Saldarriaga, Ulanowski and Luke Rowe are the breakaway
With 60km to go, the gap to the break at 5 minutes, and 5 riders attack from the peleton - Docker, Goss, Vogondy, Ericsson and Wyss. They last until 45km to go
By 30km to go, Ulanowski has been dropped by the break - and Kai Reus attacks!
Caruso is the first to respond - and then its Ignatiev
Ghyllebert, Cornu, Gil, Scarponi, De Maar, Bertagnolli, Taaramae, Elmiger and Wegelius also respond - with only Caruso of the counterattackers who dont get a gap
They pick up Ulanowski, while Gil and Scarponi get a gap on the other 10 attackers
Gil drops Scarponi, and catches Rowe and Saldarriaga
But with attackers towards the final KoM of the day, all of the attackers come together again and it is Reus, Taaramae and De Maar crossing the top first
The group settles with 7km to go, 10 left, with a 1 minute lead on a chase of 4.
Of those 4, 3 were dropped from the front: Saldarriaga, Scarponi and Elmiger - and another is a new attacker, Stef Clement - the peleton are 30 seconds further behind
Clement presses on and catches the lead group with 4km to go - with Wiggle at the back, for some reason Bertagnolli thinks teammate Rowe is the best man to follow for the sprint, despite the Young Brit having been on the attack all day.
Coming into the sprint now, Wegelius is on the front - but unlucky to stay there
But if any of these riders want to gain time today, they need to get a move on. Devenyns, Bruseghin and Ericsson are leading the way
Gil sprints into the lead, Ghyllebert and Ignatiev look well placed
Ignatiev should win easily, but he seems unable to do anything and is left behind as Gil moves ahead
Ghyllebert makes his move now though - with Cornu also going strong
And Cornu wins! Edging past Ghyllebert on the line. Ignatiev found his sprint legs, but too late, and is only 5th - retaining the race lead though.
Bad news for the attackers though, they went too slow on the closing stages and dont gain any time on the chasing peleton.
1
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
4h06'27
2
Pieter Ghyllebert
Team Ultimate
s.t.
3
Koldo Gil
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
4
Rein Taaramäe
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
5
Mikhail Ignatiev
100% ME
s.t.
6
Kai Reus
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
7
Marc De Maar
AON Global
s.t.
8
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Charles Wegelius
100% ME
s.t.
10
Stef Clement
Team NOS
s.t.
11
Luke Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
12
Dries Devenyns
Molteni
s.t.
13
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
14
Fredrik Ericsson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
15
Marzio Bruseghin
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
16
Mitch Docker
Team NOS
s.t.
17
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
18
Johan Vansummeren
Team NOS
s.t.
19
Robbie Williams
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
20
Aleksei Markov
Team NOS
s.t.
21
Javier Benitez
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
22
Greg Van Avermaet
Team NOS
s.t.
23
Eduard Vorganov
AON Global
s.t.
24
Dario Giancecchi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
25
Jörg Jaksche
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
26
Haijun Ma
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
27
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
28
Francis Mourey
Molteni
s.t.
29
Bruno Lima
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
30
Lucas Euser
Molteni
s.t.
31
Egoitz Murgoitio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
32
David Boucher
Molteni
s.t.
33
Hans Dekkers
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
34
Brett Lancaster
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
35
Chiaffredo Grippo
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
36
Wang-yip Tang
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
37
Nicolas Vogondy
Molteni
s.t.
38
Johan Lindgren
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
39
Matt Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
40
Martin Elmiger
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
41
Remco Te Brake
Team Ultimate
s.t.
42
Andrew Tennant
100% ME
s.t.
43
Marcel Wyss
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
44
Isidro Nozal
Team NOS
s.t.
45
Bolderdene Boldbaatar
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
46
Pavel Korzh
Team Ultimate
s.t.
47
Arturs Ansons
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
48
Victor Gomes Colinas
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
49
Hugo Manuel VÃtor
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
50
Hassen Ben Nasser
100% ME
s.t.
51
Jussi Veikkanen
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
52
Sven Vanthourenhout
Molteni
s.t.
53
Krzysztof Szczawinski
AON Global
s.t.
54
Manuel Medina
Team NOS
s.t.
55
Matthew Goss
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
56
Stefan Radochla
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
57
Niki Østergaard
Team Ultimate
s.t.
58
Peter Kennaugh
100% ME
s.t.
59
Ricardo Martins
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
60
Russell Downing
100% ME
s.t.
61
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
62
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
63
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
64
Muradjan Khalmuratov
AON Global
s.t.
65
Ken Sebastian Vassdål
Team Ultimate
s.t.
66
Olivier Kaisen
AON Global
s.t.
67
Dimitri Jiriakov
100% ME
s.t.
68
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
69
Levi Leipheimer
AON Global
s.t.
70
Yves Da Luz
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
71
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
72
Hari Fitrianto
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
73
Sergei Ivanov
Molteni
s.t.
74
Esteban Mardones
AON Global
s.t.
75
Andreas Stillfors
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
76
Aggrey Sebright
Team Ultimate
s.t.
77
Andres Saldarriaga
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
78
Felix Odebrecht
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
+ 2'05
79
Maciej Ulanowski
Team Ultimate
+ 2'26
80
Petter Renäng
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
81
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
GC
1
Mikhail Ignatiev
100% ME
13h02'56
2
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
+ 20
3
Koldo Gil
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
+ 24
4
Rein Taaramäe
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
5
Marc De Maar
AON Global
+ 32
6
Kai Reus
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
7
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
8
Dries Devenyns
Molteni
s.t.
9
Hassen Ben Nasser
100% ME
s.t.
10
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1'22
11
Martin Elmiger
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
12
Pieter Ghyllebert
Team Ultimate
+ 1'30
13
Sven Vanthourenhout
Molteni
+ 1'36
14
Johan Vansummeren
Team NOS
+ 1'42
15
Stef Clement
Team NOS
s.t.
16
Eduard Vorganov
AON Global
s.t.
17
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
18
Charles Wegelius
100% ME
s.t.
19
Matthew Goss
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
20
Wang-yip Tang
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
21
Jörg Jaksche
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
22
Arturs Ansons
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
23
Krzysztof Szczawinski
AON Global
s.t.
24
Isidro Nozal
Team NOS
s.t.
25
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
26
David Boucher
Molteni
s.t.
27
Johan Lindgren
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
28
Marcel Wyss
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
29
Marzio Bruseghin
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
30
Nicolas Vogondy
Molteni
s.t.
31
Jussi Veikkanen
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
32
Sergei Ivanov
Molteni
s.t.
33
Levi Leipheimer
AON Global
+ 2'37
34
Robbie Williams
Jack Wolfskin
+ 3'19
35
Manuel Medina
Team NOS
+ 3'23
36
Greg Van Avermaet
Team NOS
+ 3'27
37
Luke Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'33
38
Chiaffredo Grippo
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'37
39
Aleksei Markov
Team NOS
+ 3'39
40
Matt Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
Points
1
Mikhail Ignatiev
100% ME
57
2
Martin Elmiger
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
31
3
Rein Taaramäe
Team IKEA - Bianchi
30
4
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
30
5
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
28
6
Koldo Gil
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
28
7
Robbie Williams
Jack Wolfskin
28
8
Pieter Ghyllebert
Team Ultimate
25
9
Marc De Maar
AON Global
23
10
Kai Reus
Jack Wolfskin
19
KoM
1
Francis Mourey
Molteni
37
2
Dario Giancecchi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty