'''Stage 1 Result''';12 September 2011 – Kendal to Blackpool,
Prior to the start of the stage, race organisers cancelled the stage on police advice due to high winds in Northern England, as Hurricane Katia, now a post-tropical cyclone hit the country.
Remained the General Classification after Stage 2
| Rider | Team | Time | | 1 |  Mark Cavendish|GBRUCI team code|THR|2011nowrap|4h 40' 56"Stage 3;13 September 2011 – Stoke-on-Trent to Stoke-on-Trent,
Although not as prominent as the previous day, windy conditions caused problems for the riders during the stage, with the field being split into several groups, behind a trio of breakaway riders. 's Boy Van Poppel, 's Andrew Fenn, and the mountains classification leader Russell Hampton of formed the day's breakaway, and they accelerated away from the field to a maximum advantage of over three minutes. The lead trio also took the maximum points from the first two intermediate sprints and the second category climb at Ramshorn. They stayed ahead of the field – and were later joined by rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke – until just after Gun Hill, where, and advanced some of their riders into an echelon of 27 riders. After advancing all six of their riders into the echelon, sent one of their riders on the attack with around remaining on the stage.
The newly crowned British time trial champion Alex Dowsett attempted to take a solo victory for the second time in a few weeks, after a similar performance at the Tour du Poitou-Charentes a couple weeks prior to the Tour of Britain. Dowsett was caught within the final of the stage, which allowed several teams to launch mini-attacks on their rivals, in an attempt to break them. Ultimately, it was the duo Michael Matthews and Lars Boom that set up the sprint akin to the sprint that Mark Renshaw and Mark Cavendish accomplished for in Dumfries in Stage 1. Boom won the stage ahead of Matthews, with Geraint Thomas best of the rest in third for Team Sky, ahead of team-mate Steve Cummings and Cavendish. Boom's win – coupled with bonus seconds on the finish and intermediate sprints – enabled him to take the general classification lead from Cavendish by three seconds.
'''Stage 3 Result'''Stage 4;14 September 2011 – Welshpool to Caerphilly,
Just like the previous day's stage, a trio of riders went away from the field to form the day's breakaway. 's Kristian House, 's Jack Bauer, and the sprints classification leader Pieter Ghyllebert of formed the breakaway, and they accelerated away from the field to a maximum advantage of almost six minutes. The lead trio also took the maximum points from all three intermediate sprints – a result that boosted Ghyllebert's lead in the sprints classification – and the first two categorised climbs of the day, at Llyswen Hill and over the first category climb at the Brecon Beacons.
The field steadily brought back the breakaway, and by the foot of the final climb of the day coming at Caerphilly mountain with just remaining, the field was all back together again. The climb split the field apart so much so, that only 22 riders were in contention of winning the stage at Caerphilly Castle. The world road race champion, Thor Hushovd, was set up for the sprint by team-mate Julian Dean, and proceeded to take the stage victory. Lars Boom, the race leader, finished behind Hushovd, and ahead of Cesare Benedetti, Ian Bibby and Boy Van Poppel. Boom extended his lead in the general classification, thanks to his time bonus of six seconds on the finish line, and also assumed the lead of the points classification from Mark Cavendish.
'''Stage 4 Result'''Stage 5;15 September 2011 – Exeter to Exmouth,
After several mini-attacks in the early running of the stage, it was not until around into the stage that the breakaway developed. The breakaway had been instigated by rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke at the foot of the first climb at Haytor Rocks, and would eventually swell to a total of thirteen riders, who held a maximum advantage of almost six minutes. Tiernan-Locke, as well as winning maximum points at Haytor Rocks, claimed both of the second category climbs that were held later on the stage. As a result of his points on the day, he assumed the lead of the mountains classification from 's Russell Hampton, who had held the lead of the classification since the opening stage in Scotland.
The field brought back the breakaway quickly, although there was a counter-attack from the break, with Damien Gaudin of going off the front with remaining. Gaudin's bid for victory was eventually stunted within the closing of the stage. made their presence at the front of the field, in a bid to repeat their victory on Stage 1 with Mark Cavendish. However, Cavendish decided not to fully sprint for the line to allow Mark Renshaw – a rider who has led out Cavendish to many of his victories over their time at the team – to take the stage victory. Cavendish led the rest of the field over the line, ahead of Robert Förster, Geraint Thomas and Andrew Fenn. 's Lars Boom maintained his twelve-second lead in the general classification over Thomas, who took the lead of the points classification from Boom.
'''Stage 5 Result'''Stage 6;16 September 2011 – Taunton to Wells,
Four riders made up the day's breakaway – 's Ben Swift, 's Mark McNally, Paul Voss of and Lars Bak for the team – but none of the quartet were in great contention to take any of the jerseys during the stage. The day's first intermediate sprint, coming at into the stage, saw several riders fall while contesting the sprint; most notably points classification leader Geraint Thomas and Ian Bibby of, with the latter forced to abandon the race due to a broken collarbone. The sprint itself was won by race leader Lars Boom, putting another three seconds onto his overall lead, prior to the breakaway move, who held station off the front until the closing of the stage, when 17 other riders bridged the gap to them, and provided for a reduced field sprint finish. Boom was the strongest rider in the remaining riders, and comfortably took the stage win, extending his general classification lead to 28 seconds over 's Leopold König, who finished third on the stage. Boom also regained the points classification lead from the delayed Thomas.
'''Stage 6 Result'''Stage 7;17 September 2011 – Bury St Edmunds to Sandringham,
The breakaway was the key to the day's stage, having made an escape from the field after just, and ultimately held an advantage of almost 90 seconds all the way to the end of the stage. Six riders from six different teams – Gediminas Bagdonas of, Ian Wilkinson of, 's Mathieu Claude, 's Stijn Neirynck, and riding for British continental teams and, Richard Handley and Wouter Sybrandy – were left to fight for the victory themselves, with ending a pursuit to catch them with around remaining, instead deciding to protect their leader Lars Boom and his lead overall. Bagdonas ultimately took the stage win ahead of Wilkinson, Claude and Neirynck, as Boom maintained his lead of 28 seconds in the general classification over 's Leopold König, ahead of the final day's split-stages. Boom and König both finished in the pack led home by Mark Cavendish, 83 seconds behind Bagdonas.
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