Back to the flat stages, and a chance for the sprinters to finally grab a stage. But with some late climbing that ends at 20km to go, it will not be straightforward.



The break is: Nordhaug, Reichenbach, Beukeboom, Burke, Kennaugh, Kelderman, Dees and Aregger.



They are still clear by the last of the climbing, and Reichenbach trys to take the 6 points that would move him to within 2 points of KoM leader Rodriguez. But he only gets 4, after being beaten by Dees.



A short, sharp descent follows. It's quickly over and the front of the peloton had made it safel- PHINNEY CRASHES.



The 2nd man down is Keinath as riders tumble across the road. Some are lucky and manage to find a way through with some good bike handling skills.



Sprinters down include Van Heerden, Hoffman and Mohs.

But Phinney and Keinath were not the only GC riders to taste the floor: There was also Van den Broeck, Lloret, Scarponi and Uran.

The peloton stretched to avoid the crash, and it looks like Phinney may already be back in there. Keinath is not far away either, along with the other crash victims. Chance of a lucky escape?



Two of the three peloton-leading teams have dropped back. But hopes of the pace falling off completely are going to be dashed, as Vesuvio are still going.



Ben Swift dodged the crash, but was badly positioned a long way back, and sits not too far ahead of Phinney at the back of the peloton. But he is still in there and that's enough for his team to keep pacing.

There's now been a split at the back of the peloton. Perhaps caused by the big dropback of Simply Red Bull and Pokerstars riders? Even Degenkolb has gone back to help Mohs.

Initially reduced to 68, 4 more just held on - including Swift.

The next group features 20 - 18 of which did not even crash. The two that did and are in here are Phinney and Van Heerden. And it is their teams who are now going to try and close that gap.



The rest of the crash victims are in another group further behind.



Well not quite all. Mohs, and therefore now all his teammates, is even further behind. He crashed while already being at the back of the peloton.

The breakaway were still clear at this point, but Vesuvio close them down. It isnt until 5km to go that their man Swift finally joins the rest of his team at the front, and it is all red here at this stage.



The Phinney group has joined together with the group behind it, but they are losing ground to the peloton now. A time loss is all but certain, which is terrible luck for the GC riders involved.

At the front with many of the top sprinters missing, there are some unexpected names following Vesuvio. Bonnet, Ladagnous, Howard, Colbrelli, Reynes, Blythe, Reckweg, Van der Velde and Schadlich. Vanoverschelde is also here, but a little poorly placed.



Caethoven opens the sprint with 2km to go. It should be Swift's to lose here, but how much energy has he got after all the efforts to get up to the front of the race?



And Swift just lets him go. Vanoverschelde has improved his position and is surging forwards. Reynes and Blythe have also began sprinting.



Clearly Swift does not have the legs, so has gone for the clever tactic of letting Caethoven open a gap. That doesnt really work then when Caethoven stops sprinting - with Reynes and Blythe already closing him down.



Caethoven gets going again but it is too late, and Blythe storms through. Not the Brit he was expecting!



And with that crash corner visible in the background, it is Adam Blythe who has benefited most to take a surprise victory!



And to complete an unusual podium, it is Schadlich in 2nd and Ladagnous 3rd.

Caethoven ended up 6th, also passed by Schumacher and Bakelandts, while Swift was only 23rd.

It could be worse though. The group of crashed riders has lost 4'30 today. That puts Uran and Phinney out of victory contention and down to 8th and 9th. Keinath and Van den Broeck are down to 12th and 13th, but could still regain the former positions of 10th and 11th in the time trial.

Milka also lose what had been a 4 minute lead in the teams classification.

