Dylan van Baarle (Garmin-Sharp) został nowym liderem wyścigu Tour of Britain. Na siódmym etapie najlepszy okazał się Julien Vermote (Omega Pharma – Quick Step).
Zawodnicy tego dnia musieli pokonać aż 225 kilometrów z Camberley do Brighton. W końcówce na kolarzy czekało kilka podjazdów. Na pokazanie się przed kamerami, ten odcinek wybrał Marcin Białobłocki (Velosure-Giordana). Oprócz Polaka w ucieczce kręcili także: Julien Vermote (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), Dylan van Baarle (Garmin-Sharp), Ignatas Konovalovas (MTN – Qhubeka) oraz Kevin Ista (IAM Cycling)
Piątka zgodnie współpracowała i 40 kilometrów przed kreską, strata zasadniczej grupy wynosiła niecałe 4 minuty. Białobłocki wrócił do reszty stawki.
Mocne tempo podyktowała ekipa Movistar, ale na jednym z podjazdów kłopoty miał ich lider i pierwszy kolarz klasyfikacji generalnej – Alex Dowsett.
Tymczasem Vermote zaatakował z czołówki i ruszył samotnie w kierunku mety. Młody Belg wytrzymal do końca i wygrał etap. Drugi był Konovalovas, a trzeci van Baarle. Holender dzięki temu zdobył koszulkę lidera.
Finisz z grupki faworytów po czwarte miejsce, wygrał Michał Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma – Quick Step). Polak jest także wiceliderem imprezy. Marcin Białobłocki zajął trzynaste miejsce.
Wyniki 7 etapu:
| 1 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 5:12:34 | |
| 2 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:00:23 | |
| 3 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 4 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:01:20 | |
| 5 | Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 6 | Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling | ||
| 7 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 8 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 9 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 10 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 11 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Team Raleigh | ||
| 12 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 13 | Marcin Bialobloski (Pol) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 14 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 15 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 16 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM Cycling | ||
| 17 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 18 | David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky | ||
| 19 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 20 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 21 | Steve Lampier (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | 0:01:35 | |
| 22 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 0:02:03 | |
| 23 | Mark Christian (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 24 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp | 0:02:15 | |
| 25 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain | 0:01:20 | |
| 26 | Karel Hnik (Cze) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:02:34 | |
| 27 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | ||
| 28 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 29 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 30 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 31 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 32 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 33 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 34 | Liam Holohan (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 35 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | ||
| 36 | Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 37 | Dylan Girdlestone (Rsa) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 38 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 39 | Dennis Van Niekerk (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 40 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:02:40 | |
| 41 | Alex Peters (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 42 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:02:51 | |
| 43 | Owain Doull (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | 0:03:14 | |
| 44 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | 0:03:40 | |
| 45 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:06:08 | |
| 46 | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Team Raleigh | 0:06:35 | |
| 47 | Joshua Hunt (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 48 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 49 | Leopold König (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:07:18 | |
| 50 | Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:07:30 | |
| 51 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 52 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:11:25 | |
| 53 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 54 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 55 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 56 | Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 57 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 58 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 59 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 60 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team | ||
| 61 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling | ||
| 62 | Bol Jetse (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 63 | Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 64 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 65 | Shane Archbold (NZl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 66 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 67 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 68 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 69 | Adam Blythe (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 70 | David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:16:53 | |
| 71 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 72 | Jim Songezo (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 73 | Markus Barry (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 74 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:24:00 | |
| 75 | Thomas Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 76 | James Lowsley Williams (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 77 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 78 | Germain Burton (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 79 | Thomas Stewart (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 80 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 81 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 82 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 83 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 84 | Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 85 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 86 | George Atkins (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 87 | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 88 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 89 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 90 | Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 91 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 92 | Chris Opie (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 93 | Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 94 | Yanto Barker (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 95 | Michael James Northey (NZl) Madison Genesis | ||
| 96 | Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 97 | James Moss (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 98 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 99 | Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 100 | Dale Appleby (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 101 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 102 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 103 | Bradley Morgan (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 104 | Nathan Edmondson (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 105 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 106 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | ||
