A profile is not needed - the stage is completely flat, as are all in this race.
3 man breakaway: Wacker, Ulanowski and Fenn
Ulanowski won Sprint 1, Fenn took a close one in Sprint 2, and won more comfortably in the 3rd
The Brit attacked the other 2 with 25km to go, but is caught with 16km to go.
Sprint here we come, with the trains of BMC, 100% Me, and M&M holding a slight advantage over those from Lego, Jack Wolfskin, Kenda and Wiggle
Sinner leads Haedo into a strong position, with Blythe following, while Murray puts Kennaugh in a decent place, with Kopp behind him, and Van Heerden having sensibly switched from M&M. Kennaugh makes his move now, but so does Haedo
Kennaugh takes a slight advantage as we head into the final kilometre
Kopp is doing surprisingly well in 3rd, ahead of Van Heerden and then Blythe
But the battle is up front, and its close, Haedo v Kennaugh
JJ Haedo takes the stage! 3 in this race last year, and already he has #1 this year.
Haedo started the day 7 seconds behind Kennaugh, so although Kennaugh gets 12 seconds for 2nd, the 20 for first lifts Haedo ahead of him. But Andrew Fenn picked up 16 in the intermediate sprints - and although only 5 seconds ahead of Haedo at the start of the day - the fact that he held on to the peloton means that he is the new race leader, and not Haedo.
1
Juan José Haedo
BMC Racing Team
2h57'01
2
Peter Kennaugh
100% ME
s.t.
3
David Kopp
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
4
Juan Van Heerden
AON Global
s.t.
5
Adam Blythe
100% ME
s.t.
6
Jean-Patrick Nazon
M&M Cycling
s.t.
7
Bobbie Traksel
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
8
Nikolai Trusov
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
10
Markus Eichler
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
11
Niki Terpstra
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
12
Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
M&M Cycling
s.t.
13
Stuart O'Grady
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
14
Thomas Murray
100% ME
s.t.
15
Marc De Maar
AON Global
s.t.
16
Benoît Sinner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
17
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
18
Luca Paolini
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
19
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
20
Marcel Sieberg
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
21
Juan Pablo Forero
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
22
Luke Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
23
Jimmy Casper
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
24
Gerben Löwik
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
25
Jos Van Emden
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
26
Steven Cozza
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
27
Erik Mohs
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
28
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
29
Joseph Cooper
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Kevin Ista
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
31
Robert Hunter
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
32
Niels Albert
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
33
Blake Caldwell
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
34
Bradley Wiggins
100% ME
s.t.
35
Isaac Speirs
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
36
Matt Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Roy Sentjens
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
38
Saïd Haddou
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
39
Stefan Radochla
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
40
Jason Donald
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
41
Ryan Eastman
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
42
Fumiyuki Beppu
M&M Cycling
s.t.
43
Grischa Janorschke
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
44
Cherif Abdallah
AON Global
s.t.
45
Hayden Roulston
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
46
Shaun Lewis
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
47
Kevin Peeters
Team Ultimate
s.t.
48
Andrew Tennant
100% ME
s.t.
49
Aleksandr Serov
AON Global
s.t.
50
Tom Zirbel
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
51
Steven Cummings
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
52
Ricki Nelson
M&M Cycling
s.t.
53
Bolderdene Boldbaatar
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
54
Cornelius Van Ooijen
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
55
Massimo Iannetti
M&M Cycling
s.t.
56
Deni Rizio
Team Ultimate
s.t.
57
Sergey Sarkisov
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
58
Remco Broers
Team Ultimate
s.t.
59
Andrew Fenn
100% ME
s.t.
60
Ken Sebastian Vassdål
Team Ultimate
s.t.
61
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
62
Hesham Abdelmotelb
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
63
Gracjan Lejman
M&M Cycling
s.t.
64
Hubert Dupont
AON Global
s.t.
65
Ferdi Van Katwijk
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
66
Marc Machado
AON Global
s.t.
67
Fonne Woortman
Team Ultimate
s.t.
68
Yves Da Luz
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
69
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
70
Couliball Moussavou
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
71
Timothy Johnson
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
72
Jerome Kornetzky
Team Ultimate
s.t.
73
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
74
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
75
Davronjan Shatskikh
M&M Cycling
s.t.
76
Esteban Mardones
AON Global
s.t.
77
Adam Bonser
100% ME
+ 2'38
78
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
79
Maciej Ulanowski
Team Ultimate
+ 4'07
80
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
