, the standing water and an increase in tempo from the peloton have brought the advantage of the leading 11 riders right down.

    They lead by 1:33 now.

  6. Anyone in the peloton not wearing overshoes has just got very wet feet going through that deep puddle.

    Grim.

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  7. Eek. Luxembourg's Ben Gastauer and the Ireland team car have had a collision.

    Gastauer's bike is lying just in front of the front bumper of the car and he is furious.

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  9. Dearie me. There is a huge puddle on the road and the leading group slow right down to cruise through it.

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    The leading group are riding into the mist and clouds now. You can't really see up the road.

    The marshals are warning them about standing water in the road.

  11. I can't ever remember reading a definitive explanation of why there are more punctures in the rain, Steve.

    The best guess is the wet weather washes more debris onto the road that can stick to the tyres and lead to punctures.

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    Yorkshire Steve: Planned to be roadside watching with the kids today but a bit too wet. They loved para-cycling in Wetherby and mixed team time trial last weekend. Sat on sofa loving coverage today. Proper Yorkshire countryside. Eldest asks why more punctures in rainy weather?

  13. 200km to go

    On the climb to Cray, the breakaway of 11 riders lead by the peloton by around 2:40.

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  15. The leading group of 11 riders are hitting the lower slopes of the climb to Cray.

    It's the first and now only major climb of the day after the climbs of Buttertubs and Grinton Moor were removed because of flooding.

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    Steve Cummings: Rohan Dennis riding a BMC again. Think his time at Bahrain-Merida might be over.

  17. France's Julien Bernard shares a joke with Australia's Rohan Dennis as he takes over from the world time trial champion on the front of the bunch.

    They are working for Julian Alaphilippe and Michael Matthews respectively.

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  19. Race radio is telling the riders to be careful as they make their way to the bottom of the first climb of the day because of standing water at the bottom of it.

    Welcome to Yorkshire. Racing is a bit different here.

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    Sulaimon Adelekan: Interesting and eventful race so far. At this stage, the race could go anywhere.