Plouay 229.1 km (8 laps of a 26.9 km circuit + 1 lap of 13.9 km circuit)
While the vueltaing goes on it's time for the second of the big fall classics. A race that varies in quality, sometimes providing the best type of french-style attacking racing and sometimes ending up as a pretty standard sprint-affair.
Lucinda Brand wannabe of the Day: Simon Gerrans
Gerrans, van Avermaet, Gerrans, van Avermaet, Gerrans, van Avermaet, Gerrans, van Avermaet............Gerrans. Definitely Gerrans.