Four riders have been allowed to have an advantage from the peleton as they take it relatively easy in the first half of the race, those riders are Miller/Jamis Sutter Home, Mullervy/Team Exergy, Haga/Team Optum and our rider Eldridge/Team Type 1 who is there to just sit at the back and not aid the break at all

5m 27s is the gap at the moment

Here's me feeling proud wearing the Leaders Yellow jersey and at the same time being very vigilant so as I stay out of trouble

A change in the weather has made the road surface slippery as it starts to sleet

The peleton are just forty seconds away from reeling the guys back in

Ten kilometres to go and the sprinters teams are getting prepared for the mass sprint finish

We are at the front and looking good but Jelly Belly Cycling are trying to disrupt our train

Efapel Glassdrive hit the front and are trying to lead out there main man Riberio

And he doesn't disappoint them and grabs a superb sprint finish for the team

Sérgio Ribeiro - Efapel - Glassdrive

Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

Well we had one task to do today and that was to keep Gary Sutton in the Leaders jersey and we easily achieved it so job well done

William Dugan is the first Team Type 1 rider to complete the course and he manages it in a time of 38m 46s

Santos of LA Antarte betters him by 50s but both riders will finish the day near the back of the final results

The first good time is achieved by Bevin of Bissell Cycling who comes in with 36m 26s

He is followed in by Creed of Team Optum who manages to beat him by a single second

Quaade of Blue Water Cycling is again better and sets a new fastest time of 35m 55s

Many more riders finish but don't challenge the time
Atkins of Bontrager Livestrong is one of them

Hernandez of Jelly Belly Cycling is another

As is our very own Joey Rosskopf

Dombrowski misses out as well when he was expected to do well

Mancebo oc Competitive Cycling was leading until the final couple of kilometres and then fell away

Ben Jacques Maynes finally beats the time with 35m 45s with only a handful of riders left to go

All the riders were on the course except for me and i am now on the ramp trying to gather my thoughts before i get the signal to go

I am soon in to my stride as i try to defend my race lead

King of the Mountains leader Dirk Müller of Nutrixxion Abus puts in a good ride

Rory Sutherland finishes very strongly

So does Haga of Team Optum

And Ribeiro of Efapel Glassdrive

But who has won

Joseph Dombrowski - Bontrager - Livestrong Team

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

We have taken a Great step today towards winning the race overall, so from now until the end we will do everything in our power to achieve that