Another sprint? Keep in mind after this one a TTT follows.
Greedy Grashev!
Not content with being 3 rd in GC we saw Grashev make another break today. Very risky considering the likelihood of being spat out the rear of the peloton. He was joined by Chainel, Tanovitchii, Rollin and Salerno.
Tanovitchii would drop from the break, back to the peloton with 60 KM to go. Salerno would finish 1 st at all intermediate sprints and vault, provisionally, into the GC top 10. Grashev would take '10 mores seconds of bonuses.
The break would be caught, as expected, pretty early with 13 KM to go. Quickstep strike out early as they have the dominant sprint train going into the finale.
| | | | | | V. Asbroeck | | | | | Coquard | | | | | Vantomme | | | | Vanderbiest | | Goss | | | | | Castaneda | | | | | Napolitano | | | | Giaux | | Serebriakov | | | Ciolek | | Lavoine | | | | | Maksimov | | | | | | BelarusBank Pro Cycling |
Meanwhile, Grashev is out of the rear of the peloton with 1 KM to go. It looks like going in the break today didn't pay off.
In a scrappy sprint we see BelarusBank Pro Cycling come into a great position from well back with under 250 meters to go. The big two (Ciolek/Napolitano) look to be blocked in today.
Deep into the last 100 meters we see Vanderbiest marginally leading. Cavendish and Castaneda are the most prominent challengers but this one could still go to one of six: perhaps to Serebriakov who is right up there, sprinting in the shadows.
Goss comes through the quickest, can Vanderbiest hold him off?
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Well he didn't disappoint today, stage win for Goss ahead of the TTT. Just like that he is up to 5 th in GC, another podium for Vanderbiest sees him rise to fourth in GC with Castaneda rounding out the podium today. The big two never got a look in in this one, both getting a bit blocked in with no lead-out today.
AND ..... somehow Grashev is given the same time as the stage winner, he will hold 3 rd in GC ahead of the TTT.
Results:
1 | Matthew Goss | Oz Cycling Project | 2h49'03 | 2 | Romain Vanderbiest | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 3 | Jaime Alberto Castañeda | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 4 | Maxime Vantomme | Quickstep | s.t. | 5 | Mark Cavendish | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 6 | Danilo Napolitano | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 7 | Aleksandr Serebriakov | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 8 | Anthony Lavoine | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 9 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 10 | Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 11 | Roman Maksimov | Project: Africa | s.t. | 12 | Jérome Giaux | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 13 | Nolan Hoffman | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 14 | Bryan Coquard | Quickstep | s.t. | 15 | Saulo Lay | Project: Africa | s.t. | 16 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 17 | Tom Veelers | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 18 | Kenny Van Hummel | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 19 | Hans Dekkers | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 20 | Jesus Del Nero | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | 21 | Gert Steegmans | Gazelle | s.t. | 22 | Siarhei Papok | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 23 | Nico Schinker | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 24 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Quickstep | s.t. | 25 | Geraint Thomas | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 26 | Aleksandr Khatuntsev | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 27 | William Ford | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | 28 | Jocelyn Bar | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 29 | Sébastien Minard | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 30 | Giorgio Brambilla | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 31 | Wouter Wippert | Quickstep | s.t. | 32 | Jan Hopman | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 33 | Wes Sulzberger | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | 34 | Nikolas Maes | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 35 | Wei Cheng Lee | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 36 | Michael Ford | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | 37 | Markus Eichler | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 38 | Enrico Franzoi | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 39 | Martin Velits | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 40 | Jay Thomson | Project: Africa | s.t. | 41 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 42 | Nick Nuyens | Gazelle | s.t. | 43 | Andrea Zordan | Gazelle | s.t. | 44 | Nick Clesen | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 45 | Yoeri Havik | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 46 | Kevin Fouquet | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 47 | Luca Sterbini | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 48 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 49 | Maarten Wynants | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 50 | Miles Olman | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | 51 | Fabien Taillefour | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 52 | Tesfom Okbamariam | Quickstep | s.t. | 53 | Cherif Abdallah | Project: Africa | s.t. | 54 | Kenji Itami | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 55 | Alexei Tsikhanau | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 56 | Spas Gyurov | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 57 | Will