Ben Nasser, Chavanel, and Moletta are again favourites.
Arashiro takes the first sprint from the 4 man Break of the Day. Second is Tolleson over Le Bon and Mardones.
Tolleson takes the KoM over Arashiro with Le Bon in 3rd being joined by Mardones. Both struggling to come back after the sprint.
Tolleson takes the 2nd KoM again, with Le Bon and Mardones attacking each other for 3rd. One minute after the lead two.
Arashiro has the juice in the sprint though. 3rd spot to Le Bon.
By the top of the final climb, with 30km to go, Tolleson has just ridden away from Arashiro. What a lad.
Le Bon takes 3rd and the provisional KoM lead. But there are points on the finish line.
Cilit Bang seem incapable of doing anything to help Ben Nasser at all. Arashiro has a 2 minute gap with 15km left to go, and he's not even the front man.
Tolleson has one minute and 15 seconds over Arashiro.
And with 2.5km left to ride, Tolleson has this in the bag.
And the sprint has begun in the peloton from 2.5km out. Ben Nasser is lurking just behind Sicard about 10 riders back from the front.
I think it's pretty safe to say that Tolleson is happy with his ride today.
Arashiro can't be quite as happy, as he's just about to be caught by his own team mate. Oh the irony.
And Jelloul nips over the line in front of Arashiro for 2nd.
And Tondo also nips in front of Arashiro and Ball to prevent a 2-3-4 for Red Bull. What a spoil sport.
The stage crashed. Fun.
Stage Results
1. Tolleson 3h01'37"
2. Jelloul +1'42"
3. Tondo st
4. Arashiro st
5. Ball st
6. Sicard st
7. Moreno st
8. Wiggins st
9. Ben Nasser st
10. Landaluze st
11. Seledkov st
12. Lewis st
13. Moinard
14. Hernandez Gutierrez
15. Abal
16. Peterson
17. Kennaugh
18. Gonzalo
19. Mora
20. Perez Arrieta
