After thinking all night about what to do in this last stage, i finally got a plan.. send a fast guy in the break.. short stage and probably fast pace might bring the win decision to the guys in the break, so the chosen is L.Pichon.. Katusha might have thought the same and send A.Vicioso, both are the fastest here..

We aren´t sure if we win the stage today but one thing is certain... E.Viennet wins TDU KOM jersey.. well done boy.

Lampre and Astana joined efforts to catch the break wich was caught with 30kms to go.. the stage comes to its last 5kms, time when we take the lead in the pack..

With 2,5kms to go, we were caught a little by surprise by some sprinters wich decided to sprint earlier.. R.Navardauskas(GRS) on the right and Giants R.Sinkeldam, followed by M.Marcato(CAN) on the left really moved things up..

Total confusion, last turn... you can see how far are Navardauskas and Marcato already.. N.Bouhanni(2nd on the left) follows Pichon..

1000 meters.. M.Marcato leads with S.Von Hoff(GRS) on his tail.. Sinkeldam fights to stick with them..

Don´t forget R.Navardauskas wich rides on the other side.. but where is N.Bouhanni ?

Here he comes..

Bouhanni starts to gain speed..

Bouhanni catch up with Navardauskas.. Von Hoff on the right..

Bouhanni is 3rd now.. Marcato starts to raise his arms..

Stretch it Nacer..

La Marseillaise starts here..

.. and doesn´t take too long to see the first breakaway.. we send W.Bonnet.

With 40kms to go, J.Goncalves(LPM), F.Vachon and S.Yates(OGE) leave the pack behind.. 1´50"gap to Bonnet´s group..

10kms later, B.Vaugrenaud gets excited when sees both groups and attack but the pace made by Movistar is too high to let anyone get away...

Last 5kms... seeing the peloton getting closer and closer and with the guys on his group not working enought to stay clear, W.Bonnet decides to attack..

With more or less then 2kms to go, K.Sbaragli(MTN) manages to stick around..

Bonnet is loosing speed while Sbaragli is almost side by side..

Bonnet is overtaked by Sbaragli..

Now its J.Duval(RLM) who passes by Bonnet... whats going wrong here?

A.Bazzana(UHC) steps up in the fight for 3rd place.. come on Bonnet..

K.Sbaragli wins La Marseillaise.. Duval 2nd and Bonnet manages to keep the 3rd spot.. ok..

Our 2nd race in Home soil, we will ride for GC overall with J.Roy and we bet all in last stage.. for now we need to show the world we are here so L.Mangel goes for a solo break..

67kms later, the pack is reducing the gap to Mangel.. from over 8´00" it drops to 7´10"... we have really strong wind today, together with the high pace, peloton may get splitted and bring some nice surprises at the end..

With 29kms to go, Mangel´s solo adventure comes to an end with Giant riders catching him up..

Time for the final sprint..

A.Palini(LAM) leads.. we have M.Delage, J.Roy and L.Pichon.. J.J.Rojas(MOV), J.Drucker(WGG) and A.M.Richeze(LAM) are the others..

Palini is caught, Rojas is stronger... Pichon and Delage follow..

Pichon takes Rojas´s wheel..

.. but he´s missing some end speed.. Rojas is going for the win..

Come on Pichon..

J.J.Rojas wins..

L.Mangel takes another 10pts for his kom lead..

2 riders form the break today.. P.Lecuisiner and L.Pichot(EUC) are allowed by the pack to go..

With 40kms to go, peloton is closing the gap fast.. in the break, both riders try to keep a fast pace too.. unfortunally they will be caught with 11kms to go..

Trains are formed... we loose a little speed there..

The stage win fight is between J.Simon and J.J.Rojas..

Rojas looses some terrain..

J.Simon wins.