The first hilly stage, and it is quite a bumpy offering. Bakelandts and Schumacher are the stage favourites, with also a first chance for the GC leaders to race at the front.



We can just skip to the foot of the 2nd, and largest, climb of the day. 4 in the break: Rodriguez, Reichenbach, Passalacqua and Vandborg



The peloton arrive 3'44 later, let by 1t4i, Wikipedia and Heineken.



And straight to the top of the climb we go as Jackson Rodriguez wins the battle for points at the summit.



The break had the same order, Rodriguez > Reichenbach > Passalacqua > Vandborg on both climbs, so it makes the KoM calculations quite easy to calculate!

The peloton reduced to 46 riders on the climb, and the chase of the break continues on the descent down into the valley. The last little hill at 10km to go is the last climbing launchpad available.

But they dont wait for that. Konig, Nerz and Popovych open attacks.



Metinvest also send Popkov forward, but it is only Puma's Nerz who makes progress. Along with Dees and Van der Velde, the trio catch the breakaway.



The peloton are right there, so they are all soon caught. This is it though, the final small climb. And Popovych attacks again!



Danacik, Konig, Nerz, Dees and Van der Velde all tried to follow but could not match the Ukrainian. Danacik does get a gap on the peloton, but not as much as Popovych's!



The Ukrainian has something to prove here, and what a great opportunity to take something from the race - with his GC hopes already gone.

A clever mode too by Koenigsegg. They don't need to chase with Danacik up the road, and if the Czech stays there then the Swedish team are simply rotating their race lead.

Posthuma, Vanendert and Brandt are left to lead the peloton - but they aren't too bothered.

So the final kilometre it is for Popovych, still leading.



Danacik is caught however, as Bakelandts, Phinney, Pedraza and Schumacher decide to at least do something today, and lead the sprinting peloton.



It's too late for them though, and Jaroslav Popovych is rewarded with a deserved stage win after his late attack!



Bakelandts takes 2nd and somewhat surprisingly race leader Pedraza gains some bonus seconds for 3rd - edging out Van den Broeck, Klemme and Martin.

