No break is formed yet as the peloton approaches the first of three intermediate sprints. So Goss jumps out the peloton to take 6 easy points. None other sprinter tries, they're probably saving themselves for the final sprint.
Three riders break clear after the sprint. They are Jungels, Rabottini and Pauwels. Especially the latter will be motivated after his teammate Redondo took a win from the break yesterday. That seems much less likely on today's terrain though.
All of them are over 10 minutes behind so Lotto sees no danger in letting them go. Nor do they keep control at the front of the peloton so UBS, Wikipedia and Red Bull are forced to keep the leaders under control.
No interest in the second intermediate sprint by any of the escapees. Their lead has now stabilised around 6 minutes with 75 km left to ride.
Crash! This could be an important one as Van Stayen is down! Lotto's top sprinter is definatly one of the big favourites today. Luckily he doesn't seem hurt and can easily rejoin the peloton.
40 km to go and Red Bull, Wikipedia and UBS now have taken full control over the bunch. The escapees are still 3 minutes in front but they should have no problem bringing back the leaders.
Jungels feels the peloton approaching so goes on an attempt. Rabottini and Pauwels jump in his wheel but they know that it's desperate. The three get caught not much later.
Van Stayen clearly didn't lose his confidence in the crash as all 8 Red Bull riders are now lining up at the front of the peloton.
Disaster strikes in the middle of the peloton as many riders go down. Biggest names there seems to be Denifl, he's really having a lot of bad luck this race and the ever unlucky Henao.
Back to the front where Red Bull are still in full control with all the big name sprinters in Van Stayen's wheel. Order: Richeze, Croket, Forero, Goss, Haedo, Degenkolb, Aberasturi, Lavoine, Sobota, Reynes.
It's Croket who jumps early with 1700 metres left while Facci is still doing a great job for Van Stayen.
Croket pulled up almost next to Facci under the red kite and that's the sign for Goss, Forero, Van Stayen and Richeze to all start their move. They might have some trouble to find place for the 4 of them.
Goss is going so fast he somehow ends up at the other side of the barriers! Van Stayen, Richeze and Croket are even about a halfwheel length behind.
Goss got back to the other side of the barriers but Van Stayen has now pulled up next to him. Richeze isn't far behind either while Haedo is coming fast through the middle. This is going to be close!
None of them can create any sort of seperation. We're going to need the photo finish here.
It's Van Stayen on the far who times his jump best and crosses the line first!
Van Stayen can celebrate a beautiful victory after coming back from a crash! Goss and Richeze complete the podium. Well deserved for all these three considering their teams did all the work today.
Haedo with a fast finish and Lavoine complete the top 5. Rather dissapointing results for Degenkolb and Forero in 6th and 9th respectively.
Now we'll have to wait for the unlucky riders who crashed. 108 riders come in with the peloton before some smaller groups. Biggest victims are: Pinot (+3'06) Henao Montoya (+4'10) Navarro Costagli Redondo Cobo Denifl (+5'12) Serrano and Heider were in too much pain and had to abandon.
Stage Result
1
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
4h14'07
2
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
s.t.
3
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
s.t.
4
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
5
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
6
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
7
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
s.t.
8
Vicente Reynès
Santander
s.t.
9
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
s.t.
10
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
11
Kristian Sobota
Team B&O
s.t.
12
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
13
Kevin Van Impe
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
14
Steele Von Hoff
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
15
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
16
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
17
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
18
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Koenigsegg
s.t.
19
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
20
Zdenek Stybar
Milka - AVG
s.t.
21
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
22
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
23
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
s.t.
24
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
25
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
s.t.
Spoiler
26
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
27
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
28
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
29
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
s.t.
30
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
31
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
32
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
s.t.
33
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
s.t.
34
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
35
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
s.t.
36
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
38
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
39
Jérémy Roy
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
40
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
41
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
42
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
s.t.
43
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
44
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
s.t.
45
Marcel Aregger
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
46
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
47
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
48
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
49
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
50
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
51
Luigi Sestili
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
52
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
53
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
s.t.
54
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
55
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
56
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
57
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
58
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
s.t.
59
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
60
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
61
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
62
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
63
Evan Huffman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
64
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
65
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
66
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
67
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
68
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
69
Francis Mourey
Pendleton's
s.t.
70
Yoann Offredo
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
71
Óscar Pereiro Sio
Control Team
s.t.
72
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
73
Russell Downing
Control Team
s.t.
74
Tom Thill
Team Bacardi
s.t.
75
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
s.t.
76
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
77
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
78
Kiril Yatsevich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
79
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
80
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
81
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
s.t.
82
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
83
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
84
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
s.t.
85
Maxim Belkov
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
86
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
87
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
88
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
89
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
s.t.
90
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
91
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Aker - MOT
s.t.
92
David Rosch
Pendleton's
s.t.
93
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
s.t.
94
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
s.t.
95
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
s.t.
96
Thomas Koep
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
97
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
s.t.
98
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker - MOT
s.t.
99
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
s.t.
100
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
101
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
102
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
103
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
104
João Pedro Mendonça Pereira
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
105
Jon Ander Insausti
Santander
s.t.
106
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
s.t.
107
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
s.t.
108
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
s.t.
