Massive sprint.Easy win for Cav.Lequatre got a respectable 8th.

1Mark Cavendish Sky Pro Cycling	3h12'39
2Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	s.t.
3Tyler Farrar	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	s.t.
4Gerald Ciolek	Omega Pharma - Quick Step Cycling Team s.t.
5Sébastien Turgot	Europcar	s.t.
6Graeme Brown	Rabobank	s.t.
7Jimmy Casper	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8Geoffroy Lequatre	Red Bull - Cervélo Team	s.t.
9Roberto Ferrari	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
10Sergey Firsanov	Red Bull - Cervélo Team	s.t.

Cav win again.He is too good for the oposition.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Mark Cavendish	Sky Pro Cycling	3h25'25
2	Elia Viviani	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.
3	Tyler Farrar	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	s.t.
4	Sébastien Turgot	Europcar	s.t.
5	Luke Roberts	Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Team	s.t.
6	Federico Canuti	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.
7	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - Quick Step Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Gerald Ciolek	Omega Pharma - Quick Step Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Jimmy Casper	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Graeme Brown	Rabobank	s.t.

Very bad stage for our team.Nobody in top 10.Just Robin Eckman in 25th.

Paolini beat Pineau on the finishing line.Again a bad stage for us.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	3h00'50
2	Jérôme Pineau	Omega Pharma - Quick Step Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Matthew Goss	Orica - Greenedge	s.t.
4	Gerald Ciolek	Omega Pharma - Quick Step Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Daniele Bennati	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	s.t.
6	Mark Cavendish	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
8	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
9	Allan Davis	Orica - Greenedge	s.t.
10	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.

Graeme Brown wins this easily.

Name	Team	Time
Graeme Brown	Rabobank	3h06'14
Gerald Ciolek	Omega Pharma - Quick Step Cycling Team	s.t.
Kenny Van Hummel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
Sébastien Turgot	Europcar	s.t.
Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
Andrea Guardini	Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	s.t.
Tyler Farrar	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	s.t.
Jimmy Casper	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
Sébastien Chavanel	Europcar	s.t.
Robert Hunter	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	s.t.

Firsanov and Lequatre was in 13th and 14th.

With 21km to go we attacked with Markus Eibegger.
With just 1,6 we attacked again.This time with Firsanov.

With just 300 m to go Firsanov was caught but he managed to get a respectable 6th.


I forgot to export results.Stage was won by Fredrik Kessiakof in front of Stefan Schumacher.

Stage was won by Sep Vanmarcke but Firsanov got an excelent 3th.


Stage Results

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Sep Vanmarcke	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	2h12'28
2	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
3	Sergey Firsanov	Red Bull - Cervélo Team	s.t.
4	Luca Ascani	Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	s.t.
5	Rinaldo Nocentini	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Maarten Tjallingii	Rabobank	s.t.
7	Elia Viviani	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.
8	Martin Elmiger	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Kristijan Koren	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.
10	Leonardo Giordani	Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	s.t.

Degenkolb takes this in front of Farrar and Freire.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	John Degenkolb	Argos- Shimano	2h33'54
2	Tyler Farrar	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	s.t.
3	Oscar Freire	Katusha Team	s.t.
4	Michael Matthews	Rabobank	s.t.
5	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	s.t.
6	André Greipel	Lotto Belisol Team	s.t.
7	Tomas Vaitkus	Orica - Greenedge	s.t.
8	Heinrich Haussler	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	s.t.
9	Jacek Morajko	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Elia Viviani	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.

Bunch sprint.Matthews win in front of Viviani and Freire.
I forgot to export race results.

Daniel Moreno wins a sprint group in front of Popovich and Valverde.
Our best rider was Johan Vansummeren who ended 5'56 behind the winner.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	3h49'36
2	Yaroslav Popovych	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	s.t.
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	s.t.
4	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto Belisol Team	s.t.
6	Rui Alberto Costa	Movistar Team	s.t.
7	Eros Capecchi	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.
8	Robert Gesink	Rabobank	s.t.
9	Luis León Sánchez	Rabobank	s.t.
10	Xavier Florencio	Katusha Team	s.t.
11	Daniel Navarro Garcia	Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Team	s.t.
12	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
13	Andreas Klöden	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	+ 2'04
33	Maxime Monfort	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	+ 5'56
34	Moreno Moser	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.
35	Simon Geschke	Argos- Shimano	s.t.
36	Jose Luis Cano	Andalucia	s.t.
37	Johan Vansummeren	Red Bull - Cervélo Team	s.t.

