Cardona held on to the leader's jersey yesterday but today might be a slightly harder challenge. The course isn't the longest off course, and Cardona himself is quite capable against the clock. Let's see if the overnight leader can hold on for the win.
Zhao is the first rider we catch up with. He sets a benchmark time of 10'7".
Norbert matches the best time.
Keizer also matches the best time.
Dumoulin improves the best time to 10'1".
Perez now matches the best time.
Sterbini is the new leader with a time of 9'55".
Kaczmarek is 5 seconds slower.
Campbell loses 7.
Hennis is slightly better, losing 5 seconds.
Frame loses 6 seconds.
Frison comes close, losing 2 seconds.
Cheung is a bit further down at 5 seconds.
Kennett loses 9 seconds.
Rucigaj loses 8 seconds.
Viennet matches the current best time.
Schomber improves the best time to 9'54".
Nareklishvili loses 7 seconds.
Kiflay also loses 7 seconds.
The other Nareklishvili does better to lose 4 seconds.
Dennis loses 3 seconds.
Kelly loses 8 seconds.
Oka is 3 seconds off the pace.
Predatsch is 4 seconds down.
Campenaerts also loses 4 seconds.
Oram loses 4 seconds as well.
Ahmad Zamri is 9 seconds down.
Knotten also loses 9 seconds.
O'Loughlin loses 7 seconds.
Postlberger is 5 seconds down at the line.
Hamza is down by 3 seconds.
Verona is slightly slower at 5 seconds.
Van Moer ties the top time to lay down the marker for the top GC spot.
Nyoni is 5 seconds down, so he won't end up the winner.
Last man on the course Cardona does better than his teammate but it is still 4 seconds slower, and not enough to keep his jersey!
Today's winner - Nils Schomber.
Schomber did get the win on the day by miliseconds ahead of Van Moer and Sterbini.
Tied for first is enough for Van Moer to take the GC win at the death, with Cardona in 2nd, and Hamza edging teammate Nyoni to 3rd. Verona completes the Top 5.
Scully and Carsi tie for the win in the Points classification with Major in 3rd.
Arensman wins the U25 classification, ahead of Moutsios and Sheffield.