109
Cedric Lebris
Festina-Canal+
+ 3'06
110
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
111
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
s.t.
112
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
113
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
s.t.
114
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
115
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
116
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
s.t.
117
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
118
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
119
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
s.t.
120
Sebastien Reichenbach
UBS - BMC
s.t.
121
Kristijan Durasek
Alstom-RBC
+ 4'10
122
Ryan Roth
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
123
Thomas Vauvourzeix
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
124
Charles Dionne
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
125
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
126
Laurent Mangel
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
127
John Gadret
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
128
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
s.t.
129
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
s.t.
130
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
131
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
132
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
133
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
134
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
135
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
136
Wim De Vocht
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
137
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
s.t.
138
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
139
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
s.t.
140
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
141
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
142
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
s.t.
143
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
s.t.
144
Laurent Pichon
Festina-Canal+
+ 5'12
145
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
146
Markus Fahnert
Project 1t4i
s.t.
147
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
148
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
149
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
s.t.
150
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
151
Piter Campero
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
152
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
s.t.
153
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
s.t.
154
Tyler Butterfield
Team Bacardi
s.t.
155
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
156
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
s.t.
157
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
s.t.
General Classification
1
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
22h56'23
2
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1'01
3
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 1'09
4
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
+ 1'21
5
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
6
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
7
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
s.t.
8
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
9
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
10
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
11
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
12
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
s.t.
13
Jérémy Roy
Alstom-RBC
+ 1'46
14
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
+ 2'34
15
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
+ 2'42
16
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
s.t.
17
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'46
18
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
s.t.
19
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 3'57
20
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
21
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
22
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
23
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
+ 4'09
24
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 5'31
25
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
Spoiler
26
John Gadret
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
27
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 5'48
28
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 7'02
29
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
30
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 7'44
31
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
32
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'05
33
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'23
34
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
+ 9'48
35
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 10'51
36
David Rosch
Pendleton's
+ 11'11
37
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 13'15
38
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 13'53
39
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 14'09
40
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 14'55
41
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
+ 14'59
42
Zdenek Stybar
Milka - AVG
+ 15'27
43
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
+ 16'05
44
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
+ 16'29
45
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Aker - MOT
+ 18'20
46
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 19'00
47
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 19'43
48
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 20'21
49
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 20'48
50
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
+ 20'58
51
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 21'20
52
Maxim Belkov
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 21'22
53
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 21'46
54
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
+ 21'57
55
Sebastien Reichenbach
UBS - BMC
+ 22'01
56
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 22'19
57
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 23'03
58
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 23'22
59
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 24'12
60
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
+ 24'24
61
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 24'43
62
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
+ 24'44
63
Thomas Vauvourzeix
Alstom-RBC
+ 25'24
64
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 26'54
65
Francis Mourey
Pendleton's
+ 27'06
66
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 27'12
67
Yoann Offredo
Pearl Adidas
+ 27'13
68
Laurent Mangel
Alstom-RBC
+ 27'28
69
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 27'36
70
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 28'39
71
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 28'48
72
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
+ 29'36
73
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
+ 30'15
74
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 30'21
75
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 30'22
76
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
+ 30'36
77
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
+ 31'23
78
Thomas Koep
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 31'36
79
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
+ 31'54
80
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 31'55
81
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 32'38
82
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
+ 33'00
83
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 33'15
84
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
+ 33'42
85
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
+ 34'19
86
Kristijan Durasek
Alstom-RBC
+ 34'23
87
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
+ 34'42
88
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 35'30
89
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 35'59
90
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 36'26
91
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 36'41
92
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 36'47
93
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 36'52
94
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 37'02
95
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
+ 37'09
96
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 37'44
97
Piter Campero
Festina-Canal+
+ 37'48
98
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
+ 37'54
99
Markus Fahnert
Project 1t4i
+ 39'51
100
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 40'23
101
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 40'50
102
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 41'29
103
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
104
Luigi Sestili
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 41'40
105
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
+ 42'14
106
Cedric Lebris
Festina-Canal+
+ 42'16
107
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
+ 42'18
108
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 42'56
109
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
s.t.
110
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 43'51
111
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 43'53
112
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
+ 44'09
113
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 44'17
114
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
115
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
+ 45'32
116
Steele Von Hoff
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 45'38
117
João Pedro Mendonça Pereira
Pearl Adidas
+ 46'12
118
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 46'41
119
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 46'53
120
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 46'59
121
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker - MOT
+ 47'14
122
Russell Downing
Control Team
s.t.
123
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
+ 47'23
124
Laurent Pichon
Festina-Canal+
+ 48'44
125
Vicente Reynès
Santander
+ 50'02
126
Marcel Aregger
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
127
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 50'14
128
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 50'50
129
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
130
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 51'13
131
Tom Thill
Team Bacardi
+ 51'23
132
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 51'24
133
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 52'30
134
Óscar Pereiro Sio
Control Team
+ 52'59
135
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 53'18
136
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
+ 53'51
137
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
+ 54'08
138
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 55'29
139
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 56'08
140
Tyler Butterfield
Team Bacardi
+ 56'32
141
Kevin Van Impe
Pokerstars.com
+ 57'42
142
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
+ 58'04
143
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
+ 58'34
144
Evan Huffman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
