En 9,7 km lang tempo avsluttet i dag Etoile de Beggeses, det franske etapperittet som har vært preget av kulde og forkortede etapper.
Pierre Rolland startet sist på tempoen, men som ventet hadde ikke Europcar-rytteren nok trøkk i beina til å holde unna.
Best kjørte Jerome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun), rytteren som er spådd en meget lysende fremtid i Grand Tours. 25-åringen ble i fjor nummer 14 sammenlagt i Tour de France.
Coppel var suveren og vant med hele 26 sekunder på Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) og 33 sekunder foran Maxime Bouet (Ag2r).
Det holdt også til å vinne sammenlagt foran Franck Vermeulen (Team U-Veranda Rideau) med Taarmae på 3.plass.
Resultater:
| 1. | Jérome Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | 00:14:25 |
| 2. | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne | 00:26 |
| 3. | Maxime Bouet | Ag2R - La Mondiale | 00:33 |
| 4. | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling | 00:34 |
| 5. | Pierrick Fedrigo | Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat | 00:37 |
| 6. | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | 00:39 |
| 7. | Franck Vermeulen | Team Véranda Rideau-U | st. |
| 8. | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 00:42 |
| 9. | Pierre Luc Perichon | La Pomme Marseille | 00:46 |
| 10. | Pierre Rolland | Europcar | 00:48 |
| 11. | Anthony Delaplace | Saur - Sojasun | 00:49 |
| 12. | Julien Antomarchi | Team Type 1 - SANOFI | 01:51 |
| 13. | David Lelay | Saur - Sojasun | 00:52 |
| 14. | Davy Commeijne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | st. |
| 15. | Remi Cusin | Team Type 1 - SANOFI | 01:53 |
| 16. | Davide Malacarne | Europcar | 00:54 |
| 17. | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne | 00:56 |
| 18. | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 00:57 |
| 19. | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling | 00:59 |
| 20. | Dirk Bellemakers | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | st. |
| 21. | Georg Preidler | Team Type 1 - SANOFI | 01:59 |
| 22. | Julien El Fares | Team Type 1 - SANOFI | 11:01 |
| 23. | Sébastien Minard | Ag2R - La Mondiale | 01:02 |
| 24. | Yukiya Arashiro | Europcar | 01:04 |
| 25. | Alexandre Pichot | Europcar | 01:05 |
| 26. | Yannick Martinez | La Pomme Marseille | st. |
| 27. | Yannick Talabardon | Saur - Sojasun | 01:07 |
| 28. | Leif Hoste | Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s | 01:08 |
| 29. | Steve Houanard | Ag2R - La Mondiale | 01:09 |
| 30. | Gediminas Bagdonas | An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant | st. |
| 31. | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 01:11 |
| 32. | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling | 01:13 |
| 33. | Dimitri Le Boulch | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 01:15 |
| 34. | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | 01:16 |
| 35. | Mark Mcnally | An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant | 01:20 |
| 36. | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | st. |
| 37. | Gael Malacarne | Bretagne Schuller | st. |
| 38. | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2R - La Mondiale | 01:27 |
| 39. | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 01:31 |
| 40. | Justin Jules | Team Véranda Rideau-U | 01:32 |
| 41. | Simon Geschke | 1t4i | st. |
| 42. | Arnaud Gerard | Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat | st. |
| 43. | Matthieu Sprick | 1t4i | 01:36 |
| 44. | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s | 01:37 |
| 45. | Niko Eeckhout | An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant | 01:39 |
| 46. | Rob Goris | Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s | 01:42 |
| 47. | Anthony Geslin | Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat | 01:43 |
| 48. | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne | st. |
| 49. | Anthony Ravard | Ag2R - La Mondiale | st. |
| 50. | Koen Barbe | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 01:47 |
| 51. | Stéphane Poulhies | Saur - Sojasun | 01:50 |
| 52. | Jean Luc Delpech | Bretagne Schuller | 01:58 |
| 53. | Andy Cappelle | Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s | 02:02 |
| 54. | Laszlo Bodrogi | Team Type 1 - SANOFI | 12:05 |
| 55. | Romain Matheou | Team Véranda Rideau-U | 02:08 |
| 56. | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 02:12 |
| 57. | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne Schuller | st. |
| 58. | Gaylord Cumont | Team Véranda Rideau-U | 02:18 |
| 59. | Michal Olejnik | Team Véranda Rideau-U | 02:19 |
| 60. | Kurt Hovelijnck | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | st. |
| 61. | Bert De Backer | 1t4i | 02:22 |
| 62. | Renaud Dion | Bretagne Schuller | st. |
| 63. | Bert-jan Lindeman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling | st. |
| 64. | Jean Marc Bideau | Bretagne Schuller | 02:23 |
| 65. | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme Marseille | 02:28 |
| 66. | Rony Martias | Saur - Sojasun | st. |
| 67. | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne | 02:36 |
| 68. | Maxime Le Montagner | Team Véranda Rideau-U | 02:45 |
