Back onto the flat again, although given the stages before, a break could stop a bunch sprint.

Here is today's break - Coyot, Devenyns, Scheunemann, Wyss, Brooks, Newton, Heijboer, Kennaugh



The chase today was not left to a sole team - lots of riders contributed, especially La Gazetta who wanted Bennati in a bunch sprint



We rejoin the action with 12.5 km to go, and the break (minus Kennaugh) has a 1'08 lead - this could be tight!



As we get closer to the line, breakaway riders drop off, until only Coyot and Devenyns are left - but then Gerdemann has a fall - disaster for the Magenta team



As the sprint begins, Bennati hammers it down up front, reeling in the break



Underneath the kite, and it looks like a 3 way battle between Bennati, Docker, and Davis



But it's Docker who takes it - Bennati was too tired from leading out, so only hung onto 2nd, whilst Davis gets 3rd.



Stage:

1	Mitch Docker	CREDIT LYONNAIS	2h55'07
2	Daniele Bennati	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
3	Allan Davis	FED-EX	s.t.
4	Gert Steegmans	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
5	Oscar Freire	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
6	Paride Grillo	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
7	Raúl Granjel Cabrera	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
8	Nico Sijmens	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
9	Candido Barbosa	FED-EX	s.t.
10	Frantisek Rabon	CARLSBERG	s.t.
11	Arnaud Coyot	ERSTE	s.t.
12	Igor Astarloa	FED-EX	s.t.
13	Marcus Burghardt	FESTINA	s.t.
14	Taylor Phinney	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
15	Damiano Cunego	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
16	René Mandri	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
17	Vicente Reynès	EUROSPORT	s.t.
18	Mickaël Delage	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
19	Enrico Gasparotto	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
20	Mauro Facci	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
21	Dmitri Muravjev	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
22	Ruggero Marzoli	CARLSBERG	s.t.
23	Jure Kocjan	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
24	Mirko Celestino	FED-EX	s.t.
25	Bobbie Traksel	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
26	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	CARLSBERG	s.t.
27	Cristian Moreni	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
28	Markus Zberg	FESTINA	s.t.
29	Dries Devenyns	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
30	José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
31	Sergei Lagutin	EUROSPORT	s.t.
32	Santo Anza	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
33	Mark Renshaw	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
34	Christian Knees	FED-EX	s.t.
35	Thomas Voeckler	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
36	Chris Newton	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
37	Sergio Marinangeli	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
38	Drasutis Stundzia	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
39	Christophe Kern	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
40	Simon Gerrans	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
41	Ruslan Podgorny	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
42	Carlos Barredo	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
43	Jerome Coppel	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
44	Marc De Maar	CARLSBERG	s.t.
45	Marco Marzano	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
46	Karsten Kroon	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
47	Pierrick Fédrigo	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
48	Patrice Halgand	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
49	Danny Summerhill	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
50	Sven Nys	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
51	Dominique Cornu	CARLSBERG	s.t.
52	Christophe Le Mével	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
53	Lars Boom	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
54	Dimitri Claeys	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
55	Frederik Willems	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
56	Rubens Bertogliati	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
57	Jussi Veikkanen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
58	Mauricio Soler	CARLSBERG	s.t.
59	Manuel Quinziato	EUROSPORT	s.t.
60	Bart Wellens	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
61	Benjamin Brooks	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
62	Amaël Moinard	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
63	José Antonio Redondo	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
