Tour of Britain: Wout van Aert wins final stage to beat Ethan Hayter to overall victory

Van Aert won stages in England, Scotland and Wales during the Tour of Britain

Belgium's Wout van Aert won the final stage of the Tour of Britain to pip Great Britain's Ethan Hayter to overall victory in the race.

Germany's Andre Greipel was second, with Briton Mark Cavendish third.

Van Aert's bonus 10 seconds for winning the stage meant he beat Hayter by six seconds overall.

"A bit disappointed to lose on the last day," Hayter told ITV4. "But I can be very happy with this week with winning the team time trial, the stage in Manchester and second overall is pretty good.

"He (Van Aert) has won four stages so, fair enough, he wins the general classification to be honest."

Stage eight results

1. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) 4hrs 7mins 56secs

2. Andre Greipel (Ger/Israel Start-up Nation) Same time

3. Mark Cavendish (GB/Deceuninck-QuickStep) Same time

4. Colin Joyce (US/Rally Cycling) Same time

5. Max Kanter (Ger/Team DSM) Same time

6. Rory Townsend (Ire/Canyon) Same time

7. Matt Gibson (GB/Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling) Same time

8. Oliver Peckover (GB/SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling) Same time

General classification

1. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) 31hrs 42mins 22secs

2. Ethan Hayter (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +6 secs

3. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Deceuninck-QuickStep) +27secs

4. Mikkel Honore (Den/Deceuninck-QuickStep) +41 secs

5. Michael Woods (Can/Israel Start-up Nation) +1 min

6. Rohan Dennis (Aus/Ineos Grenadiers) + 1min 14secs

7. Daniel Martin (Ire/Israel Start-up Nation) +1min 16secs

8. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita/Alpecin-Fenix) +1min 43secs

9. Mark Donovan (GB/Team DSM) +2mins 4 secs

10. Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +2mins 7secs

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