This is the decisive stage with it's tough finishing climb and Bellis is looking like the massive favourite. Augustyn and Monfort are the others, while Red Bull will look to pack the top ten with their consistent team
Unsurprisingly Red Bull choose to put pressure on Rapha by throwing 2 guys in the break: Virganov and Gerrans. Basad, Bajadali, Martins and Santos make up the rest. All my mocking of their tactics and they seem to have pulled out a good move when it counts.
The pressure is piled even more onto Rapha Condor as Bianchi put Rooijakkers into the break as well, joining him are Kikutchi and Antunes, Rapha have alot of work to do today with everyone bar Puma having a rider in the break
Vorganov leads Gerrans over the top of the first climb, Antunes is third and with 100km to gap is 5 minutes, no panic yet.
Up the second categorised climb of the day and both the bunch and break have kicked up the pace with the gap at 7'30". Kikuchi is immediately dropped
This time Gerrans leads Vorganov over the top, with Rooijakkers third. Red Bull are really working hard here.
The peleton are dropping a couple of riders as well. But they are 7'24" back with 74km to go so they really need to pick up the pace
56km to go and the gap is down too 5'22". This isn't quick enough for Bol though as he attacks
He only gets 30 seconds but Puma clearly think this is a good strategy as Martin tries to attack as well
The two Puma riders join up 25" in front of the peloton
As the peleton hit the main climb of the day gaps immediately start to form, Locatelli and Impey being the big loosers
Up the road the two Red Bull riders power clear of the rest
The peleton come back together
Vorganov and Gerrans lead over the top with 42km to go
48 seconds later come the rest of the break
Then a group of 9 at 4'08": Dowsett Martin, Rabon, Bellis, Bol, Teklit, Sulzberger Partridge and Kairelis. 100% Me have worked the roads to their advantage
Mori, Monfort and Kirchen are 30 seconds behind them. Red Bull are clearly all in for the breakaway
1 minute later comes Augustyn and Impey. Not a good tour for the South Africans
Red Bull sprint against each other with Gerrans winning, Rooijakkers getting 3rd. Have Red Bull not decided which of them is leader?
The Red Bull riders are riding side by side arguing, I have no idea what is going on here but their DS needs to sort it out as they have a real chance of getting a 1-2 today.
Rabon has dropped back to help his teammate Monfort get to the Rapha group, but they haven't quite made it
Gerrans eventually starts working but the gap is down to 2'20" and Partridge is back in yellow. Red Bull have messed this race up so badly.
While behind Monfort, Rabon, Kirchen and Mori get back to the Rapha group
Bianchi immediately help out Rapha at the front, where Bellis is also working.
Vorganov eventualy decides to help out Gerrans. The DS has clearly has a word
18km to go and Martin attacks
He makes it up to the break, but he pulls the peleton with him
15km to go and the leaders have 1'50"
Martin attacks again
Rabon pulls him back
As the peleton gets over the top the lead is down to 1'37"
5km to go and the final climb starts, the gap is up to 1'43" Sorry about the car
Bellis leads in the peleton
Bellis is bored of helping Partridge and attacks
He gets a gap and immediately Kirchen and Mori move forwards to shut it down
The Red Bull riders are fighting again, as Bellis eats up their time
They start sprinting with 1.5km to go. The winner of the stage needs a gap of 1'03" assuming Bellis finishes 3rd and 2'00" on Partridge
Monfort sprints from behind Bellis
As he starts to close Bellis sprints too
Red Bull get a 1-2 on the stage, with Gerrans ahead. I can't help but feel they have thrown away victory overall though
Monfort passes Bellis denying him 8 bonus seconds, will that be enough?
Behind them come Kirchen, Dowsett, Mori and Rabon. Mori is going to be very close to Gerrans at the end of this stage as well.
Partridge is also touch and go, finishing roughly 2 minutes back
The top 6 riders are within just 24 seconds of each other of the overall, but who is leading?
Amazing, Bellis gets the lead, Mori is second, Gerrans only gets 3rd, Partridge is 4th overall and Monfort is 5th on the same time as Vorganov. Red Bull have 4 in the top 8, yet have completely messed up a chance to win this race.
Also, because being scathing of Red Bull tactics is getting fun, the fact that Red Bull couldn't decide on who their leader was Gerrans and Vorganov both end up on 38 points, 2 behind Shekai, giving Meiji a jersey which one of them could so easily have taken.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Simon Gerrans
Jayco - Red Bull
3h38'18
2
Eduard Vorganov
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
3
Maxime Monfort
Team Bianchi
+ 41
4
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
5
Kim Kirchen
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 59
6
Alex Dowsett
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
7
Manuele Mori
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 1'09
8
Frantisek Rabon
Team Bianchi
s.t.
9
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'42
10
Dainius Kairelis
Emu Export
s.t.
