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Lars Boom TOB 2011 ITT copyright Simon MacMichael.jpgTour of Britain Stage 8a: Dowsett clinches ITT, Boom set to take overall crown
Team Sky's Alex Dowsett, who earlier this month won the British Time Trial Championship, showed off his new red, white and blue skinsuit in the best possible way this lunchtime in London, winning the Tour of Britain Stage 8a Time Trial on an 8.8 kilometre course starting and finishing in Whitehall. Rabobank's Lars Boom, last man out on the course in the race leader's gold jersey, retains the overall lead going into this afternoon's 88.8 kilometre stage 8b circuit race, covering 10 laps of the same course between Westminster and Tower Bridge.
Tour of Britain Stage 8a provisional result
1) Alex Dowsett, Team Sky 10.14.73
2) Lars Boom, Rabobank 10.19.06
3) Lieuwe Westra, Vacansoleil 10.19.96
4) Steve Cummings, Team Sky 10.23.21
5) Geraint Thomas, Team Sky 10.30.78
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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