Greig Leach

Once these three crested the final berg of the race, they simply rode away from the rest of the remaining peloton. This threesome of Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-Quickstep), Geraint Thomas (Sky) and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff Saxo) represented some very powerful cyclist. Stybar is the current Czech National Champion, Sagan, the Slovak National Champion and Stannard is a former British National Champion. All three possess the ability and the wit to claim victory today, although, Sagan is the defending champion wearing race bib number one.