Stage 6: Sealine Beach Resort – Doha Corniche

*** Favourites ***
Cavendish (OPQ), Kittel (ARG), Goss (OGE)

** Outsiders **
Brookes (BAR), Boonen (OPQ), Nizzolo (RLT), Matthews (OGE), Markus (VCD)

* Can’t be underestimated *
Coquard (EUC), Hushovd (BMC), Sinkeldam (ARG), Phinney (BMC), Richeze (LAM), Impey (OGE), Kennedy (MTN), Petacchi (OPQ)

Shaqif is one of the many rider, who still believe in the chances for a breakaway.

Bertazzo takes the intermediate in front of Mironov and Bazzana. The break still haven’t gotten a proper gap.

RadioShack show themselves at front right from the start determined to redeem themselves after yesterday’s complete failure.

In the end 11 riders are allowed to go away. They are Caethoven & Chekyakov, Mironov, Gène, Belkov, Bazzana, Lighthart, Bertazzo, Juodovalkis, Verschoor and Roth.
With 60 km to go they have 4’30’’

50 km and 3’45’’
Looks like Argos and Orica has things under control as usual.

40 km and 3’05’’

30 km and 2’10’’
Belkov is gone from the break due to a puncture.

With 20 km to go and a gap of under a minute Mironov gives it one last shot along with Bazzana.

And then with 16 km to go we have some drama in the peloton. Reda is the first to go down, but he takes others with him.
Shaqif and Van Avermaet are among the ones tasting the tarmac while Devolder just slips by in the last moment still losing contact with the peloton.

With OPQS, Argos and Orica chasing with all they’ve got the break is doomed with 12,6 km to the line. Another sprint it seems…

With one round to go all the sprinters are in the front part of the peloton.

Nizzolo follows Orica into the final 5 km

This is where Cavendish is placed with just over 3 km to go!

2 km Matthews is leading out Goss, still with Nizzolo on his wheel.
Sinkeldam is coming with Kittel on the other side of the road and Cavendish is placed 16th at this moment.

Nothing much changes until Nizzolo puts in his move under la flame rouge. Cav still not in the top 10!

Very close between Goss and Nizzolo with 500 left.

The Australian takes the final stage as Argos once again mistimes Kittels leadout.