The stage's attacks saw Intesa's Capecchi take a solo lead, ahead of 4 chasers


Those 4 were Lima, Engels, Balck and Wolff, and after a lengthy chase, they were to catch Capecchi - but not before the Italian had taken the first intermediate sprint, with Lima 2nd and Ingels 3rd


There was a notably steep climb on the stage, and it gave KoM points. Capecchi attacked for them, and will take the KoM lead having been 2nd in the climb on Stage 1


Ingels was 2nd on the climb, Wolff 3rd


In the peloton, no points were on offer - but still some attacks came. Sulzberger, Hermans, Ball, B. Feillu and Maaskant gave it a go


Hermans actually got a gap, and although never really looking bothered about keeping it, was able to hold it for about 5km - perhaps just testing his legs ahead of Stage 5


But the hill also caused same action at the other end, with riders being dropped. Intesa's sprinter Hutarovich was dropped, and the whole team - bar Capecchi in the break - drop back for him. All of Pokerstars (again excluding Ingels in the break) are here too, presumably to support 1 of Guillen and Van Loocke, who were dropped on the climb.


Up front again, the break are caught with 28km to go


Theres a sprint with 16km to go, and although noone sprints for it, some do ride out the front of the peloton for it. Ladagnous takes the it ahead of Forero and De Fauw.


And now we head to the sprint, but where are the sprinters? Its only the relay train on front, with Yamaha's Lithuanian National champion Kairelis


Here are the sprinters, but they are some way back. Steegmans, Cavendish, Van Heerden and Davis are all roughly in a line, with the South African slightly ahead, and Cavendish a tad behind, while Vantomme is there in the young riders jersey, just behind Luke Rowe - with Croket and Ciolek also visible at the bottom of the shot


Nico Sijmens was in the relay train for Pendletons and takes the lead, but is passed by the 1 sprinter who managed to get himself into a good position - Arashiro


You wouldnt normally expect Arashiro to be battling for victory in a field like this, but after 10th yesterday, his positioning today gives him a real opportunity - but the charge from behind is coming, led by Van Heerden. Davis close behind Van Heerden, with Steegmans and Cavendish on the left hand side


Van Heerden passes his teammate and closes in


But Yukiya Arashiro holds on, and wins the stage!


2nd gives Van Heerden the leaders jersey, part of a 3-way tie in time of him, Cavendish, and Arashiro now - with Cavendish only 6th today. Rounding out the days podium is Steegmans, who just beats Davis.

