Greg Van Avermaet secured overall victory in the Tour de Yorkshire after Stéphane Rossetto took a brilliant solo win on stage four into Leeds. Van Avermaet of BMC led the chase group over the line to take the general classification after the overnight leader Magnus Cort Nielsen of Astana lost contact with the peloton. Max Walscheid sprints to stage three victory in Tour de Yorkshire Read moreRossetto had approached Park Rash alongside Canyon-Eisberg’s Max Stedman but he left the 22-year-old Briton in his wake midway up the 2.2km climb, which averages 10.5%. Van Avermaet dedicated his overall victory to Andy Rihs, the BMC team owner who died at the age of 75 last month. “I think we all had it in mind to win a race for him,” he said.

Source: The Guardian May 06, 2018 18:04 UTC