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Tour of Britain – Day 6: Stage 6, Greenwich to The Mall (0)

We caught-up with Evan at Stanstead Airport on Sunday night, en route to Edinburgh.

A lift to the airport from the GB squad bound for Italia and a cheapo Easyjet flight meant he would be home just hours after racing in central London.

Tom Boonen went from villain to hero in 24 hours, winning the final stage to take his total of wins to 20 for the season so far.

Tour of Britain – Day 5: Stage 5, Rochester to Canterbury (0)

“What are you doing, you red fu**er?” The words of world champion, Tom Boonen (Belgium & Quick Step) to Danish rider, Michael Mørkøv when the youngster attacked, on team orders, in contravention of a Boonen-imposed ban on racing in yesterday’s stage of the Tour of Britain. As well as following Evan’s progress around Britain, I’ve been talking to Michael Mørkøv for pezcyclingnews.com.

Before we hear what Evan has to say I thought you should hear Michael’s story from yesterday.

Tour of Britain – Day 4: Stage 4, Wolverhampton to Birmingham (0)

In the next day’s stage four, Manning did indeed go up the road. Third place on the stage was the reward for his efforts, behind Mark Cavendish (GB and T-Mobile) and the winner, crafty Frederik Willems (Belgium & Chocolade Jacques).

Tour of Britain – Day 3: Stage 3, Bradford to Sheffield (0)

We caught-up with Evan after a wet and wild stage three, won by the mmaculately coiffed 2006 Milan-San Remo winner, Filippo Pozzato (Italy & Quick Step); our man had just finished dinner.

Tour of Britain – Day 2: Stage 2, Blackpool to Liverpool (0)

Evan was out of the team car and just off the massage table when we caught-up with him after the second stage, into Liverpool, won by GB man Roger Hammond.

Tour of Britain – Day 1: Stage 1, Glasgow to Castle Douglas (0)

The Tour of Britain kicked-off in Glasgow on Tuesday morning with a 101.1 mile haul from Glasgow to Castle Douglas.

Last year Evan Oliphant (Recycling) grabbed an excellent second place on a stage behind Russian champion Sergei Ivanov (T-Mobile).

This year he’ll be talking to VeloResults every day after the stage, we caught-up with him before the stage whilst he was stocking-up on victuals for the stage and receiving a light massage.