In reply to elsewhere:
I wanted Philippe Gilbert to win, but he didn't look great after that crash. I ff'd my recording in places, so not sure what happened to him but I heard he quit at some stage.
Would have been great if the pursuing bunch had made more of an effort with maybe three or four laps to go, but easy to say in the warmth of the home. That said, the roads in N Devon have been like rivers recently too, massive mid-road puddles, sheets of water flowing down the hills.