2´32... this is the time Atapuma needs to win from Horner...

Heading to the 1st kom sprint, B.Bookwalter leaves the peloton behind and tries to catch up with the first break.. A.Txurruka(CJR), L.Pierfelici(UNA) and R.Sutherland(UHC) are the ones ahead..

With 2,5kms to kom sprint, 5´23 seems to be a good gap already but for peloton , the break looks to be closer then that..

Key moment of the race, CyclingTeam De Rijke´s captain, E.Battaglin 16th GC +6´47" and Bardiani´s Co-Leader S.Pirazzi 56th GC +21´56" attack from the pack..

Seeing this could be a good duo for a break, G.Brenes 23th GC +10´26" decides to attack too and catch up with the italian riders..

After some high heart beats, they manage to stay clear from peloton.. 6kms to Int. sprint, they have 2´24" gap to the pack while the main break group is 4´52" ahead..

Peloton continues to loose time for them, now with 5´23"gap, this break might challenge for stage win today..

The stage reach its final 60kms with E2 getting closer to E1.. peloton is 6´14" behind..

Both breakaway groups are together now.. they need to work well if they want to bring it untill the end..

Last climb, 18kms to go.. Bookwalter worked hard and well, he gets droped by the break.. peloton is 3´04" behind..

1km to the top, Battaglin, Brenes and Sutherland attack..

After this last kom sprint, F.Schleck(RLT) 11th GC +6´05" and R.Kiserlovski(MTN) 5th GC +3´31" get away from peloton..

J.D.Atapuma decides to attack too but some riders counter...

2nd GC placed J.Fuglsang( number 11) looks to be in dificulties..

..thats what i thought but... Fuglsang attacks and tries to catch up the train.. Jamis Colombian young talents, S.Henao and A.Ospina are riding really well today( both infront of Fuglsang)..

Breakaway manages to bring it untill the end... final sprint with Battaglin leading... Brenes is loosing craft..

E.Battaglin wins the stage..

Final stage, first attackers.. M.Gaia(BAR), M.Medina(AND), A.Mironov(RVL) and S.Henao.. J.Hoogerland(VCD) follows behind.

Peloton reach the climb where kom sprint is placed with some riders trying to escape.. E1 is 4´17" ahead..

At E1, Hoogerland and Gaia droped the others in the break after the kom sprint..

8,5kms to ride, J.D.Atapuma decides to give it a go... Hoogerland and Gaia are about to get caught.. J.Fuglsang cracks while C.Horner looks strong enought to keep with Atapuma´s pace..

.. but Atapuma sees that Horner is struggling too and decides to attack..

5kms... Horner and Fuglsang manage to keep close to Atapuma... Caruso, Chaves, Kiserlovski and Firsanov catch up with them..

Atapuma fights hard to stay infront but E.Chaves rides strong today and brings Caruso, Horner and Fuglsang on his wheel... 2,5kms.

Finish line is getting closer.. Atapuma still leads..

Despite Atapuma´s efforts to win the stage, it´s C.Horner who wins.. Atapuma finishes 4th..

SKY´s main sprinter S.Modolo wins 1st stage... J.Keough brings us a top10 finish..

Another flat stage with another win from S.Modolo... from our side, both Keough and Haedo finish inside top10.. good stage.

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Next stage will probably decide overall winner but all depends how peloton will react with any break atempts..

We start 3rd stage leading the pack towards 1st kom sprint, some riders struggle already..

After the sprint, B.J.Maynes attacks...

With 3´59"gap behind Maynes, G.Brenes leaves the pack behind with 9kms to 3rd kom sprint..

At the top, Maynes can only watch how fast Brenes goes uphill.. this result will make him kom leader...

With the fast pace from peloton, Maynes is about to get caught... Brenes is 1´28" ahead..

With still 38kms to go, G.Brenes decides to wait for the reduced pack...

We reach the final 10kms with A.Ospina(right side) leading.. J.Acevedo (-3) is protected by Brenes..

5kms... R.Kiserlovski attacks.. Acevedo has to counter.. F.Duarte reacts too..

3kms.. Kiserlovski struggles, E.Chaves was just waiting for this to happen.. Acevedo and Duarte are behind..

Last km... if the stronger are struggling, imagine the weaker ones.. Chaves leads..

.. and wins the stage... he also will take GC lead..

Peloton is getting close to the only kom sprint in today´s stage... G.Brenes decides to attack and try to earn 10 more pts..

With Brenes being 1´26" ahead, V.Isaychev(RVL) attacks from the pack with 1km to the top..

With 62kms to go, peloton is laying a fast pace.. Brenes is almost 5´00" ahead..

47kms, Isaychev is about to get caught... 3´45"gap for Brenes..

32kms.. peloton keeps going, Brenes is insight..

2´24" to Brenes, J.Acevedo starts to push hard at this penultime short and steep hill..

Acevedo attacks.. still 21kms to go, might be too early..

13kms.. R.Kiserlovski and D.Cataldo join up with Janier.. Brenes is 56" ahead.

3kms... Brenes was caught at the descent, Kiserlovski leads infront of Acevedo..

.. and it´s the win for R.Kiserlovski.. E.Chaves might loose his lead today..

After the start, at the first hill, G.Brenes was leading the pack with an easy pace but that seems it was too much for the rest... 18 riders ride away, almost all top10 riders are here with exception to P.Voss 9th, Y.Gomez 6th and I.Velasco 10th...

Those teams that miss their riders at the front, are making the pace in peloton.. 5´18"gap to E1 and still before kom sprint..

With almost half stage done, Brenes leads the break with R.Kiserlovski always near him.. we manage to keep the gap over the 5´00"min..

36kms... with the road going constantly up and down, 4 riders get droped from E1.. our pace is stable, the gap stays close to the 5´00"min..

25kms.. G.Brenes and P.Mooney are empty, J.Acevedo needs to keep the pace.. 5´43"gap..

While nobody wanted to work, J.Acevedo decides to attack... the group wasn´t expecting this..

Unfortunally they worked hard together and bring Acevedo back..

10kms to go, it has to be now.. Acevedo attacks again..

C.Evans stays with Janier... F.Taborre 14th GC, P.Deignan 8th GC and L.Euser 12th GC ( both UHC riders) follow..

They start the final sprint..

L.Euser wins.. great race from Jamis riders... now we have to wait to see how much time will Kiserlovski loose..