Today's stage is a short (117km) hilly criterium. At the end of today's stage, the winner may be decided. Can Ghisalberti take the leadership from Lloret? The fight for the last podium place is not over yet as Calzati and Valjavec surely want to take Basso from that position.
No sooner the stage starts than the attacks start. Green jersey owner, Priamo, wants to be in the early break. Myagmarsuren, Belmokhtar, Wacker, Raisin and Pömer follow him.
Jamieson answered the attack a bit later, but he will manage to caught the rest of the attackers.
The pack is leaded by BMC, Olympus, Nespresso and Benfica. These teams surely don't want that the break gets a large advantage.
The front riders are trying to build the biggest advantage they can. But with 70km to go, its 4'42''.
Meanwhile, attack in the pack! Golcer, Gallego and Donald try to escape.
At 55km to go, Vespa, Sony Ericsson and BMC start to raise the speed in the peloton.
Ndbri ignores the fact the peloton is at a very fast pace and tries to escape.
15km after, here's the situation:
E1 (Jamieson, Pömer, Myagmarsuren, Wacker, Belmokhtar, Raisin and Priamo).
+2'25'' - E2 (Gallego, Golcer and Donald, who is, of course, sitting on the back).
+1'11 - Peloton, which just caughts Ndbri.
At 22km to go, Moreno, 6th overall, attacks!
But, both Moreno and the chasing group get caught a few kilometers after.
The early breakaway riders have a short lead of 1'30'' with 17 km to go.
The end of the stage is closing, and Moreno and Stalder attack!
Right up next, Calzati, Orozco, Lewis, Ribeiro and Valjavec do the same.
Basso, feeling he can lost his 3rd place, also attacks! Gutiérrez Palacios and Weissinger follow him.
The breakaway riders were swallowed by the peloton as soon as the attacks started. At 3km to go:
E1 (Calzati and Moreno).
+20'' - E2 (Valjavec, Stalder and Ribeiro).
+23'' - E3 (Basso, who has a small advantage over the pack).
Lewis, Weissinger and Gutiérrez Palacios attack again.
Under the 1km banner, Valjavec, Stalder and Ribeiro join together with Calzati and Moreno. The sprint begins and Moreno takes the lead.
But Valjavec and Calzati are closing in!
The three late attackers manage to catch Basso and the Italian leads the group.
The peloton is not far away and Ghisalberti is leading it! Can he gain some time?
Meanwhile, Calzati takes the lead close to the line...
And he wins in front of Moreno and Valjavec! Ribeiro and Stalder close the group.
Basso tries to keep his 3rd place overall, but Calzati steals if from the Vespa rider.
Ghisalberti leads the pack but Lloret is right behind him which means Lloret keeps the jersey.
Calzati is now 3rd in the GC and Moreno takes the points jersey of Priamo. Can he hold it in the next stage?
Stage Classification:
1
Sylvain Calzati
BMC Racing Team
2h56'04
2
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
3
Tadej Valjavec
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
4
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
5
Florian Stalder
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
6
Ivan Basso
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 24
7
Shaun Lewis
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
8
José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
9
René Weissinger
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
10
Sergio Ghisalberti
Sony Ericsson
+ 48
11
Manuel Lloret
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
12
Gerrit Glomser
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
13
Christian Pömer
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
14
Edwin Orozco
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
15
Diego Gallego
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
16
Mahdi Sohrabi
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
17
Grégory Rast
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
18
Abdelkader Belmokhtar
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
19
Jason Donald
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
20
Francisco José Terciado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
21
Jesus Tendero
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
22
Ryan Eastman
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
23
Saul Raisin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
24
Ronny Scholz
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
25
Peter Stetina
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
26
Tom Stubbe
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
27
Iljo Keisse
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
28
Anthony Colby
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
29
Gianluca Cavalli
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
30
Xabier Zandio
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
31
Ben Jacques-Maynes
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
32
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
33
Jonas Bjelkmark
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
34
Jure Golcer
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
35
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
36
Marlon Pérez Arango
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
37
Yon Bru Pascal
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
38
John Murphy
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
39
Carlo Kirsch
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
40
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
41
Steven Cozza
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
42
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
43
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
44
Ciaran Power
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
45
Valentino China
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
46
Mauro Richeze
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
47
Dean Podgornik
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
48
Kazuo Inoue
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
49
Zakayo Ndbri
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
50
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
51
Bernhard Eisel
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
52
Rui Pinto
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
53
Thomas Peterson
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
54
Viktor Renäng
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
55
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
56
Andrea Pagoto
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
57
Mark Jamieson
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
58
Hernâni Broco
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
59
Baasankhuu Myagmarsuren
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
60
David Garbelli
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
61
Hayden Godfrey
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
62
Tyler Butterfield
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
63
Philipp Ludescher
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
64
Lucas Schädlich
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
65
Fabien Taillefour
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
66
Matteo Priamo
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
67
Nolan Hoffman
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
68
Paolo Longo Borghini
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
69
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
70
Dmitri Grabovski
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
71
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
72
Luca Ascani
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
73
Ciaran Kelly
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
74
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
75
Azizulhasni Awang
