Sebastien Chavanel withdrew early on after a disappointing tour while Kirk O'bee and Danny Pate launched a 12-man break. The peleton chased the break hard and instead led a 10 man break go instead.

HealthNet's Anastopoulos won both the sprints as the start of a mammoth chase began. The gap to the peleton was never more than 5 minutes but they were working very hard and well together.



Most teams contributed to the chase and despite having Feillu up there, DFL fancied their chances with Markov and led the chase in the closing stages.


With 11km to go a crash at the back of the pack took down the likes of Voigt, Aitken and Glomser, while Meirhaeghe had to withdraw.

His withdrawal was overshadowed though by the capture of the breakaway, a little too close for comfort.


The sprinters did not seem too prepared and having been badly positioned all week, Zanotti decided a different approach and took to the front with 2km to go.


Hayman of Wiesenhof is in 2nd at the moment with Fredrik Johansson is leading the sprinters train with Bobbie Traksel and Simone Cadamuro well placed. With 1.2km to go, Traksel is released and Zanotti has less of a lead than he would have hoped.


Traksel closes the gap to Zanotti but Cadamuro is looking good today. Markov doesnt look as quick as yesterday and Casper is too far back, with Nazon on his wheel.


Traksel and Cadamuro are now head to head!! Zanotti is fading and Casper is storming through while Nazon still holds Caspers wheel!


And Cadamuro edges it on the line!


Its going to be a photo finish for 3rd though!

1	Simone Cadamuro	WIESENHOF - FELT	3h41'41
2	Bobbie Traksel	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
3	Marco Zanotti	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
4	Jimmy Casper	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
5	Aleksei Markov	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
6	Jean-Patrick Nazon	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
7	Ruben Bongiorno	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
8	Max Van Heeswijk	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
9	Paride Grillo	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
10	Fredrik Johansson	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
11	Simon Clarke	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
12	Gabriele Balducci	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
13	René Haselbacher	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
14	Maximiliano Richeze	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
15	Nico Sijmens	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
16	Victor Gomes Colinas	BENFICA	s.t.
17	Stéphane Poulhiès	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
18	Matthew Hayman	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
19	Mariusz Wiesiak	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
20	Davide Viganò	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
21	Graeme Brown	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
22	Anthony Lavoine	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
23	Steven Caethoven	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
24	Kirk O'Bee	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
25	Tyler Farrar	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
26	Marco Bos	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
27	Gennadi Mikhailov	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
28	Jukka Vastaranta	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
29	Ivan Quaranta	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
30	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
31	Russell Downing	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
32	Joseph Cooper	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
33	Stefan Radochla	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
34	Jonas Aaen Jørgensen	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
35	Fumiyuki Beppu	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
36	Erki Pütsep	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
37	Nathan O'Neill	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
38	José Joaquin Rojas Gil	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
39	Danail Petrov	BENFICA	s.t.
40	Vasilis Anastopoulos	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
41	Bas Giling	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
42	Romain Feillu	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
43	Danilo Wyss	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
44	Imanol Erviti	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
45	Jens Mouris	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
46	Jurgen Van Loocke	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
47	Jan Hruska	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
48	Johan Lindgren	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
49	David Vitoria	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
50	Grega Bole	AGRITUBEL	s.t.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Jimmy Casper	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	12h55'38
2	Aleksei Markov	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	+ 6
3	Simone Cadamuro	WIESENHOF - FELT	+ 8
4	Bobbie Traksel	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
5	Tyler Farrar	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
6	Steven Cozza	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
7	Antonio Cruz	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
8	Jason Donald	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
9	Paride Grillo	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	+ 9
10	Jonas Aaen Jørgensen	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
11	Maximiliano Richeze	AGRITUBEL	+ 10
12	Matteo Priamo	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
13	Nathan O'Neill	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	+ 12
14	Imanol Erviti	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
15	Jens Mouris	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
16	Ben Swift	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
17	Salvatore Commesso	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
18	Laurent Lefèvre	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
19	Maarten Tjallingii	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
20	Marco Zanotti	UNE ORBITEL	+ 13
21	Fredrik Johansson	DESIGNA KØKKEN	+ 14
22	José Joaquin Rojas Gil	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
23	Vasilis Anastopoulos	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
24	Martin Mortensen	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
25	Dmitri Muravjev	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
28	Ruben Bongiorno	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	+ 15
47	Jean-Patrick Nazon	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	+ 19

Rank	Name	Team	Points	General
1	Jimmy Casper	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	23	103
2	Bobbie Traksel	DESIGNA KØKKEN	26	89
3	Jean-Patrick Nazon	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	19	81
4	Paride Grillo	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	13	80
5	Simone Cadamuro	WIESENHOF - FELT	30	75
6	Aleksei Markov	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	21	75
7	Ruben Bongiorno	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	17	69
8	Marco Zanotti	UNE ORBITEL	25	68
9	Maximiliano Richeze	AGRITUBEL	7	63
10	Max Van Heeswijk	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	15	50
11	Stéphane Poulhiès	AGRITUBEL	4	30
12	Ivan Quaranta	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	0	30
13	Jurgen Van Loocke	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	0	24
14	Stefan Radochla	WIESENHOF - FELT	0	22
15	Gabriele Balducci	WIESENHOF - FELT	9	19
16	Tyler Farrar	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	0	19
17	René Haselbacher	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	8	16
18	Vasilis Anastopoulos	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	6	16
19	Victor Gomes Colinas	BENFICA	5	16
20	Steven Caethoven	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	0	14

Tyler Farrar still leads the young rider competition, although Bobby Traksel is level on time with him now.

Slipstream lead the teams competition and should win that now.