1	Adam Blythe	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	4h55'32
2	Lucas Schädlich	Team Bacardi	s.t.
3	Matthieu Ladagnous	Pendleton's	s.t.
4	Stefan Schumacher	UBS - BMC	s.t.
5	Jan Bakelants	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
6	Steven Caethoven	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
7	Ricardo Van der Velde	Team Bacardi	s.t.
8	Kristjan Koren	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
9	Walter Pedraza	Koenigsegg	s.t.
10	Janez Brajkovic	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
11	Sonny Colbrelli	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
12	Morten Reckweg	Team B&O	s.t.
13	Marco Brus	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
14	William Bonnet	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
15	Vicente Reynès	Santander	s.t.
16	Kevin Van Impe	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
17	Ronan Van Zandbeek	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
18	Pedro Merino Criado	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
19	David De la Fuente	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
20	Leigh Howard	Milka - AVG	s.t.
21	Marcus Burghardt	Team Bacardi	s.t.
22	Koen De Kort	Project 1t4i	s.t.
23	Ben Swift	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
24	Daniel Martin	Pendleton's	s.t.
25	Pim Ligthart	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
26	André Steensen	Team B&O	s.t.
27	Jan Ghyselinck	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Aker - MOT	s.t.
29	Ethan Weiss	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
30	Jacob Fiedler	Koenigsegg	s.t.
31	Bradley Wiggins	Pendleton's	s.t.
32	Piotr Mazur	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
33	Sébastien Rosseler	Project 1t4i	s.t.
34	Martin Hacecký	Team B&O	s.t.
35	Robert Gesink	Project 1t4i	s.t.
36	Tanel Kangert	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
37	Joost Posthuma	Project 1t4i	s.t.
38	Marcel Barth	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
39	Michael Schär	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Markus Fothen	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
41	Haijun Ma	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
42	Jason Donald	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
43	Leopold König	Milka - AVG	s.t.
44	Tim Dees	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
45	Jelle Vanendert	Project 1t4i	s.t.
46	Tyler Brandt	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
47	Benoît Vaugrenard	Project 1t4i	s.t.
48	Stijn Joseph	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
49	Rafaâ Chtioui	UBS - BMC	s.t.
50	Javier Aramendía	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
51	Vegard Stake Laengen	Aker - MOT	s.t.
52	Jaroslav Popovych	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
53	Thomas Peterson	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
54	David Livramento	Aker - MOT	s.t.
55	Alexander Wetterhall	Koenigsegg	s.t.
56	Yoann Offredo	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
57	Florian Stalder	UBS - BMC	s.t.
58	Evan Huffman	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	s.t.
59	Philipp Walsleben	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
60	Sebastian Lang	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
61	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Aker - MOT	s.t.
62	Laurent Pichon	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
63	Bob Jungels	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
64	Steven Burke	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Serge Pauwels	Koenigsegg	s.t.
66	Daniel Freitas	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
67	Cedric Lebris	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
68	Alfredo Balloni	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Sebastien Reichenbach	UBS - BMC	s.t.
70	Tim Kennaugh	Pendleton's	s.t.
71	Bauke Mollema	Festina-Canal+	+ 1'19
72	Thomas Koep	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
73	Ole Haavardsholm	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	+ 2'07
74	Marcel Aregger	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
75	Luigi Sestili	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
76	Alberigo Passalacqua	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
77	Dan Craven	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
78	Wilco Kelderman	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
