Personally, I found this still rather dull. The huge headwind did nothing, the break went away and the break got caught. (Or did they?)

Here's the intermediate sprints.

With the peleton chasing hard, Sebastien Lang attacks his companions.

With 11km to go, the pack is caught

Lang lasts 7km longer but is still caught.

Ben Hermans still has a gap tho as Bernucci and Caqdamuro lead the pack, Traksel is setting up his own train.

Hermans still leads!


With the 2 Wiesenhof sprinters underperforming, it has left the doro open for Traksel and Markov - a win for them with Casper not in the top 3 would give them overall victory!

Here comes Traksel and Markov cant follow!

Traksel looks like hes going to win and Casper is nowhere! Can markov hang on to 2nd as Van Heeswijk is edging closer to him.

Traksel wins it!

Casper is down in 7th, while Caethoven takes 8th to give Tinkoff their first Qatar points!

1	Bobbie Traksel	DESIGNA KØKKEN	3h15'24
2	Max Van Heeswijk	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
3	Aleksei Markov	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
4	Paride Grillo	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
5	Simone Cadamuro	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
6	Jean-Patrick Nazon	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
7	Jimmy Casper	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
8	Steven Caethoven	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
9	Maximiliano Richeze	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
10	Gabriele Balducci	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
11	René Haselbacher	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
12	Ruben Bongiorno	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
13	Stéphane Poulhiès	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
14	Gennadi Mikhailov	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
15	Ivan Quaranta	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
16	Russell Downing	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
17	Stefan Radochla	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
18	Marco Zanotti	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
19	Victor Gomes Colinas	BENFICA	s.t.
20	Simon Clarke	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
21	Ben Hermans	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
22	Jukka Vastaranta	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
23	Matthew Hayman	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
24	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
25	Jurgen Van Loocke	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
26	Graeme Brown	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
27	Marco Bos	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
28	Joseph Cooper	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
29	Erki Pütsep	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
30	Tyler Farrar	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
31	Fredrik Johansson	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
32	Jonas Aaen Jørgensen	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
33	Bas Giling	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
34	Nico Sijmens	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
35	Dmitri Muravjev	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
36	Grega Bole	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
37	Imanol Erviti	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
38	Kirk O'Bee	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
39	John Murphy	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
40	Anthony Lavoine	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
41	Jens Mouris	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
42	Danilo Wyss	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
43	Frank Høj	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
44	Mariusz Wiesiak	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
45	Ruslan Grychenko	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
46	Maxime Bouet	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
47	Pieter Seyfert	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
48	Sebastian Lang	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
49	Maarten Tjallingii	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
50	José Vicente Garcia Acosta	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.

