Van Stayen and the other sprinters are listed as the top favourites here.
It's looking like a beautiful day for 205km of cycling and the fans are lining the streets here in Portugal.
15km into the day and we have a 3 man breakaway that is 3'00 ahead already. Aasvold, Iversen and Khederi are our 3 musketeers today.
155km to go and we take this opportunity to admire the beautiful view out to the ocean here for the front of the Peloton. There are a few teams controlling the gap which seems to have hit its peak at 4'15.
110km to go. Not a lot going on but the gap has slowly dropped down to 2'53.
The gap drops below 2'00 with 65km to go. The same teams working together at the front of the Peloton.
40km to go now and the Peloton has the breakaway in their sights. The gap is now just over 1 minute.
16km to go and the Peloton has made the catch!
Further back on the road there is a split in the Peloton and the leading group now contains only 41 riders. The top favourites are all in this group.
The front group is down to 32 riders with 11km to go. At the front right now it is McCormick working on the front for Van der Sande.
7km to go and Van Stayen is dragged to the front by his team mates and they now take control of the race.
3km now and it's difficult to see how this will play out. Skala and Kuboki at the front but Bellis is up there too.
1.5km and McCormick opens up the sprint.
They come under the kite and on the left side it's Van Stayen leading a quartet with Guardini, Van der Sande and Maksimov in close pursuit.
It's the same 4 riders who are all almost in a line now. Guerao is coming up behind them while Stallaert is coming up on the right hand side from deep.
Maksimov looking strong! Guerao is inching ever closer.
Maksimov still has the upper hand ahead of Van Stayen. Guerao could be about to surprise them though!
We are almost at the line and Maksimov needs to hold on for another 100m. Guerao coming up very fast now!
Maksimov holds on to win it!! Guerao takes a well-deserved 2nd with Guardini 3rd. Van der Sande is 4th ahead of Van Stayen in 5th.
He takes the opportunity to celebrate after crossing the line!
It's very close between the next 5 but Colbrelli is the best of them in 6th. Coutinho is 7th ahead of Ackermann while Stallaert and Bellis round out the Top 10.
There will no doubt be plenty of Vodka going around the Los Pollos team tonight!!
Lisbon Classic 