11
Piet Rooijakkers
Team Bianchi
+ 2'03
12
Rob Partridge
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
13
Tony Martin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
14
John-Lee Augustyn
Emu Export
+ 2'33
15
Félix Emilio Besada
Oz Cycling Project
+ 2'43
16
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 2'52
17
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
18
Daryl Impey
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 3'06
19
Bruno Pires
Cerne
s.t.
20
Andrew Bajadali
Emu Export
+ 4'18
21
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 4'34
22
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
23
Bruno Santos
Cerne
+ 4'59
24
Amaro Antunes
Cerne
s.t.
25
José Martins
Cerne
s.t.
26
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
+ 5'21
27
Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
28
Andreas Matzbacher
Team Bianchi
s.t.
29
Yuzuru Suzuki
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
30
Sylvain Calzati
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
31
Masaaki Kikuchi
Meiji - Fuji
+ 5'54
32
Aaron Gate
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
33
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
34
Jai Crawford
Meiji - Fuji
+ 6'11
35
Matteo Priamo
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
36
Stefano Locatelli
Team Bianchi
s.t.
37
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
38
André Mourato
Cerne
+ 6'41
39
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 6'49
40
Oleksandr Martynenko
Team Bianchi
+ 7'32
41
George Bennett
Oz Cycling Project
+ 8'41
42
Michael Vink
Oz Cycling Project
+ 8'50
43
Giovanny Báez
Emu Export
s.t.
44
Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
45
Mike Aaron Egger
Team Puma - SAP
+ 9'24
46
Luke Durbridge
Oz Cycling Project
+ 11'22
47
Lionel Coutinho
Cerne
s.t.
48
Thomas Ziegler
Emu Export
s.t.
49
Adrien Niyonshuti
Team B
s.t.
50
Glenn O'Shea
Oz Cycling Project
+ 17'36
51
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
s.t.
52
Michael Matthews
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
53
Kenji Itami
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
54
Nico Gauer
Emu Export
s.t.
55
Dimitri De Fauw
Emu Export
+ 18'03
56
Robert Hunter
Team B
+ 18'21
57
Takashi Miyazawa
Meiji - Fuji
+ 21'16
58
Felix Odebrecht
Team Bianchi
s.t.
59
Estifanos Kebede
Team B
+ 21'34
60
Luthando Kaka
Team B
+ 21'43
61
Marc Bassingthwaite
Team B
s.t.
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
24h03'26
2
Manuele Mori
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 13
3
Simon Gerrans
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 14
4
Rob Partridge
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 19
5
Maxime Monfort
Team Bianchi
+ 24
6
Eduard Vorganov
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
7
Alex Dowsett
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'39
8
Kim Kirchen
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
9
Frantisek Rabon
Team Bianchi
+ 1'49
10
John-Lee Augustyn
Emu Export
+ 2'36
11
Piet Rooijakkers
Team Bianchi
+ 2'41
12
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'20
13
Dainius Kairelis
Emu Export
s.t.
14
Daryl Impey
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 3'26
15
Tony Martin
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'41
16
Bruno Pires
Cerne
+ 3'46
17
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 4'24
18
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 4'30
19
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 5'02
20
Stefano Locatelli
Team Bianchi
+ 5'59
21
Sylvain Calzati
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 6'01
22
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 6'12
23
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
+ 6'24
24
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Fuji
+ 6'45
25
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
+ 6'55
26
Félix Emilio Besada
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
27
Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 6'59
28
Jai Crawford
Meiji - Fuji
+ 7'49
29
Aaron Gate
Oz Cycling Project
+ 8'19
30
Andreas Matzbacher
Team Bianchi
+ 8'45
31
Oleksandr Martynenko
Team Bianchi
+ 9'10
32
Yuzuru Suzuki
Meiji - Fuji
+ 9'33
33
Amaro Antunes
Cerne
+ 10'17
34
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 10'19
35
Andrew Bajadali
Emu Export
+ 10'26
36
André Mourato
Cerne
+ 10'53
37
Matteo Priamo
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 11'06
38
Giovanny Báez
Emu Export
+ 11'24
39
Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka
Meiji - Fuji
+ 12'10
40
George Bennett
Oz Cycling Project
+ 12'53
41
Michael Vink
Oz Cycling Project
+ 13'02
42
Masaaki Kikuchi
Meiji - Fuji
+ 15'44
43
Bruno Santos
Cerne
+ 16'19
44
José Martins
Cerne
+ 16'21
45
Lionel Coutinho
Cerne
+ 18'54
46
