Plenty of early attacks on the first ProTour road stage of the season, with Viviani, Healion, Kovalev, Scheunemann, Hulsmans, Mironov, Renang, Kavsek, Schroder, Barth, Broco, Mouris, Fernandez, Reckweg and Mortensen attacking


These 15 were much more spread by the first sprint though, with Reckweg holding a small gap over Mortensen, with another small gap to Kovalev


Healion and Mironov are next, before Broco, Viviani, Fernandez, Mouris, Hulsmans and Barth


Reckweg is going strong up front, and pulling out a gap on the rest - despite Mortensen and Kovalev now having teamed up


With 60km to go Posthuma and Laidler attack. They reach the largest of the breakaway groups on the road


But Auber are very keen to keep things under control. Drujon, Ford, Rolland, Ligthart and Morizot are all involved in the chase.


All bar Reckweg have been caught with 33km to go, when the sprinter's teams take over


And not long after, Reckweg is caught


Theres an intermediate sprint with 14km to go. Some sprinters are ignoring it, but others go for it. And of those that do, Lo Cicero takes it, from Farrar and Vanoverschelde


Coming up to the more important sprint, and Cafe de Colombia are looking strong. Arango is leading Castaneda, although Castaneda has managed to lose some ground moments before the sprint. Vanoverschelde, Avelino and Roelandts are behind, while alongside them Pearl are leading out Vanderbiest, who Bewley has chosen to follow. Energie are leading out Corioni on the other side of the road, while out of shot behind Roelandts are Lo Cicero, Bennati and Hushovd


Castaneda recovers, and regains Arango's wheel as they pull into the lead. Vanoverschelde is tucked in, while it looks like Jorgensen who is also up there for B&O


Roelandts is now making his long move through the centre, with Bennati looking to follow


Avelino is also starting to go, so Vanoverschelde chooses now to kick, and move alongside Castaneda


Vanoverschelde now moves into the lead, with Castaneda perhaps a little slow to respond


Bennati is really going strong now, passing Roelandts - but he still has a lot to do


And this is going to be between 2, Avelino and Vanoverschelde


It's very close, but Oscar Avelino takes the victory!


The Portugese rider is just ahead of Vanoverschelde, with Castaneda 3rd, Bennati 4th and Roelandts 5th.

Jorgensen came in 6th, ahead of Corioni, Vanderbiest, Lo Cicero, Bewley and Hushovd


Kai Reus remains race leader, although Ligthart has now taken the young riders jersey from Rolland.

The time bonuses bring Avelino to 32 seconds down, and both Vanoverschelde, Castaneda to 17 seconds. Farrar is also now at 17 seconds from the intermediate sprint, with the winner of that Lo Cicero now at 15 seconds.

