Stage 8 and it's the final chance for people to create gaps, although the long downhill will probably cause it to come back together. Lobato, Ospina and Vicioso are favourites.
The bunch pulls back the break and Jerome attacks to take the climb, protecting his teammates lead in the competition, Dietzeker is second and Debusschere is 3rd. This means Jerome failed, as Dietzeker is now the leader in the KoM classification
Those three are joined by Bodnar, Chacon, Barbe, Quermeneur and Van Ruienbeek.
Gallagher joins them
As does Sinicinas.
With 90km to go the climb has started and the gap is 8'33".
Van Ruitenbeek and Debusschere drop within sight of the top
Deitzker wins the climb to secure the jersey, Jerome is second with Gallagher third.
Over the top the bunch is 7'49" behind with 78km of downhill to go. They need to be within 3 minutes for Vicioso to keep his lead. Ortega, Sobal, Ospina and Cicaresse all missed the split
50km to go and the second peloton are still chasing hard, just 50 seconds behind the main bunch.
2 SaMol riders have held off the ten chasers and now the gap is going out. It's 1'10".
30km to go for the back to 10 man break and they still have 4'45". It will be between them for the win.
The final little climb allows the chasers to get close, but they can't quite close the gap.
20km to go and the gap is down to 3'16". SaMol have put Vicoso almost back into yellow
Bodnar, Quermeneur and Van Ruitenbeek attack
They have 17 seconds with 10km to go.
5km to go and it's up to 30 seconds
They start the sprint side by side
None of them have the energy, or the fast twitch muscles, needed to sprint as Jerome leads the chasers to close the gap
Quemeneur takes to win
Jerome gets second, Bodnar, Barbe and Gallagher are next.
The clock is at around 3 minutes as the peloton cross the line. They were gunning the flat as well. Bodnar is at +2'56" after his bonus seconds so it will be touch and go for the overall lead.
The chase group are two minutes later.
The final gap: +3'07". This means that Vicoso drops to 7th, with the break taking the top 6, with Jerome at +5" in second, then Barbe and Chacon. Dietziker is 5th, and gets the KoM jersery, while Gallagher takes 6th.
In the other categories, Van der Sanden missed the split, meaning Hasanoui only has to worry about Lloyd over the next three days to win the young riders jersey. All the sprinters get no points, and despite having no one in the break, Gazprom extend their lead in the team competition.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Perrig Quemeneur
Alstom - Bic
4h16'35
2
Vincent Jérôme
Team Cativen
s.t.
3
Lukasz Bodnar
Team Finnair-Nordea
s.t.
4
Koen Barbé
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
5
Stephen Gallagher
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
6
Malaya Van Ruitenbeek
Team UPC
s.t.
7
Romas Sinicinas
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
8
Andreas Dietziker
Team Adecco
s.t.
9
Miguel Chacon
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
10
Maxime Debusschere
Team Serbian Telecom
+ 14
11
Benoît Daeninck
Ekspla-Maxima
+ 3'07
12
Paidi O'Brien
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
13
Angel Vicioso
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
14
Mahdi Sohrabi
Team Armavia
s.t.
15
Hossaini Reza
Team Armavia
s.t.
16
Sergei Klimov
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
17
Valeri Valinin
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
18
Ruben Elvira Lobato
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
19
Maher Hasnaoui
American Express
s.t.
20
Ivan Stevic
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
21
Daniel Foder
Eurovision
s.t.
22
Ilya Chernetsky
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
23
Aleksandr Bazjanov
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
24
Andrea Masciarelli
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
25
Kieran Page
Team Dyson
s.t.
26
Logan Hutchings
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
27
Ruslan Grychenko
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
28
Giorgi Nadiradze
Team Armavia
s.t.
29
Sergey Sarkisov
Team Armavia
s.t.
30
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
American Express
s.t.
31
Francisco José Pacheco
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
32
Tom Southam
Team Dyson
s.t.
33
Arthur Garcia Rincon
Team Cativen
s.t.
34
Vid Ogris
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
35
Rhys Lloyd
Team Dyson
s.t.
36
Ken Sebastian Vassdål
Team Dyson
s.t.
37
Andreas Klöden
Eurovision
s.t.
38
Martin Elmiger
Team Adecco
s.t.
39
Kurt Hovelynck
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
40
Alexandre Pichot
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
41
Jaroslaw Zarebski
Eurovision
s.t.
42
Gino Delise
Pivovarna Laško
+ 3'29
43
Robby Meul
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
44
Ronald Harvey
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
45
Dalibor Grželj
Pivovarna Laško
+ 4'04
46
Carlos Alberto Ospina
American Express
+ 5'12
47
Mike Friedman
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
48
Maxim Rudenko
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
49
Yauhen Sobal
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
50
Fabio Ciccarese
Team Cativen
s.t.
51
Bart Veyt
American Express
s.t.
52
Alberto Rodriguez Oliver
Team Adecco
s.t.
53
Denis Kostjuk
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
54
Nazareno Rossi
Team Adecco
s.t.
55
Marius Bernatonis
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
56
Yvo Kusters
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
57
Fabien Bacquet
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
58
Arnaud Gérard
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
59
Paul Healion
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
60
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
61
Carlos José Ochoa
Team Cativen
s.t.
62
Dragan Spasic
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
63
Eddy Van IJzendoorn
Team Kingspan Continental
+ 5'49
64
Matthew Gee
Team Dyson
s.t.
65
Azizulhasni Awang
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
66
Ivan Castillo
Team Cativen
+ 7'12
67
Saïd Haddou
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
68
Morgan Chedhomme
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
69
Tigran Korkotyan
Team Adecco
s.t.
70
Manuel Ortega
Team UPC
+ 8'09
71
Antonio Bucciero
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
72
Stijn Vandenbergh
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
73
Ronald Gonzalez
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
74
Rüdiger Selig
American Express
s.t.
75
Arturs Ansons
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
76
Owen Fabbro
Team Armavia
s.t.
77
Bryce Moore
Team D
s.t.
78
Robson Rodrigueiro
Team D
s.t.
79
Juhi-Matti Alaluusua
Team Finnair-Nordea
+ 9'01
80
Gorik Gardeyn
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
81
Sebastian Siedler
Eurovision
s.t.
82
Ruben Bongiorno
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
83
Luciano Pagliarini
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
84
Daniel Thorsen
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
85
Geert Van der Sanden
Team UPC
s.t.
86
Menno Horst
Team UPC
s.t.
87
Javier Joaquin Navarro
Team UPC
s.t.
88
Luca Paolini
Team D
s.t.
89
Xabier Zandio
Team D
s.t.
90
Olegs Melehs
Team Finnair-Nordea
+ 9'27
91
Harald Kruskopf
Eurovision
+ 11'40
92
Sérgio Entino
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
93
Matti Pajari
Team Finnair-Nordea
+ 12'55
94
Tommi Martikainen
Team Finnair-Nordea
+ 13'20
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Lukasz Bodnar
Team Finnair-Nordea
29h03'59
2
Vincent Jérôme
Team Cativen
+ 5
3
Koen Barbé
Het Nieuwsblad
+ 8
4
Miguel Chacon
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
5
Andreas Dietziker
Team Adecco
s.t.
6
Stephen Gallagher
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
7
Angel Vicioso
Samsung-Mol
+ 12
8
Sergei Klimov
Gazprom-Rosbank
+ 32
9
Mahdi Sohrabi
Team Armavia
+ 36
10
Ruben Elvira Lobato
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
11
Francisco José Pacheco
Samsung-Mol
+ 44
12
Paidi O'Brien
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
13
Ruslan Grychenko
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
14
Kieran Page
Team Dyson
s.t.
15
Benoît Daeninck
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
16
Daniel Foder
Eurovision
s.t.
17
Maher Hasnaoui
American Express
s.t.
18
Valeri Valinin
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
19
Andrea Masciarelli
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
20
Maxime Debusschere
Team Serbian Telecom
+ 2'09
21
Ivan Stevic
Team Serbian Telecom
+ 2'21
22
Arthur Garcia Rincon
Team Cativen
s.t.
23
Rhys Lloyd
Team Dyson
s.t.
24
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
American Express
s.t.
25
Malaya Van Ruitenbeek
Team UPC
+ 2'27
26
Carlos Alberto Ospina
American Express
+ 2'37
27
Yauhen Sobal
Team Serbian Telecom
+ 2'49
28
Fabio Ciccarese
Team Cativen
s.t.
29
Yvo Kusters
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
30
Denis Kostjuk
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
31
Alberto Rodriguez Oliver
Team Adecco
s.t.
32
Martin Elmiger
Team Adecco
+ 3'15
33
Aleksandr Bazjanov
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
34
Kurt Hovelynck
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
35
Logan Hutchings
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
36
Hossaini Reza
Team Armavia
s.t.
37
Giorgi Nadiradze
Team Armavia
s.t.
38
Andreas Klöden
Eurovision
s.t.
39
Sergey Sarkisov
Team Armavia
+ 3'37
40
Ilya Chernetsky
Gazprom-Rosbank
+ 3'49
41
Romas Sinicinas
Ekspla-Maxima
+ 4'02
42
Maxim Rudenko
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
+ 4'26
43
Vid Ogris
Pivovarna Laško
+ 5'02
44
Carlos José Ochoa
Team Cativen
+ 5'20
45
Dragan Spasic
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
46
Paul Healion
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
47
Marius Bernatonis
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
48
Nazareno Rossi
Team Adecco
s.t.
49
Bart Veyt
American Express
s.t.
50
Ronald Harvey
Team Kingspan Continental
+ 5'24
51
Dalibor Grželj
Pivovarna Laško
+ 5'36
52
Manuel Ortega
Team UPC
+ 5'46
53
Matthew Gee
Team Dyson
+ 5'57
54
Ronald Gonzalez
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
+ 6'36
55
Alexandre Pichot
Alstom - Bic
+ 6'48
56
Ken Sebastian Vassdål
Team Dyson
s.t.
57
Perrig Quemeneur
Alstom - Bic
+ 6'50
58
Eddy Van IJzendoorn
Team Kingspan Continental
+ 6'57
59
Gino Delise
Pivovarna Laško
+ 7'14
60
Antonio Bucciero
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
+ 7'23
61
Olegs Melehs
Team Finnair-Nordea
+ 8'15
62
Geert Van der Sanden
Team UPC
s.t.
63
Rüdiger Selig
American Express
+ 8'17
64
Stijn Vandenbergh
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
65
Mike Friedman
Ekspla-Maxima
+ 8'45
66
Arturs Ansons
Team Serbian Telecom
+ 8'51
67
Arnaud Gérard
Pivovarna Laško
+ 8'53
68
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
69
Fabien Bacquet
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
70
Azizulhasni Awang
Samsung-Mol
+ 9'22
71
Tom Southam
Team Dyson
+ 9'51
72
Saïd Haddou
Alstom - Bic
+ 10'09
73
Tigran Korkotyan
Team Adecco
+ 10'21
74
Luca Paolini
Team D
+ 10'33
75
Ivan Castillo
Team Cativen
+ 10'53
76
Juhi-Matti Alaluusua
Team Finnair-Nordea
+ 10'56
77
Luciano Pagliarini
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
78
Javier Joaquin Navarro
Team UPC
+ 11'39
79
Morgan Chedhomme
Alstom - Bic
+ 11'56
80
Daniel Thorsen
Samsung-Mol
+ 12'02
81
Menno Horst
Team UPC
+ 12'30
82
Ruben Bongiorno
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
+ 12'34
83
Gorik Gardeyn
Het Nieuwsblad
+ 12'42
84
Owen Fabbro
Team Armavia
+ 12'53
85
Jaroslaw Zarebski
Eurovision
+ 13'27
86
Sérgio Entino
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
+ 14'38
87
Tommi Martikainen
Team Finnair-Nordea
+ 17'01
88
Harald Kruskopf
Eurovision
+ 18'17
89
Robby Meul
Samsung-Mol
+ 18'35
90
Sebastian Siedler
Eurovision
+ 18'43
91
Robson Rodrigueiro
Team D
+ 19'02
92
Xabier Zandio
Team D
+ 19'54
93
Matti Pajari
Team Finnair-Nordea
+ 20'58
94
Bryce Moore
Team D
+ 29'57
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Saïd Haddou
Alstom - Bic
0
95
2
Tigran Korkotyan
Team Adecco
0
89
3
Mike Friedman
Ekspla-Maxima
0
62
4
Daniel Thorsen
Samsung-Mol
0
57
5
Sergei Klimov
Gazprom-Rosbank
0
56
6
Mahdi Sohrabi
Team Armavia
2
49
7
Ruben Bongiorno
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
0
44
8
Arnaud Gérard
Pivovarna Laško
0
40
9
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
0
40
10
Sebastian Siedler
Eurovision
0
39
11
Ivan Castillo
Team Cativen
0
38
12
Menno Horst
Team UPC
0
37
13
Gorik Gardeyn
Het Nieuwsblad
0
37
14
Angel Vicioso
Samsung-Mol
3
28
15
Ronald Gonzalez
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
0
25
16
Javier Joaquin Navarro
Team UPC
0
25
17
Perrig Quemeneur
Alstom - Bic
25
25
18
Carlos Alberto Ospina
American Express
0
20
19
Ivan Stevic
Team Serbian Telecom
0
20
20
Vincent Jérôme
Team Cativen
20
20
21
Sergey Sarkisov
Team Armavia
0
20
22
Lukasz Bodnar
Team Finnair-Nordea
16
18
23
Ruben Elvira Lobato
Pivovarna Laško
0
16
24
Eddy Van IJzendoorn
Team Kingspan Continental
0
16
25
Azizulhasni Awang
Samsung-Mol
0
16
26
Ruslan Grychenko
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
0
14
27
Koen Barbé
Het Nieuwsblad
14
14
28
Alberto Rodriguez Oliver
Team Adecco
0
12
29
Stephen Gallagher
Team Kingspan Continental
12
12
30
Juhi-Matti Alaluusua
Team Finnair-Nordea
0
12
31
Malaya Van Ruitenbeek
Team UPC
10
10
32
Francisco José Pacheco
Samsung-Mol
0
9
33
Denis Kostjuk
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
0
9
34
Romas Sinicinas
Ekspla-Maxima
9
9
35
Valeri Valinin
Gazprom-Rosbank
0
8
36
Andreas Dietziker
Team Adecco
8
8
37
Alexandre Pichot
Alstom - Bic
0
8
38
Maher Hasnaoui
American Express
0
7
39
Benoît Daeninck
Ekspla-Maxima
5
7
40
Miguel Chacon
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
7
7
41
Fabien Bacquet
Alstom - Bic
0
7
42
Yauhen Sobal
Team Serbian Telecom
0
6
43
Maxime Debusschere
Team Serbian Telecom
6
6
44
Fabio Ciccarese
Team Cativen
0
5
45
Andrea Masciarelli
Gazprom-Rosbank
0
5
46
Arturs Ansons
Team Serbian Telecom
0
5
47
Ronald Harvey
Team Kingspan Continental
0
5
48
Matti Pajari
Team Finnair-Nordea
0
5
49
Paidi O'Brien
Team Kingspan Continental
4
4
50
Daniel Foder
Eurovision
0
4
51
Matthew Gee
Team Dyson
0
4
52
Hossaini Reza
Team Armavia
1
1
53
Luciano Pagliarini
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
0
1
KoM:
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Andreas Dietziker
Team Adecco
14
24
2
Vincent Jérôme
Team Cativen
14
18
3
Carlos José Ochoa
Team Cativen
0
16
4
Kieran Page
Team Dyson
0
15
5
Aleksandr Bazjanov
Gazprom-Rosbank
0
12
6
Maxime Debusschere
Team Serbian Telecom
6
12
7
Paul Healion
Team Kingspan Continental
0
10
8
Harald Kruskopf
Eurovision
0
10
9
Dragan Spasic
Team Serbian Telecom
0
8
10
Tom Southam
Team Dyson
0
8
11
Angel Vicioso
Samsung-Mol
0
6
12
Rhys Lloyd
Team Dyson
0
6
13
Sérgio Entino
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
0
6
14
Miguel Chacon
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
4
5
15
Ruben Elvira Lobato
Pivovarna Laško
0
4
16
Stephen Gallagher
Team Kingspan Continental
2
4
17
Luca Paolini
Team D
0
4
18
Matti Pajari
Team Finnair-Nordea
0
4
19
Luciano Pagliarini
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
0
3
20
Perrig Quemeneur
Alstom - Bic
2
2
21
Robby Meul
Samsung-Mol
0
2
22
Bryce Moore
Team D
0
2
Teams:
Rank
Team
Time
General Time
1
Ekspla-Maxima
12h55'59
+ 1'55 (2)
2
Team Kingspan Continental
+ 22
+ 2'17 (4)
3
Team Cativen
+ 2'05
+ 2'12 (3)
4
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
+ 17'10 (18)
5
Team Adecco
s.t.
+ 4'00 (8)
6
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
+ 4'00 (9)
7
Team Serbian Telecom
+ 2'19
+ 3'20 (6)
8
Gazprom-Rosbank
+ 3'07
87h14'09 (1)
9
Team Armavia
s.t.
+ 5'02 (11)
10
Team Dyson
s.t.
+ 4'08 (10)
11
Eurovision
s.t.
+ 8'35 (14)
12
Samsung-Mol
+ 3'29
+ 2'41 (5)
13
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
+ 7'32 (13)
14
American Express
+ 5'12
+ 3'42 (7)
15
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
+ 7'17
+ 5'47 (12)
16
Team UPC
+ 10'56
+ 13'44 (15)
17
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
+ 15'48 (16)
18
Team Finnair-Nordea
+ 12'14
+ 17'07 (17)
19
Team D
+ 19'05
+ 46'25 (19)
Young Riders:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
General Time
2
Maher Hasnaoui
American Express
s.t.
29h04'43 (1)
4
Rhys Lloyd
Team Dyson
s.t.
+ 1'37 (2)
1
Hossaini Reza
Team Armavia
4h19'42
+ 2'31 (3)
3
Giorgi Nadiradze
Team Armavia
s.t.
+ 2'31 (4)
9
Marius Bernatonis
Ekspla-Maxima
+ 2'05
+ 4'36 (5)
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