This Bastille Day stage saw a large breakaway with thirteen riders (top-ten plus Giunti Massimo, Stephan Schreck and Giovanni Lombardi) that gained over four minutes on the peloton.
Stephan Moccio | Zeena Schreck | Stephan Elliott | Max Schreck | Martin Stephan | Stephan Pastis | Stephan Marks | Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz | Stephan Engels | Stephan Eicher | Stephan Weidner | Stephan Thernstrom | Stephan Schreck | Stephan Noller | Stephan Körner | Stephan Kaschendorf | Stephan Hermlin | Stéphan Grégoire | Stephan Collishaw | Stephan Andersen | Stephan A. Hoeller | Stephan | Johann Schreck | Édouard Stephan | Doug Stephan | St. Stephan's Cathedral | Stephan Winkelmann | Stephan Van Dam | Stéphan Tremblay | Stephan Swanepoel |
In the leading group Joost Posthuma, Enrico Franzoi, Nicolas Portal and Stephan Schreck lost contact with the leading group although Portal would eventually rejoin the lead.