1	Óscar Avelino	Lipton Ice Tea	2h51'43
2	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Team B&O	s.t.
3	Jaime Alberto Castañeda	Café de Colombia	s.t.
4	Daniele Bennati	La Gazzetta dello Sport	s.t.
5	Jurgen Roelandts	Carmeuse Cyclisme	s.t.
6	Jonas Aaen Jørgensen	Team B&O	s.t.
7	Claudio Corioni	Energie - Diesel	s.t.
8	Romain Vanderbiest	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
9	Ivano Lo Cicero	Team Nespresso	s.t.
10	Sam Bewley	Festina - Corona	s.t.
11	Thor Hushovd	Milka	s.t.
12	Juan Esteban Arango	Café de Colombia	s.t.
13	Kristof Goddaert	Festina - Corona	s.t.
14	Eloy Teruel	Energie - Diesel	s.t.
15	Koen De Kort	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
16	Tom Leezer	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
17	Alex Rasmussen	Team B&O	s.t.
18	Lars Ytting Bak	Philips - TDC	s.t.
19	Zdenek Stybar	Milka	s.t.
20	Martin Reimer	Philips - TDC	s.t.
21	Aleksandr Serebriakov	Philips - TDC	s.t.
22	Drasutis Stundzia	Lipton Ice Tea	s.t.
23	Roberto Traficante	Team Nespresso	s.t.
24	Danny Pate	Wikipedia	s.t.
25	Jesus Tendero	Energie - Diesel	s.t.
26	Gorik Gardeyn	Carmeuse Cyclisme	s.t.
27	Leonardo Duque	Energie - Diesel	s.t.
28	Lucas Schädlich	Festina - Corona	s.t.
29	William Ford	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
30	Patrick Gretsch	Festina - Corona	s.t.
31	Aleksandr Efimkin	Milka	s.t.
32	Jimmy Casper	Milka	s.t.
33	Francisco Javier Echarri	Energie - Diesel	s.t.
34	Benoît Vaugrenard	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
35	Michael Vanderaerden	Milka	s.t.
36	Hans Dekkers	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
37	Fabien Bacquet	Team Starbucks-RadioShack	s.t.
38	Kai Reus	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
39	Roman Maksimov	Festina - Corona	s.t.
40	Tyler Farrar	Wikipedia	s.t.
41	Alex Dowsett	La Gazzetta dello Sport	s.t.
42	Maurice Schreurs	Philips - TDC	s.t.
43	Matteo Bono	La Gazzetta dello Sport	s.t.
44	Cameron Meyer	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
45	David Vitoria	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
46	Saulo Lay	Team Nespresso	s.t.
47	Mathieu Bernaudeau	Festina - Corona	s.t.
48	Michael Mørkøv	Philips - TDC	s.t.
49	Nolan Hoffman	Team Nespresso	s.t.
50	Arnaud Coyot	Team Starbucks-RadioShack	s.t.
51	Emanuele Rizza	Lipton Ice Tea	s.t.
52	Thomas De Gendt	Milka	s.t.
53	Baden Cooke	Domina Vacanze	s.t.
54	Michael Van Stayen	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
55	Jason Donald	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
56	Radomir Simunek	Team Starbucks-RadioShack	s.t.
57	Alexandre Aulas	Carmeuse Cyclisme	s.t.
58	Davide Viganò	Energie - Diesel	s.t.
59	Casper Jørgensen	Team B&O	s.t.
60	Mitch Docker	Lafarge	s.t.
61	Christian Meier	Wikipedia	s.t.
62	Rafael Rodríguez Segarra	La Gazzetta dello Sport	s.t.
63	Adam Petrie-Armstrong	Lipton Ice Tea	s.t.
64	Carlos Alberto Ospina	Team Starbucks-RadioShack	s.t.
65	William Walker	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
66	Tanel Kangert	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
67	Oscar Freire	Team Starbucks-RadioShack	s.t.
68	Yoann Offredo	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
69	Tom Criel	Team Starbucks-RadioShack	s.t.
70	Artjom Timofeev	Wikipedia	s.t.
71	Jaime Suaza	Carmeuse Cyclisme	s.t.
72	Kristof Vandewalle	La Gazzetta dello Sport	s.t.
73	Rick Flens	La Gazzetta dello Sport	s.t.
74	Dennis Van Winden	La Gazzetta dello Sport	s.t.
75	Blake Caldwell	Wikipedia	s.t.
76	Óscar Pereiro Sio	Café de Colombia	s.t.
77	Olivier Kaisen	Wikipedia	s.t.
78	Matthew Crane	Team Starbucks-RadioShack	s.t.
79	Mathieu Drujon	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
80	Juan Pablo Forero	Milka	s.t.
81	Pim Ligthart	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
82	Ramunas Navardauskas	Festina - Corona	s.t.
83	Niels Scheunemann	Philips - TDC	s.t.
84	Pedro Nicácio	Energie - Diesel	s.t.
85	Aggrey Sebright	Wikipedia	s.t.
86	Michael Schär	Team Nespresso	s.t.
87	Wouter Weylandt	Carmeuse Cyclisme	s.t.
88	Vladimir Bileka	Festina - Corona	s.t.
89	Pierre Rolland	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
90	Clément Lhotellerie	Carmeuse Cyclisme	s.t.
91	Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn	Team 1	s.t.
92	Martin Pedersen	Philips - TDC	s.t.
93	Aurélien Clerc	Carmeuse Cyclisme	s.t.
94	Kim Michely	Team 1	s.t.
95	Joost Posthuma	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
96	Diego Gallego	Warner Brothers - Carrefour	s.t.
97	Dimitri Champion	Lafarge	s.t.
98	Jacob Fiedler	Team Nespresso	s.t.
99	Juraj Sagan	Team B&O	s.t.
100	Denis Galimzyanov	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
101	Isaac Speirs	Domina Vacanze	s.t.
102	Tom Veelers	Team B&O	s.t.
103	Danilo Wyss	Domina Vacanze	s.t.
104	Sergio Marinangeli	La Gazzetta dello Sport	s.t.
105	Adrien Niyonshuti	Team 1	s.t.
106	Gianluca Coletta	Warner Brothers - Carrefour	s.t.
107	Andreas Klöden	Café de Colombia	s.t.
108	Troels Vinter	Team B&O	s.t.
109	Daniel Fleeman	Domina Vacanze	s.t.
110	Mauro Facci	Warner Brothers - Carrefour	s.t.
111	Sergei Kolesnikov	Warner Brothers - Carrefour	s.t.
112	Rudi Van Houts	Warner Brothers - Carrefour	s.t.
113	William Bonnet	Lafarge	s.t.
114	Maxime Bouet	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
115	Jerome Coppel	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
116	Steven Caethoven	Carmeuse Cyclisme	s.t.
117	Marcel Kittel	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
118	Sebastian Lang	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
119	Freddy Johansson	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
120	Serge Pauwels	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
121	Dominique Cornu	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
122	Nico Schinker	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
123	Nick Clesen	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
124	Adrian Laidler	Lafarge	s.t.
125	Sébastien Minard	Lafarge	s.t.
126	Mauro Da Dalto	Domina Vacanze	s.t.
127	Björn Schröder	Domina Vacanze	s.t.
128	Ben Gastauer	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
129	Marcel Sieberg	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
130	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Milka	s.t.
131	Alexis Castro Rodriguez	Warner Brothers - Carrefour	s.t.
132	Jukka Vastaranta	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
133	Michael Ford	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
134	Jan Hopman	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
135	Jakub Danacik	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
136	Enrico Franzoi	Pearl Adidas	s.t.
137	Dmitri Muravjev	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
138	Matt Rowe	Lipton Ice Tea	s.t.
139	Ludovic Bret	Lafarge	s.t.
140	Jérôme Baugnies	Lipton Ice Tea	s.t.
141	Ronan Van Zandbeek	Lafarge	s.t.
142	Florian Morizot	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
143	William Germán Rodríguez Parra	Café de Colombia	s.t.
144	Luigi Sestili	Lafarge	s.t.
145	Andrew Tennant	Café de Colombia	s.t.
146	Hugues Mottin	Team Nespresso	s.t.
147	Tony Martin	Domina Vacanze	s.t.
148	Hernâni Broco	Team Nespresso	s.t.
149	Jens Mouris	Philips - TDC	+ 2'28
150	Sven Nooytens	Lipton Ice Tea	s.t.
151	Kevin Hulsmans	Warner Brothers - Carrefour	s.t.
152	Koldo Fernandez	Domina Vacanze	s.t.
153	Tiago Pinto	Warner Brothers - Carrefour	s.t.
154	Viktor Renäng	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
155	Marco Pinotti	Café de Colombia	s.t.
156	Sebastian Batchelor	Team 1	+ 3'00
157	Saydou Sow	Team 1	+ 3'18
158	Elia Viviani	Energie - Diesel	+ 3'58
159	Marcel Barth	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
160	Morten Reckweg	Team B&O	s.t.
161	Paul Healion	Café de Colombia	+ 5'43
162	Aleksandr Mironov	Lipton Ice Tea	s.t.
163	Ivan Kovalev	Wikipedia	s.t.
164	Rik Kavsek	Team Starbucks-RadioShack	s.t.
165	Martin Mortensen	Sony Ericsson	+ 7'23

