Lars Petter Nordhaug claims Tour de Yorkshire glory
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ByEurosport
Updated 03/05/2015 at 21:50 GMT
BMC rider Ben Hermans won stage three of the Tour de Yorkshire in Leeds as Team Sky rider Lars Petter Nordhaug claimed overall victory.
0503 Cycling - Tour de Yorkshire: last stage
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With over one million spectators turning out for the event, Nordhaug won the first Tour de Yorkshire with Hermans claiming stage success after attacking with 10km remaining.
Nordhaug managed to hold off a few late attacks to finish sixth in claiming the blue and yellow jersey of the overall winner.
Greg Van Avermaet finished second on the day to ensure a Belgian BMC racing one-two.
Stage three results
1 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing 4:27:22
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing 0:00:09
3 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Esp) BMC Racing
5 Huub Duijn (Ned) Team Roompot
6 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky
7 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
8 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
9 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Lotto NL- Jumbo
10 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Europcar
General classification
1 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 12:47:56
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Esp) BMC Racing 0:00:11
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Europcar
4 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:13
5 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 0:00:24
6 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing 0:01:05
7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing 0:01:15
8 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:01:21
9 Huub Duijn (Ned) Team Roompot 0:01:27
10 Richard Handley (GBr) JLT Condor
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