Flat as it gets again, but with Crocket now within striking distance of Vaitkus, this race is going right down to the wire. Mohs, Crocket and Vaitkus are favourites
One man in the break, and who else could it be, but Tommersen.
He gets sprint 1.
Then comes Thwaites and Knees in the bunch
Tommersen gets sprint 2 as we join the closing 6.5 km long circuit.
Uugunbayar gets second this time, with Knees in third
36km to go, and Teklit and Bragazzi join Tommersen, a minute ahead of the bunch.
With the wind at 40km/h Pokerstars are trying to split the bunch, shutting down the break.
Boucher, Nolf and Ingels lead through the final sprint.
With 2 laps to go the bunch is still together, all the sprinters are sitting at the back of their own chain.
Now 1 lap to go, Mohs, Vaitkus and Crocket are almost side by side. They are a bit far back for my liking though, although I guess it's just their team mates ahead.
Round a corner Mohs (highlighted) gets the best line, pulling clear of Vaitkus, while Crocket falls even further back. Behind you can see a gap forming, the big looser is Van Wyk, who will lose his 7th place after falling.
3.7km and Cyclevox have pulled their chain alongside Pokerstars. Crocket is nowhere, and now has to watch Blythe, who is on Mohs' wheel and could jump him in the overall.
The sprint starts will Crocket still a way back.
Engoulvent cuts in front of the Cyclevox train though, has this given Crocket a way back?
Vaitkus has been completely blocked in, as Blythe cruises past him. And now here comes Crocket.
Mohs takes the lead, with Blythe still following.
Crocket is going for it with 1km to go, but Blythe and Mohs look to far ahead.
Vaitkus is now flying down the right, as Mohs pulls further clear of Blythe.
Vaitkus cruises past Crocket, overall victory is now assured.
Mohs takes a very comfortable victory. Pokerstars finally got things going today.
Vaitkus gets 2nd place, ahead of Blythe, with Crocket in 4th, meaning Crocket stays second overall.
Thire and Minard are next, they have been excellent lead out men all year, although, in this race, not quite as good as those from Cyclevox,
A group of 10 lose touch in the sprint, including McLay from the top 12.
An excellent day for Vaitkus, who wins the overall, points and multiple stages. Rapha did excellently all tour, but one man loosing touch here and dropping out of the top ten will irritate the manager. Pokerstars have also redeemed themselves today.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
2h35'44
2
Tomas Vaitkus
Cyclevox
s.t.
3
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
4
Lars Croket
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
5
Jonathon Thire
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
6
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
7
Jurgen Van Loocke
Team Bpost
s.t.
8
Alejandro Borrajo
UniCredit
s.t.
9
Graham Briggs
Cyclevox
s.t.
10
Jimmy Engoulvent
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
11
Kevin Pauwels
Cyclevox
s.t.
12
Fabio Borghesi
UniCredit
s.t.
13
George Atkins
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
14
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
15
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
16
Nikolas Maes
Team Bpost
s.t.
17
Francesco Gavazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
18
Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
19
Christian Knees
Cyclevox
s.t.
20
Ian Stannard
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
21
Davide Bragazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
22
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
23
Tom Last
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
24
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
25
Nacer Bouhanni
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
26
Niels Albert
Team Bpost
s.t.
27
Julien Vermote
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
28
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
29
Bassirou Konte
Team B
s.t.
30
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
31
Marwane Zenagui
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
32
Tosh Van der Sande
UniCredit
s.t.
33
Scott Thwaites
Cyclevox
s.t.
34
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
35
Mahamadi Balima
Team D
s.t.
36
Peter Riis Andersen
UniCredit
s.t.
37
Ricardo Van der Velde
Cyclevox
s.t.
38
Julien Paquet
Team Bpost
s.t.
39
Francesco Van Coppernolle
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'44
40
Gert-Jan Van Immerseel
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
41
Silvan Dillier
Team Bpost
s.t.
42
Amadou Bakari
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
43
Dan McLay
Cyclevox
s.t.
44
William Maesen
Team Bpost
s.t.
45
Mike De Bie
Team Bpost
s.t.
46
Mujtaba Hussein
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
47
Salvatore Puccio
UniCredit
s.t.
48
Robert Hunter
Team C
s.t.
49
Gatien Bossaer
Proximus - Trek
+ 2'17
50
Jerry Van Belle
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
51
Lars Tommersen
Proximus - Trek
+ 3'04
52
Estifanos Kebede
Team C
s.t.