79	Dion Beukeboom	Wikipedia	s.t.
80	Frantisek Rabon	Milka - AVG	+ 4'30
81	Timothy Vangheel	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
82	Adil Jelloul	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
83	Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
84	Juan Van Heerden	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
85	Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg	Wikipedia	s.t.
86	Gerald Ciolek	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
87	Dominique Nerz	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
88	Evert Verbist	Milka - AVG	s.t.
89	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
90	Taylor Phinney	Wikipedia	s.t.
91	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio	Control Team	s.t.
92	Cameron Meyer	Koenigsegg	s.t.
93	Michael Faerk Christensen	Team B&O	s.t.
94	Nolan Hoffman	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
95	Tom Stubbe	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
96	Brian Vandborg	Team B&O	s.t.
97	Nico Keinath	Team B&O	s.t.
98	Maxim Belkov	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Elia Viviani	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
100	Paolo Scarponi	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Vladimir Gusev	Pendleton's	s.t.
102	Rigoberto Úran	Milka - AVG	s.t.
103	Andreas Stauff	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
104	Dmitri Grabovski	Team Bacardi	s.t.
105	Freddy Johansson	Koenigsegg	s.t.
106	Jure Zrimsek	Aker - MOT	s.t.
107	Manuel Lloret	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
108	Jackson Rodríguez	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
109	Matej Vysna	Milka - AVG	s.t.
110	Domenik Klemme	Team B&O	s.t.
111	Luke Durbridge	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
112	Nevio Tirloni	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
113	Thomas De Gendt	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
114	Michele Viola	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	s.t.
115	Tom Dumoulin	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
116	Didac Ortega	Santander	s.t.
117	Eric Berthou	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
118	Tom Thill	Team Bacardi	s.t.
119	Fabio Felline	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
120	Kristof Vandewalle	Project 1t4i	s.t.
121	Juan Abenhamar Gallego Martin	Santander	s.t.
122	Brent Bookwalter	Wikipedia	s.t.
123	Javier Moreno	Santander	s.t.
124	Viktor Renäng	Koenigsegg	s.t.
125	Olivier Le Gac	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
126	Matthieu Sprick	Wikipedia	s.t.
127	Jakub Danacik	Koenigsegg	s.t.
128	Hubert Schwab	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
129	Mario Gonzalez Salas	Santander	s.t.
130	Konstantin Siutsou	Pendleton's	s.t.
131	Erick Rowsell	Simply Red Bull	s.t.
132	Aitor Hernández Gutierrez	Santander	s.t.
133	Mattia Pozzo	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
134	Piter Campero	Festina-Canal+	s.t.
135	Ivan Mauricio Casas	Pendleton's	s.t.
136	Johannes Heider	Team Puma - SAP	s.t.
137	Tyler Butterfield	Team Bacardi	s.t.
138	Jean-Patrick Nazon	Control Team	s.t.
139	Stelly Robert	Wikipedia	s.t.
140	Ole Hirschlein	Lotto - Cervelo	s.t.
141	Ryder Hesjedal	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
142	Oleksandr Sheydyk	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
143	Vitaliy Popkov	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.
144	Roger Kluge	Pokerstars.com	+ 6'38
145	John Degenkolb	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
146	Jelle Wallays	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
147	Welle Jallays	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
148	Jurgen Van Goolen	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
149	Erik Mohs	Pokerstars.com	s.t.
150	Jaroslav Kulhavy	Milka - AVG	s.t.
151	Westley Gough	Milka - AVG	s.t.
152	Pello Bilbao	Team Bacardi	+ 7'55
153	Lorents Ola Aasvold	Aker - MOT	s.t.
154	Joseph Biziyaremye	Aker - MOT	s.t.
155	Thomas Frei	UBS - BMC	s.t.
156	Kiril Yatsevich	Team Bacardi	s.t.
157	Dimitri Champion	UBS - BMC	s.t.
158	Johan Le Bon	UBS - BMC	s.t.
159	Silvan Dillier	UBS - BMC	s.t.
160	Sten Stenersen	Team B&O	s.t.
161	Wout Poels	Project 1t4i	s.t.
162	Andrew Talansky	Wikipedia	s.t.
163	Blake Caldwell	Wikipedia	s.t.
164	Sondre Sørtveit	Aker - MOT	s.t.
165	Russell Downing	Control Team	s.t.
166	Robert Hunter	Control Team	s.t.
167	Aberlardo Ablenado	Santander	+ 10'20
168	Sergiy Lagkuti	Metinvest-Emirates	s.t.

