Last day of riding! A 35 km ITT which will determine the GC among those who had a good result two days ago.
Some good time-trialists in the favorites’list, but not all of them will be able to get a good GC result.

Merchan is the lanterne rouge, and obviously he sets a first reference time of 23’30 at the half of the stage. A time which stays up not long, as some good time-trialists come right after, like Andersen and Archbold. The latter leads for some time with a 10 seconds lead on the former. Both were some 4 minutes late on the top 20 though. Meanwhile, Rosas is already 15 seconds down.
Wolf is the first to take the Kiwi’s place, though he’s on the same time, but Sterobo immediately beats him by 15 seconds. Ludvigsson manages to be only 6 seconds down.
At that moment, the 4 minutes between the time-trialists on the road and the GC leader doesn’t seem that much, as for reference, Sterobo is already 2’50 fastest than Zingle. The local rider sure is in a good form, as he continues to lead all this batch at half stage.

Golovash is the first real favorite of the day, and he’s 2 seconds off the pace. GC wise, he was this morning 2’10 behind Van Garderen. In any case, Belevics seems determined to not let him any chance. The Latvian champion is 9 seconds faster than Sterobo. Gonzalez Salas loses time, he’s 6 seconds off.
Campenaerts, Kittel or Christodoulos all have a decent ride, but still are some seconds behind Belevics. The Cypriot will have to be fastest if he wants to take the white jersey.
Cheung is in a bad day, already 21 seconds off. Same story for Kung (+0’32), who could have hoped for better – even though it’s not finished yet –, Beniusis (+0’14) or Kämna (+0’16). In the end, nobody seems able to best Belevics!

Thomas is only 10th at the time check. He was 18th at the beginning of the day. Sajnok is here to fight for the white jersey, but he’s 24’’ late and it’s not very good.
Paillot (16th, +1’11) is closer to the lead of the stage (+0’04). If he continues like that, he might have a good shot at the lead! Even Durbridge isn’t fast enough to take the provisional lead. He’s 1 second late. What a first half for the Larvian champion!
Dunbar (+0’14) and Dennis (0’23) don’t really do better. Meanwhile, Le Gac and Bellis already are more than 1 minute off. All that opens good perspectives for Cosnefroy. Indeed, the yellow jersey Van Garderen is already 1’30 off. Expect a hard loss.

Merchan’s once again the first to cross the line, with a time of 51’09. It’ll be hard for him to not win the lanterne rouge title, as he’s got a good margin on his chasers. Archbold confirms his good ride, 19 seconds faster than Andersen.
Sterobo maintains his good pace and sets a new best time of 46’06. He keeps 10’’ on Ludvigsson and 23’’ on Penko.
Scotson had a good first half, but he finishes 10’’ off, good enough for provisional 4th.

Golovash doesn’t lose more time, but he finishes 3rd, after Groselj. Not the best ride for him. And it’s 35’’ slower than Belevics, who’ll probably be in the hot seat for quite some time, and earn some places in the GC. Gonzalez Salas (+0’12), Campenaerts (+0’16), Kittel (+0’19) limit their losses. Christodoulos (+0’30) will not be able to take the young rider jersey.
Even good time-trialists, like Cheung nearly lose 1 minute. It’s even more than that for Kung.
The only menace for Belevics definitely is in the top 20!

Thomas finishes provisional 8th (+0’34), which could indeed give him a good climb in the GC. He was very close of some other riders, and he’s had a good ride.
Sajnok had a 23 seconds gap on Beniusis in the youth classification. He was 10’’ off at the timecheck. And… he’s 20 seconds slower at the finish line! He’ll keep the white, but that was close.
Paillot is provisional 2nd, 11’’ off. Durbridge is faster, but still 3’’ slower than Belevics.
Dunbar finishes in the same time as Thomas. That should be enough for a decent result. Dennis finishes right behind, and loses 52’’ to Belevics and 20 seconds to Dunbar. He’ll keep his lead. Now everybody’s waiting for Cosnefroy to finish…
0’42 behind! Fastest than Dennis, and if I’m not mistaken, enough for taking the GC.

Belevics wins the last stage with a strong ride. 2nd stage victory here for local team Carlsberg.



Cosnefroy was very good in the two important stage, and he logically wins the GC, with a 6 seconds margin on Durbridge and 14’’ on his compatriot Paillot. Dennis and Dunbar might be slightly disappointed.


Bernas was cheeky and wins the best climber jersey.



Halvorsen finishes with a 1’ lead on Kragh Andersen on the GC, so he retakes the green jersey. In any case, two teams in green are tied for green!



It was close for Sajnok, but he keeps the white by a 2 seconds margin!



Minions might not get the GC, but they still lead the team classification. That’ll be some consolation.