1	Jaroslav Popovych	Metinvest-Emirates	5h13'05
2	Jan Bakelants	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
3	Walter Pedraza	Koenigsegg	s.t.
4	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
5	Domenik Klemme	Team B&O	s.t.
6	Daniel Martin	Pendleton's	s.t.
7	Taylor Phinney	Wikipedia	s.t.
8	Kristjan Koren	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
9	Ricardo Van der Velde	Team Bacardi	s.t.
10	Vitaliy Popkov	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
11	Nico Keinath	Team B&O	s.t.
12	David De la Fuente	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
13	Paolo Scarponi	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Robert Gesink	Project 1t4i	s.t.
15	Stefan Schumacher	UBS - BMC	s.t.
16	Manuel Lloret	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
17	Markus Fothen	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
18	Dan Craven	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
19	Tanel Kangert	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
20	Jakub Danacik	Koenigsegg	s.t.
21	David Livramento	Aker - MOT	s.t.
22	Dominique Nerz	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
23	Jaroslav Kulhavy	Milka - AVG	s.t.
24	Janez Brajkovic	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
25	Rigoberto Úran	Milka - AVG	s.t.
26	Vladimir Gusev	Pendleton's	s.t.
27	Jelle Vanendert	Project 1t4i	s.t.
28	Hubert Schwab	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
29	Martin Hacecký	Team B&O	s.t.
30	Tim Dees	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
31	Tyler Brandt	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
32	Bauke Mollema	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
33	Leopold König	Milka - AVG	s.t.
34	Joost Posthuma	Project 1t4i	s.t.
35	Johannes Heider	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
36	Laurent Pichon	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
37	Wilco Kelderman	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
38	Konstantin Siutsou	Pendleton's	s.t.
39	Brent Bookwalter	Wikipedia	s.t.
40	Piter Campero	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
41	Andrew Talansky	Wikipedia	s.t.
42	Frantisek Rabon	Milka - AVG	s.t.
43	Serge Pauwels	Koenigsegg	s.t.
44	Tim Kennaugh	Pendleton's	s.t.
45	Brian Vandborg	Team B&O	s.t.
46	Jackson Rodríguez	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
47	Alberigo Passalacqua	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	+ 1'28
48	Sebastien Reichenbach	UBS - BMC	s.t.
49	Matthieu Sprick	Wikipedia	+ 1'53
50	Marcus Burghardt	Team Bacardi	+ 3'19
51	Javier Moreno	Santander	+ 9'30
52	Nolan Hoffman	Metinvest-Emirates	+ 10'07
53	Adil Jelloul	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
54	Leigh Howard	Milka - AVG	s.t.
55	Marcel Aregger	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
56	John Degenkolb	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
57	Matthieu Ladagnous	Pendleton's	s.t.
58	Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
59	Roger Kluge	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
60	Mattia Pozzo	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
61	Jason Donald	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
62	Florian Stalder	UBS - BMC	s.t.
63	Thomas De Gendt	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
64	Welle Jallays	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
65	André Steensen	Team B&O	s.t.
66	Pello Bilbao	Team Bacardi	s.t.
67	Thomas Frei	UBS - BMC	s.t.
68	Ethan Weiss	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
69	Thomas Peterson	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
70	Dmitri Grabovski	Team Bacardi	s.t.
71	Oleksandr Sheydyk	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
72	Didac Ortega	Santander	s.t.
73	Wout Poels	Project 1t4i	s.t.
74	Russell Downing	Control Team	s.t.
75	Jacob Fiedler	Koenigsegg	s.t.
76	Ryder Hesjedal	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
77	Luigi Sestili	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
78	Ronan Van Zandbeek	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
79	Ivan Mauricio Casas	Pendleton's	s.t.
80	Eric Berthou	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
81	Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg	Wikipedia	s.t.
82	Yoann Offredo	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
83	Tom Stubbe	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
84	Javier Aramendía	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
85	Piotr Mazur	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
86	Lorents Ola Aasvold	Aker - MOT	s.t.
87	Sondre Sørtveit	Aker - MOT	s.t.
88	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Aker - MOT	s.t.
89	Vegard Stake Laengen	Aker - MOT	s.t.
90	Jelle Wallays	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
91	Michael Faerk Christensen	Team B&O	+ 13'36
92	Maxim Belkov	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Ben Swift	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
94	Joseph Biziyaremye	Aker - MOT	s.t.
95	Juan Abenhamar Gallego Martin	Santander	s.t.
96	Jurgen Van Goolen	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
97	William Bonnet	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
98	Fabio Felline	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
99	Andreas Stauff	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
100	Pedro Merino Criado	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
101	Olivier Le Gac	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
102	Stijn Joseph	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
103	Juan Van Heerden	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
104	Ole Hirschlein	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
105	Timothy Vangheel	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
106	Matej Vysna	Milka - AVG	s.t.
107	Philipp Walsleben	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
108	Aitor Hernández Gutierrez	Santander	s.t.
109	Ole Haavardsholm	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
110	Dion Beukeboom	Wikipedia	s.t.
111	Benoît Vaugrenard	Project 1t4i	s.t.
112	Vicente Reynès	Santander	s.t.
113	Cedric Lebris	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
114	Kristof Vandewalle	Project 1t4i	s.t.
115	Thomas Koep	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
116	Aberlardo Ablenado	Santander	s.t.
117	Steven Caethoven	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
118	Alexander Wetterhall	Koenigsegg	s.t.
119	Erick Rowsell	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
120	Blake Caldwell	Wikipedia	s.t.
121	Sébastien Rosseler	Project 1t4i	s.t.
122	Koen De Kort	Project 1t4i	s.t.
123	Johan Le Bon	UBS - BMC	s.t.
124	Westley Gough	Milka - AVG	+ 17'09
125	Jan Ghyselinck	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	+ 17'43
126	Bob Jungels	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
127	Tom Dumoulin	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
128	Gerald Ciolek	Lotto - Cervelo	+ 19'24
129	Michael Schär	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
130	Kevin Van Impe	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
131	Adam Blythe	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
132	Evert Verbist	Milka - AVG	s.t.
133	Cameron Meyer	Koenigsegg	s.t.
134	Morten Reckweg	Team B&O	s.t.
135	Daniel Freitas	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
136	Luke Durbridge	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
137	Tom Thill	Team Bacardi	s.t.
138	Stelly Robert	Wikipedia	s.t.
139	Freddy Johansson	Koenigsegg	s.t.
140	Rafaâ Chtioui	UBS - BMC	s.t.
141	Kiril Yatsevich	Team Bacardi	s.t.
142	Evan Huffman	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
143	Michele Viola	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
144	Pim Ligthart	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
145	Alfredo Balloni	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
146	Viktor Renäng	Koenigsegg	s.t.
147	Sten Stenersen	Team B&O	s.t.
148	Haijun Ma	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
149	Marco Brus	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
150	Robert Hunter	Control Team	s.t.
151	Jean-Patrick Nazon	Control Team	s.t.
152	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio	Control Team	s.t.
153	Sonny Colbrelli	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	+ 20'27
154	Erik Mohs	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
155	Jure Zrimsek	Aker - MOT	s.t.
156	Lucas Schädlich	Team Bacardi	s.t.
157	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Aker - MOT	s.t.
158	Mario Gonzalez Salas	Santander	s.t.
159	Jon Ander Insausti	Santander	s.t.
160	Steven Burke	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
161	Marcel Barth	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
162	Silvan Dillier	UBS - BMC	s.t.
163	Sebastian Lang	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
164	Tyler Butterfield	Team Bacardi	s.t.
165	Bradley Wiggins	Pendleton's	s.t.
166	Dimitri Champion	UBS - BMC	+ 23'16
167	Nevio Tirloni	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	+ 23'42
168	Elia Viviani	Simply Red Bull	+ 26'15
169	Sergiy Lagkuti	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.