GC

1	Janez Brajkovic	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	25h54'32
2	Robert Gesink	Project 1t4i	+ 4
3	Walter Pedraza	Koenigsegg	+ 20
4	Markus Fothen	Festina-Canal+	+ 36
5	Daniel Martin	Pendleton's	+ 1'20
6	Jan Bakelants	Pearl Adidas	+ 1'54
7	David De la Fuente	Lotto - Cervelo	+ 2'53
8	Rigoberto Úran	Milka - AVG	+ 4'55
9	Taylor Phinney	Wikipedia	+ 5'20
10	Stefan Schumacher	UBS - BMC	+ 7'01
11	Jelle Vanendert	Project 1t4i	+ 7'36
12	Nico Keinath	Team B&O	+ 7'43
13	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Team Puma - SAP	+ 7'47
14	Leopold König	Milka - AVG	+ 7'56
15	Manuel Lloret	Lotto - Cervelo	+ 7'59
16	Martin Hacecký	Team B&O	+ 8'17
17	Ricardo Van der Velde	Team Bacardi	+ 8'33
18	Tyler Brandt	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	+ 10'59
19	Serge Pauwels	Koenigsegg	+ 11'15
20	Paolo Scarponi	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	+ 11'38
21	Tim Dees	Festina-Canal+	+ 11'57
22	Kristjan Koren	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	+ 12'01
23	Tanel Kangert	Pearl Adidas	+ 12'36
24	Bauke Mollema	Festina-Canal+	+ 13'22
25	Vitaliy Popkov	Metinvest-Emirates	+ 14'28

Points

1	Jan Bakelants	Pearl Adidas	84
2	Taylor Phinney	Wikipedia	56
3	Stefan Schumacher	UBS - BMC	49
4	Janez Brajkovic	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	42
5	Walter Pedraza	Koenigsegg	38
6	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Team Puma - SAP	36
7	Rigoberto Úran	Milka - AVG	31
8	Robert Gesink	Project 1t4i	30
9	Daniel Martin	Pendleton's	28
10	Jaroslav Popovych	Metinvest-Emirates	25

KoM

1	Jackson Rodríguez	Pearl Adidas	32
2	Sebastien Reichenbach	UBS - BMC	28
3	Janez Brajkovic	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	22
4	Rigoberto Úran	Milka - AVG	20
5	Alberigo Passalacqua	Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi	20
6	Vegard Stake Laengen	Aker - MOT	18
7	Brian Vandborg	Team B&O	16
8	Jan Bakelants	Pearl Adidas	13
9	Robert Gesink	Project 1t4i	12
10	Markus Fothen	Festina-Canal+	10

U25

1	Taylor Phinney	Wikipedia	25h59'52 (1)
2	Martin Hacecký	Team B&O	+ 2'57 (2)
3	Tyler Brandt	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	+ 5'39 (3)
4	Paolo Scarponi	Wiggle Professional Cycling Team	+ 6'18 (4)
5	Tim Dees	Festina-Canal+	+ 6'37 (5)
6	Wilco Kelderman	Team Puma - SAP	+ 9'22 (6)
7	Jakub Danacik	Koenigsegg	+ 10'25 (7)
8	Tim Kennaugh	Pendleton's	+ 11'06 (8)
9	Sebastien Reichenbach	UBS - BMC	+ 11'20 (9)
10	Dominique Nerz	Team Puma - SAP	+ 11'55 (10)

Team

1	Team B&O	76h08'01 (1)
2	Project 1t4i	+ 0 (2)
3	Pendleton's	+ 4 (3)
4	Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms	+ 7 (4)
5	Koenigsegg	+ 19 (5)
6	Milka - AVG	+ 31 (6)
7	Festina-Canal+	+ 1'27 (7)
8	Pearl Adidas	+ 6'45 (8)
9	Wikipedia	+ 13'08 (9)
10	Team Puma - SAP	+ 15'15 (10)