A clear day but near 50 km/hr winds might make conditions challenging for the sprinters.
The break of the day is made up of Cuadros, Svab and Afoa. We've already ridden more than 50 km when it forms!
Svab wins the first KOM sprint. Afoa and Cuadros follow him through.
There's a crash with 90 km left. Riders involved are Ghani Kuroeda Trakhov Crncevic Kamberaj
75 km to go. Podium Ambition and Aegon are chasing the hardest. The deficit for the peloton is 4'23".
The riders who had crashed earlier are back in the pack.
Svab wins the second KOM sprint as well and confirms the jersey for himself overnight. Afoa and Cuadros are second and third.
25 km to go and still the same teams at the front. The gap is down to 1'27".
Svab attacks with 20 km left. The gap to the peloton is just 50".
Svab has a 25" lead to the pack. His former breakaway companions have been caught.
There's a pack split with 9 km left as 64 riders are distanced. Van Aert, Silva, Schomber, Novardianto, Leung and Per are among those in the second group.
Afoa and Cuadros cannot hang on to the peloton any longer. 7 km left.
Svab is caught with 5 km remaining.
Podium Ambition and Weisenhof leading the peloton.
Wurtz - Jansen - Willwohl - Lutsyshyn - Kemboi - Bauhaus - Contreras is the train at the front. Kennett is trying to catch up.
Kamberaj is dropped. He looks to be injured from the earlier crash.
Kennett and Bohli catch up to the earlier train with 1.5 km left.
Wurtz swings off at the kilometer banner as the sprinters at the back of the train start to sprint early.
Willwohl goes with 600 meters left with Lutsyshyn on his wheel. Jansen still ahead of his teammate following the lead-out.
400 meters. Jansen still leads! Kennett has been distanced and caught by Ewan who was woefully positioned for the sprint, and is too far back now.
200 meters to go. Bauhaus gets blocked by Kemboi.
It is Willwohl versus Lutsyshyn for the win.
Yellow Jersey Kemboi and Contreras have gained ever so slightly on Lutsyshyn as we enter the final 50 meters.
Willwohl takes it. So close for Lutsyshyn who claims 2nd.
Kemboi takes 3rd ahead of Contreras via the photo finish. Bauhaus is 5th.
Jansen is 6th, the fruits of a well-delivered lead-out. Ewan can only manage 7th. Kennett is 8th.
Liu and Bohli complete the top 10.
Today's winner - Willy Willwohl.
Everyone was given the same time at the end. Kemboi increases his lead in both the GC and the Points standings. Svab leads the KOM standings.