Routley | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 58 | JÃri Hochmann | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 59 | Tim Declerq | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 60 | Stefan Hristov | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 61 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Quickstep | s.t. | 62 | Bojan Djurdjic | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 63 | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 64 | Vadim Guliev | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 65 | Isaac Bolivar | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 66 | Moris Possoni | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 67 | Jonas Vangenechten | Gazelle | s.t. | 68 | Jamie Sparling | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 69 | Zico Waeytens | Quickstep | s.t. | 70 | Andriy Vasylyuk | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 71 | Martin Wesemann | Project: Africa | s.t. | 72 | Yves Lampaert | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 73 | Oleg Chuzhda | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 74 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 75 | Yukiya Arashiro | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 76 | Metkel Kiflay | Project: Africa | s.t. | 77 | Aljaz Hocevar | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 78 | Dominique Rollin | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 79 | Yauheni Shamsonau | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 80 | Ivor Bruin | Control Team | s.t. | 81 | Tommy Zaini | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 82 | Junya Sano | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 83 | Jianhua Ji | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 84 | Marko Stankovic | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 85 | Michael Torckler | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 86 | Christoff Van Heerden | Project: Africa | s.t. | 87 | Tigran Korkotyan | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 88 | Ryan Roth | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 89 | Aleksei Schmidt | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 90 | Emils Liepins | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 91 | Julian Alaphilippe | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 92 | Ino Ilesic | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 93 | Antoine Duchesne | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 94 | Cristiano Salerno | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 95 | Roman Senyenov | Gazelle | s.t. | 96 | Mihran Avetisyan | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 97 | Victor Campenaerts | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | 98 | Alexandor Cataford | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 99 | Andrii Bratashcuk | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 100 | Martin Grashev | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 101 | Steve Chainel | Gazelle | s.t. | 102 | Nejc Kosic | Gazelle | s.t. | 103 | Anatoliy Sosnitskiy | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 104 | Jan Polanc | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 105 | Nicolae Tanovitchii | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 106 | Charles Matte | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 107 | Tomasz Zywer | Control Team | s.t. | 108 | Dainius Kairelis | Control Team | s.t. |
GC:
1 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Puma - SAP | 11h17'47 | 2 | Danilo Napolitano | Meiji - Cannondale | + 19 | 3 | Martin Grashev | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | + 21 | 4 | Romain Vanderbiest | RBC Pro Cycling | + 28 | 5 | Matthew Goss | Oz Cycling Project | + 31 | 6 | Miles Olman | Oz Cycling Project | + 33 | 7 | Mark Cavendish | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | + 34 | 8 | Cristiano Salerno | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 9 | Nicolae Tanovitchii | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 10 | Jaime Alberto Castañeda | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | + 37 | 11 | Nolan Hoffman | Metinvest-Emirates | + 40 | 12 | Steve Chainel | Gazelle | s.t. | 13 | Gert Steegmans | Gazelle | + 41 | 14 | JÃri Hochmann | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | + 45 | 15 | Nick Clesen | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 16 | Bryan Coquard | Quickstep | + 46 | 17 | William Ford | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | 18 | Enrico Franzoi | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 19 | Bojan Djurdjic | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 20 | Martin Wesemann | Project: Africa | s.t. | 21 | Martin Velits | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 22 | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 23 | Andriy Vasylyuk | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 24 | Saulo Lay | Project: Africa | + 47 | 25 | Aleksandr Khatuntsev | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 26 | Jay Thomson | Project: Africa | s.t. | 27 | Spas Gyurov | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 28 | Jonas Vangenechten | Gazelle | s.t. | 29 | Luca Sterbini | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 30 | Isaac Bolivar | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 31 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 32 | Dominique Rollin | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 33 | Aleksandr Serebriakov | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | + 48 | 34 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 35 | Giorgio Brambilla | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 36 | Markus Eichler | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 37 | Wei Cheng Lee | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 38 | Maarten Wynants | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 39 | Wouter Wippert | Quickstep | s.t. | 40 | Ryan Roth | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 41 | Aljaz Hocevar | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 42 | Jérome Giaux | Team Puma - SAP | + 49 | 43 | Tom Veelers | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 44 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Quickstep | s.t. | 45 | Hans Dekkers | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 46 | Nikolas Maes | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 47 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 48 | Fabien Taillefour | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 49 | Tim Declerq | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 50 | Oleg Chuzhda | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 51 | Antoine Duchesne | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 52 | Kenny Van Hummel | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | + 50 | 53 | Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 54 | Roman Maksimov | Project: Africa | s.t. | 55 | Sébastien Minard | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | 56 | Nick Nuyens | Gazelle | s.t. | 57 | Yukiya Arashiro | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 58 | Wes Sulzberger | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | 59 | Yoeri Havik | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 60 | Jan Hopman | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 61 | Kenji Itami | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 62 | Alexei Tsikhanau | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 63 | Kevin Fouquet | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 64 | Stefan Hristov | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 65 | Zico Waeytens | Quickstep | s.t. | 66 | Marko Stankovic | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 67 | Michael Torckler | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | 68 | Maxime Vantomme | Quickstep | + 51 | 69 | Anthony Lavoine | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 70 | Jesus Del Nero | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | 71 | Siarhei Papok | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 72 | Geraint Thomas | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 73 | Tesfom Okbamariam | Quickstep | s.t. | 74 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Quickstep | s.t. | 75 | Moris Possoni | Kazzinc Procycling | s.t. | 76 | Christoff Van Heerden | Project: Africa | s.t. | 77 | Roman Senyenov | Gazelle | s.t. | 78 | Jocelyn Bar | Team Puma - SAP | + 52 | 79 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team Hornbach | s.t. | 80 | Cherif Abdallah | Project: Africa | s.t. | 81 | Will Routley | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | s.t. | 82 | Tommy Zaini | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | 83 | Tigran Korkotyan | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 84 | Jan Polanc | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 85 | Andrii Bratashcuk | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 86 | Nico Schinker | Team Nordeus | + 53 | 87 | Yves Lampaert | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | 88 | Ino Ilesic | Team Nordeus | s.t. | 89 | Andrea Zordan | Gazelle | + 54 | 90 | Nejc Kosic | Gazelle | + 3'17 | 91 | Victor Campenaerts | Oz Cycling Project | + 4'26 | 92 | Junya Sano | Meiji - Cannondale | + 4'53 | 93 | Jianhua Ji | Meiji - Cannondale | + 4'54 | 94 | Yauheni Shamsonau | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | s.t. | 95 | Aleksei Schmidt | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | + 4'55 | 96 | Vadim Guliev | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | + 4'57 | 97 | Mihran Avetisyan | Team Ameriabank-Novatek | s.t. | 98 | Emils Liepins | Metinvest-Emirates | + 4'58 | 99 | Metkel Kiflay | Project: Africa | + 5'42 | 100 | Anatoliy Sosnitskiy | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 101 | Alexandor Cataford | RBC Pro Cycling | + 5'44 | 102 | Jamie Sparling | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | + 5'48 | 103 | Charles Matte | RBC Pro Cycling | + 6'57 | 104 | Tomasz Zywer | Control Team | + 7'01 | 105 | Julian Alaphilippe | Team Nordeus | + 8'15 | 106 | Dainius Kairelis | Control Team | + 11'58 | 107 | Michael Ford | Oz Cycling Project | + 14'20 | 108 | Ivor Bruin | Control Team | + 19'35 |
Points:
1 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Puma - SAP | 77 | 2 | Danilo Napolitano | Meiji - Cannondale | 65 | 3 | Mark Cavendish | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | 59 | 4 | Matthew Goss | Oz Cycling Project | 54 | 5 | Jaime Alberto Castañeda | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | 47 | 6 | Maxime Vantomme | Quickstep | 41 | 7 | Nolan Hoffman | Metinvest-Emirates | 40 | 8 | Romain Vanderbiest | RBC Pro Cycling | 36 | 9 | Miles Olman | Oz Cycling Project | 32 | 10 | Michael Ford | Oz Cycling Project | 31 | 11 | Martin Grashev | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | 28 | 12 | Anthony Lavoine | Team Hornbach | 21 | 13 | Gert Steegmans | Gazelle | 20 | 14 | Nicolae Tanovitchii | Metinvest-Emirates | 18 | 15 | Jérome Giaux | Team Puma - SAP | 18 |
Youth:
1 | Nicolae Tanovitchii | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | 11h18'21 (1) |
Team:
1 | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | 33h55'35 (1) |
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