This is the one we have been waiting for. Can Blythe get the gap he needs? Will any of the other cobbles specialists spring to life? The bookies don't thinks so. Blythe, Vaitkus and Mohs are favourites.
Van Immerseel and De Bie form our brake today.
De Bie gets the 6 points
While Thwaites gets the 2. I'm surprised Cyclevox are working. One would think that having a break clear would suit them.
Van Immerseel gets sprint two uncontested.
2 minutes later Knees rolls through in third.
Rapha are going to utilise the fact that they dominated the TTT. Teklit attacks from 6th overall with 50km to go.
He quickly joins the break 90 seconds ahead of the bunch.
with 30km to go the gap is at 2 minutes. Cyclevox now up the pace to try and shut the break down.
As we hit the cobbles with 21km left Cyclevox has the gap down to 1 minute. De Bie decides to attack the break.
Teklit follows though.
Cyclevox have complete control of the peloton as they start on the cobbles.
De Bie can't handle the pace and drops off the break.
In the peloton, Nolf and Ingels are keeping the pace slow, I guess to help Mohs. Vaitkus and Blythe are well placed.
Nolf soon moves to the front though. He is 1'51" down so would need something spectacular here. Mohs is a long way back, so Nolf can't be working for him.
Teklit now tries to go solo.
Nolf pulls back De Bie, and Teklit is in sight as well.
11km to go, and Nolf pulls everything back together. The peloton now contains all 54 riders.
9km to go and the peloton finally splits. Alberts is one of the people who misses out, he clearly just doesn't want to be here.
Bad news for Pokerstars, Nolf has led the whole cobbled section, and now Mohs punctures. Nolf immediately drops off the front.
4km to go, Puma and Cyclevox are now on the front.
Pokerstars got the bunch back together, but Mohs won't contest this sprint.
Crocket, Van Loocke and Blythe pull clear of the rest of the bunch, Crocket attempting to follow Minard, who accidentally rode clear.
Maes and Stannard start the early sprint, while the favourites wait.
Maes is in the lead as Crocket finally makes his move. Vaitkus is nowhere today, so he could seriously close the gap.
As I say that Vaitkus storms into view, Blythe also looks quick.
It looks to be Blythe vs Van Loocke.
This time Van Loocke has just enough to take victory and secure 4th overall.
Blythe and Crocket both beat Vaitkus, and so Crocket goes into the last stage knowing a win will give him the overall victory.
Thire and Minard are next, making it a good day for Puma.
The big looser on the cobbles is Uugunbayer who, having won bonus second after bonus second to sneak into 9th, drops way down loosing several minutes.
Crocket is now just 7 seconds behind Vaitkus, a win with Vaitkus only second will give him overall victory. Blythe may not have torn it up today, but with Rapha keeping 5 in the top ten, a slow race might have been a smarter race.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Jurgen Van Loocke
Team Bpost
3h18'39
2
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
3
Lars Croket
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
4
Tomas Vaitkus
Cyclevox
s.t.
5
Jonathon Thire
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
6
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
7
Kevin Pauwels
Cyclevox
s.t.
8
Christian Knees
Cyclevox
s.t.
9
Ricardo Van der Velde
Cyclevox
s.t.
10
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
11
Scott Thwaites
Cyclevox
s.t.
12
Niels Albert
Team Bpost
s.t.
13
Tom Last
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
14
Dan McLay
Cyclevox
s.t.
15
Nikolas Maes
Team Bpost
s.t.
16
Ermin Van Wyk
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
17
Silvan Dillier
Team Bpost
s.t.
18
Amadou Bakari
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
19
Ian Stannard
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
20
Jimmy Engoulvent
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
21
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
22
Alejandro Borrajo
UniCredit
s.t.
23
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
24
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
25
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
26
George Atkins
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
27
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
28
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
29
Julien Vermote
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
30
Lars Tommersen
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
31
Julien Paquet
Team Bpost
s.t.
32
Salvatore Puccio
UniCredit
s.t.
33
Estifanos Kebede
Team C
s.t.
34
Adrien Niyonshuti
Team C
+ 1'03
35
Peter Riis Andersen
UniCredit
s.t.
36
Tosh Van der Sande
UniCredit
s.t.
37
Gatien Bossaer
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
38
Marwane Zenagui
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
39
Graham Briggs
Cyclevox
s.t.
