By the 120 kilometer mark, Team Cult Energy, along with help from the Katusha Team, managed to reduce their gap to 1:30. And, by the time the main field hit the finishing circuit in Sønderborg, it had caught most of the escapees.
Brändle was the last man left off the front from the breakaway, however, he was caught on the second circuit of the finale by Rolf Broge, Jens Debusschere and Michael Mørkøv.
With 4 kilometers remaining, several Teams began to set-up their top sprinters.
Ultimately, it was Team Saxo-Tinkoff that successfully set-up their man Breschel – who finished ahead of Slovenian teammate Marko Kump and Moreno Hofland.
Cort Nielsen retained the yellow jersey, along with the distinction of the best young rider competition. Nikola Aistrup lead the points competition and Brändle was recognized as the most aggressive rider.
Lotto Belisol is currently the top ranked team.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1QCJiukL8
1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4:17:38 2 Marko Kump (Slo) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 3 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 7 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 8 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 10 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 11 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar 12 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha 13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 14 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Trefor 15 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 17 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 18 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 19 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 20 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 21 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha 22 Morten Ollegaard (Den) Blue Water Cycling 23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling 24 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 25 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
1 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Team Cult Energy 8:49:51 2 Nikola Aistrup (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal 0:00:01 3 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 0:00:07 4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:11 5 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:15 6 Marko Kump (Slo) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 7 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:00:17 8 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 0:00:18 9 Martin Herbæk Grøn (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal 10 Rasmus Mygind (Den) Team Trefor 0:00:19 11 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:00:20 12 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:00:21 13 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 14 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Trefor 15 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 16 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 17 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 18 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 19 Morten Ollegaard (Den) Blue Water Cycling 20 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha 21 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar 22 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 23 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling 25 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
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