Todays a stage for the sprinters. Guerao, Howard and Goss might be the strongest. But Napolitano, Guardini, Stauff could make it an interesting sprint as well.
Only 3 riders in the break. Portela Gjølberg Sütterlin (12th, +1'28)
With mainly Becherovka and Oz Cycling chasing hard, the break had no chance today. It was only a go for the KoM points where Gjolberg will get the jersey while having the same amount of points as Portela though.
High speed preperation today and so we don`t really get different trains. Howard at least having one helper ahead of him:
Gough
Howard
Goss
Pedersen
Van der Lijke
Weylandt
Guardini
Stauff
Guerao
Van Poppel
Trusov
So bad situation for Meiji as neither Napolitano nor Itami seems interested in todays sprint.
1,5km and Coppel with a surprising move in the leader shirt.
He is still in the lead under the Flamme Rouge. But Howard coming closer now with Pedersen and Goss behind him while Guerao comes on the side.
500m and Coppel is beaten. Was a nice try though. Howard against Guerao it seems with Pedersen still doing well here ahead of Goss.
Howard wins it closely. Guerao in 2nd ahead of Goss, who could have won it with 10m more road actually. Very fast finish by him.
Pedersen in 4th ahead of Stauff and Von Hoff who came out of nowhere.
