Today's break features 6 riders - Taillefour, Fernandez, Pate, Flens, Stannard, Deignan



But with another great showing, Slipstream reel them in with 18km to go



As the sprint begins, one chain gets stuck in the middle - back luck for riders like Napolitano and Ciolek. On the right is Furlan-Petacchi-Haedo-Hushovd-Bos-Weylandt




But a crash! Festina's Laverde Velez brings down a whole bunch of riders - 3 from American Suzuki, 3 from Credit Lyonnais, 2 from Erste - Mazet of Eurosport is the only rider forced to retire however



2km to go, and Furlan still leads out Petacchi, and Napolitano now leads the middle chain, but it's stuck behind Bos, who doesn't have the power aftter this long stage



1km to go, and Petacchi, Hushovd and Haedo now go!


But it is Petacchi who takes the win! Hushovd takes second, with Haedo 3rd


Stage:

1	Alessandro Petacchi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	3h08'04
2	Thor Hushovd	FESTINA	s.t.
3	Juan José Haedo	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
4	Danilo Napolitano	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
5	Wouter Weylandt	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
6	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
7	Angelo Furlan	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
8	Theo Bos	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
9	Alberto Loddo	ERSTE	s.t.
10	Murilo Fischer	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
11	Leonardo Duque	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
12	Robert Hunter	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
13	Crescenzo D'Amore	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
14	Peter Wrolich	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
15	Aurélien Clerc	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
16	Francesco Chicchi	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
17	Alexandre Aulas	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
18	Fred Rodriguez	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
19	Eros Capecchi	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
20	Mark Scanlon	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
21	Bruno Neves	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
22	Joseph Cooper	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
23	Jurgen Van Loocke	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
24	Eric Baumann	CARLSBERG	s.t.
25	Marcel Barth	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
26	Martin Elmiger	EUROSPORT	s.t.
27	Assan Bazajev	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
28	Anthony Lavoine	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
29	Kevin Van Impe	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
30	Aleksandr Serebriakov	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
31	Alex Rasmussen	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
32	Kirk O'Bee	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
33	Maxime Vantomme	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
34	Mike Friedman	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
35	Borut Bozic	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
36	Marco Fabbri	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
37	Sergei Klimov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
38	Michael Mørkøv	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
39	Freddy Johansson	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
40	Juan Pablo Forero	ERSTE	s.t.
41	Brad Huff	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
42	Sebastian Langeveld	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
43	Patrick Gretsch	FESTINA	s.t.
44	Bert Roesems	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
45	Luciano Pagliarini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
46	Kevin Seeldraeyers	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
47	Christian Poos	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
48	Anders Lund	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
49	Anthony Geslin	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
50	Alexandre Botcharov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
51	Jürgen Van de Walle	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
52	Kasper Klostergaard	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
53	Rafaâ Chtioui	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
54	Kenny De Haes	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
55	Jan Ghyselinck	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
56	Nick Clesen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
57	Michael Schär	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
58	László Bodrogi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
59	Benoît Vaugrenard	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
60	Tim Dees	FESTINA	s.t.
61	Jordi Grau	FESTINA	s.t.
62	Cesare Di Maggio	ERSTE	s.t.
63	Aleksandr Arekejev	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
64	Dimitri Champion	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
65	Anthony Roux	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
66	Ramunas Navardauskas	FESTINA	s.t.
67	Iban Mayo	EUROSPORT	s.t.
68	Luigi Sestili	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
69	Koldo Fernandez	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
70	Piotr Mazur	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
71	Sergio Ortega	FESTINA	s.t.
72	Victor Hugo Peña	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
73	Hector Guerra	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
74	Frederik Nolf	FESTINA	s.t.
75	Jason Donald	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
76	Tom Zirbel	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
77	Rik Verbrugghe	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
78	Sébastien Ivars	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
79	Paolo Savoldelli	CARLSBERG	s.t.
80	Matthieu Sprick	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
81	Marc Machado	CARLSBERG	s.t.
82	Jérôme Pineau	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
83	Michael Barry	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
84	Steven Cozza	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
85	Tom Stubbe	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
86	Nicki Sørensen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
87	Trent Lowe	CARLSBERG	s.t.
88	Sébastien Rosseler	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
89	Marcel Sieberg	CARLSBERG	s.t.
90	Tejay Van Garderen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
91	Koen De Kort	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
92	Giovanni Visconti	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
93	Timothy Duggan	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
94	David George	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
95	David Millar	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
96	Juan-Antonio Flecha	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
97	Fabio Sabatini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
98	Mikhail Bourgoin	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
99	Michael Ford	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
100	Adil Jelloul	CARLSBERG	s.t.
101	Kenny De Ketele	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
102	Stef Clement	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
103	Ismaël Kip	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
104	Adrian Laidler	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
105	Joost Posthuma	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
106	Dennis Van Winden	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
107	Francesco Gavazzi	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
108	Serge Pauwels	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
109	Viktor Renäng	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
110	Sebastian Lang	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
111	Rafael Rodríguez Segarra	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
112	Boy Van Poppel	EUROSPORT	s.t.
113	Sébastien Joly	EUROSPORT	s.t.
114	Matthé Pronk	EUROSPORT	s.t.
115	Bradley McGee	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
116	Blake Caldwell	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
117	Logan Hutchings	ERSTE	s.t.
118	Saulo Lay	ERSTE	s.t.
119	Alexander Giraldo	ERSTE	s.t.
120	Dario Cataldo	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
121	Przemyslaw Niemiec	ERSTE	s.t.
122	William Bonnet	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
123	Michail Ignatiev	ERSTE	s.t.
124	Chris Wherry	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
125	Yasmani Martinez	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
126	Timothy Gudsell	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
127	Matthieu Ladagnous	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
128	Rubén Darío Laverde Velez	FESTINA	s.t.
129	Ian Stannard	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
130	Philip Deignan	EUROSPORT	s.t.
131	Fabien Taillefour	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
132	Rick Flens	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
133	Danny Pate	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
134	Horácio Mesquita	FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS	s.t.
135	Clément Lhotellerie	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 4'49
136	Josu Irazusta	THE CONTROL TEAM	+ 5'29
137	Emanuele Rizza	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 6'41
138	Martin Mortensen	SONY ERICSSON	+ 7'37

