Eddie Stobart share the chase with the gap at 1.33 with 30km to go

Berger with a strong finish ends up with 6th place

Lewis goes on the attack early

Some time later Moreno Hernandez tries to make it across to the leaders

They are all together

Moreno Hernandez takes the first mountain points on offer

Malacarne does a decent time and gets a finish of 1'27

Meyer shocked himself and finishes 30th

With 8km to go, Travis Meyer forces the pace

Under the flame rouge and Meyer is in with a chance

Joeaar was the best of a bad Stobart bunch

Pushpakumara trying to get in to the early break

A bit later on Umerbekov tries as well

Later on in the stage when it is back together Taillefour tries for Stobarts again

Pushpakumara is at 35km with a lead of 1'50

Pushpakumara is now alone at the front with 87km to go

Taillefour goes on the attack with four others

The gap has remained at over two minutes as we go through the intermediate sprint

1km to go and the break starts the sprint

Lovik has managed to get across to the three leaders

A few more riders made it across and we ended up with seven

Lovik was first at the intermediate sprint with the advantage at 3.21

The breakaway is about to get reeled in

Pushpakumara goes with the early break

The break has reached 2m'24s

At the intermediate sprint with 45km to go, the lead is 1m 42s

The peleton is in sight with 17km to go

Hugentobler starts the race with the first attack

Unfortunately that break was soon brought back and the second one went away and included De Tier

Meyer grabs seecond on the stage

Eddie Stobart were up for it when the race started, but that didn't last for too long