1988 Tour of Britain
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| Dates | 9–14 August 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 30h 35' 37" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 Tour of Britain was the second edition of the Kellogg's Tour of Britain cycle race and was held from 9 August to 14 August 1988. The race started in Newcastle and finished in London.[1] The race was won by Malcolm Elliott of the Fagor team.
Route
[edit]| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| P | 9 August | Newcastle upon Tyne | 2.7 km (1.7 mi) | 
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Individual time trial |  Malcolm Elliott (GBR)
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| 1 | 10 August | Newcastle to York | 191 km (118.7 mi) | Malcolm Elliott (GBR)
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| 2 | 11 August | York to Manchester | 170 km (105.6 mi) | Joey McLaughlin (GBR)
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| 3 | 12 August | Manchester to Liverpool | 188 km (116.8 mi) |  Serge Demierre (SUI)
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| 4a | 13 August | Liverpool to Stoke-on-Trent | 104 km (64.6 mi) |  Pol Verschuere (BEL)
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| 4b | Stoke to Birmingham | 82 km (51.0 mi) |  Jos Lammerts (NED)
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| 5 | 14 August | Birmingham to Bristol | 243 km (151.0 mi) | Thomas Wegmüller (SUI)
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| 6 | 14 August | Westminster criterium | 100 km (62.1 mi) | 
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Flat stage | Jacques Hanegraaf (NED)
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General classification
[edit]Final general classification[1][2]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Tour de Grande-Bretagne 1988". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 28 August 2004.
- ^ "Elliott, de principio a fin" [Elliott, from start to finish]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 15 August 1988. p. 41. Retrieved 24 December 2017.