GC

1	Walter Pedraza	Koenigsegg	11h03'10
2	Jakub Danacik	Koenigsegg	+ 8
3	Serge Pauwels	Koenigsegg	s.t.
4	Robert Gesink	Project 1t4i	+ 18
5	Jelle Vanendert	Project 1t4i	s.t.
6	David De la Fuente	Lotto - Cervelo	+ 19
7	Manuel Lloret	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
8	Daniel Martin	Pendleton's	+ 22
9	Vladimir Gusev	Pendleton's	s.t.
10	Kristjan Koren	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	+ 26
11	Janez Brajkovic	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
12	Markus Fothen	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
13	Tim Dees	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
14	Tyler Brandt	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
15	Konstantin Siutsou	Pendleton's	s.t.
16	Bauke Mollema	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
17	Laurent Pichon	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
18	Brian Vandborg	Team B&O	+ 27
19	Stefan Schumacher	UBS - BMC	+ 29
20	Taylor Phinney	Wikipedia	+ 30
21	Jan Bakelants	Pearl Adidas	+ 35
22	Domenik Klemme	Team B&O	+ 39
23	Nico Keinath	Team B&O	s.t.
24	David Livramento	Aker - MOT	+ 40
25	Martin Hacecký	Team B&O	+ 44

Points

1	Jan Bakelants	Pearl Adidas	40
2	Taylor Phinney	Wikipedia	34
3	Jaroslav Popovych	Metinvest-Emirates	25
4	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Team Puma - SAP	20
5	Marcel Aregger	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	18
6	Walter Pedraza	Koenigsegg	16
7	Sebastien Reichenbach	UBS - BMC	16
8	Domenik Klemme	Team B&O	16
9	Ben Swift	Vesuvio - Accumalux	16
10	Kristjan Koren	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	15

KoM

1	Jackson Rodríguez	Pearl Adidas	32
2	Sebastien Reichenbach	UBS - BMC	24
3	Alberigo Passalacqua	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	20
4	Brian Vandborg	Team B&O	16
5	Johannes Heider	Team Puma - SAP	0
6	Matthieu Sprick	Wikipedia	8
7	Vegard Stake Laengen	Aker - MOT	0
8	Brent Bookwalter	Wikipedia	6
9	Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg	Wikipedia	6
10	Marcel Aregger	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	0

U25

1	Jakub Danacik	Koenigsegg	11h03'18 (1)
2	Tim Dees	Festina-Canal+	+ 18 (2)
3	Tyler Brandt	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	+ 18 (3)
4	Taylor Phinney	Wikipedia	+ 22 (4)
5	Martin Hacecký	Team B&O	+ 36 (5)
6	Paolo Scarponi	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	+ 37 (6)
7	Andrew Talansky	Wikipedia	+ 42 (7)
8	Dominique Nerz	Team Puma - SAP	+ 1'00 (8)
9	Wilco Kelderman	Team Puma - SAP	+ 1'00 (9)
10	Sebastien Reichenbach	UBS - BMC	+ 1'39 (10)