| 107 | Thomas Scully (NZl) Madison Genesis | ||
| DNF | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| DNF | Glen O’Shea (Aus) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| DNS | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| DNS | Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp-Endura |
Klasyfikacja generalna:
| 1 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | 30:22:02 | |
| 2 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:00:19 | |
| 3 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:25 | |
| 4 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:35 | |
| 5 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:36 | |
| 6 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:00:45 | |
| 7 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | 0:00:47 | |
| 8 | David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky | 0:00:49 | |
| 9 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM Cycling | 0:00:51 | |
| 10 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | 0:00:59 | |
| 11 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 12 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling | 0:01:07 | |
| 13 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:01:22 | |
| 14 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:25 | |
| 15 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 16 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:01:27 | |
| 17 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:32 | |
| 18 | Steve Lampier (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | 0:01:35 | |
| 19 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Team Raleigh | 0:01:48 | |
| 20 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp | 0:02:11 | |
| 21 | Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:13 | |
| 22 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:02:22 | |
| 23 | Karel Hnik (Cze) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:02:50 | |
| 24 | Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | 0:03:04 | |
| 25 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:03:07 | |
| 26 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 0:03:31 | |
| 27 | Alex Peters (GBr) Madison Genesis | 0:03:38 | |
| 28 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | 0:04:06 | |
| 29 | Liam Holohan (GBr) Madison Genesis | 0:04:18 | |
| 30 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling | 0:04:27 | |
| 31 | Dennis Van Niekerk (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:04:53 | |
| 32 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:05 | |
| 33 | Marcin Bialobloski (Pol) Giordana Racing Team | 0:05:15 | |
| 34 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:06:14 | |
| 35 | Leopold König (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:06:49 | |
| 36 | Mark Christian (GBr) Team Raleigh | 0:08:21 | |
| 37 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling | 0:10:57 | |
| 38 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:11:18 | |
| 39 | Owain Doull (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | 0:11:31 | |
| 40 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 0:12:08 | |
| 41 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team | 0:12:50 | |
| 42 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | 0:13:22 | |
| 43 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:13:43 | |
| 44 | Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling | 0:14:17 | |
| 45 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:15:37 | |
| 46 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:15:40 | |
| 47 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:43 | |
| 48 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:17:52 | |
| 49 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:18:09 | |
| 50 | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Team Raleigh | 0:18:45 | |
| 51 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:19:03 | |
| 52 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:20:24 | |
| 53 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | 0:20:25 | |
| 54 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | 0:20:29 | |
| 55 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 0:21:07 | |
| 56 | Adam Blythe (GBr) NFTO | 0:21:13 | |
| 57 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | 0:23:09 | |
| 58 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 0:23:19 | |
| 59 | Dylan Girdlestone (Rsa) Garmin-Sharp | 0:23:51 | |
| 60 | David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:23:54 | |
| 61 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:25:40 | |
| 62 | Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 0:26:27 | |
| 63 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:27:51 | |
| 64 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:28:22 | |
| 65 | Thomas Stewart (GBr) Madison Genesis | 0:29:44 | |
| 66 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:31:23 | |
| 67 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:35:22 | |
| 68 | Thomas Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 69 | Michael James Northey (NZl) Madison Genesis | 0:36:39 | |
| 70 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | 0:38:31 | |
| 71 | Bol Jetse (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:38:33 | |
| 72 | Germain Burton (GBr) Great Britain | 0:40:31 | |
| 73 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:40:40 | |
| 74 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:40:49 | |
| 75 | Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:42:09 | |
| 76 | Shane Archbold (NZl) An Post-Chainreaction | 0:42:11 | |
| 77 | Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:42:26 | |
| 78 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | 0:43:04 | |
| 79 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:43:52 | |
| 80 | Thomas Scully (NZl) Madison Genesis | 0:44:49 | |
| 81 | George Atkins (GBr) Team Raleigh | 0:45:34 | |
| 82 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:46:48 | |
| 83 | Jim Songezo (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:47:56 | |
| 84 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Garmin-Sharp | 0:48:15 | |
| 85 | Dale Appleby (GBr) NFTO | 0:48:45 | |
| 86 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:49:36 | |
| 87 | Nathan Edmondson (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | 0:50:21 | |
| 88 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | 0:51:09 | |
| 89 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain | 0:54:18 | |
| 90 | Joshua Hunt (GBr) NFTO | 0:55:15 | |
| 91 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:55:55 | |
| 92 | Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team | 0:56:05 | |
| 93 | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:57:39 | |
| 94 | Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis | 0:59:00 | |
| 95 | Yanto Barker (GBr) Team Raleigh | 1:01:35 | |
| 96 | Markus Barry (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:03:52 | |
| 97 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano | 1:03:58 | |
| 98 | Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 1:05:51 | |
| 99 | Chris Opie (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | 1:07:54 | |
| 100 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | 1:08:42 | |
| 101 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Raleigh | 1:09:52 | |
| 102 | Bradley Morgan (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | 1:11:34 | |
| 103 | James Moss (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | 1:12:59 | |
| 104 | James Lowsley Williams (GBr) NFTO | 1:18:40 | |
| 105 | Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain | 1:19:13 | |
| 106 | Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | 1:24:44 | |
| 107 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain | 1:25:18 |
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