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Tour of Britain – Day 7: Stage 6, Dumfries – Glasgow (0)

VeloResults took the road to Glasgow on Saturday morning – carefully avoiding the road works on the Forth Bridge – to cover the Scottish criterium champs and to meet our boy Evan at the finish of the Tour of Britain.

Tour of Britain – Day 6: Stage 5, Liverpool – Kendal (0)

Nico Mattan was in the DFL team car with Evan, having his first taste of Kendal mint cake when I rang on Friday; we’ll hear more wisdom from Nico later, but he did like the mint cake.

Nico does love his beer. He DNF’d today, so will likely be home enjoying a lovely cold Leffe Blonde as you read this.

Tour of Britain – Day 5: Stage 4, Rother Valley Country Park – Bradford (0)

Ever wondered, why the continentals think that cycling in the UK is Mickey Mouse? – read-on!

Tour of Britain – Day 4: Stage 3, Worcester – Wolverhampton (0)

Stage three of the Tour of Britain, so how is the grass track boy from Wick doing?

Tour of Britain – Day 3: Stage 2, Yeovilton – Taunton (0)

It was a good day for DFL in the Tour of Britain on Tuesday, as Evan explains…

Tour of Britain – Day 2: Stage 1, Reading – Southampton (0)

Yesterday, Evan told us that he and Gordon McCauley were going to jump-away from the gun and stay-away to the line, but is that how it actually played out?…

Tour of Britain – Day 1: Prologue, Crystal Palace (0)

After making such a good job of his diary for Pez in the Tour of Ireland, DFL professional Evan Oliphant will be giving VeloResults the low-down on his home Tour, which started in London today and finishes in Glasgow on Saturday.

We caught-up with Evan, in the DFL team car, stuck in traffic, listening to the chart show [at max volume] on Radio One, here’s what he had to say, (I think!).

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.