Stage 2
Fleeman joined the break again, joined by Taylor Tolleson and David O'Loughlin.
Fleeman collected maximum KoM points again, but the 3 never stood a chance against the pack. Manan was better today but with 4km to go found himself displaced from Goss's wheel by race leader Marcato. Instead, Manan had to settle for Roberts.
Despite this disadvantage, Manan did well and managed a 3rd place and an imporant time bonus. Goss won, while Vanderaerden came 15th.
1 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC 3h45'01
2 Marco Marcato TEAM LPR s.t.
3 Anuar Manan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
4 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
5 Borut Bozic TEAM LPR s.t.
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
7 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM s.t.
8 Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
9 Jos Van Emden RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
10 Martijn Maaskant RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
11 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
12 Stephen Wooldridge SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
13 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC s.t.
14 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM CSC s.t.
15 Gert Vanderaerden DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
16 Walter Proch TEAM LPR s.t.
17 Filippo Savini CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
18 Zak Dempster SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
19 Gabriel Rasch TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
20 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
GC
1 Marco Marcato TEAM LPR 7h44'12
2 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC + 12
3 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM + 20
4 Anuar Manan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 24
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
6 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 32
7 Borut Bozic TEAM LPR s.t.
8 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC s.t.
9 Gert Vanderaerden DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
10 Jos Van Emden RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
30 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
KoM
1 Daniel Fleeman DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 12 24
2 Taylor Tolleson TEAM SLIPSTREAM 8 8
3 Thom Van Dulmen RABOBANK CONTINENTAL 0 6
4 Scott Davis T-MOBILE TEAM 0 4
5 David O'Loughlin NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 4 4
6 Peter Stetina TEAM SLIPSTREAM 0 2
Stage 3
Fleeman has no need to attack today so we ignore the break and sure enough, it is caught. With 8km to go there is a small KoM and Pliuschin trys to use it to his advantage by attacking.
Despite support from Chavanel and Mollemma, the gap was not allowed to grow.
Pliuschin was passed with just over 1km to go and used the following technique to take 5th, as Borut Bozic took the stage, despite sprinting from the furthest way out.
1 Borut Bozic TEAM LPR 4h32'46
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
3 Marco Marcato TEAM LPR s.t.
4 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
5 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
6 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC s.t.
7 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
8 Martijn Maaskant RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
9 Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
10 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM CSC s.t.
11 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM s.t.
12 Ciaran Power NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
13 Anuar Manan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
14 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC s.t.
15 Walter Proch TEAM LPR s.t.