1	Yukiya Arashiro	Red Bull	3h06'33
2	Juan Van Heerden	Pendleton's Twicer	s.t.
3	Gert Steegmans	Vespa-Caffrey's	s.t.
4	Allan Davis	Quiksilver-Kraft	s.t.
5	Nico Sijmens	Pendleton's Twicer	s.t.
6	Mark Cavendish	100% Me	s.t.
7	Luke Rowe	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.
8	René Weissinger	Team LEGO	s.t.
9	Marcello Pavarin	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.
10	Maxime Vantomme	Highroad-TomTom	s.t.
11	Kris Boeckmans	Highroad-TomTom	s.t.
12	Lars Croket	Petronas - Olympus	s.t.
13	Gerald Ciolek	Team LEGO	s.t.
14	Dainius Kairelis	Yamaha - Greenpeace	s.t.
15	Sébastien Duret	Pendleton's Twicer	s.t.
16	Wes Sulzberger	100% Me	s.t.
17	Yon Bru Pascal	Quiksilver-Kraft	s.t.
18	Andrea Pagoto	Vespa-Caffrey's	s.t.
19	Bjorn Selander	Quiksilver-Kraft	s.t.
20	Graeme Brown	Team Telenor-SAS	s.t.
21	Staf Scheirlinckx	Quiksilver-Kraft	s.t.
22	Paolo Bettini	Vespa-Caffrey's	s.t.
23	Johan Coenen	Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X	s.t.
24	Jimmy Casper	Milka	s.t.
25	Grega Bole	Petronas - Olympus	s.t.
26	Daryl Impey	Yamaha - Greenpeace	s.t.
27	Jussi Veikkanen	Team Telenor-SAS	s.t.
28	Jonathon Clarke	Yamaha - Greenpeace	s.t.
29	Christopher Sutton	Red Bull	s.t.
30	Jonathan Bellis	Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X	s.t.
31	Frederik Willems	Pendleton's Twicer	s.t.
32	Brice Feillu	EL AL - IDF	s.t.
33	David Garbelli	Vespa-Caffrey's	s.t.
34	Ben Hermans	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.
35	Tomas Vaitkus	Team Telenor-SAS	s.t.
36	Romain Zingle	Highroad-TomTom	s.t.
37	Adam Hansen	Red Bull	s.t.
38	Romain Feillu	Petronas - Olympus	s.t.
39	Tom Diggle	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.
40	Igor Abakoumov	Petronas - Olympus	s.t.
41	Markus Eichler	Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X	s.t.
42	Hassen Ben Nasser	Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X	s.t.
43	David Kopp	Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X	s.t.
44	Daniel Martin	100% Me	s.t.
45	Andreas Klier	Team Telenor-SAS	s.t.
46	Adrian Malori	Milka	s.t.
47	Aleksandar Flügel	Team IKEA - Bianchi	s.t.
48	Rasmus Guldhammer	Team Telenor-SAS	s.t.
49	Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg	Yamaha - Greenpeace	s.t.
50	Michiel Van Aelbroeck	Highroad-TomTom	s.t.
51	Jasper Stuyven	Highroad-TomTom	s.t.
52	Thomas Ziegler	Yamaha - Greenpeace	s.t.
53	Timothy Cassidy	Vespa-Caffrey's	s.t.
54	Matthieu Ladagnous	Pendleton's Twicer	s.t.
55	Kevin De Weert	Highroad-TomTom	s.t.
56	Piet Rooijakkers	Team LEGO	s.t.
57	Vojtech Hacecký	Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X	s.t.
58	Marc De Maar	Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X	s.t.
59	Jamie Ball	Red Bull	s.t.
60	Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy	Milka	s.t.
61	Pablo Urtasun	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	s.t.
62	Michael Matthews	Red Bull	s.t.
63	Daniel Lloyd	100% Me	s.t.
64	Haijun Ma	Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X	s.t.
65	Jack Bobridge	Petronas - Olympus	s.t.
66	Victor Gomes Colinas	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	s.t.
67	Rui Costa	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	s.t.
68	Tom Last	YouTube - Twitter	s.t.
69	Simon Gerrans	Petronas - Olympus	s.t.
70	Dimitri Claeys	Team LEGO	s.t.
71	Alessandro Proni	Vespa-Caffrey's	s.t.
72	Sebastian Siedler	Team Telenor-SAS	s.t.
73	Kin-San Wu	Red Bull	s.t.
74	Chris Froome	100% Me	s.t.
75	Sam Bennett	100% Me	s.t.
76	Nicolas Roche	100% Me	s.t.
77	John-Lee Augustyn	Red Bull	s.t.
78	David Belda	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	s.t.
79	Matthew Lloyd	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	s.t.
80	Steven Burke	YouTube - Twitter	s.t.
81	Danilo Kupfernagel	Team IKEA - Bianchi	s.t.
82	Dimitri De Fauw	Yamaha - Greenpeace	s.t.
83	Juan Pablo Forero	Milka	s.t.
84	Michael Vanderaerden	Milka	s.t.
85	Remco Te Brake	Team Telenor-SAS	s.t.
86	Ole Haavardsholm	Team Telenor-SAS	s.t.
87	Jíri Hochmann	Team LEGO	s.t.
88	Fons de Romijn	YouTube - Twitter	s.t.
89	David Loosli	EL AL - IDF	s.t.
90	Javier Benitez	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	s.t.
91	Alberigo Passalacqua	Vespa-Caffrey's	s.t.
92	Jonas Ljungblad	Team IKEA - Bianchi	s.t.
93	Matteo Carrara	Petronas - Olympus	s.t.
94	Daniele Ratto	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.
95	Dario Cataldo	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.
96	Ludvig Lundberg	Team IKEA - Bianchi	s.t.
97	Mattias Westling	Team IKEA - Bianchi	s.t.
98	Ruslan Sambris	Quiksilver-Kraft	s.t.
99	Tim Kennaugh	Pendleton's Twicer	s.t.
100	Idan Shapira	EL AL - IDF	s.t.
101	Jaume Rovira	Pendleton's Twicer	s.t.
102	Andrea Moletta	Pendleton's Twicer	s.t.
103	Rubens Bertogliati	YouTube - Twitter	s.t.
104	Leigh Howard	Milka	s.t.
105	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Milka	s.t.
106	Nadi Hortig	EL AL - IDF	s.t.
107	Grégory Rast	EL AL - IDF	s.t.
108	Alfredo Balloni	Vespa-Caffrey's	s.t.
109	Richie Porte	Milka	s.t.
110	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.
111	Mattia Pozzo	YouTube - Twitter	s.t.
112	Felix Odebrecht	Team LEGO	s.t.
113	Freddy Cruz	Quiksilver-Kraft	s.t.
114	James McCallum	YouTube - Twitter	s.t.
115	Luke Roberts	Team LEGO	s.t.
116	Eros Capecchi	Intesa	s.t.
117	Sean Finning	Highroad-TomTom	s.t.
118	Azizulhasni Awang	Petronas - Olympus	s.t.
119	Ashley Hutchinson	Yamaha - Greenpeace	s.t.
120	Hayden Godfrey	Quiksilver-Kraft	s.t.
121	Daniel Eliad	EL AL - IDF	s.t.
122	Mikayil Krasnoperov	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	s.t.
123	Lennie Kirk	YouTube - Twitter	+ 1'58
124	Nicolas Brolin	Team IKEA - Bianchi	s.t.
125	Jonathan McEvoy	YouTube - Twitter	s.t.
126	Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn	THE CONTROLTEAM	s.t.
127	Amos Wolff	EL AL - IDF	s.t.
128	Kim Michely	THE CONTROLTEAM	s.t.
129	Andreas Stillfors	Team IKEA - Bianchi	s.t.
130	Bruno Lima	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	+ 3'11
131	Nick Ingels	Team Pokerstars.com	s.t.
132	Dan Holloway	Team Pokerstars.com	s.t.
133	Marco Guillén	Team Pokerstars.com	s.t.
134	Yauheni Hutarovich	Intesa	s.t.
135	Andrei Kunitski	Intesa	s.t.
136	Sebastian Balck	Team IKEA - Bianchi	s.t.
137	Jurgen Van Loocke	Team Pokerstars.com	s.t.
138	Aleksei Saramotins	Team Pokerstars.com	s.t.
139	Cristiano Salerno	Intesa	s.t.
140	Martijn Maaskant	Team Pokerstars.com	s.t.
141	Thibaut Pinot	Intesa	s.t.
142	Claudio Cucinotta	Intesa	s.t.
143	Fabio Montenegro	Yamaha - Greenpeace	s.t.
144	David Lelay	Intesa	s.t.
145	Benedetto Monterastelli	Intesa	s.t.
146	Sebastian Batchelor	THE CONTROLTEAM	s.t.
147	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Pokerstars.com	+ 4'03
148	Samuel Dumoulin	Team Pokerstars.com	+ 4'38
149	Andreas Stauff	Team LEGO	+ 7'14
150	Adrien Niyonshuti	THE CONTROLTEAM	s.t.
151	Jesse Sergent	100% Me	+ 7'50
152	Adam Semple	Red Bull	s.t.
153	Andy Flickinger	Quiksilver-Kraft	s.t.
154	Jasper Ockeloen	Highroad-TomTom	s.t.
155	Davide Appollonio	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.
156	Shlomi Haimy	EL AL - IDF	s.t.

