High chance of a third consecutive bunch sprint here.



Break:

Nothing, yet, is quenching the desire for the peloton to catch all breaks.

After the bonifications Tanovitchii would rise to 5th in GC at the end of the stage, Kosic would have rose also, however, he and Alaphillipe were to be the only ones dropped today.



We are all together with 8 KM to go as Obkamariam pushes along the pace.

Four distinct sprint trains look to contest the final. Goss and Maksimov are a bit further behind, not out of it yet.



With a slight uphill things get really messy. Riders who were further back move into better positions.



Vanderbiest is the first big name sprinter to lauch his final effort. He powers through the crown of the road, flying past slowing domestiques.


100 metres to go.

Vanderbiest leads with, green jersey, Ciolek and, GC leader, Napolitano looking in the best positions to challenge.



Ciolek moves into the lead on the road whereas Napolitano looks to be going backwards.



Ciolek with win no.2, in the game of Ping-Pong with Napolitano he retakes the GC lead, now with a margin of '19 back to the Italian who missed out on the bonus seconds today to Cavendish and Vanderbiest.

Maksimov finishes in his highest position yet, 8th, but that won't impress his team, Vantomme continues to miss out on the podium. Goss shows well, considering how far he came back from, for the first time in Africa, Grashev holds 3rd in GC.