| 69. | Ronan Racault | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 02:46 |
| 70. | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 02:50 |
| 71. | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 02:56 |
| 72. | Fabien Bacquet | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 03:05 |
| 73. | Sven Jodts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 03:14 |
| 74. | Daniele Colli | Team Type 1 - SANOFI | 13:20 |
| 75. | Loïc Desriac | Roubaix - Lille Métropole | 03:54 |
| 76. | Sébastien Chavanel | Europcar | 04:10 |
Sammenlagt:
| 1. | Jerome Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | 12:40:08 |
| 2. | Franck Vermeulen | Team-U Veranda Rideau | 00:25 |
| 3. | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne | 00:26 |
| 4. | Pierre Rolland | Europcar | 00:28 |
| 5. | Maxime Bouet | AG2R - La Mondiale | 00:32 |
| 6. | Frederick Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling team | 00:33 |
| 7. | Pierrick Fedrigo | Equipe sykkelforbundet FDJ - BigMat | 00:37 |
| 8. | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | st. |
| 9. | Pierre Luc Perichon | La Pomme Marseille | 00:46 |
| 10. | Julien Antomarchi | Lag Type 1 - sanofi | 00:48 |
| 11. | Anthony Delaplace | Saur - Sojasun | 00:49 |
| 12. | Remi Cusin | Lag Type 1 - sanofi | 00:51 |
| 13. | Julien El Fares | Lag Type 1 - sanofi | 00:54 |
| 14. | Davide Malacarne | Europcar | st. |
| 15. | Remy Di Gregorio | Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne | 00:56 |
| 16. | Bobbie Traksel | Agricole - Euphony | 00:57 |
| 17. | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | st. |
| 18. | Georg Preidler | Lag Type 1 - sanofi | 00:59 |
| 19. | Dirk Bellemakers | Agricole - Euphony | st. |
| 20. | Marco MARCATO | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling team | 01:01 |
| 21. | Davy Commeijne | Agricole - Euphony | 01:02 |
| 22. | Sebastien Minard | AG2R - La Mondiale | st. |
| 23. | Yukiya Arashiro | Europcar | 01:04 |
| 24. | Yannick Martinez | La Pomme Marseille | 01:05 |
| 25. | Leif Hoste | Accent.jobs - Verandas Willems | st. |
| 26. | Yannick Talabardon | Saur - Sojasun | 01:07 |
| 27. | Gediminas Bagdonas | An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton | 01:09 |
| 28. | Steve Houanard | AG2R - La Mondiale | st. |
| 29. | Kurt Hovelijnck | Agricole - Euphony | 01:15 |
| 30. | Dimitri Le Boulch | Big Mat - Auber 93 | st. |
| 31. | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | 01:16 |
| 32. | Gael Malacarne | Brittany Schuller | 01:20 |
| 33. | Bert De Waele | Agricole - Euphony | st. |
| 34. | Mark McNally | An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton | st. |
| 35. | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R - La Mondiale | 01:27 |
| 36. | Arnaud Gerard | Equipe sykkelforbundet FDJ - BigMat | 01:32 |
| 37. | Alexandre Pichot | Europcar | 01:33 |
| 38. | Matthieu Sprick | 1t4i | 01:36 |
| 39. | Staff Scheirlinckx | Accent.jobs - Verandas Willems | 01:37 |
| 40. | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne | 01:40 |
| 41. | Stephane Poulhies | Saur - Sojasun | st. |
| 42. | Anthony Ravard | AG2R - La Mondiale | 01:41 |
| 43. | Anthony Geslin | Equipe sykkelforbundet FDJ - BigMat | 01:43 |
| 44. | Koen Barbe | Agricole - Euphony | 01:45 |
| 45. | Jean Luc Delpech | Brittany Schuller | 01:58 |
| 46. | Andy Cappelle | Accent.jobs - Verandas Willems | 02:02 |
| 47. | Laszlo Bodrogi | Lag Type 1 - sanofi | 02:05 |
| 48. | Romain Matheou | Team-U Veranda Rideau | 02:08 |
| 49. | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling team | 02:22 |
| 50. | Jean Marc Bideau | Brittany Schuller | 02:23 |
| 51. | Rony Martias | Saur - Sojasun | 02:47 |
| 52. | Frederic Amorison | Agricole - Euphony | 02:56 |
| 53. | Daniele Colli | Lag Type 1 - sanofi | 03:20 |
| 54. | David Lelay | Saur - Sojasun | 03:55 |
| 55. | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling team | 03:56 |
| 56. | Renaud Dion | Brittany Schuller | 04:53 |
| 57. | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 05:15 |
| 58. | Armindo Fonseca | Brittany Schuller | 05:17 |
| 59. | Gaylord Cumont | Team-U Veranda Rideau | 06:34 |
| 60. | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 06:47 |
| 61. | Simon Geschke | 1t4i | 06:51 |
| 62. | Ronan Racault | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 08:06 |
| 63. | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 08:47 |
| 64. | Loïc Desriac | Roubaix - Lille | 09:34 |
| 65. | Michal Olejnik | Team-U Veranda Rideau | 10:10 |
| 66. | Sébastien Chavanel | Europcar | 11:14 |
| 67. | Sven Jodts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 14:22 |
| 68. | Niko Eeckhout | An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton | 17:15 |
| 69. | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne | 18:33 |
| 70. | Rob Goris | Accent.jobs - Verandas Willems | 20:27 |
| 71. | Fabien Bacquet | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 24:07 |
| 72. | Justin Jules | Team-U Veranda Rideau | 25:00 |
| 73. | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 25:01 |
| 74. | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme Marseille | 29:35 |
| 75. | Maxime Le Montagner | Team-U Veranda Rideau | 33:21 |
| 76. | Bert De Backer | 1t4i | 34:03 |