GC

1	Juan Van Heerden	Pendleton's Twicer	6h16'40
2	Mark Cavendish	100% Me	s.t.
3	Yukiya Arashiro	Red Bull	s.t.
4	Maxime Vantomme	Highroad-TomTom	+ 8
5	Gert Steegmans	Vespa-Caffrey's	+ 12
6	René Weissinger	Team LEGO	+ 14
7	Matthieu Ladagnous	Pendleton's Twicer	s.t.
8	Eros Capecchi	Intesa	s.t.
9	Jonathon Clarke	Yamaha - Greenpeace	+ 16
10	Juan Pablo Forero	Milka	s.t.
11	Dimitri De Fauw	Yamaha - Greenpeace	+ 18
12	Thomas Ziegler	Yamaha - Greenpeace	s.t.
13	Allan Davis	Quiksilver-Kraft	+ 20
14	Marcello Pavarin	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.
15	Kris Boeckmans	Highroad-TomTom	s.t.
16	Jimmy Casper	Milka	s.t.
17	Paolo Bettini	Vespa-Caffrey's	s.t.
18	Bjorn Selander	Quiksilver-Kraft	s.t.
19	Jonathan Bellis	Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X	s.t.
20	Dainius Kairelis	Yamaha - Greenpeace	s.t.
21	Staf Scheirlinckx	Quiksilver-Kraft	s.t.
22	Christopher Sutton	Red Bull	s.t.
23	Ben Hermans	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.
24	Lars Croket	Petronas - Olympus	s.t.
25	Luke Rowe	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	s.t.

Points

1	Juan Van Heerden	Pendleton's Twicer	36
2	Mark Cavendish	100% Me	35
3	Yukiya Arashiro	Red Bull	31
4	Allan Davis	Quiksilver-Kraft	28
5	Gert Steegmans	Vespa-Caffrey's	28
6	Maxime Vantomme	Highroad-TomTom	26
7	René Weissinger	Team LEGO	14
8	Marcello Pavarin	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	12
9	Nico Sijmens	Pendleton's Twicer	12
10	Jimmy Casper	Milka	10

KoM

1	Eros Capecchi	Intesa	8
2	Jamie Ball	Red Bull	5
3	Nick Ingels	Team Pokerstars.com	3
4	René Weissinger	Team LEGO	1
5	Amos Wolff	EL AL - IDF	1

Young Rider

1	Juan Van Heerden	Pendleton's Twicer	6h16'40
2	Mark Cavendish	100% Me	s.t.
3	Maxime Vantomme	Highroad-TomTom	+ 8
4	Marcello Pavarin	Wiggle - San Pellegrino	+ 20
5	Kris Boeckmans	Highroad-TomTom	s.t.