53
Adrien Niyonshuti
Team C
s.t.
54
Ermin Van Wyk
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 4'37
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Tomas Vaitkus
Cyclevox
27h12'50
2
Lars Croket
Team Puma - SAP
+ 19
3
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 29
4
Jurgen Van Loocke
Team Bpost
+ 1'11
5
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'15
6
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'35
7
Ian Stannard
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'37
8
Tom Last
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'39
9
Christian Knees
Cyclevox
+ 1'44
10
Ricardo Van der Velde
Cyclevox
+ 1'48
11
Scott Thwaites
Cyclevox
s.t.
12
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'51
13
Kevin Pauwels
Cyclevox
+ 1'52
14
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'53
15
Jonathon Thire
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
16
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
17
Alejandro Borrajo
UniCredit
+ 1'56
18
Nikolas Maes
Team Bpost
+ 1'57
19
Niels Albert
Team Bpost
s.t.
20
Julien Paquet
Team Bpost
s.t.
21
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'01
22
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'03
23
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'05
24
Jimmy Engoulvent
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'07
25
George Atkins
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'09
26
Graham Briggs
Cyclevox
+ 2'51
27
Nacer Bouhanni
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2'52
28
Dan McLay
Cyclevox
+ 3'30
29
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'45
30
Fabio Borghesi
UniCredit
+ 4'20
31
Francesco Gavazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
32
Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar
Proximus - Trek
+ 4'24
33
Salvatore Puccio
UniCredit
+ 4'31
34
Davide Bragazzi
UniCredit
+ 4'49
35
Peter Riis Andersen
UniCredit
+ 4'50
36
Tosh Van der Sande
UniCredit
+ 4'53
37
Ermin Van Wyk
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 6'10
38
Julien Vermote
Pokerstars.com
+ 6'18
39
Bassirou Konte
Team B
+ 7'53
40
Silvan Dillier
Team Bpost
+ 9'40
41
William Maesen
Team Bpost
+ 10'00
42
Marwane Zenagui
Proximus - Trek
+ 10'49
43
Gert-Jan Van Immerseel
Proximus - Trek
+ 11'06
44
Mahamadi Balima
Team D
+ 12'54
45
Gatien Bossaer
Proximus - Trek
+ 13'07
46
Francesco Van Coppernolle
Proximus - Trek
+ 13'25
47
Jerry Van Belle
Proximus - Trek
+ 13'36
48
Mujtaba Hussein
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 14'54
49
Amadou Bakari
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 15'02
50
Lars Tommersen
Proximus - Trek
+ 18'03
51
Mike De Bie
Team Bpost
+ 20'03
52
Estifanos Kebede
Team C
+ 26'11
53
Robert Hunter
Team C
+ 28'11
54
Adrien Niyonshuti
Team C
+ 30'48
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Tomas Vaitkus
Cyclevox
20
181
2
Lars Croket
Team Puma - SAP
14
168
3
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
16
146
4
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
25
131
5
Jurgen Van Loocke
Team Bpost
9
121
6
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
10
87
7
Alejandro Borrajo
UniCredit
8
86
8
Jonathon Thire
Team Puma - SAP
12
80
9
Lars Tommersen
Proximus - Trek
12
68
10
Fabio Borghesi
UniCredit
4
67
Teams:
Rank
Team
Time
General Time
1
Team Puma - SAP
7h47'12
+ 16 (3)
2
Cyclevox
s.t.
+ 15 (2)
3
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
+ 30 (5)
4
UniCredit
s.t.
+ 1'28 (6)
5
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
81h30'00 (1)
6
Team Bpost
s.t.
+ 20 (4)
7
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'44
+ 12'52 (7)
8
Team C
+ 7'52
+ 1h08'47 (8)
Young Riders:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
General Time
1
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
2h35'44
27h13'15 (1)
15
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 1'06 (2)
5
Ian Stannard
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 1'08 (3)
7
Tom Last
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 1'10 (4)
14
Scott Thwaites
Cyclevox
s.t.
+ 1'19 (5)
4
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
+ 1'22 (6)
6
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
+ 1'24 (7)
16
Julien Paquet
Team Bpost
s.t.
+ 1'28 (8)
3
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
+ 1'34 (9)
2
George Atkins
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
+ 1'40 (10)
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