4 riders jump away early and quickly create a gap of over 2 minutes. They are Zoidl, Mangel, Haas and Cummings.
Cummings is best placed at +21 minutes so no problems for Lotto.
That means Red Bull, Wikipedia and Milka have to take up control over the peloton early again.
Nothing (literally nothing) happens so fast-forward to the intermediate sprint with 30 km to go.
The 4 escapees are still in front but their lead that once was over 8 minutes has been brought back to 2 minutes by work from Red Bull and Wikipedia. Both clearly confident their sprinters can survive in the bumpy finale.
Milka then takes over as they start the Category 3 climb. This combined with the gradient which is not very hard means no one even tries to attack.
The escapees are still in front when they pass under the mountain sprint. It's Cummings who's leading them over.
The peloton 1'20 behind with 18 km remaining, mainly flat but there are some sharp rises.
Already over the top on the false flat, 4 riders finally attack the bunch. It are Fothen, Martin, Brambilla and Keinath. All of them are very well placed in GC but they stand no chance as Henao and Sella are pulling the bunch not far behind.
Brambilla has very bad luck as he has to look behind for a new wheel after a flat tire.
You can see Milka, Wikipedia and Red Bull preparing the bunch for a mass sprint.
The escapees are caught by the three remaining chasers. That's the sign for Haas to attack. It will be very hard for any of them to win cause the peloton is following on their heels.
The 7 chasers are caught and Haas is about to get caught so Keinath attacks again. A couple of GC contenders jump in his wheel. Following him are Amador, Scarponi, Sorensen and Pedraza.
But they can't get away and so the bunch is back together. 5 km to go and everything looks good for a mass sprint.
Machado thinks different and attacks. Martin jumps in his wheel but they'll have a hard time creating a gap. You can already see the Red Bull sprint train starting to get formed with Sella leading the way.
So this is the situation with 2 km to go. Facci is leading out Van Stayen who has Reynes, Tolleson and Degenkolb in his wheel. Howard is already going for it next to the train and would be smarter to look back and see if he can find his lead sprinter Forero.
Van Stayen pulls clear right before the red kite. Reynes is too tired and can't follow which causes Tolleson and Degenkolb to go around. It seems like Van den broeck, who has pulled up alongside the leadout train, will be Van Stayen's main competition.
Van Stayen is still in front with 500 metres left. Degenkolb, Tolleson, Goss, De La Fuente and Van den broeck are trying to get back to his wheel.
And Van den broeck pulls up next to him with 300 metres to go. De La Fuente and Pinot aren't far behind either.
They come too late as Van den broeck celebrates a beautiful sprint victory. De La Fuente and Pinot complete the podium.
The last kilometres weren't very demanding but the sprinters clearly lost too much energy after the attacks by the GC contenders. Van Stayen, whose initial accelaration seemed very strong and Goss complete the top 5.
Stage Result
1
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Puma - SAP
5h01'14
2
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
3
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
4
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
5
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
s.t.
6
Vicente Reynès
Santander
s.t.
7
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
8
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
9
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
10
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
11
Kevin Van Impe
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
12
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
s.t.
13
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
14
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
15
Steele Von Hoff
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
16
Zdenek Stybar
Milka - AVG
s.t.
17
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
s.t.
18
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
19
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
20
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Koenigsegg
s.t.
21
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
s.t.
22
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
23
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
24
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
s.t.
25
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
Spoiler
26
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
s.t.
27
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
28
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
s.t.
29
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
30
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
31
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
32
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
33
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
34
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
35
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
36
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
37
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
38
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
39
Jérémy Roy
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
40
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
s.t.
41
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
s.t.
42
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
43
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
44
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
s.t.
45
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
46
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
47
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
48
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
s.t.
49
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
50
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
51
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
s.t.
52
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
s.t.
53
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
54
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
55
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
s.t.
56
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
s.t.
57
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
s.t.
58
Markus Fahnert
Project 1t4i
s.t.
59
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
60
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
s.t.
61
Laurent Mangel
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
62
Luigi Sestili
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
63
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
s.t.
64
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
65
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
66
Thomas Vauvourzeix
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
67
Kristijan Durasek
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
68
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
69
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
70
Kristian Sobota
Team B&O
s.t.
71
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
72
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
73
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
74
Marcel Aregger
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
75
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
76
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
77
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
s.t.
78
Sebastien Reichenbach
UBS - BMC
s.t.
79
Yoann Offredo
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
80
Laurent Pichon
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
81
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
82
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
83
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
s.t.
84
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
s.t.
85
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
s.t.
86
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
87
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
88
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
89
Tom Thill
Team Bacardi
s.t.
90
Cedric Lebris
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
91
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
s.t.
92
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
93
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
s.t.
94
Piter Campero
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
95
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
s.t.
96
Ryan Roth
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
97
Charles Dionne
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
98
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
99
David Rosch
Pendleton's
s.t.
100
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
101
Francis Mourey
Pendleton's
s.t.
102
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
103
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
104
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
105
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
s.t.
106
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
s.t.
107
Maxim Belkov
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
108
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
109
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
110
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
s.t.
111
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
s.t.
112
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
113
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
114
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
115
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
s.t.
116
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
s.t.
