After fourth place on Wednesday and second place yesterday, MTN-Qhubeka’s Gerald Ciolek was one of the favourites for today’s stage, 196,8 km from Viechtach to Kelheim. And he lived up to that role.
Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale), Ruben Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Jérôme Cousin (Europcar) formed the break of the day after 16 km, but for most of the stage their gap wasn’t much more than 2 minutes, making a bunch sprint almost inevitable. Just as yesterday, Kadri was the last man standing, but he too was caught around the 20 km mark.
Sky Procycling, Lampre-Merida and FDJ lead the peloton onto the last kilometres, and Ciolek won the sprint in front of Arnaud Démare (FDJ) and Heinrich Haussler (IAM Cycling). The German also takes the lead in the general classification.
Result:
1. Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka) 5:10:15
2. Arnaud Démare (FDJ)
3. Heinrich Haussler (IAM Cycling)
4. Ben Swift (Sky Procycling)
5. Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida)
6. Aidis Kruopis (Orica-GreenEdge)
7. Cyril Lemoine (Sojasun)
8. Robert Wagner (Blanco)
9. Raymond Kreder (Garmin-Sharp)
10. Yohann Gène (Europcar)
Gerald Ciolek leads overall, 6 seconds ahead of Daryl Impey and 9 seconds ahead of Adriano Malori.
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