11	Maximiliano Richeze	AGRITUBEL	+ 12
12	Matteo Priamo	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
13	Imanol Erviti	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	+ 14
14	Jens Mouris	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
15	Ben Swift	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
16	Nathan O'Neill	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
17	Maarten Tjallingii	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
18	Laurent Lefèvre	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
19	Salvatore Commesso	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
20	Marco Zanotti	UNE ORBITEL	+ 15
21	Fredrik Johansson	DESIGNA KØKKEN	+ 16
22	Dmitri Muravjev	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
23	Kirk O'Bee	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
24	Frank Høj	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
25	Sebastian Lang	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
26	José Joaquin Rojas Gil	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
27	Martin Mortensen	DESIGNA KØKKEN	s.t.
28	Vasilis Anastopoulos	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
29	Ruben Bongiorno	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	+ 17
30	Nico Sijmens	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
31	Jan Hruska	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
32	Bradley Wiggins	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	+ 18
33	David McCann	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
34	Gordon McCauley	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
35	Gennadi Mikhailov	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	+ 19
36	Marco Bos	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
37	Jurgen Van Loocke	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
38	Erki Pütsep	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
39	Anthony Lavoine	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
40	José Vicente Garcia Acosta	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
41	Johan Lindgren	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
42	Johan Vansummeren	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
43	Javier Aramendía	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
44	Nicolas Portal	UNE ORBITEL	s.t.
45	Matías Médici	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
46	Grega Bole	AGRITUBEL	+ 20
47	Max Van Heeswijk	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	+ 21
48	Jean-Patrick Nazon	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
49	Victor Gomes Colinas	BENFICA	s.t.
50	Danail Petrov	BENFICA	s.t.
51	Stéphane Poulhiès	AGRITUBEL	+ 22
52	Jukka Vastaranta	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
53	Maxime Bouet	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
54	Gustav Larsson	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
55	Rob Ruijgh	AGRITUBEL	s.t.
56	Sten Stenersen	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
57	Morten Reckweg	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
58	Stian Sommerseth	MAXBO BIANCHI	s.t.
59	David Vitoria	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	+ 23
60	Steven Caethoven	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	+ 25
61	Edmund Hollands	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
62	Yon Bru Pascal	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
63	Henk Vogels	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
64	Danny Pate	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	s.t.
65	Gabriele Balducci	WIESENHOF - FELT	+ 26
66	Stefan Radochla	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
67	Matthew Hayman	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
68	Ben Hermans	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
69	Bas Giling	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
70	Danilo Wyss	WIESENHOF - FELT	s.t.
71	Leon Van Bon	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
72	Joseph Cooper	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	+ 27
73	Ghader Mizbani	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
74	Sid Taberlay	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
75	Simon Clarke	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	+ 28
76	Ruslan Grychenko	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
77	Ben Day	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	s.t.
78	René Haselbacher	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	+ 35
79	Ivan Quaranta	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
80	Graeme Brown	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
81	Mariusz Wiesiak	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
82	Fumiyuki Beppu	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	s.t.
83	Hugues Mottin	NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA	+ 2'30
84	Jens Voigt	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	+ 2'58
85	Andy Cappelle	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
86	David Boucher	LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER	s.t.
87	Thomas De Gendt	MAXBO BIANCHI	+ 3'03
88	René Weissinger	VOLKSBANK	+ 3'07
89	Philipp Ludescher	VOLKSBANK	+ 3'08
90	Bram Tankink	VOLKSBANK	+ 3'10
91	Russell Downing	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	+ 3'23
92	Marco Guillén	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	+ 3'26
93	Mahdi Sohrabi	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
94	Michael Vingerling	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	s.t.
95	Michael Van Stayen	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	+ 3'29
96	Hugo Sabido	BARLOWORLD	+ 3'39
97	Adam Hansen	TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS	+ 3'46
98	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	+ 3'47
99	Amets Txurruka	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	+ 3'55
100	Hassan Maleki	PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM	+ 4'10
101	John Murphy	HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS	+ 4'53
102	Romain Feillu	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	+ 5'43
103	Enrique Salgueiro	BENFICA	+ 5'51
104	Lars Pria	DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM	+ 5'57
105	Gerrit Glomser	VOLKSBANK	+ 6'24
106	Ronald Harvey	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	+ 6'50
107	Ed Clancy	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	+ 6'51
108	Abbass Saeidi Tanha	PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM	s.t.
109	Moosa Said	PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM	s.t.
110	Hossein Askari	PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM	+ 7'14
111	Tigran Korkotyan	LETUA CYCLING TEAM	+ 7'31
112	Kristoffer Nielsen	MAXBO BIANCHI	+ 7'36
113	Davide Viganò	AGRITUBEL	+ 8'24
114	Sergei Komkov	BENFICA	+ 8'34
115	Rory Sutherland	VOLKSBANK	+ 10'57
116	Tommy Zaini	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	+ 11'22
117	Farshad Salehian	PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM	+ 11'23
118	Ahmed Kazemi Sarai	PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM	+ 11'29
119	Tiago Machado	BENFICA	+ 12'47
120	Tareq Esmaeli	PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM	+ 13'23
121	Brett Aitken	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	+ 15'16
122	Pieter Seyfert	BARLOWORLD	+ 15'23
123	Juan Luis Quintero	BENFICA	+ 15'42
124	Wes Sulzberger	SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS	+ 17'28
125	Tong Yu	CONTROL TEAM II	+ 17'53
126	Brad Armstrong	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	+ 18'04
127	Blake Caldwell	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	+ 22'33
128	Teodoro Costagli	BENFICA	+ 24'59
129	Timothy Duggan	TEAM SLIPSTREAM	+ 25'56
130	Julio Enrique Tinajero	CONTROL TEAM II	+ 25'57
131	Valentín Díaz de Guereñu	CONTROL TEAM II	+ 27'13
132	Timm Aykurt	CONTROL TEAM II	+ 28'47
133	Hipólito Elías Lerga	CONTROL TEAM II	+ 31'32
134	João Valmir Pereira	CONTROL TEAM II	+ 32'30
135	Jesús Rueda	CONTROL TEAM II	+ 33'09

Traksel is the best young rider while Slipstream win the teams competition thanks purely to their TTT