The days breakaway:
Lefevre, Gonzalo, Harvey, Barbosa, Noval, Medici and Podgornik
With B&O controlling things behind
And with 59km to go, B&O have left the rest behind
Its turned into a TTT for the Danish team, with Kruijswijk, Breschel, Riber-Sellebjerg, Drucker, Reckweg, Nielsen and Veelers all there.
The TTT works until Nielesen gets a bit ahead of himself with 46km to go
Veelers bridges up to Nielsen but the teamwork is over and Veelers presses on alone
Meanwhile, Albert, Thomas, Jacobs, Lancaster and Knees have gotten away from the peleton and are heading towards the B&O riders
With 39km to go, Veelers has caught the breakaway and is he making a mistake by staying behind a slow paced Podgornik, who is obviously trying to slow things down for Geraint Thomas to catch up
In the end, it works to the advantage of Veelers as it allows Nielsen, Drucker, Breschel and Reckweg to catch up to him
The pace set isnt quick enough and despite Veelers coming to the front, Jacobs and Thomas make contact with 28km to go
Niels Albert comes to the front to take a relay
But Thomas is gapped in the descent so Albert drops back. B&O will look to make it count but now have Jacobs for company (Aswell as Gonzalo, the last surviving breakaway rider)
Just as Thomas' group bridges up to them, with 24km to go, Tom Veelers attacks
Jacobs and Breschel both try to counter but fail. Veelers builds a 30 second lead as Albert, Thomas and Jacobs lead the chase. Also in the chase group are Lefevre - amazingly still clinging on from the breakaway, Breschel and Drucker.
But Drucker is then dropped from the group
Closing in on the finish, now Niels Albert does his best to close the gap. Jacobs and Thomas are also relaying while Breschel gets a free ride
Behind them is Drucker and after the Luxembourg is a group containing the forgotten contenders of the day
Last year's winner David Kopp, Luca Paolini, Stuart O'Grady, Roger Hammond and Magnus Backstedt are all in there.
Back up front it looks very good for Veelers, and its a sprint for2nd for the chase group. Breschel trys to catch Thomas out
And has Thomas waited for too long behind Albert?
Veelers celebrates victory
Made even more special as Breschel makes it a 1-2.
Thomas 3rd, then Jacobs, Albert and Drucker. Luca Paolini outsprints Magnus Backstedt for 7th.
