Todays big 3 favourites were Casper, Manan and Chavanel, only one of those would even come home in the peleton though, the Aussie Bookmakers again prove their stupidity.


The 6 man break is White, Sohrabi, Riblon, Candelario, Drapac and Sijmens.

There are attacks coming up to the big hill of the day and at the top, Sijmens, Riblon and Sohrabi prove to be the strongest.


The break will be caught though as Letua and Tinkoff are setting a very tough pace, with the occasional help from Nippo, DFL and Designa Kokken. Their hard work starts to pay dividends as riders begin to drop off.

With 40km to go a group containing 2nd Overall and Best Young Rider Ortega has fallen behind, the group also includes Hendersen, Van Heeswijk and Manan amongst others.

Its all over with 10km to go:


Before we get to the sprint, Graeme Brown and Alexandre Usov are forced to let go but with 3km to go, despite Usov's absence, 2 Tinkoff boys are at the front, alongside Julian Dean.


Hopes of an Aussie victory are soon dashed as the Estonian champion Janek Tombak moves through and creates a gap. Casper is lurking ominously behind him and Wegmann is tucked in 3rd position.


Tombak produces a huge gap between 3rd placed Wegmann and 4th place Dean and with a 1km to go, Casper jumps out from the Estonian's wheel.


And he wins!


Wegmann is pipped by Tombak for 2nd while Dean fades badly in the last km (Stopping sprinting didnt exactly help) and Kurt Asle Arvesen takes 4th. There was a very tight battle for the final CT points in 8th. I thought Hagen had got it but the judges gave it to Leezer.

On the overall front, Ortega drops from 2nd to 5th, Wegmann's time helps him consolidate 6th while a bonus sprint win for Riblon takes him to 7th.

1	Jimmy Casper	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	2h51'24
2	Janek Tombak	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
3	Fabian Wegmann	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
4	Kurt-Asle Arvesen	VOLKSBANK	s.t.
5	Bobbie Traksel	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
6	Steven Caethoven	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
7	Maarten Tjallingii	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
8	Tom Leezer	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
9	Edvald Boasson Hagen	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
10	Julian Dean	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
11	Bert De Waele	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
12	Gerrit Glomser	VOLKSBANK	s.t.
13	Michael Reihs	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
14	Adam Hansen	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
15	Staf Scheirlinckx	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
16	Angel Vicioso	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
17	Matteo Priamo	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
18	Markus Zberg	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
19	Ivan Stevic	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
20	Markus Eichler	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
21	Gerben Löwik	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
22	Tom Stamsnijder	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
23	Ruslan Sambris	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
24	Roger Hammond	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
25	Daniel Lloyd	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
26	Salvatore Commesso	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
27	Iñigo Landaluze	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
28	Axel Merckx	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
29	Fortunato Baliani	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
30	Nico Mattan	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
31	José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
32	Santo Anza	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
33	Ivan Rovny	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
34	Constantino Zaballa	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
35	Alexandre Moos	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
36	Ronny Scholz	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
37	Alessandro Proni	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
38	Henk Vogels	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
39	Tadej Valjavec	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
40	Pablo Lastras	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
41	Rui Costa	BENFICA	s.t.
42	Ruslan Grychenko	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
43	Grégory Rast	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
44	Luis Perez Rodriguez	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
45	Laurent Lefèvre	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
46	Niels Albert	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
47	Matthew Lloyd	PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM	s.t.
48	Dmitri Grabovski	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
49	Julián Rodas	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
50	Peter Hatton	PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM	s.t.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Michael Reihs	DESIGNA KØKKEN	10h38'06
2	Ivan Rovny	MAXBO BIANCHI	+ 18
3	Tom Stamsnijder	WIESENHOF - FELT	+ 24
4	Eduardo Gonzalo	AGRITUBEL	+ 26
5	Didac Ortega	BENFICA	+ 2'48
6	Fabian Wegmann	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	+ 3'16
7	Christophe Riblon	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	+ 3'18
8	Tom Leezer	UNE ORBITEL	+ 3'24
9	Gerrit Glomser	VOLKSBANK	s.t.
10	Markus Zberg	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
11	Adam Hansen	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
12	Angel Vicioso	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
13	Markus Eichler	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
14	Kurt-Asle Arvesen	VOLKSBANK	s.t.
15	Staf Scheirlinckx	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
16	Ruslan Sambris	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
17	José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
18	Bert De Waele	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
19	Santo Anza	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
20	Maarten Tjallingii	BARLOWORLD	s.t.

Rank	Name	Team	Points	General
1	Jimmy Casper	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	25	34
2	Michael Reihs	DESIGNA KØKKEN	3	34
3	Bobbie Traksel	DESIGNA KØKKEN	12	32
4	Fabian Wegmann	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	16	28
5	Gregory Henderson	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	0	25
6	Didac Ortega	BENFICA	0	24
7	Crescenzo D'Amore	DESIGNA KØKKEN	0	20
8	Janek Tombak	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	20	20
9	Laurent Lefèvre	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	0	19
10	Tom Stamsnijder	WIESENHOF - FELT	0	16

Rank	Name	Team	Mountain	General
1	Laurent Lefèvre	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	0	26
2	Michael Reihs	DESIGNA KØKKEN	0	22
3	Didac Ortega	BENFICA	0	20
4	Tom Stamsnijder	WIESENHOF - FELT	0	18
5	Christophe Riblon	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	16	16
6	Ghader Mizbani	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	0	14
7	Ivan Rovny	MAXBO BIANCHI	0	14
8	Rui Costa	BENFICA	0	10
9	Mahdi Sohrabi	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	10	10
10	Nico Sijmens	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	10	10