C’est le coureur Allemand Marcel Kittel qui a remporté la 1ère étape du Tour of Britain. A Liverpool, au terme des 130 km, il devance l’Italien Nicola Ruffoni et le Britannique Mark Cavendish .
Dès le début d’étape , 4 hommes se détachent avec Richard Handley (Rapha Condor JTL), Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani CSF), Mark McNally (An Post-Chainreaction) et Jonathan Mould (NFTO). Ce dernier affectionne les arrivées au sprint et a déjà gagné lors des tours Séries. Mais le peloton gère l’avance et ne laisse guère le quatuor prendre une avance considerable. Avec seulement 1min 40 au grand maximum, le peloton décide de rouler dans les 20 derniers km et revient sur le quatuor à 3km du finish.
C’est alors que les Giant Shimano rentrent en scène et cadenasse le peloton. Kittel l’emporte facilement et endosse le maillot de leader.
Classement 1ère étape
| 1 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 2:16:35 | |
| 2 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 3 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 4 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 5 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 6 | Markus Barry (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 7 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 8 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 9 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 10 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 11 | Alex Peters (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 12 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 13 | Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 14 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 15 | Yanto Barker (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 16 | Adam Blythe (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 17 | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Team Raleigh | ||
| 18 | Bol Jetse (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 19 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 20 | Chris Opie (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 21 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | ||
| 22 | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 23 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 24 | Owain Doull (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 25 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 26 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 27 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 28 | James Lowsley Williams (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 29 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 30 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Team Raleigh | ||
| 31 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 32 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 33 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling | ||
| 34 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 35 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | ||
| 36 | Germain Burton (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 37 | Thomas Stewart (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 38 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 39 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 40 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 41 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 42 | Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 43 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 44 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 45 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 46 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 47 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | ||
| 48 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 49 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 50 | George Atkins (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 51 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 52 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 53 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 54 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 55 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 56 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 57 | Dennis Van Niekerk (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 58 | Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 59 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM Cycling | ||
| 60 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 61 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 62 | Thomas Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 63 | Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 64 | Leopold König (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 65 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 66 | Thomas Scully (NZl) Madison Genesis | ||
| 67 | Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 68 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 69 | Dale Appleby (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 70 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 71 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 72 | Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 73 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 74 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 75 | Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 76 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 77 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | ||
| 78 | Bradley Morgan (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 79 | Karel Hnik (Cze) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 80 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 81 | Joshua Hunt (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 82 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 83 | Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling | ||
| 84 | Jonathan Mould (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 85 | David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky | ||
| 86 | David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 87 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 88 | Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 89 | Michael Cumings (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 90 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 91 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 92 | Dylan Girdlestone (Rsa) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 93 | Mark Christian (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 94 | Jim Songezo (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 95 | James Moss (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 96 | Steve Lampier (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 97 | Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 98 | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 99 | Samuel Harrison (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 100 | Liam Holohan (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 101 | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 102 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 103 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 104 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 105 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 106 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team | ||
| 107 | Nathan Edmondson (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 108 | Michael James Northey (NZl) Madison Genesis | ||
| 109 | Marcin Bialobloski (Pol) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 110 | Glen O’Shea (Aus) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 111 | Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 112 | Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 113 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 114 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 115 | Shane Archbold (NZl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 116 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 117 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 118 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 119 | Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 120 | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk |
Classement général
| 1 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 2:16:25 | |
| 2 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:01 | |
| 3 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:04 | |
| 5 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:00:06 | |
| 6 | Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | 0:00:07 | |
| 7 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 0:00:10 | |
| 8 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 9 | Markus Barry (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 10 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 11 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 12 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 13 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 14 | Alex Peters (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 15 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 16 | Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 17 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 18 | Yanto Barker (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 19 | Adam Blythe (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 20 | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Team Raleigh | ||
| 21 | Bol Jetse (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 22 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 23 | Chris Opie (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 24 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | ||
| 25 | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 26 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 27 | Owain Doull (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 28 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 29 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 30 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 31 | James Lowsley Williams (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 32 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 33 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Team Raleigh | ||
| 34 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 35 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 36 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling | ||
| 37 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 38 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | ||
| 39 | Germain Burton (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 40 | Thomas Stewart (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 41 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 42 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 43 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 44 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 45 | Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 46 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 47 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 48 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 49 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 50 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | ||
| 51 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 52 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 53 | George Atkins (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 54 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 55 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 56 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 57 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 58 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 59 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 60 | Dennis Van Niekerk (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 61 | Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 62 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM Cycling | ||
| 63 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 64 | Thomas Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 65 | Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 66 | Leopold König (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 67 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 68 | Thomas Scully (NZl) Madison Genesis | ||
| 69 | Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 70 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 71 | Dale Appleby (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 72 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 73 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 74 | Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 75 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 76 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 77 | Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 78 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 79 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | ||
| 80 | Bradley Morgan (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 81 | Karel Hnik (Cze) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 82 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 83 | Joshua Hunt (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 84 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 85 | Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling | ||
| 86 | David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky | ||
| 87 | David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 88 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 89 | Michael Cumings (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 90 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 91 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 92 | Dylan Girdlestone (Rsa) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 93 | Mark Christian (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 94 | Jim Songezo (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 95 | James Moss (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 96 | Steve Lampier (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 97 | Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 98 | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 99 | Samuel Harrison (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 100 | Liam Holohan (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 101 | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 102 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 103 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 104 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 105 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 106 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team | ||
| 107 | Nathan Edmondson (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 108 | Michael James Northey (NZl) Madison Genesis | ||
| 109 | Marcin Bialobloski (Pol) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 110 | Glen O’Shea (Aus) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 111 | Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 112 | Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 113 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 114 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 115 | Shane Archbold (NZl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 116 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 117 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 118 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 119 | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 120 | Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 2:21:36 |
Classement par points
| 1 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 15 | pts |
| 2 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 14 | |
| 3 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 13 | |
| 4 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 12 | |
| 5 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 11 | |
| 6 | Markus Barry (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 10 | |
| 7 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain | 9 | |
| 8 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | 8 | |
| 9 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 7 | |
| 10 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar Team | 6 | |
| 11 | Alex Peters (GBr) Madison Genesis | 5 | |
| 12 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp-Endura | 4 | |
| 13 | Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team | 3 | |
| 14 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 2 | |
| 15 | Yanto Barker (GBr) Team Raleigh | 1 |
Classement montagne
| 1 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | 12 | pts |
| 2 | Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | 9 | |
| 3 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 5 | |
| 4 | Jonathan Mould (GBr) NFTO |