Niki Lauda | Niki de Saint Phalle | Niki Reiser | Niki Francesca | Niki Volos F.C. | Niki Tsongas | Niki & The Dove | Niki FM | Níki | Erica Terpstra |
This elite group, which amongst others contained Boonen, Niki Terpstra, Chavanel, Sagan, Vanmarcke, Pozzato, Alessandro Ballan, Luca Paolini and Vincent Jérôme, raced past the remainder of the breakaway group and at that point seemed to be battling it out for the win.