Will Frischkorn attacked right from the start of the stage, and was the sole breakaway rider today


He of course took the first sprint with Van Heerden taking 2nd ahead of Goss


He took the KoM aswell


It seems Ernst & Young are eager today as Rast comes through to take 2nd aswell


There was another interesting battle for 2nd at the next intermediate sprint. Renshaw takes 2nd ahead of a quickly closing Van Heerden


Frischkorn continued on his lead up front, peaking at just over 5 minutes


With 48km to go, he was caught by Devenyns and Podgorny who had attacked from the peleton


The lead of Frischkorn had been down to 1'20 but now with 2 companions it was pushed back up to 2 minutes

28km to go and its the penultimate ascent of the finishing hill and the break splits, Podgorny hitting the front


The Ukrainian is still looking good as we enter the final 5 kilometres


But the pack are closing, Devenyns being caught with 4km to go


Podgorny really does seem to be struggling now though


He is caught as the sprint begins and rather than sprinters, it is the climbers and puncheurs on the front


Tejay van Garderen charges away from the rest


And it's victory for the American!


Its close for 2nd though. Rovira looked good for it but faded badly on the closing metres as Kristjan Koren comes through to take it ahead of Igor Astarloa, Rovira and Kim Kirchen


Krzysztof Szczawinski finished 35th and everybody after him should really have lost time. But once again the gaps favoured the weaker guys and all those down to 80th were given the same time.

The big gainer from this? Mark Renshaw

He crossed the line some 2 minutes behind Van Garderen down in 76th place. But he loses no time, and thanks to the time bonuses from the earlier sprint, he even keeps the yellow jersey!

1	Tejay Van Garderen	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	3h55'17
2	Kristjan Koren	Team Starbucks	s.t.
3	Igor Astarloa	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
4	Jaume Rovira	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
5	Kim Kirchen	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
6	Wes Sulzberger	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
7	Eduard Vorganov	AON Global	s.t.
8	Iñigo Landaluze	Molteni	s.t.
9	Paul Martens	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
10	Trent Lowe	Team Starbucks	s.t.
11	Valentino China	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Niels Albert	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
13	Giovanni Visconti	Team Starbucks	s.t.
14	Grégory Rast	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
15	Sébastien Duret	AON Global	s.t.
16	Jurgen Vandenbroeck	Molteni	s.t.
17	Juan Van Heerden	AON Global	s.t.
18	Tommy Zaini	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
19	Gerald Ciolek	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
20	Scott Nydam	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
21	Matthew Goss	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
22	Pieter Mertens	M&M Cycling	s.t.
23	Benjamin Noval	Molteni	s.t.
24	Ben Jacques-Maynes	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
25	Cédric Hervé	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Zakkari Dempster	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
27	Francisco José Terciado	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
28	Luca Mazzanti	Molteni	s.t.
29	Piet Rooijakkers	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
30	Andrei Kunitski	M&M Cycling	s.t.
31	Ruslan Podgorny	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
32	Luis Pasamontes	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
33	Bobbie Traksel	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
34	Matteo Carrara	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
35	Krzysztof Szczawinski	AON Global	s.t.
36	Markus Fahnert	Team Starbucks	s.t.
37	Geoffroy Lequatre	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
38	Dennis Haueisen	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
39	Robbie Williams	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
40	Gracjan Lejman	M&M Cycling	s.t.
41	Dries Devenyns	Molteni	s.t.
42	Arnoud Van Groen	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
43	Maurizio Biondo	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
44	Jaoa Costa	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
45	David Belda	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
46	George Hincapie	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
47	Fabio Ciccarese	Team Starbucks	s.t.
48	Fabian Wegmann	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
49	Christian Vande Velde	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
50	Jérome Giaux	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Ruben Bongiorno	Molteni	s.t.
52	Sam Bewley	M&M Cycling	s.t.
53	Marco Alexandre Ferreira Cunha	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
54	Sébastien Minard	Team Starbucks	s.t.
55	Claudio Corioni	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
56	Christoph Lasri	M&M Cycling	s.t.
57	Taylor Tolleson	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
58	Enrico Gasparotto	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
59	José Martins	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
60	Alexandre Pichot	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Ethan Weiss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
62	Hayden Roulston	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
63	Tyler Brandt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
64	Jorge Nogaledo	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
65	Victor Gomes Colinas	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
66	Benoît Sinner	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
67	Ricardo Martins	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
68	Sergiu Cioban	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
69	Michael Creed	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
70	Jan Hruska	Molteni	s.t.
71	Muradjan Khalmuratov	AON Global	s.t.
72	Peter Williams	THE CONTROL TEAM	s.t.
73	Cornelius Van Ooijen	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
74	Konstantin Klimiankou	M&M Cycling	s.t.
75	Edoardo Girardi	AON Global	s.t.
76	Mark Renshaw	Team Starbucks	s.t.
77	Bruno Lima	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
78	Will Frischkorn	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
79	Ricki Nelson	M&M Cycling	s.t.
80	Jonathan Tiernan-Locke	THE CONTROL TEAM	s.t.
81	Alessio Signego	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'06
82	Jeremy Powers	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	+ 5'10
83	Esteban Mardones	AON Global	s.t.
84	Sergey Sarkisov	THE CONTROL TEAM	s.t.
85	Ananias Ananias	THE CONTROL TEAM	s.t.
86	Christopher Sutton	IrnBru - RBS	+ 7'37
87	Simon Clarke	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
88	Azizulhasni Awang	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
89	Javier Benitez	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	+ 8'13
90	Ivano Lo Cicero	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Rahsaan Bahati	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
92	Emiliano Rodomonti	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
93	Hossaini Reza	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
94	Jíri Hochmann	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	+ 12'45
95	Daniel Thorsen	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	+ 14'45