117
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
118
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
119
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
120
John Gadret
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
121
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
s.t.
122
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
123
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
s.t.
124
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
125
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Aker - MOT
s.t.
126
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker - MOT
s.t.
127
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
128
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
129
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
130
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
131
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
132
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
133
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
134
Kiril Yatsevich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
135
Wim De Vocht
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
136
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
s.t.
137
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
s.t.
138
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
139
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
s.t.
140
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
s.t.
141
João Pedro Mendonça Pereira
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
142
Thomas Koep
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
143
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
144
Jon Ander Insausti
Santander
+ 3'39
145
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
146
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
147
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
s.t.
148
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
149
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
s.t.
150
Evan Huffman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 9'28
151
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
152
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
153
Russell Downing
Control Team
s.t.
154
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
s.t.
155
Óscar Pereiro Sio
Control Team
s.t.
156
Tyler Butterfield
Team Bacardi
s.t.
157
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
s.t.
General Classification
1
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
27h57'25
2
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'13
3
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
4
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 1'21
5
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
+ 1'33
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
+ 1'58
14
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
+ 2'46
15
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
+ 2'54
16
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
s.t.
17
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'58
18
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
s.t.
19
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 4'09
20
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
s.t.
21
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
22
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
23
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
+ 4'21
24
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 5'43
25
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
Spoiler
26
John Gadret
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
27
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 5'52
28
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 7'14
29
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
30
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 7'56
31
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
32
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'17
33
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'35
34
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
+ 10'00
35
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 11'03
36
David Rosch
Pendleton's
+ 11'23
37
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 14'05
38
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 14'21
39
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 15'07
40
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
+ 15'11
41
Zdenek Stybar
Milka - AVG
+ 15'39
42
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
+ 16'17
43
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
+ 16'41
44
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 17'06
45
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Aker - MOT
+ 18'32
46
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 19'12
47
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 19'55
48
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 20'33
49
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 21'00
50
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
+ 21'10
51
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 21'32
52
Maxim Belkov
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 21'34
53
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
+ 21'51
54
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 21'58
55
Sebastien Reichenbach
UBS - BMC
+ 22'13
56
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 22'31
57
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 23'15
58
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 23'34
59
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 24'24
60
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
+ 24'36
61
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 24'55
62
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
+ 24'56
63
Thomas Vauvourzeix
Alstom-RBC
+ 25'36
64
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 27'06
65
Francis Mourey
Pendleton's
+ 27'18
66
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 27'24
67
Yoann Offredo
Pearl Adidas
+ 27'25
68
Laurent Mangel
Alstom-RBC
+ 27'32
69
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 27'48
70
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 28'51
71
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 28'56
72
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
+ 29'48
73
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
+ 30'27
74
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 30'33
75
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 30'34
76
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
+ 30'48
77
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
+ 31'35
78
Thomas Koep
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 31'48
79
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
+ 32'06
80
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 32'07
81
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 32'50
82
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 33'27
83
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
+ 33'54
84
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
+ 34'31
85
Kristijan Durasek
Alstom-RBC
+ 34'35
86
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
+ 34'54
87
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 35'42
88
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 36'11
89
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 36'38
90
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 36'53
91
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 36'59
92
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 37'04
93
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 37'14
94
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
+ 37'21
95
Piter Campero
Festina-Canal+
+ 38'00
96
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
+ 38'06
97
Markus Fahnert
Project 1t4i
+ 40'03
98
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 40'35
99
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 41'02
100
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 41'35
101
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 41'41
102
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
103
Luigi Sestili
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 41'52
104
Cedric Lebris
Festina-Canal+
+ 42'28
105
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
+ 42'30
106
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
+ 42'40
107
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 43'08
108
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
s.t.
109
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 44'03
110
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 44'05
111
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
+ 44'21
112
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 44'29
113
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
114
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
+ 45'44
115
Steele Von Hoff
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 45'50
116
João Pedro Mendonça Pereira
Pearl Adidas
+ 46'24
117
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 46'53
118
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 47'05
119
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 47'11
120
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker - MOT
+ 47'26
121
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
+ 47'35
122
Laurent Pichon
Festina-Canal+
+ 48'56
123
Vicente Reynès
Santander
+ 50'14
124
Marcel Aregger
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
125
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 50'26
126
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 51'02
127
Tom Thill
Team Bacardi
+ 51'35
128
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 51'36
129
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
+ 51'54
130
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 52'36
131
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 53'30
132
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
+ 54'03
133
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
+ 54'20
134
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 54'41
135
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 55'04
136
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 55'41
137
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 56'20
138
Russell Downing
Control Team
+ 56'54
139
Kevin Van Impe
Pokerstars.com
+ 57'54
140
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
+ 58'16
141
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Koenigsegg
+ 59'15
142
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
143
Kiril Yatsevich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
144
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h02'08
145
Óscar Pereiro Sio
Control Team
+ 1h02'39
146
Ryan Roth
Alstom-RBC
+ 1h03'12
147
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
+ 1h04'27
148
Charles Dionne
Alstom-RBC
+ 1h06'00
149
Tyler Butterfield
Team Bacardi
+ 1h06'12
150
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
+ 1h08'07
151
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
+ 1h08'14
152
Evan Huffman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms