Stage Favourites:
*****Oliviera(BAN) ****Boaro(BAN) ***Ignatiev(TMO)
**Bobridge(UKY)

A flat 26 KM TT out Czech Republic way..... We have a checkpoint with 10 KM to go

Lancaster finishes @ 37'38, despite setting off early, does not set the fastest time, he is '2 down on Jarrier at the finish. However, early times were fluctuating as Lancaster was '14 down on the Frenchman after the checkpoint.

Bobdridge (UK Youth) comes through to set the fastest time, finishing at 37'29, but it would not stand long!

Boaro goes fastest finishing @ 36'34, impressively '55 faster than Bobridge. More than 50 riders are to finish and this may challenge for the stage win.

CACTUS GIANT rider Mouris goes fastest with 10 KM to go: with a time of 21'34.

The Dutchman would come home to set the fastest time of 36'13, could Cactus have a winner today?

Left: Huffman puts in a good showing on his way to a top 10 finish.

Centre: Ignatiev goes fastest with 10 KM to go. His time of 21'14 is '20 faster than Mouris...... The Russian looks to be on 'one of those' days.....

Right: STAGE FAVOURITE Oliviera.......... disappointed today. He is out of the question with 10 KM to go as he is over 1'00 down.

Ignatiev goes fastest with a time of 35'49, over '23 faster than Mouris as Muravyev comes off the start ramp to signify the top 10 are coming out.

Selected GC top 10 times with 10 KM to:

- Gutierrez 21'32
- Puccio 22'07
- Pate 21'33
- Morkov 21'32
- Hansen 21'44
- Ghyselinck + 22'30

The top 10 never troubled the time of Ignatiev who was clearly on a great day and is rewarded with a well earned victory. GC men Gutierrez and Pate round out the podium being the best times from the GC men.

Hansen puts in serious time to the GC leader Ghyselinck, who has led the GC for over 8 days now. There are no new entrants to the top 10 but Puccio and van Hecke lose positions and Pate/ Gutierrez move up.

Stage Favourites:
*****von Hoff(FOX) ****Sutton(ALC) ***van Staeyen(ALC)
**Dean(CAR) *Hofland(CON)

A straightforward sprinters stage by the looks of things....

10 riders make the break, they are: Labbe, Meyer, Zagorodony, Bol, Lancaster, Wippert, Costa, Gardeyn, Jarrier and Reimer.

Sapa, Bobridge, Pliuschin, Rolin and Kuschynski all attack out of the peloton.

Pineau is the first big name to be seen go down but then former Spanish champ Gutierrez is spotted floundering on the floor, Puccio also goes down. Willems/ Biondo would retire form this fall...

However, the stage is still to be decided. Bobridge would be caught and a mass sprint would be inevitable.

Construtora have two riders, including Morkov, in front of Hofland today. But they go slightly too early, this allows the Cartoon Network train of de Backer, Lemoine and green jersey Dean to come alongside.....

AND the winner is...............

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The Kiwi has shown he is the best sprinter here and is now the first rider here to win 2 stages, that makes it 3 wins for Cartoon Network overall. What a TOTC for them! Hofland and Fischer are the best of the rest today.

Fischer may have more stage wins under his belt with a lead out train of his own. Alcyon, with their supposed dominant sprint train, is once again nowhere to be seen. Gutierrez and Puccio drop out of the top 10 thanks to the crash, a crash which led to 4 casualties in total.