Having been denied a stage win to contest the speed junkies want to make the most of todays flat, flat, flat Profile.
3 rider go early but split into 2 seperate groups. They are so ineffectual that I didn't even take a screen. Without further ado...
3km's to go one train has made clear its intent to win...
Abakoumov leads Vaitkus, Gaywood and Alaluusua. Mark Jemieson leads Greg Henderson on the right. The others are non-factors
Abakoumov fades heading into the second kilometer and Vaitkus goes
Under the red kite Vaitkus has a bike length on Gaywood, but Henderson is grabbing Gaywoods wheel and swiftly races past. The Kiwi is making a strong challenge, can he make up the necessary ground?
No, Vaitkus takes a stage win and also the points jersey. Henderson is second and Gaywood is third.
Stage:
1
Tomas Vaitkus
NIPPO CORPORATION
3h25'55
2
Gregory Henderson
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
3
Simon Gaywood
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
4
Juhi-Matti Alaluusua
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
5
Kobe Vanoverschelde
B&O
s.t.
6
Mohammad Umardi Rosdi
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM B
s.t.
7
Pedro Costa
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM B
s.t.
8
Michael Van Stayen
GATORADE
s.t.
9
Adam Hansen
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
10
Igor Abakoumov
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
11
André Greipel
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
12
Kristian Sobota
B&O
s.t.
13
Mirko Lorenzetto
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
14
Mark Jamieson
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
15
Iljo Keisse
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
16
Russell Downing
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
17
Héctor Fabian Aguilar
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM B
s.t.
18
Kevin Barclay
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
19
Fumiyuki Beppu
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
20
Gianni Meersman
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
21
Franklin Chacon
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM B
s.t.
22
Oscar Gatto
FED-EX B
s.t.
23
Nikola Aistrup
B&O
s.t.
24
Ivan Seledkov
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
25
Miles Olman
GATORADE
s.t.
26
Marian Frunzeanu
FED-EX B
s.t.
27
Nico Keinath
B&O
s.t.
28
Budi Santoso
FED-EX B
s.t.
29
Dmitri Grabovski
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
30
Amets Txurruka
MOLTENI
s.t.
31
Steven Kruijswijk
B&O
s.t.
32
Ruslan Grychenko
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
33
Sergei Ivanov
MOLTENI
s.t.
34
Ruslan Sambris
GATORADE
s.t.
35
Nicolas Vogondy
MOLTENI
s.t.
36
Yon Bru Pascal
GATORADE
s.t.
37
Ivan Rovny
B&O
s.t.
38
Sven Vandousselaere
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
39
Paúl Torres
FED-EX B
s.t.
40
Pieter Mertens
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
41
Chris Froome
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
42
Jempy Drucker
B&O
s.t.
43
Bradley Wiggins
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
44
Hernâni Broco
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM B
s.t.
45
Jan Hruska
MOLTENI
s.t.
46
Hossein Askari
FED-EX B
s.t.
47
Benjamin Noval
MOLTENI
s.t.
48
Christoph Lasri
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
49
Stelly Robert
GATORADE
s.t.
50
Hugues Mottin
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
51
Hélder Magalhães
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM B
s.t.
52
Tim Klinger
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
53
Joe Hicks
FED-EX B
s.t.
54
Alvise Cappioli
TEAM KONICA MINOLTA
s.t.
55
Joe Knoxville
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 2'39
56
Amadou Bakari
GATORADE
s.t.
57
Timothy Johnson
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
58
Adam Blythe
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
59
Kangarid Naran
GATORADE
s.t.
60
Kofi Kramer
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 3'27
61
André Vital
MOLTENI
s.t.
62
Bilal Akgül
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM B
+ 3'51
63
Ed Clancy
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
64
Tanguy Reuzeau
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
65
Steven Burke
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
66
Chris Barton
FED-EX B
+ 4'31
67
Ruben Elvira Lobato
MOLTENI
+ 6'39
GC: Chris Froome (Austria) takes a well deserved win ahead of Mertens and Noval.