Summary: A sprint finish won by top dog Fernando Gaviria.


Result: 87th - I got free rein to join the morning breakaway on my big day. I wasn't going to pass up this rare opportunity to get my face in front of the field. I attacked from the gun and rode up front until I was dropped on the second KoM climb.

Memorable experience, even though I finished 7'24" behind the peloton.

Summary: Two for two for Fernando Gaviria.

Result: 84th - A recovery day, I stayed out of trouble and fetched some water bottles for the team. Can't be the hero every stage.

Summary: A crash halfway through the stage takes down 66 out of the 93 cyclists in the field, myself and the yellow jersey included. It was a long day playing catch up and only the best made it back to the front. Lilian Calmejane took the yellow jersey with the stage win while Gaviria still managed to come back and finish fourth.

Result: 72nd - I never made it back to the front and finished 5'15" down. But, at least I didn't re-injury myself. Now I got a pretty colorful bruise on my other leg. Just what Canvey Island coach Nicky Forster wanted to see when I arrived for our football match later in the evening. And yet... somehow I got extremely lucky and our game got postponed due to weather. Pushed back to May 8th.

Summary: Crazy close finish with Tim Merlier beating out Bram Welten and Marc Sarreau. The little bump in the final 5kms created a chaotic sprint with no sprint trains. It was everyone for themselves.


Result: 21st - I tested my luck in the mad dash and didn't fairly too bad. I beat my teammate Ian Bibby (24th). Although, Bibby finished 5th in the GC and I took 84th after my failed breakaway on Stage 1 and crash on Stage 3.

Summary: Home soil advantage for Lukasz Owsian, as he outlasts everyone to win it in a select bunch sprint.


Result: 8th - Co-captains Ian Bibby and I keep our cool and get to the sprint at the end. I managed to beat Bibby (9th) to the line. The Top 20 riders all finished on the same time.

Summary: Most Aggressive Rider of the Day: Marcus Diamond. Following orders to create havoc for Ian Bibby, I attacked on the final climb in pursuit of the remaining breakaway riders.

The favourites didn't like that and pulled me back on the downhill. But, they had no interest in putting in the work to catch the breakaway.

So, I went again.


A gap opened with 3kms to go.


And would you like at that, the breakaway was in sight coming to the 1km to go banner. A little effort goes a long ways.

Could I actually win my first stage? Or even get the yellow jersey?


Nope the breakaway cyclists had saved their energy for the final sprint.

Result: 4th - It might be a weak field, but I'm proud of this result. Nobody wanted to make the big move to risk dropping in the GC. I went for it. The race organizers screwed me over though, giving me and the breakaway the same time as the charging peloton behind us.

There was clearly a gap, but whatever. Bibby sprinted to 7th. I've moved up to 4th in GC, 10 seconds off the lead.

Summary: With the breakaway brought back, I was going to diesel my way up the final two climbs and see who in the peloton could follow.


I had successful kept everything together over the final climb and that's when Janez Brajkovic made his move. I followed with Lukasz Owsian on my wheel.


We stopped Brajkovic, but that just handed the win to Youcef Reguigui in the sprint. The victory gave Reguigui the overall win as well.

Result: 4th - Another fourth. I think my tactics were OK. Who knows what would have happened if I decided to attack instead. I'm happy to come out of this tour with a 5th in GC, plus Bibby took 7th overall and JLT Condor won best team.

Summary: Every second counted as the gap between first to last was 37 seconds. The profile doesn't do the route justice, it was fairly steep.

Result: 52nd - First time I have rode a prologue like that. I'll chalk this one up as a learning experience. 22 seconds back on the leader.

Summary: Turning onto the prologue climb to finish Stage 2, a sprint up the narrow roads would ensue. Blocking was at its finest.


Result: 3rd - Using my big frame, I tried to take up the whole road. I was the second wheel at the start of the climb and just barely lost a spot to finish on the podium. My best finish ever. Yet, so close to that first win.

Summary: Sprint trains gear up for another tricky finish, this time on a small cobblestone patch.


Result: 8rd - A five-way fight for the win and I had to watch from the second row. I just don't have that top speed to keep up with these guys. I finished 30th in the GC because of my average prologue on Day 1. Eighth in the points and youth classifications.

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Summary: Doesn't get crazier than that. Down 3-0 in 76th minute and down to 10 men after a red card in the 12th minute, we mounted an insane comeback.

Star striker George Sykes one-timed a free kick whipped in by Sam Collins, centerback Jerrome Sobers powered in a header off another free kick from Collins (from about the same spot) and 16-year-old Terrance Johnson scored his first goal with the club five minutes into stoppage time — a counter-attack off a failed corner where Ryan Charles chipped off to Johnson on a two-on-one break for a back post header.

This was the definition of never give up. A well deserved point.

Rating: 6.6 - Meh... But, it sure was fun to be a part of this and rushing the field from the bench when my substitute in the 89th minute scored the game-tying goal.

Player of Game: Tom Debenham, Mildenhall (7.8)

Summary: Complete domination. Should have been more than 2-0. Maybe we don't need George Sykes and Ryan Charles?

Rating: 7.4 - Nearly everybody on the team had a good day. But, shame I couldn't get on the score sheet again. I'll finish the season with just one wonder goal and one assist, plus five yellow cards. Average season rating of 6.84. Not great.

Player of Game: George Craddock, Canvey Island FC (8.2)

Summary: A sprint finish in the light rain won by Damien Touze.

Result: 8th - I struggled to find the right wheel and didn't get up into the mix until the final meters when it was too late. Teammate Ed Clancy was more fortunate and finished 3rd and could have won if the finish was 100 more meters up the road.

Summary: A selective sprint finish won by favourite Colin Stussi. 41 riders finished in the first group. Damien Touze keeps yellow.

Result: 14th - Too many bodies. I couldn't shove my way to the front. Best finisher on the team though and still in striking distance of a GC win (10 seconds back) going into the final stage.

Summary: This is what we all came to see. The decisive final stage.


Michal Schlegel outlasted everyone on the final two climbs for a solo win. Riders were scattered all over the road behind him.


Result: 11th - I dropped off the front group with 4kms to go. They were pushing and I couldn't keep up. I finished 1'50" behind Schlegel and also finished 11th in GC and 4th in the youth classification. JLT Condor's Edmund Bradbury won the KoM competition.

Summary: All hail Team Sky. They finish 1-3-5-7. Geraint Thomas finally picks up first ITT National Championship. The late rain wasn't going to stop him from claiming the glory

Result: 15th - Way better than last! I got out of the start house when the condition were still good and took advantage. Sure, I finished 3'30" down on Thomas, but who could have seen this coming? Shame I can't go for the RR title three days.

Instead, I'm heading back to Poland for the five-stage Course Cyciste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques (man, that's a mouth full).

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