Amets Txurruka started the attacks but unfortunately for him and 7 others, it included 8th Overall Matteo Priamo and they were chased down.

A new break formed in time for the first intermediate sprint:


Vole, Askari, Weissinger, Duggan and Salgueiro joined them and if Jorgensen were to win the 2nd sprint, he would go level on time with Tyler Farrar.

Jorgensen went early for the 2nd sprint and had a monster lead, Weissinger and Bole reacted while Downing was in a bad position. As they came to the crucial point Jorgensen began to fade and lost his chances of taking the overall lead.


They were caught with 15km to go and there were some crashes at the back of the field in the last 10 kilometres. Sebastien Chavanel was the best of the sprinters down.


Wiesenhof had the front at the finish for Cadamuro, with Nazon and Traksel trailing them. At the last minute Grillo chose to switch to his teammate but wasnt paying attention and lost his wheel after this turn having to waste energy to catch up again.


Wiesenhof still elad with 1km to go and with 600m to go Cadamuro looks strong:

1	Jean-Patrick Nazon	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	3h00'06
2	Simone Cadamuro	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
3	Paride Grillo	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
4	Jimmy Casper	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
5	Bobbie Traksel	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
6	Ivan Quaranta	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
7	Stefan Radochla	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
8	Max Van Heeswijk	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
9	Jurgen Van Loocke	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
10	Marco Zanotti	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
11	Ruben Bongiorno	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
12	Tyler Farrar	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
13	Victor Gomes Colinas	BENFICA	s.t.
14	Maximiliano Richeze	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
15	René Haselbacher	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
16	Stéphane Poulhiès	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
17	Aleksei Markov	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
18	Simon Clarke	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
19	Davide Viganò	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
20	Fredrik Johansson	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
21	Graeme Brown	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
22	Kirk O'Bee	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
23	Gerrit Glomser	VOLKSBANK	s.t.
24	Mariusz Wiesiak	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
25	Gennadi Mikhailov	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
26	Anthony Lavoine	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
27	Bas Giling	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
28	Joseph Cooper	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
29	Jukka Vastaranta	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
30	Danilo Wyss	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
31	Marco Bos	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
32	Henk Vogels	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
33	Erki Pütsep	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
34	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
35	Edmund Hollands	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
36	Gordon McCauley	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
37	Jens Mouris	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
38	José Joaquin Rojas Gil	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
39	Nico Sijmens	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
40	Nathan O'Neill	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
41	Ben Swift	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
42	Rob Ruijgh	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
43	Brett Aitken	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
44	Salvatore Commesso	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
45	Fumiyuki Beppu	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
46	Ronald Harvey	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
47	Johan Lindgren	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
48	Leon Van Bon	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
49	Philipp Ludescher	VOLKSBANK	s.t.
50	José Vicente Garcia Acosta	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.

GC results come later, Farrar still leads

1	Tyler Farrar	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	6h06'06
2	Steven Cozza	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
3	Antonio Cruz	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
4	Jason Donald	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
5	Paride Grillo	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	+ 1
6	Jonas Aaen Jørgensen	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
7	Jimmy Casper	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	+ 2
8	Maximiliano Richeze	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
9	Matteo Priamo	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
10	Aleksei Markov	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	+ 4
11	Jens Mouris	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
12	Nathan O'Neill	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
13	Ben Swift	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
14	Salvatore Commesso	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
15	Laurent Lefèvre	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
16	Maarten Tjallingii	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
17	Sébastien Chavanel	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
18	Imanol Erviti	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
19	Hugo Sabido	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
20	Bobbie Traksel	DESIGNA KØKKEN	+ 6

Rank	Name	Team	Points	General
1	Paride Grillo	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	25	50
2	Jimmy Casper	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	23	50
3	Bobbie Traksel	DESIGNA KØKKEN	21	40
4	Simone Cadamuro	WIESENHOF - FELT	27	38
5	Maximiliano Richeze	AGRITUBEL	7	37
6	Jean-Patrick Nazon	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	30	37
7	Ruben Bongiorno	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	10	31
8	Max Van Heeswijk	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	15	30
9	Marco Zanotti	UNE ORBITEL	11	28
10	Aleksei Markov	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	4	27