There is just one KoM sprint today and four riders had already got away when it arrived. Noone particularly wanted the points, so Mirko Celestino crossed first and took the jersey.
The 4 men are Gerrans, Celestino, Nuttli and Moinard.
Gerrans won one intermediate sprint ahead of Celestino and Moinard but the other 2 both went in favour of Celestino with the Aussie in 2nd. Nuttli got caught by the break 1st, then Moinard, then Gerrans then Celestino.
La Gazetta look to have the strongest train as Bossoni leads out Bennati and Haedo.
The other train is led by De Jongh, with McEwen, Davis, Freire and Forster. Ciolek is barely visible in the centre of the picture, morphing into an Accumalux rider having somehow lost Haedo's wheel.
Bossoni gave Bennati a strong lead out and the Italian looked strong with 1km to go.
But he started to fade, a chance here for Haedo to shine.
But Haedo lacked the killer move and McEwen and Freire are coming through. The front 4 go line astern as they approach the finish.
But one man edges away for a fabulous victory. Who else, but Oscar Freire!
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Oscar Freire
TEAM FLOGAS
3h52'12
2
Daniele Bennati
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
3
Robbie McEwen
CARREFOUR CYCLING
s.t.
4
Juan José Haedo
FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI
s.t.
5
Allan Davis
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
6
Gerald Ciolek
MAGENTA TREFOIL
s.t.
7
Danilo Napolitano
TEAM FLOGAS
s.t.
8
Fabio Borghesi
SATURN
s.t.
9
Edgardo Simón
ACCUMALUX
s.t.
10
Vicente Reynès
TEAM FLOGAS
s.t.
11
Robert Förster
MAGENTA TREFOIL
s.t.
12
Juan Pablo Forero
TELEFONICA
s.t.
13
Samuel Dumoulin
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT
s.t.
14
Kevin Van Impe
CARREFOUR CYCLING
s.t.
15
Steven De Jongh
CARREFOUR CYCLING
s.t.
16
Angelo Furlan
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
17
Mirko Lorenzetto
FED-EX
s.t.
18
Fabio Sabatini
CYCLING24 - HONDA
s.t.
19
Paolo Bossoni
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
20
Francesco Gavazzi
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
21
Xavier Florencio
CYCLING24 - HONDA
s.t.
22
Tomas Vaitkus
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
23
Aitor Perez Arrieta
TEAM FLOGAS
s.t.
24
Sergei Kolesnikov
TELEFONICA
s.t.
25
Mark Scanlon
CARREFOUR CYCLING
s.t.
26
Mitch Docker
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT
s.t.
27
Nikolai Trusov
FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI
s.t.
28
Addy Engels
CARREFOUR CYCLING
s.t.
29
Blaise Sonnery
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT
s.t.
30
Eddy Mazzoleni
CYCLING24 - HONDA
s.t.
31
Vitor Rodrigues
TELEFONICA
s.t.
32
Carlos Castaño
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
33
Tom Steels
MAGENTA TREFOIL
s.t.
34
Juan-Antonio Flecha
CARREFOUR CYCLING
s.t.
35
Hubert Dupont
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT
s.t.
36
Fred Rodriguez
MAGENTA TREFOIL
s.t.
37
Matteo Carrara
FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI
s.t.
38
Roberto Ferrari
TEAM FLOGAS
s.t.
39
Fabio Sacchi
FED-EX
s.t.
40
Andreas Klöden
TEAM FLOGAS
s.t.
41
Sergio Pardilla
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT
s.t.
42
Remmert Wielinga
ACCUMALUX
s.t.
43
Giovanni Visconti
CARREFOUR CYCLING
s.t.
44
Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
45
Geert Omloop
TEAM FLOGAS
s.t.
46
Matthé Pronk
TEAM FLOGAS
s.t.
47
Marco Velo
FED-EX
s.t.
48
Mauricio Ardila
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
49
Niki Terpstra
FED-EX
s.t.
50
Elia Rigotto
FED-EX
s.t.
51
Carlos Barredo
CARREFOUR CYCLING
s.t.
52
David Loosli
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
53
Aleksandr Kolobnev
FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI
s.t.
54
Jurgen Van Goolen
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
55
David Abal
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT
s.t.
56
Sérgio Paulinho
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
57
Konstantin Siutsou
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
58
Andrea Tonti
MAGENTA TREFOIL
s.t.
59
Francesco Bellotti
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
60
Ruggero Marzoli
CARLSBERG
s.t.
61
Christophe Brandt
MAGENTA TREFOIL
s.t.
62
Frederik Nolf
TELEFONICA
s.t.
63
Paolo Tiralongo
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
64
Björn Schröder
FED-EX
s.t.
65
Björn Leukemans
MAGENTA TREFOIL
s.t.
66
Markus Fothen
MAGENTA TREFOIL
s.t.
67
Robert Gesink
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
s.t.
68
Kai Reus
MAGENTA TREFOIL
s.t.
69
Tom Middleton
COORDINADORA - EMPRESA DE ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA DE BOYACÁ
s.t.
70
Jorge Giacinti
ACCUMALUX
s.t.
71
José Angel Gomez Marchante
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
72
Dimitri Champion
CYCLING24 - HONDA
s.t.
73
Sylwester Szmyd
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
74
Branislav Samoilev
FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI
s.t.
75
Julien Loubet
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT
s.t.
76
Iban Mayo
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
77
Santiago Botero
FED-EX
s.t.
78
Thomas Voeckler
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT
s.t.
79
Denis Menchov
CARLSBERG
s.t.
80
José Antonio Pecharroman
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
81
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
CARLSBERG
s.t.
82
Radoslav Rogina
COORDINADORA - EMPRESA DE ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA DE BOYACÁ
s.t.
83
Óscar Avelino
TELEFONICA
s.t.
84
José Serpa
TEAM FLOGAS
s.t.
85
Beñat Intxausti
ACCUMALUX
s.t.
86
Tom Danielson
FED-EX
s.t.
87
Gilberto Simoni
CARLSBERG
s.t.
88
Gianpaolo Caruso
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
89
Manuel Beltran
CARLSBERG
s.t.
90
Alex Ardila Cano
CARLSBERG
s.t.
91
Santiago Perez Fernandez
CYCLING24 - HONDA
s.t.
92
José Luis Rubiera
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
93
Carlo Kirsch
ACCUMALUX
s.t.
94
Ralph Kirf
COORDINADORA - EMPRESA DE ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA DE BOYACÁ