The RadioShack-Leopard rider formed part of a six-man breakaway group 6km from home and then made a solo bid for glory in the final kilometre. He looked to have run out of steam and appeared set to be overtaken by the chasing peloton at the death, but hung on to win by a single second from the charging Peter Sagan in second place and Michal Kwiatkowski in third. Britain's David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) finished in the bunch and is now second overall, but Mark Cavendish's hopes of stage victory were once again dashed after he and former race leader Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) were among the sprinters...
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