General Classification:

1	Juan José Haedo	SLIPSTREAM	9h23'37
2	Thor Hushovd	FESTINA	+ 7
3	Nick Clesen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 15
4	Robert Hunter	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 16
5	Marcel Barth	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
6	Christian Poos	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
7	Rafaâ Chtioui	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
8	Piotr Mazur	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
9	David Millar	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
10	Aleksandr Serebriakov	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 17
11	Patrick Gretsch	FESTINA	s.t.
12	Tim Dees	FESTINA	s.t.
13	Jordi Grau	FESTINA	s.t.
14	Ramunas Navardauskas	FESTINA	s.t.
15	Frederik Nolf	FESTINA	s.t.
16	Sergio Ortega	FESTINA	s.t.
17	Rubén Darío Laverde Velez	FESTINA	s.t.
18	Borut Bozic	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 18
19	Luigi Sestili	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
20	Adrian Laidler	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
21	William Bonnet	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
22	Dario Cataldo	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
23	Fabien Taillefour	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
24	Timothy Duggan	SLIPSTREAM	+ 19
25	Rick Flens	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
26	Alessandro Petacchi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	+ 20
27	Mike Friedman	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
28	Brad Huff	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
29	Jason Donald	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
30	Tom Zirbel	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
31	Steven Cozza	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
32	Blake Caldwell	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
33	Danilo Napolitano	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 22
34	Eros Capecchi	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
35	Jan Ghyselinck	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
36	Michael Schär	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
37	Aleksandr Arekejev	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
38	Rik Verbrugghe	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
39	Koen De Kort	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
40	Michael Ford	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
41	Adil Jelloul	CARLSBERG	s.t.
42	Dennis Van Winden	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
43	Ismaël Kip	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
44	Rafael Rodríguez Segarra	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
45	Joost Posthuma	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
46	Francesco Gavazzi	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
47	Danny Pate	WIKIPEDIA	+ 23
48	Eric Baumann	CARLSBERG	+ 24
49	Paolo Savoldelli	CARLSBERG	s.t.
50	Sébastien Ivars	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
51	Nicki Sørensen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
52	Matthieu Sprick	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
53	Tom Stubbe	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
54	Jérôme Pineau	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
55	Marcel Sieberg	CARLSBERG	s.t.
56	Tejay Van Garderen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
57	David George	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
58	Yasmani Martinez	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
59	Timothy Gudsell	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 26
60	Crescenzo D'Amore	SONY ERICSSON	+ 27
61	Assan Bazajev	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
62	Freddy Johansson	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
63	Benoît Vaugrenard	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
64	Viktor Renäng	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
65	Serge Pauwels	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
66	Sebastian Lang	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
67	Bradley McGee	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
68	Chris Wherry	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
69	Matthieu Ladagnous	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
70	Theo Bos	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 28
71	Aurélien Clerc	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
72	Kirk O'Bee	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
73	Luciano Pagliarini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
74	Anthony Geslin	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
75	Fabio Sabatini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
76	Stef Clement	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
77	Sébastien Joly	EUROSPORT	s.t.
78	Mark Scanlon	WARNER BROTHERS	+ 29
79	Koldo Fernandez	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
80	Ian Stannard	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
81	Martin Elmiger	EUROSPORT	+ 30
82	Iban Mayo	EUROSPORT	s.t.
83	Boy Van Poppel	EUROSPORT	s.t.
84	Matthé Pronk	EUROSPORT	s.t.
85	Philip Deignan	EUROSPORT	s.t.
86	Wouter Weylandt	WARNER BROTHERS	+ 31
87	Kevin Van Impe	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
88	Alex Rasmussen	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
89	Marco Fabbri	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
90	Kevin Seeldraeyers	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
91	Jürgen Van de Walle	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
92	Kenny De Haes	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
93	Sébastien Rosseler	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
94	Giovanni Visconti	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
95	Juan-Antonio Flecha	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
96	Alberto Loddo	ERSTE	+ 32
97	Juan Pablo Forero	ERSTE	s.t.
98	Cesare Di Maggio	ERSTE	s.t.
99	Saulo Lay	ERSTE	s.t.
100	Logan Hutchings	ERSTE	s.t.
101	Alexander Giraldo	ERSTE	s.t.
102	Michail Ignatiev	ERSTE	s.t.
103	Przemyslaw Niemiec	ERSTE	s.t.
104	Angelo Furlan	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	+ 36
105	Maxime Vantomme	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
106	Michael Mørkøv	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
107	Anders Lund	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
108	Kasper Klostergaard	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
109	László Bodrogi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
110	Bruno Neves	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 37
111	Alexandre Aulas	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 38
112	Murilo Fischer	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 41
113	Leonardo Duque	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
114	Francesco Chicchi	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
115	Joseph Cooper	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
116	Sergei Klimov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
117	Alexandre Botcharov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
118	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 43
119	Peter Wrolich	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
120	Jurgen Van Loocke	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
121	Anthony Lavoine	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
122	Bert Roesems	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
123	Anthony Roux	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
124	Victor Hugo Peña	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 3'18
125	Kenny De Ketele	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 3'23
126	Sebastian Langeveld	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 3'27
127	Fred Rodriguez	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 3'39
128	Hector Guerra	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 4'38
129	Mikhail Bourgoin	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 5'13
130	Clément Lhotellerie	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 5'17
131	Marc Machado	CARLSBERG	+ 6'22
132	Trent Lowe	CARLSBERG	+ 6'46
133	Dimitri Champion	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 10'08
134	Martin Mortensen	SONY ERICSSON	+ 10'15
135	Horácio Mesquita	FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS	+ 10'48
136	Emanuele Rizza	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 12'10
137	Michael Barry	WIKIPEDIA	+ 14'30
138	Josu Irazusta	THE CONTROL TEAM	+ 21'58

