Steve Cummings places fourth in Tour of Britain time trial to retain overall lead

Tony Martin wins the short 15km time trial stage in Bristol on Saturday morning as Steve Cummings successfully defends his GC lead - Photos by Andy Jones

Steve Cummings, Tour of Britain 2016, stage 7a time trial

(Image credit: Andy Jones)

Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) placed fourth in the Tour of Britain's time trial stage in Bristol on Saturday morning, safely retaining his overall lead in the race.

Cummings had started the day occupying the top spot of the general classification 49 seconds ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) and 51 seconds ahead of Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing) – both noted time triallists.

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