64	Mathieu Perget	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
65	Kévin Lalouette	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
66	Luis Pasamontes	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
67	Johan Coenen	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
68	Tony Martin	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
69	Tyler Farrar	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
70	Johann Tschopp	FESTINA	s.t.
71	Laurens Ten Dam	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
72	Baden Cooke	ERSTE	s.t.
73	Danilo Wyss	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
74	Juan José Cobo	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
75	Mark Cavendish	EUROSPORT	s.t.
76	Robbie McEwen	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
77	Bram Schmitz	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
78	Michael Reihs	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
79	Luke Roberts	EUROSPORT	s.t.
80	Josep Jufre	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 1'42
81	Ondrej Slobodnik	FESTINA	s.t.
82	Niels Scheunemann	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
83	Hervé Duclos-Lassalle	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
84	Bauke Mollema	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
85	Mitja Mahoric	ERSTE	s.t.
86	William Ford	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
87	Kevin Hulsmans	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
88	Kevin Ista	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
89	Linus Gerdemann	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
90	Roman Kilun	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
91	David Deroo	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
92	Mauro Da Dalto	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
93	Kristof Vandewalle	EUROSPORT	s.t.
94	Jakob Piil	CARLSBERG	s.t.
95	Oliver Zaugg	FESTINA	s.t.
96	Mathieu Heijboer	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
97	Addy Engels	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
98	Jai Crawford	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
99	Evan Oliphant	EUROSPORT	+ 2'30
100	Kevin Fouquet	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
101	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	ERSTE	s.t.
102	Jean Nuttli	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
103	Roy Sentjens	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 3'17
104	Wim De Vocht	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
105	Alejandro Borrajo	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
106	Peter Kennaugh	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
107	Aleksandr Mironov	ERSTE	s.t.
108	Julien Berard	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
109	Felix Cardénas	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
110	Geert Omloop	EUROSPORT	s.t.
111	John Devine	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
112	Alain Van Katwijk	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 4'09
113	Sebastian Siedler	FED-EX	+ 6'10
114	Óscar Avelino	ERSTE	s.t.
115	Romain Vanderbiest	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
116	Robert Förster	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
117	Mario Aerts	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
118	Wilfried Cretskens	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
119	Olaf Pollack	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
120	Matt Booth	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
121	Raivis Belohvosciks	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
122	Ben Curfs	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
123	Ivan Kovalev	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
124	Stéphane Bonsergent	FESTINA	s.t.
125	Jaime Alberto Castañeda	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
126	Ivan Dominguez	FED-EX	s.t.
127	Sid Taberlay	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
128	Daniel Thorsen	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
129	Gregor Gazvoda	ERSTE	s.t.
130	Marino Prestia	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
131	Iban Iriondo	FESTINA	s.t.
132	Cameron Meyer	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
133	Mikayil Krasnoperov	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
134	Kristof Goddaert	FESTINA	+ 7'14
135	Vadim Ratiy	ERSTE	+ 7'44
136	David Talbott	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
137	Ashley Hutchinson	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
138	Marco Pinotti	CARLSBERG	+ 8'32
139	Krzysztof Szczawinski	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 14'18
140	Frédéric Obiang Essono	Gabon	s.t.
141	Alois Kankovský	FED-EX	s.t.
142	Josu Irazusta	THE CONTROL TEAM	+ 15'30

