Philippe Gilbert played the spoiler to perfection taking a trademark final k attack to the line 5sec ahead of a surging peloton. It was a perfect situation for Gilbert, slightly uphill at 800m to go, perfect to unleash his style of attack, and teammate Roelandts set up just at the right moment to allow for a gap.
The Spanish Federation cleared Contador and he toed the line in Algarve. As much as this sickens me, I will just have to accept it as is the way of the world. At the same time a few time zones away Lance Armstrong stepped out of cycling for a second time and into retirement. Kind of poetic isn't it, like something you will find on the back of the door to a truck stop bathroom stall. Time to go brush my teeth -I just threw-up in my mouth.
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4:36:36
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:00:05
3 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
7 John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack
9 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
10 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
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