5. Cyril Gautier (fra) s.t.
11. Jack Haig (aus) s.t.
12. Enric Mas (spa) s.t.
15. Ion Izagirre (spa) s.t.
16. Steven Kruijswijk (nld) s.t.
19. Sam Oomen (nld) s.t.
20. Simon Spilak (slo) s.t.
21. Mikel Landa (spa) s.t.
Once the flag is dropped Izagirre (Gorka), Kragh Andersen, Konrad, Wynants, Gogl, Vanmarcke, Gautier, Dougall, Haas, Monfort, Taaramäe, Gołaś, Cort Nielsen, Christian, Quemeneur and Polanc go clear, while Declercq and Keisse chase them down.
On the top of the Furka Pass the front group is down to eleven riders with the peloton almost 4 minutes in arrears. Nathan Haas is first to crest with Mark Christian, Maxime Monfort, Perrig Quemeneur and Sören Kragh Andersen next. On descent the leaders regroup.
With a lead of 3 minutes the front group tackles the Klausen Pass – 25 kilometres at 6%. Keisse and Polanc can't hold the pace in the first kilometre before Dowgall, Wynants, Declerq and Konrad are dropped in the second part of the climb. Then Taaramäe gives it a go to crest the massive pass 1 minute ahead of the first chasers – Cristian, Haas, Gogl, Monfort, Kragh Andersen and Izagirre -, while the peloton is 5 minutes in arrears. Cristian is second over the top and is the new KOM-leader.
The chasers bring back Taaramäe on descent before he is dropped later on. Christian is forced to chase after a mechanical.
Gogl strikes with 2 kms to go, but he is brought back 1.3 kms before the line. Porte accelerates in the main group with such a pace that he opens up a gap. While Kragh Anderson solos to the win, 10 seconds ahead of Haas, the Tasmanian puts 12 seconds into Kelderman et al. Porte now leads the overall with more than half a minute.
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