Lars Boom has survived the Mount Faron yesterday. He passed the finish line with Laurens ten Dam have a 1.17 min. gap from winner Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r Mondial).

The Blanco Procycling team has controlled the race from the start. Bauke Mollema was very strong on the final climb. The escaped Peraud was a little too far to catch, but he was definitely the strongest of the sprint for the third place.
 

"We would have loved to keep the race lead, but we cannot lose the jersey. The race leader Maxime Montfort (RadioShack Leopard) will be more nervous. We'll do some more aggressive racing. It is definitely a hard stage with 200 kilometers to Grasse. It won't be easy but anything is possible. 20 kilometers from Grasse there will be some climbing. Although it is not marked as a climb in the road book. Several teams will try it at that point. We have a good position with Lars on the second place, Bauke on the seventh en Laurens on the fifteenth in the general classification," says Sports director Nico Verhoeven.