Points:

1	Juan José Haedo	SLIPSTREAM	25	82
2	Alessandro Petacchi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	30	80
3	Thor Hushovd	FESTINA	27	69
4	Danilo Napolitano	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	23	57
5	Aleksandr Serebriakov	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	0	55
6	Wouter Weylandt	WARNER BROTHERS	21	52
7	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	19	51
8	Francesco Chicchi	DOMINA VACANZE	5	43
9	Theo Bos	NINTENDO - HONDA	15	38
10	Murilo Fischer	DOMINA VACANZE	11	28
11	Angelo Furlan	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	17	28
12	Alberto Loddo	ERSTE	13	26
13	Aurélien Clerc	NINTENDO - HONDA	6	19
14	Marco Fabbri	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	0	19
15	Crescenzo D'Amore	SONY ERICSSON	8	15
16	Koldo Fernandez	DOMINA VACANZE	6	14
17	Juan Pablo Forero	ERSTE	0	12
18	Eros Capecchi	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	2	10
19	Alexandre Aulas	DOMINA VACANZE	4	10
20	Leonardo Duque	DOMINA VACANZE	10	10
21	Luciano Pagliarini	NINTENDO - HONDA	0	9
22	Robert Hunter	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	9	9
23	Maxime Vantomme	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	0	8
24	Anthony Lavoine	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	0	7
25	Borut Bozic	CREDIT LYONNAIS	0	7
26	Peter Wrolich	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	7	7
27	Brad Huff	SLIPSTREAM	0	6
28	Bruno Neves	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	0	6
29	Kevin Van Impe	WARNER BROTHERS	0	6
30	Fred Rodriguez	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	3	4
31	Mark Scanlon	WARNER BROTHERS	1	3
32	Rick Flens	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	3	3
33	Sébastien Joly	EUROSPORT	0	2
34	Adil Jelloul	CARLSBERG	0	2
35	Ian Stannard	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	2	2
36	Timothy Duggan	SLIPSTREAM	0	1
37	Nick Clesen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	0	1
38	Alex Rasmussen	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	0	1
39	Timothy Gudsell	AMERICAN SUZUKI	0	1
40	Danny Pate	WIKIPEDIA	1	1