A mostly flat stage, with some climbs as shown early on.

Klimiankou is in the break. 2nd on the first climb would bring him level with Nogaledo, 1st would give him the jersey. He took 3rd. (Behind Lima and Cumha)


As well as those 3, Hruska, Van Ooijen and Bahati are there with Roulston and Nogaledo bridging across after the KoM.

Lima is the strongest sprinter here, taking the first intermediate sprint over Roulston and Bahati


For the 3rd stage in a row, Devenyns has attacked from the peleton midway through the stage looking to come across to the break


And weirdly he just rides straight past them


It took the next intermediate sprint for the break to catch him up again


With the pack closing in, a few of the riders attacked away - like in Stage 1 Van Ooijen goes solo


He takes the 2nd KoM of the day as Rast attacks for 2nd and Wes Sulzberger 3rd


4 riders then go on the attack right after the climb, 15 km to go. Visconti, Astarloa, Kunitski and Terciado


Theyre really going for this but with 5km to go their gap is but 20 seconds


Theyre holding on then as Astarloa leads out the sprint. As the strongest sprinter of the 4, it's probably a good idea


Ciolek, Goss and Sinner are leading the chase from behind


But as Astarloa surges away from the rest, there only seems to be the 1 possible outcome


Taking a quick look over his shoulder to check on the charging sprinters, Igor Astarloa can celebrate a great victory.


Ciolek will rue the fact that the 4 riders held on, as he leads in the peleton

1	Igor Astarloa	Team Energie - Diesel	3h16'10
2	Francisco José Terciado	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
3	Andrei Kunitski	M&M Cycling	s.t.
4	Giovanni Visconti	Team Starbucks	s.t.
5	Gerald Ciolek	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
6	Benoît Sinner	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
7	Matthew Goss	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
8	Juan Van Heerden	AON Global	s.t.
9	Krzysztof Szczawinski	AON Global	s.t.
10	Tejay Van Garderen	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Kristjan Koren	Team Starbucks	s.t.
12	Zakkari Dempster	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
13	Claudio Corioni	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
14	Pieter Mertens	M&M Cycling	s.t.
15	Taylor Tolleson	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
16	Kim Kirchen	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
17	Dennis Haueisen	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
18	Jaume Rovira	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
19	Mark Renshaw	Team Starbucks	s.t.
20	Paul Martens	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
21	Trent Lowe	Team Starbucks	s.t.
22	Matteo Carrara	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
23	Sam Bewley	M&M Cycling	s.t.
24	Arnoud Van Groen	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
25	Luca Mazzanti	Molteni	s.t.
26	Jérome Giaux	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Wes Sulzberger	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
28	Tommy Zaini	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
29	Ben Jacques-Maynes	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
30	Ruslan Podgorny	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
31	Niels Albert	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
32	Valentino China	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	José Martins	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
34	Eduard Vorganov	AON Global	s.t.
35	Iñigo Landaluze	Molteni	s.t.
36	Jurgen Vandenbroeck	Molteni	s.t.
37	Fabian Wegmann	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
38	Will Frischkorn	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
39	Benjamin Noval	Molteni	s.t.
40	Bobbie Traksel	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
41	Luis Pasamontes	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
42	Maurizio Biondo	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
43	Markus Fahnert	Team Starbucks	s.t.
44	George Hincapie	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
45	Ruben Bongiorno	Molteni	s.t.
46	Grégory Rast	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
47	Enrico Gasparotto	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
48	Jaoa Costa	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
49	Tyler Brandt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
50	Michael Creed	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
51	Javier Benitez	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
52	Alexandre Pichot	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Christian Vande Velde	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
54	Ethan Weiss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
55	Scott Nydam	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
56	David Belda	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
57	Christopher Sutton	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
58	Sébastien Duret	AON Global	s.t.
59	Cédric Hervé	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Fabio Ciccarese	Team Starbucks	s.t.
61	Piet Rooijakkers	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
62	Ricardo Martins	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
63	Christoph Lasri	M&M Cycling	s.t.
64	Gracjan Lejman	M&M Cycling	s.t.
65	Ivano Lo Cicero	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Jorge Nogaledo	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
67	Alessio Signego	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Victor Gomes Colinas	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
69	Sébastien Minard	Team Starbucks	s.t.
70	Jeremy Powers	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
71	Marco Alexandre Ferreira Cunha	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
72	Geoffroy Lequatre	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
73	Jonathan Tiernan-Locke	THE CONTROL TEAM	s.t.
74	Cornelius Van Ooijen	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
75	Dries Devenyns	Molteni	s.t.
76	Robbie Williams	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
77	Peter Williams	THE CONTROL TEAM	s.t.
78	Ananias Ananias	THE CONTROL TEAM	s.t.
79	Ricki Nelson	M&M Cycling	s.t.
80	Edoardo Girardi	AON Global	s.t.
81	Hossaini Reza	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
82	Muradjan Khalmuratov	AON Global	s.t.
83	Sergey Sarkisov	THE CONTROL TEAM	s.t.
84	Emiliano Rodomonti	Team Energie - Diesel	+ 1'57
85	Konstantin Klimiankou	M&M Cycling	s.t.
86	Bruno Lima	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
87	Sergiu Cioban	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
88	Jan Hruska	Molteni	s.t.
89	Simon Clarke	IrnBru - RBS	+ 3'24
90	Daniel Thorsen	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
91	Azizulhasni Awang	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
92	Hayden Roulston	IrnBru - RBS	+ 3'48
93	Esteban Mardones	AON Global	s.t.
94	Jíri Hochmann	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	s.t.
95	Rahsaan Bahati	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	+ 5'40

