Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL-Jumbo) proved that any Tour de France fatigue was well and truly out of his system with a race-defining but ultimately disappointing ride in the RideLondon-Surrey Classic on Sunday.
The Belgium rider was making his first serious competitive outing since the Tour as he builds up for the World Championships later in the year.
Vanmarcke started slowly in London but helped form the race-winning breakaway when he broke clear with seven other riders with around 70km remaining.
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A classics specialist, Vanmarcke even managed an attack 15 kilometres from home but was reeled in before the line with Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC Racing) taking the win ahead of Vanmarcke’s teammate Mike Teunissen and Ben Swift (Team Sky).
“It took a while until I felt okay. This was my first race since the Tour de France and I didn’t do too much last week,” Vanmarcke told Cyclingnews at the finish.
“On the hills I felt okay and then on the second last hill I attacked and opened the race up. From then on it was hard racing and we got away in a group of eight.
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