40
Nacer Bouhanni
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
41
Francesco Van Coppernolle
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
42
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
43
Gert-Jan Van Immerseel
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
44
Fabio Borghesi
UniCredit
+ 2'22
45
Francesco Gavazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
46
Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar
Proximus - Trek
+ 2'51
47
Davide Bragazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
48
Robert Hunter
Team C
s.t.
49
Jerry Van Belle
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
50
William Maesen
Team Bpost
s.t.
51
Mujtaba Hussein
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
52
Mike De Bie
Team Bpost
s.t.
53
Mahamadi Balima
Team D
+ 3'52
54
Bassirou Konte
Team B
s.t.
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Tomas Vaitkus
Cyclevox
24h37'14
2
Lars Croket
Team Puma - SAP
+ 7
3
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 25
4
Jurgen Van Loocke
Team Bpost
+ 59
5
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'23
6
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
7
Ian Stannard
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'25
8
Ermin Van Wyk
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
9
Tom Last
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'27
10
Ricardo Van der Velde
Cyclevox
+ 1'36
11
Christian Knees
Cyclevox
s.t.
12
Dan McLay
Cyclevox
+ 1'38
13
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'39
14
Kevin Pauwels
Cyclevox
+ 1'40
15
Scott Thwaites
Cyclevox
s.t.
16
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'41
17
Jonathon Thire
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
18
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
19
Alejandro Borrajo
UniCredit
+ 1'44
20
Nikolas Maes
Team Bpost
+ 1'45
21
Niels Albert
Team Bpost
s.t.
22
Julien Paquet
Team Bpost
s.t.
23
Jimmy Engoulvent
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'55
24
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
25
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
26
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
27
George Atkins
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'57
28
Salvatore Puccio
UniCredit
+ 2'39
29
Graham Briggs
Cyclevox
+ 2'43
30
Nacer Bouhanni
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2'44
31
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'37
32
Fabio Borghesi
UniCredit
+ 4'12
33
Francesco Gavazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
34
Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar
Proximus - Trek
+ 4'20
35
Davide Bragazzi
UniCredit
+ 4'41
36
Peter Riis Andersen
UniCredit
+ 4'42
37
Tosh Van der Sande
UniCredit
+ 4'45
38
Julien Vermote
Pokerstars.com
+ 6'10
39
Bassirou Konte
Team B
+ 7'45
40
Silvan Dillier
Team Bpost
+ 7'48
41
William Maesen
Team Bpost
+ 8'08
42
Gert-Jan Van Immerseel
Proximus - Trek
+ 9'14
43
Marwane Zenagui
Proximus - Trek
+ 10'41
44
Gatien Bossaer
Proximus - Trek
+ 10'42
45
Jerry Van Belle
Proximus - Trek
+ 11'11
46
Francesco Van Coppernolle
Proximus - Trek
+ 11'33
47
Mahamadi Balima
Team D
+ 12'46
48
Mujtaba Hussein
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 13'02
49
Amadou Bakari
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 13'10
50
Lars Tommersen
Proximus - Trek
+ 15'03
51
Mike De Bie
Team Bpost
+ 18'11
52
Estifanos Kebede
Team C
+ 22'59
53
Robert Hunter
Team C
+ 26'19
54
Adrien Niyonshuti
Team C
+ 27'36
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Tomas Vaitkus
Cyclevox
14
161
2
Lars Croket
Team Puma - SAP
16
154
3
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
20
130
4
Jurgen Van Loocke
Team Bpost
25
112
5
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
0
106
6
Alejandro Borrajo
UniCredit
0
78
7
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
10
77
8
Jonathon Thire
Team Puma - SAP
12
68
9
Fabio Borghesi
UniCredit
0
28
10
Lars Tommersen
Proximus - Trek
0
56
Teams:
Rank
Team
Time
General Time
1
Team Puma - SAP
9h55'57
+ 16 (3)
2
Cyclevox
s.t.
+ 15 (2)
3
Team Bpost
s.t.
+ 20 (4)
4
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
73h42'48 (1)
5
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
+ 30 (5)
6
UniCredit
+ 1'03
+ 1'28 (6)
7
Proximus - Trek
+ 2'06
+ 11'08 (7)
8
Team C
+ 3'54
+ 1h00'55 (8)
Young Riders:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
General Time
1
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
3h18'39
24h37'39 (1)
13
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 58 (2)
9
Ian Stannard
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 1'00 (3)
6
Ermin Van Wyk
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 1'00 (4)
4
Tom Last
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 1'02 (5)
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