Thomas Ziegler
Emu Export
+ 20'10
47
Mike Aaron Egger
Team Puma - SAP
+ 20'46
48
Luke Durbridge
Oz Cycling Project
+ 21'35
49
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
+ 22'05
50
Michael Matthews
Oz Cycling Project
+ 26'39
51
Glenn O'Shea
Oz Cycling Project
+ 31'59
52
Adrien Niyonshuti
Team B
+ 43'43
53
Luthando Kaka
Team B
+ 47'10
54
Nico Gauer
Emu Export
+ 47'30
55
Marc Bassingthwaite
Team B
+ 50'45
56
Dimitri De Fauw
Emu Export
+ 51'00
57
Estifanos Kebede
Team B
+ 51'47
58
Robert Hunter
Team B
+ 51'50
59
Felix Odebrecht
Team Bianchi
+ 54'13
60
Kenji Itami
Meiji - Fuji
+ 55'54
61
Takashi Miyazawa
Meiji - Fuji
+ 1h00'29
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
14
92
2
Manuele Mori
Jayco - Red Bull
9
70
3
Maxime Monfort
Team Bianchi
16
66
4
Simon Gerrans
Jayco - Red Bull
31
66
5
Daryl Impey
Jayco - Red Bull
0
54
6
Alex Dowsett
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
10
44
7
Kim Kirchen
Jayco - Red Bull
12
42
8
Rob Partridge
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
4
40
9
Frantisek Rabon
Team Bianchi
8
40
10
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
0
33
11
John-Lee Augustyn
Emu Export
2
32
12
Stefano Locatelli
Team Bianchi
0
28
13
Aaron Gate
Oz Cycling Project
0
28
14
Eduard Vorganov
Jayco - Red Bull
24
27
15
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
7
23
16
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
0
23
17
Bruno Santos
Cerne
0
23
18
Bruno Pires
Cerne
0
20
19
Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka
Meiji - Fuji
0
20
20
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
0
17
21
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
16
22
Andreas Matzbacher
Team Bianchi
0
16
23
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
0
14
24
Dainius Kairelis
Emu Export
6
13
25
Dimitri De Fauw
Emu Export
0
12
26
Thomas Ziegler
Emu Export
0
11
27
Luke Durbridge
Oz Cycling Project
0
10
28
José Martins
Cerne
0
10
29
Sylvain Calzati
Jayco - Red Bull
0
9
30
Tony Martin
Team Puma - SAP
3
8
31
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Fuji
0
7
32
Piet Rooijakkers
Team Bianchi
7
7
33
Felix Odebrecht
Team Bianchi
0
7
34
Giovanny Báez
Emu Export
0
6
35
Michael Matthews
Oz Cycling Project
0
6
36
Masaaki Kikuchi
Meiji - Fuji
0
6
37
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
0
5
38
Kenji Itami
Meiji - Fuji
0
4
39
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
3
40
Félix Emilio Besada
Oz Cycling Project
1
1
41
Matteo Priamo
Jayco - Red Bull
0
1
Mountains:
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Fuji
0
40
2
Simon Gerrans
Jayco - Red Bull
36
38
3
Eduard Vorganov
Jayco - Red Bull
38
38
4
Rob Partridge
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
26
5
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
0
26
6
Stefano Locatelli
Team Bianchi
0
22
7
Manuele Mori
Jayco - Red Bull
0
20
8
Aaron Gate
Oz Cycling Project
0
18
9
Maxime Monfort
Team Bianchi
6
16
10
John-Lee Augustyn
Emu Export
0
16
11
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
0
16
12
Bruno Pires
Cerne
0
14
13
Giovanny Báez
Emu Export
0
14
14
Bruno Santos
Cerne
14
14
15
Oleksandr Martynenko
Team Bianchi
0
12
16
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
10
17
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
4
8
18
Piet Rooijakkers
Team Bianchi
8
8
19
Félix Emilio Besada
Oz Cycling Project
8
8
20
Amaro Antunes
Cerne
8
8
21
Dainius Kairelis
Emu Export
0
6
22
Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka
Meiji - Fuji
0
6
23
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
0
4
24
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
0
4
25
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
4
26
Andrew Bajadali
Emu Export
4
4
27
Kim Kirchen
Jayco - Red Bull
2
2
28
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
2
29
Andreas Matzbacher
Team Bianchi
0
2
30
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
0
2
31
José Martins
Cerne
2
2
Teams:
Rank
Team
Time
General Time
1
Jayco - Red Bull
10h55'53
72h12'13 (1)
2
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 2'44
+ 1'25 (2)
3
Team Bianchi
+ 2'54
+ 2'09 (3)
4
Team Puma - SAP
+ 7'20
+ 9'00 (4)
5
Emu Export
+ 7'34
+ 10'27 (5)
6
Cerne
+ 12'05
+ 17'39 (6)
7
Oz Cycling Project
+ 16'19
+ 24'46 (8)
8
Meiji - Fuji
+ 16'27
+ 21'21 (7)
9
Team B
+ 50'18
+ 1h54'17 (9)
Young Riders:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
General Time
1
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
3h38'59
24h03'26 (1)
2
Alex Dowsett
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 18
+ 1'39 (2)
3
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'01
+ 3'20 (3)
5
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 2'11
+ 4'30 (4)
6
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'53
+ 5'02 (5)
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