GC

1	Mark Renshaw	Team Starbucks	7h27'55
2	Tejay Van Garderen	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	+ 4
3	Claudio Corioni	Team Energie - Diesel	+ 12
4	Kristjan Koren	Team Starbucks	s.t.
5	Will Frischkorn	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
6	Igor Astarloa	Team Energie - Diesel	+ 16
7	Benoît Sinner	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
8	Marco Alexandre Ferreira Cunha	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
9	Juan Van Heerden	AON Global	+ 18
10	Jorge Nogaledo	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
11	Bruno Lima	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
12	Matthew Goss	Jack Wolfskin	+ 22
13	Hayden Roulston	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
14	Konstantin Klimiankou	M&M Cycling	s.t.
15	Kim Kirchen	Jack Wolfskin	+ 24
16	Paul Martens	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
17	Gerald Ciolek	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
18	Tommy Zaini	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
19	Cédric Hervé	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Scott Nydam	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
21	Bobbie Traksel	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
22	Wes Sulzberger	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
23	Fabian Wegmann	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
24	Luis Pasamontes	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
25	Ruslan Podgorny	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.

Points

1	Mark Renshaw	Team Starbucks	29
2	Tejay Van Garderen	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	25
3	Claudio Corioni	Team Energie - Diesel	20
4	Kristjan Koren	Team Starbucks	20
5	Benoît Sinner	BMC Racing Team	16
6	Juan Van Heerden	AON Global	16
7	Kim Kirchen	Jack Wolfskin	16
8	Igor Astarloa	Team Energie - Diesel	16
9	Gerald Ciolek	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	14
10	Matthew Goss	Jack Wolfskin	14

KoM

1	Jorge Nogaledo	Team Energie - Diesel	8
2	Konstantin Klimiankou	M&M Cycling	5
3	Will Frischkorn	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	5
4	Alessio Signego	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	3
5	Grégory Rast	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	3
6	Ricardo Martins	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	1
7	Jan Hruska	Molteni	1
8	Piet Rooijakkers	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	1