GC

1	Kai Reus	Auber 93 - Look	3h06'01
2	Pim Ligthart	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
3	Mathieu Drujon	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
4	Pierre Rolland	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
5	Maxime Bouet	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
6	William Ford	Auber 93 - Look	+ 2
7	Cameron Meyer	Sony Ericsson	+ 4
8	Sebastian Lang	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
9	Jerome Coppel	Auber 93 - Look	s.t.
10	Serge Pauwels	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
11	Jakub Danacik	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
12	Dmitri Muravjev	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
13	Florian Morizot	Auber 93 - Look	+ 6
14	Freddy Johansson	Sony Ericsson	+ 9
15	Denis Galimzyanov	Vesuvio-Accumalux	+ 12
16	Marcel Kittel	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
17	Ben Gastauer	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
18	Michael Ford	Vesuvio-Accumalux	s.t.
19	Kristof Goddaert	Festina - Corona	+ 13
20	Koen De Kort	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
21	Lucas Schädlich	Festina - Corona	s.t.
22	Patrick Gretsch	Festina - Corona	s.t.
23	Roman Maksimov	Festina - Corona	s.t.
24	Hans Dekkers	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
25	Michael Van Stayen	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
26	Mitch Docker	Lafarge	s.t.
27	Ramunas Navardauskas	Festina - Corona	s.t.
28	Vladimir Bileka	Festina - Corona	s.t.
29	Joost Posthuma	Jack Wolfskin	s.t.
30	William Bonnet	Lafarge	s.t.

Points

1	Óscar Avelino	Lipton Ice Tea	35
2	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Team B&O	32
3	Jaime Alberto Castañeda	Café de Colombia	26
4	Daniele Bennati	La Gazzetta dello Sport	24
5	Ivano Lo Cicero	Team Nespresso	23
6	Jurgen Roelandts	Carmeuse Cyclisme	22
7	Jonas Aaen Jørgensen	Team B&O	20
8	Claudio Corioni	Energie - Diesel	19
9	Romain Vanderbiest	Pearl Adidas	18
10	Sam Bewley	Festina - Corona	16

Young Rider

1	Pim Ligthart	Auber 93 - Look	3h06'01 (1)
2	Pierre Rolland	Auber 93 - Look	+ 0 (2)
3	Maxime Bouet	Auber 93 - Look	+ 0 (3)
4	William Ford	Auber 93 - Look	+ 2 (4)
5	Cameron Meyer	Sony Ericsson	+ 4 (5)
6	Jerome Coppel	Auber 93 - Look	+ 4 (6)
7	Jakub Danacik	Sony Ericsson	+ 4 (7)
8	Freddy Johansson	Sony Ericsson	+ 9 (8)
9	Denis Galimzyanov	Vesuvio-Accumalux	+ 12 (9)
10	Marcel Kittel	Vesuvio-Accumalux	+ 12 (10)