General Classification:

1	Mauro Facci	WARNER BROTHERS	10h28'40
2	Candido Barbosa	FED-EX	+ 6
3	Taylor Phinney	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 16
4	Bart Wellens	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 24
5	Paride Grillo	SONY ERICSSON	+ 1'08
6	Sven Nys	WIKIPEDIA	+ 1'27
7	Danny Summerhill	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 1'45
8	Cristian Moreni	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 1'57
9	Mathieu Perget	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
10	Laurens Ten Dam	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
11	Mitch Docker	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 2'35
12	Daniele Bennati	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 2'43
13	Allan Davis	FED-EX	+ 2'47
14	Benjamin Brooks	WIKIPEDIA	+ 2'51
15	Oscar Freire	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 2'55
16	Igor Astarloa	FED-EX	s.t.
17	Nico Sijmens	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
18	Enrico Gasparotto	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
19	Damiano Cunego	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
20	Frantisek Rabon	CARLSBERG	s.t.
21	Marcus Burghardt	FESTINA	s.t.
22	René Mandri	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
23	Dmitri Muravjev	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
24	José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
25	Sergio Marinangeli	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
26	Santo Anza	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
27	Jerome Coppel	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
28	Ruggero Marzoli	CARLSBERG	s.t.
29	Dries Devenyns	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
30	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	CARLSBERG	s.t.
31	Thomas Voeckler	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
32	Mirko Celestino	FED-EX	s.t.
33	Pierrick Fédrigo	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
34	Mickaël Delage	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
35	Markus Zberg	FESTINA	s.t.
36	Patrice Halgand	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
37	Carlos Barredo	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
38	Christian Knees	FED-EX	s.t.
39	Ruslan Podgorny	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
40	Johan Coenen	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
41	Karsten Kroon	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
42	Lars Boom	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
43	Simon Gerrans	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
44	Marco Marzano	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
45	Marc De Maar	CARLSBERG	s.t.
46	Kévin Lalouette	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
47	Luis Pasamontes	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
48	Drasutis Stundzia	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
49	José Antonio Redondo	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
50	Dimitri Claeys	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
51	Christophe Le Mével	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
52	Rubens Bertogliati	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
53	Amaël Moinard	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
54	Dominique Cornu	CARLSBERG	s.t.
55	Frederik Willems	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
56	Manuel Quinziato	EUROSPORT	s.t.
57	Juan José Cobo	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
58	Tony Martin	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
59	Bram Schmitz	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
60	Sergei Lagutin	EUROSPORT	+ 3'58
61	William Ford	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 4'31
62	Bauke Mollema	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 4'37
63	Addy Engels	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
64	Linus Gerdemann	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
65	Kevin Ista	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
66	David Deroo	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
67	Roman Kilun	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
68	Jai Crawford	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
69	Gert Steegmans	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	+ 5'00
70	Jure Kocjan	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
71	Christophe Kern	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
72	Johann Tschopp	FESTINA	+ 5'53
73	Arnaud Coyot	ERSTE	+ 6'02
74	Raúl Granjel Cabrera	SONY ERICSSON	+ 6'04
75	Vicente Reynès	EUROSPORT	s.t.
76	Jussi Veikkanen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
77	Michael Reihs	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
78	Felix Cardénas	WARNER BROTHERS	+ 6'12
79	Mauro Da Dalto	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 6'42
80	Kevin Hulsmans	WARNER BROTHERS	+ 6'44
81	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	ERSTE	+ 7'10
82	Mitja Mahoric	ERSTE	+ 7'46
83	Mathieu Heijboer	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
84	Jakob Piil	CARLSBERG	s.t.
85	Danilo Wyss	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 7'50
86	Bobbie Traksel	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 7'56
87	Mario Aerts	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 9'05
88	Baden Cooke	ERSTE	+ 9'36
89	Robbie McEwen	WARNER BROTHERS	+ 9'40
90	Oliver Zaugg	FESTINA	+ 10'44
91	Josep Jufre	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 11'09
92	Niels Scheunemann	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	+ 11'22
93	Julien Berard	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 12'19
94	Tyler Farrar	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 14'20
95	Mark Cavendish	EUROSPORT	s.t.
96	Kristof Vandewalle	EUROSPORT	s.t.
97	Mauricio Soler	CARLSBERG	+ 14'38
98	Hervé Duclos-Lassalle	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 16'02
99	Ondrej Slobodnik	FESTINA	s.t.
100	Aleksandr Mironov	ERSTE	+ 16'27
101	Kevin Fouquet	SONY ERICSSON	+ 16'50
102	Jean Nuttli	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
103	Mark Renshaw	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	+ 17'18
104	Peter Kennaugh	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 17'31
105	Chris Newton	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 17'33
106	Alejandro Borrajo	SONY ERICSSON	+ 17'37
107	Luke Roberts	EUROSPORT	+ 18'59
108	Evan Oliphant	EUROSPORT	+ 19'48
109	Roy Sentjens	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 20'33
110	Wim De Vocht	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
111	John Devine	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 20'35
112	Sid Taberlay	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 21'33
113	Sebastian Siedler	FED-EX	+ 23'26
114	Ivan Dominguez	FED-EX	s.t.
115	Marino Prestia	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
116	Geert Omloop	EUROSPORT	+ 23'31
117	Vadim Ratiy	ERSTE	+ 24'11
118	Alain Van Katwijk	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 24'20
119	Matt Booth	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 25'09
120	Romain Vanderbiest	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 26'05
121	Wilfried Cretskens	WARNER BROTHERS	+ 26'24
122	Olaf Pollack	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
123	Jaime Alberto Castañeda	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
124	Marco Pinotti	CARLSBERG	+ 26'43
125	Ben Curfs	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 29'17
126	Kristof Goddaert	FESTINA	+ 29'33
127	David Talbott	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 30'03
128	Raivis Belohvosciks	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 30'16
129	Robert Förster	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 30'53
130	Mikayil Krasnoperov	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
131	Stéphane Bonsergent	FESTINA	+ 32'13
132	Gregor Gazvoda	ERSTE	+ 32'21
133	Ivan Kovalev	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 33'01
134	Iban Iriondo	FESTINA	+ 33'49
135	Óscar Avelino	ERSTE	+ 37'33
136	Cameron Meyer	SONY ERICSSON	+ 37'41
137	Daniel Thorsen	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 40'05
138	Ashley Hutchinson	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 41'31
139	Krzysztof Szczawinski	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 51'01
140	Alois Kankovský	FED-EX	+ 51'49
141	Frédéric Obiang Essono	Gabon	s.t.
142	Josu Irazusta	THE CONTROL TEAM	+ 1h09'09

Points:

1	Sven Nys	WIKIPEDIA	0	35
2	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	ERSTE	0	34
3	Candido Barbosa	FED-EX	7	33
4	Paride Grillo	SONY ERICSSON	10	29
5	Mauro Facci	WARNER BROTHERS	0	29
6	Daniele Bennati	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	20	26
7	Mitch Docker	CREDIT LYONNAIS	25	26
8	Oscar Freire	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	12	23
9	Allan Davis	FED-EX	16	23
10	Danny Summerhill	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	0	20
11	Gert Steegmans	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	14	19
12	Taylor Phinney	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	2	18
13	Sergei Lagutin	EUROSPORT	0	18
14	Frantisek Rabon	CARLSBERG	6	15
15	Bart Wellens	NINTENDO - HONDA	0	14
16	Kevin Hulsmans	WARNER BROTHERS	0	13
17	Laurens Ten Dam	DOMINA VACANZE	0	12
18	Marcus Burghardt	FESTINA	3	10
19	Cristian Moreni	AMERICAN SUZUKI	0	10
20	Raúl Granjel Cabrera	SONY ERICSSON	9	9
21	Mathieu Perget	CREDIT LYONNAIS	0	8
22	Jerome Coppel	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	0	8
23	Nico Sijmens	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	8	8
24	Igor Astarloa	FED-EX	4	7
25	Arnaud Coyot	ERSTE	7	7
26	William Ford	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	0	6
27	Pierrick Fédrigo	NINTENDO - HONDA	0	6
28	Peter Kennaugh	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	6	6
29	Chris Newton	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	6	6
30	Danilo Wyss	DOMINA VACANZE	6	6
31	Johan Coenen	NINTENDO - HONDA	0	5
32	Mark Cavendish	EUROSPORT	0	4
33	Baden Cooke	ERSTE	0	4
34	Marc De Maar	CARLSBERG	0	4
35	Benjamin Brooks	WIKIPEDIA	4	4
36	Robbie McEwen	WARNER BROTHERS	0	2
37	Bauke Mollema	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	0	2
38	Damiano Cunego	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	1	1

KOM:

1	Mauro Facci	WARNER BROTHERS	0	38
2	Candido Barbosa	FED-EX	0	26
3	Taylor Phinney	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	0	22
4	Bart Wellens	NINTENDO - HONDA	0	16
5	Paride Grillo	SONY ERICSSON	0	12
6	Dries Devenyns	AMERICAN SUZUKI	10	10
7	Arnaud Coyot	ERSTE	10	10
8	Danny Summerhill	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	0	8
9	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	ERSTE	0	6
10	Danilo Wyss	DOMINA VACANZE	6	6
11	Niels Scheunemann	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	6	6
12	Mathieu Heijboer	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	6	6
13	Sergei Lagutin	EUROSPORT	0	4
14	Cristian Moreni	AMERICAN SUZUKI	0	4
15	Benjamin Brooks	WIKIPEDIA	4	4
16	Mathieu Perget	CREDIT LYONNAIS	0	2