Helluva conclusion! As 300km marches to an inevitable bunch sprint go, that was cool. Congrats to Mark Cavendish on a great sprint, after some great sandbagging this week. And to Heinrich Haussler for the move of the race.
As for the VDS, it's safe to say that teams not picking Haussler are in big trouble. D'oh!
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 0.02 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 7 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram