The difficult Stoke on Trent stage has just enough late hills you'd think to cause our first real selection - though in truth some riders have already slipped back on GC due to crashes and late splits.
The Many climbs in the latter half of the stage finish in Stoke, a town whose topography has lended itself to a draggy finish.
Our break of the day has five riders, three of which are well placed in the King of the Mountains competition.
Vanbilsen (HTC), Brammeier (Kenya Air) and Renang (Swedbank) all have double figures and these three are joined by Korzh (Tinkoff) and Boeckmans (Bpost).
Here are the results of the five King of the Mountains primes.
KoM 1: Brammeier - Vanbilsen - Renang
KoM 2: Vanbilsen - Brammeier Renang
KoM 3: Vanbilsen - Boeckmans - Brammeier
KoM 4: Vanbilsen - Boeckmans - Renang
KoM 5: Vanbilsen - Korzh - Boeckmans
As you can see Vanbilsen takes a huge lead in the King of the Mountains competition with Brammeier and Renang topping up their points slightly. Boeckmans moved nicely into contention too.
The last KoM split the break up with only Vanbilsen, Korzh and Boeckmans remaining out front.
SRAM however with both race leader Haussler and the ever dangerous veteren Wegmann as part of their squad have controlled the break nicely chasing it all down.
SRAM have had a really effective race so far, but for another team it has been a poor race and this mainly down to misfortune. Horrible luck again for Jaguar as one of its leaders British Champion Alex Dowsett is forced to retire.
SRAM have controlled to such an extent that we are going to get a sprint as approximately 50 riders are together for the final sprint. The only really noteworthy sprinter dropped in Kennaugh (Vueling). In fact on closer inspection Drujon (Bpost), Nelson (Halfords), Krasnov (Tinkoff) and Schinker (Kenya Air) have all slipped back.
As we can see SRAM still have control with Keisse leading out Haussler, Cavendish is showing some great strength on the small hills to still be there with Ventoso + Caldiera (Prio) and Kreder (Swedbank) in the hunt.
Another hilly leader is down and it's Schreurs (Vueling)
The sprint turns in to a duel between Haussler and Cavendish.
To the surpise of most commentators Cavendish holds for his second win of the race.
Haussler hangs on to his GC lead though from Cav by 2 seconds with Kreder quietly slipping up to 3rd after outsprinting Ventoso for third place on the day.
Also possibly worth noting is Van Keirsbulck slipping into the Youth jersey, could be useful in his attempt to maintain a high GC in tomorrows demanding stage.
Stage results
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Mark Cavendish
airBaltic - Endura
3h54'24
2
Heinrich Haussler
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Michel Kreder
Swedbank-PEAB
s.t.
4
Francisco Ventoso
Prio - Porto
s.t.
5
Jonathan Bellis
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
6
Francesco Gavazzi
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
7
Romain Feillu
Team BPost
s.t.
8
Kenny Van Hummel
Swedbank-PEAB
s.t.
9
Fabian Wegmann
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Matteo Priamo
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
11
Martin Pedersen
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
12
Valentin Iglinski
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
13
Iljo Keisse
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
s.t.
14
Samuel Caldeira
Prio - Porto
s.t.
15
Denis Galimzyanov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
16
Thor Hushovd
Swedbank-PEAB
s.t.
17
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
18
Martin Velits
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
19
Bruno Borges
Prio - Porto
s.t.
20
Simon Gaywood
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
21
Huub Duyn
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
s.t.
22
Tosh Van der Sande
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
23
Ivan Rovny
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
24
Daan Olivier
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
25
Lars Ytting Bak
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
26
Markus Eichler
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
s.t.
27
Kenny De Haes
HTC Nieuwsblad
s.t.
28
Sander Armee
HTC Nieuwsblad
s.t.
29
Alexander Sulimov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
30
Simon Richardson
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
31
Tesfar Teklit
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
32
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Team BPost
s.t.
33
Luis Afonso
Prio - Porto
s.t.
34
Bruno Pires
Prio - Porto
s.t.
35
Simon Yates
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
36
Chris Froome
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
37
Aaron Gate
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
38
Jérome Giaux
Swedbank-PEAB
s.t.
39
Dylan Van Baarle
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
40
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
41
Aurélien Passeron
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
42
Bobbie Traksel
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
43
William Maesen
Team BPost
s.t.
44
Graham Briggs
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
45
Christoff Van Heerden
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
46
Ricardo Ferreira
Prio - Porto
s.t.
47
Andris Smirnovs
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
48
Kristian Sbaragli
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
49
Dylan Groenewegen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
50
Ermin Van Wyk
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
51
Jörgen Matt
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
52
Kenneth Vanbilsen
HTC Nieuwsblad
+ 2'14
53
Maurice Schreurs
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 2'26
54
Blel Kadri
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
55
Matthew Brammeier
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 2'46
56
Kris Boeckmans
Team BPost
s.t.
57
Jan Barta
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
s.t.
58
Michel Koch
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
+ 3'15
59
Pavel Korzh
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
60
George Alexandru Stancu
Swedbank-PEAB
s.t.
61
Lionel Coutinho
Prio - Porto
+ 3'54
62
Petter Renäng
Swedbank-PEAB
+ 4'49
63
Peter Kennaugh
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 10'12
64
Ricki Nelson
ANC-Halfords
s.t.
65
Leonid Krasnov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
66
Nico Schinker
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
67
Nikolai Trusov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
68
Mathieu Drujon
Team BPost
s.t.
69
Vahid Ghafari
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
70
Artjom Timofeev
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
71
Mattias Westling
Swedbank-PEAB
s.t.
72
Richard Tanguy
ANC-Halfords
s.t.
73
Kevin Barclay
ANC-Halfords
s.t.
74
Tom Van Asbroeck
HTC Nieuwsblad
s.t.
75
Riadh Ghdamsi
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
76
Russell Hampton
ANC-Halfords
s.t.
77
Mathieu La Lavandier
Team BPost
s.t.
78
Henrique Madeira Casimiro
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
79
Dale Appleby
ANC-Halfords
s.t.
80
David Millar
ANC-Halfords
+ 10'51
81
Rasmus Sterobo
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
82
Maarten Tjallingii
Control Team
+ 11'05
83
Oscar Freire
Control Team
s.t.
84
Tom David
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 11'19
85
Enrico Barbin
HTC Nieuwsblad
s.t.
86
Sam Harrison
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
87
Javier Joaquin Navarro
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
88
Kieran Frend
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
89
Danny Van Poppel
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
90
Niels Albert
Team BPost
s.t.
91
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
92
Philip Lavery
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
93
James Oram
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
94
Tarik Chaoufi
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
95
Kenny Van der Schueren
HTC Nieuwsblad
s.t.
96
Danny Pate
ANC-Halfords
s.t.
97
Mike Teunissen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
98
Richard Cleaver
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
99
Ian Boswell
HTC Nieuwsblad
s.t.
100
Björn Leukemans
Control Team
s.t.
101
Gerben Löwik
Control Team
s.t.
102
Leif Hoste
Control Team
s.t.
GC
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Heinrich Haussler
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
21h19'08
2
Mark Cavendish
airBaltic - Endura
+ 2
3
Michel Kreder
Swedbank-PEAB
+ 16
4
Francisco Ventoso
Prio - Porto
+ 20
5
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Team BPost
+ 42
6
Francesco Gavazzi
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 48
7
Kenny Van Hummel
Swedbank-PEAB
s.t.
8
Matteo Priamo
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
9
Romain Feillu
Team BPost
s.t.
10
Samuel Caldeira
Prio - Porto
s.t.
11
Denis Galimzyanov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
12
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
13
Martin Pedersen
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
14
Fabian Wegmann
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
s.t.
15
Valentin Iglinski
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
16
Thor Hushovd
Swedbank-PEAB
s.t.
17
Jonathan Bellis
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
18
Jérome Giaux
Swedbank-PEAB
s.t.
19
Simon Gaywood
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
20
Huub Duyn
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
s.t.
21
Martin Velits
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
22
Ivan Rovny
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
23
Lars Ytting Bak
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
24
Christoff Van Heerden
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
25
Graham Briggs
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
26
Iljo Keisse
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
s.t.
27
Kenny De Haes
HTC Nieuwsblad
s.t.
28
Tosh Van der Sande
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
29
Markus Eichler
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Bruno Borges
Prio - Porto
s.t.
31
Daan Olivier
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
32
Simon Richardson
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
33
Andris Smirnovs
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
34
Bobbie Traksel
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
35
Luis Afonso
Prio - Porto
s.t.
36
Ricardo Ferreira
Prio - Porto
s.t.
37
Alexander Sulimov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
38
Dylan Groenewegen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
39
Ermin Van Wyk
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
40
William Maesen
Team BPost
s.t.
41
Sander Armee
HTC Nieuwsblad
+ 2'36
42
Chris Froome
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
43
Bruno Pires
Prio - Porto
s.t.
44
Aurélien Passeron
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
45
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
46
Tesfar Teklit
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
47
Dylan Van Baarle
airBaltic - Endura
+ 3'10
48
Jörgen Matt
airBaltic - Endura
s.t.
49
Maurice Schreurs
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 3'14
50
Kris Boeckmans
Team BPost
+ 3'30
51
Pavel Korzh
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
+ 3'55
52
Michel Koch
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
+ 4'03
53
Kenneth Vanbilsen
HTC Nieuwsblad
+ 4'44
54
Matthew Brammeier
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 4'58
55
Simon Yates
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 5'45
56
Jan Barta
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
+ 5'56
57
Kristian Sbaragli
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 6'05
58
Aaron Gate
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 8'28
59
Blel Kadri
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 8'31
60
George Alexandru Stancu
Swedbank-PEAB
+ 9'20
61
Lionel Coutinho
Prio - Porto
+ 9'59
62
Mathieu Drujon
Team BPost
+ 10'44
63
Ricki Nelson
ANC-Halfords
+ 10'48
64
Leonid Krasnov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
+ 10'50
65
Nico Schinker
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 11'00
66
Artjom Timofeev
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
s.t.
67
Richard Tanguy
ANC-Halfords
s.t.
68
Vahid Ghafari
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 12'48
69
Henrique Madeira Casimiro
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
70
Enrico Barbin
HTC Nieuwsblad
+ 13'55
71
Danny Pate
ANC-Halfords
s.t.
72
Mattias Westling
Swedbank-PEAB
+ 14'01
73
Kevin Barclay
ANC-Halfords
s.t.
74
Riadh Ghdamsi
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 15'09
75
Tom Van Asbroeck
HTC Nieuwsblad
+ 15'11
76
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 15'21
77
Peter Kennaugh
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 15'37
78
Richard Cleaver
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 15'40
79
Russell Hampton
ANC-Halfords
+ 15'43
80
Javier Joaquin Navarro
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 16'03
81
Danny Van Poppel
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
82
Kenny Van der Schueren
HTC Nieuwsblad
+ 16'05
83
Nikolai Trusov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
+ 16'17
84
Petter Renäng
Swedbank-PEAB
+ 16'44
85
Philip Lavery
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 17'04
86
Sam Harrison
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
87
James Oram
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
88
Mathieu La Lavandier
Team BPost
+ 17'12
89
Rasmus Sterobo
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 17'19
90
Tom David
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 17'24
91
Dale Appleby
ANC-Halfords
+ 18'05
92
David Millar
ANC-Halfords
+ 19'07
93
Kieran Frend
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 19'12
94
Tarik Chaoufi
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
95
Ian Boswell
HTC Nieuwsblad
s.t.
96
Mike Teunissen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 19'31
97
Niels Albert
Team BPost
+ 26'14
98
Oscar Freire
Control Team
+ 59'01
99
Björn Leukemans
Control Team
+ 59'15
100
Gerben Löwik
Control Team
+ 1h00'38
101
Maarten Tjallingii
Control Team
+ 1h08'49
102
Leif Hoste
Control Team
+ 1h09'28
Points
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Heinrich Haussler
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
20
89
2
Mark Cavendish
airBaltic - Endura
25
84
3
Michel Kreder
Swedbank-PEAB
16
73
4
Francisco Ventoso
Prio - Porto
14
70
5
Mathieu Drujon
Team BPost
0
52
6
Peter Kennaugh
Team Vueling Airlines
0
51
7
Francesco Gavazzi
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
10
42
8
Ricki Nelson
ANC-Halfords
0
38
9
Leonid Krasnov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
0
25
10
Matthew Brammeier
Kenya Airways - Barclays
12
24
11
Nico Schinker
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
23
12
Kenny Van Hummel
Swedbank-PEAB
8
23
13
Romain Feillu
Team BPost
9
23
14
Martin Pedersen
Team Vueling Airlines
5
20
15
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
18
16
Aaron Gate
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
0
18
17
Pavel Korzh
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
8
17
18
Riadh Ghdamsi
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
16
19
Jonathan Bellis
Rothaus - Aegon
12
15
20
Jérome Giaux
Swedbank-PEAB
0
14
21
Tom Van Asbroeck
HTC Nieuwsblad
0
14
22
Samuel Caldeira
Prio - Porto
2
13
23
Kenny Van der Schueren
HTC Nieuwsblad
0
12
24
Matteo Priamo
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
6
11
25
Denis Galimzyanov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
1
10
26
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
0
10
27
Fabian Wegmann
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
7
10
28
Mike Teunissen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
0
10
29
Petter Renäng
Swedbank-PEAB
0
8
30
Valentin Iglinski
Rothaus - Aegon
4
7
31
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Team BPost
0
6
32
Thor Hushovd
Swedbank-PEAB
0
6
33
Kenneth Vanbilsen
HTC Nieuwsblad
0
6
34
Russell Hampton
ANC-Halfords
0
6
35
Mathieu La Lavandier
Team BPost
0
6
36
Kris Boeckmans
Team BPost
4
4
37
Iljo Keisse
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
3
3
38
Artjom Timofeev
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
0
1
Mountains
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Kenneth Vanbilsen
HTC Nieuwsblad
47
69
2
Matthew Brammeier
Kenya Airways - Barclays
27
43
3
Petter Renäng
Swedbank-PEAB
19
33
4
Kris Boeckmans
Team BPost
26
26
5
Mike Teunissen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
0
26
6
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Team BPost
0
22
7
Aaron Gate
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
0
22
8
Pavel Korzh
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
18
18
9
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
18
10
Mathieu La Lavandier
Team BPost
0
18
11
Richard Cleaver
Jaguar - Eritel
0
16
12
Kenny Van der Schueren
HTC Nieuwsblad
0
16
13
Russell Hampton
ANC-Halfords
0
14
14
Riadh Ghdamsi
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
12
15
Michel Koch
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
4
4
16
Ermin Van Wyk
airBaltic - Endura
4
4
17
Jan Barta
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
2
4
18
Iljo Keisse
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
2
2
19
Tom Van Asbroeck
HTC Nieuwsblad
0
2
20
Tarik Chaoufi
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
2
Youth
Name
Team
General Time
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Team BPost
21h19'50 (1)
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 6 (2)
Jonathan Bellis
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 6 (3)
Tosh Van der Sande
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 6 (4)
Bruno Borges
Prio - Porto
+ 6 (5)
Daan Olivier
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 6 (6)
Andris Smirnovs
airBaltic - Endura
+ 6 (7)
Luis Afonso
Prio - Porto
+ 6 (8)
Ricardo Ferreira
Prio - Porto
+ 6 (9)
Alexander Sulimov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
+ 6 (10)
Dylan Groenewegen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 6 (11)
William Maesen
Team BPost
+ 6 (12)
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 1'54 (13)
Tesfar Teklit
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 1'54 (14)
Dylan Van Baarle
airBaltic - Endura
+ 2'28 (15)
Jörgen Matt
airBaltic - Endura
+ 2'28 (16)
Maurice Schreurs
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 2'32 (17)
Michel Koch
Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team
+ 3'21 (18)
Kenneth Vanbilsen
HTC Nieuwsblad
+ 4'02 (19)
Simon Yates
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 5'03 (20)
Kristian Sbaragli
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 5'23 (21)
Aaron Gate
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 7'46 (22)
George Alexandru Stancu
Swedbank-PEAB
+ 8'38 (23)
Lionel Coutinho
Prio - Porto
+ 9'17 (24)
Ricki Nelson
ANC-Halfords
+ 10'06 (25)
Leonid Krasnov
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
+ 10'08 (26)
Vahid Ghafari
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 12'06 (27)
Enrico Barbin
HTC Nieuwsblad
+ 13'13 (28)
Kevin Barclay
ANC-Halfords
+ 13'19 (29)
Tom Van Asbroeck
HTC Nieuwsblad
+ 14'29 (30)
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 14'39 (31)
Peter Kennaugh
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 14'55 (32)
Richard Cleaver
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 14'58 (33)
Russell Hampton
ANC-Halfords
+ 15'01 (34)
Javier Joaquin Navarro
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 15'21 (35)
Danny Van Poppel
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 15'21 (36)
Philip Lavery
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 16'22 (37)
Sam Harrison
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 16'22 (38)
James Oram
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 16'22 (39)
Mathieu La Lavandier
Team BPost
+ 16'30 (40)
Rasmus Sterobo
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 16'37 (41)
Tom David
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 16'42 (42)
Kieran Frend
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 18'30 (43)
Ian Boswell
HTC Nieuwsblad
+ 18'30 (44)
Mike Teunissen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 18'49 (45)
Teams
Still nine teams locked on the same time with Halfords joining Jaguar, HTC, Kenya Air and Cadburys as having lost time.