Talabardon outsprinted Leukemans for the win.The rest of the favorites came at 1'30.Vansummeren came at 3'04.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Yannick Talabardon	Saur - Sojasun	3h40'47
2	Björn Leukemans	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'30
4	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	s.t.
5	Daniel Teklehaymanot	Orica - Greenedge	s.t.
6	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	s.t.
7	Gustavo César Veloso	Andalucia	s.t.
8	Robert Gesink	Rabobank	s.t.
9	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Yaroslav Popovych	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	s.t.
11	Daniel Navarro Garcia	Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Team	s.t.
12	Eros Capecchi	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.
13	Rui Alberto Costa	Movistar Team	s.t.
14	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	s.t.
15	Carlos Alberto Betancur	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.
16	Andreas Klöden	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	s.t.
17	Xavier Florencio	Katusha Team	s.t.
18	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto Belisol Team	s.t.
19	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
20	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	s.t.
21	Luis León Sánchez	Rabobank	s.t.
22	Mikel Nieve	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
23	David Zabriskie	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	s.t.
24	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Julien El Fares	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
26	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Stef Clement	Rabobank	s.t.
28	Maxime Monfort	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	+ 3'04
29	Johan Vansummeren	Red Bull - Cervélo Team	s.t.

The last had the more atractive profile but the stage was really boring.



On the ultimate climb of the day Valverde attacked but he was easily followed by Daniel Moreno who was the strongest rider in the race.They were caught in the downhill and will follow a group sprint.The group sprint was won by:
Alejandro Valverde.He was followed by his teammate Ventoso.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	4h43'11
2	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	s.t.
3	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	s.t.
4	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	s.t.
5	Stef Clement	Rabobank	s.t.
6	Lars Boom	Rabobank	s.t.
7	John Degenkolb	Argos- Shimano	s.t.
8	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	s.t.
9	Eros Capecchi	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.
10	Andreas Klöden	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	s.t.

GC

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	18h52'31
2	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	+ 8
3	Yaroslav Popovych	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	+ 16
4	Xavier Florencio	Katusha Team	+ 28
5	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Robert Gesink	Rabobank	s.t.
7	Daniel Navarro Garcia	Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Team	s.t.
8	Luis León Sánchez	Rabobank	s.t.
9	Eros Capecchi	Geox - Cannondale Team	s.t.
10	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto Belisol Team	s.t.

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	General
1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	25	51
2	Michael Matthews	Rabobank	5	44
3	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	20	40
4	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	0	39
5	John Degenkolb	Argos- Shimano	9	34
6	Oscar Freire	Katusha Team	0	32
7	Yaroslav Popovych	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	0	26
8	Elia Viviani	Geox - Cannondale Team	0	26
9	Yannick Talabardon	Saur - Sojasun	0	25
10	Tyler Farrar	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	0	25

Mountain

Rank	Name	Team	Mountain	General
1	Björn Leukemans	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	36	36
2	Murilo Fischer	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	34	34
3	Jack Bobridge	Orica - Greenedge	22	30
4	Daniel Navarro Garcia	Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Team	10	22
5	Yaroslav Popovych	RadioShack - Nissan Trek	0	16
6	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	6	14
7	Francisco Manuel Antón Marín	Burgos BH - Castilla y Leon	8	11
8	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	0	10
9	Heinrich Haussler	Garmin - Sharp - Barracuda	0	10
10	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	4	8

Bunch sprint won by Bonnet.

Bunch sprint won by Rinaldo Nocentini (WTF???).He came in front of Charteau and Moncutie.I don't think this was a semi-flat stage.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Rinaldo Nocentini	Ag2r La Mondiale	4h12'06
2	Anthony Charteau	Europcar	s.t.
3	David Moncoutié	Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne	s.t.
4	Cyril Gautier	Europcar	s.t.
5	Nicolas Vogondy	Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne	s.t.
6	Staf Scheirlinckx	Accent.jobs - Willems Veranda's	s.t.
7	Anthony Geslin	FDJ - BigMat	s.t.
8	Jan Barta	Red Bull - Cervélo Team	s.t.
9	Davide Malacarne	Europcar	s.t.
10	Paolo Bailetti	Utensilnord - Named	s.t.

William Bonnet win his second stage here.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	William Bonnet	FDJ - BigMat	2h47'23
2	Steven Caethoven	Accent.jobs - Willems Veranda's	s.t.
3	Célio Cristiano Sousa Alves	Onda - Boavista	s.t.
4	Koen Barbé	Landbouwkrediet - Euphony	s.t.
5	René Obst	Team NSP - Ghost	s.t.
6	Michael Van Staeyen	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	s.t.
7	Mathieu Drujon	Bigmat - Auber 93	s.t.
8	Pieter Jacobs	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	s.t.
9	Robin Eckmann	Red Bull - Cervélo Team	s.t.
10	Jérôme Coppel	Red Bull - Cervélo Team	s.t.