Britain stage 7: Kiwi Guy 5th after long breakaway; Martin still 3rd overall

Jumping in and hanging on to the decisive break of the day, Julian Dean finished 5th in today’s grey, wet stage 7 at the Tour of Britain. The escapees managed to work together and hold their gap to just over two minutes all the way to the finish at Drumlanrig Castle.

With the help of his teammates, Dan Martin finished in the first chase group with race leader Lequarte. He is holding steady at third with just 14″ separating him and the leader’s jersey.

Tomorrow’s final stage 8 is 110 km long and finishes with six exciting circuits in downtown Liverpool.

Team Garmin-Chipotle stage results
1. Edvald Boasson Hagen 3h45’18″
5. Julian Dean +00″
17. Dan Martin +2’18″
19. Chris Sutton +2’18″
56. Trent Lowe +3’37″
58. Magnus Backstedt +3’42″
66. David Millar +4’40″

Team Garmin-Chipotle GC
1. Geoffroy Lequarte 25h02’25″
3. Dan Martin +14″
16. Chris Sutton +1’59″
23. Julian Dean +10’41″
60. Trent Lowe +28’39″
61. Magnus Backstedt +28’52″
72. David Millar +35’49″

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