For much of the race there were four teams in the lead bunch, with South African pair Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock (USN Purefit) mixing it up in the front for a while too

The winners on the day only came together as a team about a week before the event started,

For most of the day, everything went according to plan, but on a technical descent just 10km from the finish Huber punctured.

Third place for the stage went to the young Italian pair of Samuele Porro and Damiano Ferraro (Trek-Selle San Marco A).