GC

1	Igor Astarloa	Team Energie - Diesel	10h44'01
2	Mark Renshaw	Team Starbucks	+ 4
3	Tejay Van Garderen	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	+ 8
4	Claudio Corioni	Team Energie - Diesel	+ 16
5	Kristjan Koren	Team Starbucks	s.t.
6	Francisco José Terciado	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	s.t.
7	Will Frischkorn	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	s.t.
8	Benoît Sinner	BMC Racing Team	+ 20
9	Andrei Kunitski	M&M Cycling	s.t.
10	Marco Alexandre Ferreira Cunha	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
11	Juan Van Heerden	AON Global	+ 22
12	Dries Devenyns	Molteni	s.t.
13	Jorge Nogaledo	Team Energie - Diesel	s.t.
14	Matthew Goss	Jack Wolfskin	+ 26
15	Gerald Ciolek	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	+ 28
16	Kim Kirchen	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
17	Paul Martens	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
18	Tommy Zaini	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
19	Giovanni Visconti	Team Starbucks	s.t.
20	Jaume Rovira	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
21	Wes Sulzberger	IrnBru - RBS	s.t.
22	Luca Mazzanti	Molteni	s.t.
23	Sam Bewley	M&M Cycling	s.t.
24	Ruslan Podgorny	Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas	s.t.
25	Taylor Tolleson	BMC Racing Team	s.t.

Points

1	Igor Astarloa	Team Energie - Diesel	41
2	Tejay Van Garderen	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	31
3	Mark Renshaw	Team Starbucks	29
4	Benoît Sinner	BMC Racing Team	26
5	Gerald Ciolek	Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne	26
6	Kristjan Koren	Team Starbucks	25
7	Juan Van Heerden	AON Global	24
8	Claudio Corioni	Team Energie - Diesel	23
9	Matthew Goss	Jack Wolfskin	23
10	Francisco José Terciado	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	20

KoM

1	Jorge Nogaledo	Team Energie - Diesel	8
2	Konstantin Klimiankou	M&M Cycling	6
3	Grégory Rast	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	6
4	Will Frischkorn	Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News	5
5	Bruno Lima	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	5
6	Cornelius Van Ooijen	IrnBru - RBS	5
7	Marco Alexandre Ferreira Cunha	Team Energie - Diesel	3
8	Alessio Signego	Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team	3
9	Wes Sulzberger	IrnBru - RBS	1
10	Ricardo Martins	Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin	1