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
76
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
77
Ivano Lo Cicero
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
78
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
79
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
80
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
81
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
82
Oscar Gatto
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
83
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
84
Ciaran Cassidy
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
85
Gilberto Sampaio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
86
Martin Comploi
Nvidia Intel
+ 2'20
87
Joe Hicks
Acqua & Sapone
+ 2'32
88
Christopher Sutton
IrnBru - RBS
+ 3'08
89
David Belda
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
90
Miles Olman
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
91
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 3'58
92
Hesham Abdelmotelb
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
93
Fu-yu Li
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 4'16
94
Vasilis Anastopoulos
Acqua & Sapone
+ 7'41
General Classification:
1
Manuel Lloret
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
15h51'46
2
Sergio Ghisalberti
Sony Ericsson
+ 33
3
Sylvain Calzati
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'05
4
Ivan Basso
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 1'13
5
Tadej Valjavec
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 1'15
6
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 1'35
7
José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 2'11
8
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 2'33
9
Florian Stalder
Nvidia Intel
+ 3'23
10
Shaun Lewis
IrnBru - RBS
+ 3'29
11
Francisco José Terciado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 3'30
12
Jonas Bjelkmark
Sony Ericsson
+ 3'32
13
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 3'48
14
Nolan Hoffman
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 3'50
15
Peter Stetina
BMC Racing Team
+ 3'52
16
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 3'59
17
Thomas Peterson
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'01
18
Tom Stubbe
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 4'15
19
Edwin Orozco
EON Ruhrgas
+ 4'16
20
Ronny Scholz
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 4'20
21
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
+ 4'30
22
Xabier Zandio
EON Ruhrgas
+ 4'31
23
Diego Gallego
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 4'34
24
Jason Donald
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'50
25
Ben Jacques-Maynes
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'51
26
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
27
Anthony Colby
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
28
Gianluca Cavalli
EON Ruhrgas
+ 4'56
29
Jesus Tendero
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 4'58
30
David Garbelli
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 5'08
31
Andrea Pagoto
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 5'11
32
Oscar Gatto
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 5'22
33
Iljo Keisse
EON Ruhrgas
+ 5'26
34
Matteo Priamo
EON Ruhrgas
+ 5'27
35
Grégory Rast
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
36
Bernhard Eisel
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'40
37
Valentino China
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'54
38
René Weissinger
Nvidia Intel
+ 5'56
39
Paolo Longo Borghini
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'57
40
Christian Pömer
Nvidia Intel
+ 6'33
41
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 6'43
42
Zakayo Ndbri
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 6'46
43
David Belda
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 7'35
44
Dmitri Grabovski
IrnBru - RBS
+ 7'41
45
Ryan Eastman
BMC Racing Team
+ 7'44
46
Mark Jamieson
IrnBru - RBS
+ 8'06
47
Hernâni Broco
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 8'15
48
Carlo Kirsch
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 8'18
49
Gilberto Sampaio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 8'43
50
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 9'04
51
Rui Pinto
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 9'16
52
Ciaran Cassidy
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 9'44
53
Marlon Pérez Arango
EON Ruhrgas
+ 9'46
54
Jure Golcer
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 10'18
55
Luca Ascani
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 10'23
56
Lucas Schädlich
IrnBru - RBS
+ 10'36
57
Mauro Richeze
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 10'38
58
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 11'03
59
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 11'58
60
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 12'09
61
Tyler Butterfield
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 12'25
62
Kazuo Inoue
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 12'30
63
John Murphy
Acqua & Sapone
+ 12'31
64
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 12'32
65
Ciaran Power
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 12'36
66
Christopher Sutton
IrnBru - RBS
+ 13'11
67
Steven Cozza
BMC Racing Team
+ 14'20
68
Baasankhuu Myagmarsuren
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 14'49
69
Dean Podgornik
EON Ruhrgas
+ 15'00
70
Saul Raisin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 15'03
71
Gerrit Glomser
Nvidia Intel
+ 15'17
72
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
73
Philipp Ludescher
Nvidia Intel
+ 15'51
74
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
+ 16'12
75
Mahdi Sohrabi
Acqua & Sapone
+ 17'06
76
Ciaran Kelly
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 17'28
77
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 18'04
78
Ivano Lo Cicero
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 18'12
79
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 19'00
80
Abdelkader Belmokhtar
Acqua & Sapone
+ 19'40
81
Fabien Taillefour
Nvidia Intel
+ 21'09
82
Yon Bru Pascal
Acqua & Sapone
+ 21'13
83
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 22'24
84
Viktor Renäng
Sony Ericsson
+ 22'55
85
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 24'28
86
Joe Hicks
Acqua & Sapone
+ 24'50
87
Fu-yu Li
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 25'07
88
Hayden Godfrey
Acqua & Sapone
+ 25'35
89
Miles Olman
IrnBru - RBS
+ 26'54
90
Azizulhasni Awang
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 27'07
91
Hesham Abdelmotelb
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 33'54
92
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 33'57
93
Martin Comploi
Nvidia Intel
+ 36'25
94
Vasilis Anastopoulos
Acqua & Sapone
+ 43'23
Points Classification:
1
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
79
2
Matteo Priamo
EON Ruhrgas
65
3
Nolan Hoffman
Nespresso - SportZone
64
4
René Weissinger
Nvidia Intel
59
5
Manuel Lloret
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
57
6
Sylvain Calzati
BMC Racing Team
54
7
Tadej Valjavec
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
50
8
Oscar Gatto
Vespa-Caffrey's
50
9
Sergio Ghisalberti
Sony Ericsson
46
10
Ivan Basso
Vespa-Caffrey's
46
Young Rider Classification:
1
Shaun Lewis
IrnBru - RBS
15h55'15 (1)
2
Jonas Bjelkmark
Sony Ericsson
+ 3
3
Nolan Hoffman
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 21
4
Peter Stetina
BMC Racing Team
+ 23
5
Thomas Peterson
BMC Racing Team
+ 32
6
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
+ 1'22
7
Andrea Pagoto
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 1'42
8
Oscar Gatto
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 1'53
9
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
