In a mountain stage which didn't end in a top, there were gaps. This stage ends in the top of a climb and the gaps should be even bigger. This is also the last chance for pure climbers to win valuable time as they may lose in the time-trail.
Sohrabi, Colby, Wyss, Pires, Bertogliati and Haddou get away from the peloton.
MartÃnez, van der Hugenhaben, Ferrio and Cornu attack in the first climb.
But Cornu can't keep up with the other three.
Colby is the first over the first climb. Haddou and Bertoglaiti couldn't keep up with the front group. 65km to go and the gap to the pack is 6 minutes and a half. The peloton is also two minutes behind of the three "late" attackers.
Colby is also the first in the second mountain. 33km to the finish line - 4'36''.
Ochoa Quintero, Gárate and Ratti attack in the first part of the final climb.
They are caught a bit after along with van der Hugenhaben, Ferrio and MartÃnez.
Danielson is off with 11km to go! Carrara and Stetina immediately counter.
Kiserlovski, Larsson, Ochoa Quintero and Weening also attack.
But nodoby can get a gap over the peloton, after an amazing work of Valjavec which caught Danielson and Kiserlovski which made their teammates relay in order to catch Stetina and Larsson.
Colby is alone in the front and Pires is chasing him. Colby's advantage to the peloton is 2 minutes and he has 6km to run.
Pires was caught but Colby has a gap of 44 seconds with two kilometers to the finish line.
Colby is still leading in the last 1000 meters. The next group only has 12 riders and Weening, Pfannberger and Gárate are not there.
Danielson and Stetina sprint past Colby with 500 meters to the line!
Victory for Danielson! Stetina gets the second place and there seems to be a gap between them and the rest of the group headed by Alarcon.
Stage Classification:
1
Tom Danielson
Team Starbucks
4h12'31
2
Peter Stetina
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
3
Jose Alarcon
Team IKEA - Bianchi
+ 11
4
Saul Raisin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
5
Pedro Nicácio
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
6
Robert Kiserlovski
M&M Cycling
s.t.
7
Thomas Peterson
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
8
Richard Ochoa Quintero
Nokia-Nike
s.t.
9
Tadej Valjavec
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
10
Anthony Colby
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
11
Gustav Larsson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
12
Matteo Carrara
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
13
Mauricio Ortega
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 45
14
Alex Ardila Cano
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1'10
15
Juan Manuel Gárate
Santander
s.t.
16
Marco Osella
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
17
Marek Rutkiewicz
M&M Cycling
s.t.
18
Edwin Parra Bustamante
M&M Cycling
s.t.
19
Christian Pfannberger
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
20
Trent Lowe
Team Starbucks
s.t.
21
Oscar Sevilla
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
22
Pieter Weening
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
23
Bruno Pires
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 2'06
24
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
25
Jorge Ferrio
Acqua & Sapone
+ 2'19
26
Oliver Zaugg
Nokia-Nike
s.t.
27
Pedro Sibila Romero
Team Starbucks
s.t.
28
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
29
Damian MartÃnez
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
30
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
s.t.
31
Branislav Samoilev
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
32
Johann Tschopp
Team Starbucks
s.t.
33
Tom Stubbe
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 3'02
34
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Jack Wolfskin
+ 3'57
35
Eddy Ratti
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
36
Ronny Scholz
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
37
Francisco Lara Ruiz
Team Starbucks
s.t.
38
Michael Albasini
Wii Racing
s.t.
39
Gian Piero Signorini
Wii Racing
s.t.
40
Stian Remme
Wii Racing
+ 4'25
41
Marcel Wyss
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
42
Christian Vande Velde
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
43
Mahdi Sohrabi
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
44
Ivaïlo Gabrovski
Acqua & Sapone
+ 5'34
45
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 5'42
46
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
47
Frederik Wilman
Wii Racing
s.t.
48
Ludvig Lundberg
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
49
Ryan Eastman
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
50
Jean-François Camier
M&M Cycling
+ 8'17
51
Tyler Brandt
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
52
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
53
Wang-yip Tang
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
54
Luis Pasamontes
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 8'40
55
Anthony Roux
Wii Racing
+ 8'51
56
Jeremy Powers
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 10'10
57
Alex Coutts
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 10'57
58
Niels Albert
Jack Wolfskin
+ 11'54
59
Andrei Kunitski
M&M Cycling
s.t.
60
Aitor Perez Arrieta
Santander
+ 12'54
61
Carlos Alberto Ospina
Team Starbucks
s.t.
62
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
63
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
64
Jason Donald
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
65
Michael Van Stayen
Jack Wolfskin
+ 13'23
66
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Nvidia Intel
+ 15'43
67
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Wii Racing
s.t.
68
Yon Bru Pascal
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
69
Enrico Franzoi
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
70
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
