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Today's race started with attacks right from the beginning. After 20 km, a group of 6 strong riders finally was able to escape containing Sébastien Rosseler, Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto), Iñaki Isasi, Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux), Mauro Santambrogio (Lampre-NGC) and Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil) opening a gap of 3m 10s on the peloton at one point.
Towards the end of the stage, Astana started chasing the escape group in support of Alberto Contador. In the last 3 km, the escaped riders were captured where a new lead group of 80 riders including all of the Cervélo TestTeam riders was formed.
