Once they were caught, the big attacks started again on the climb of the Saint-Romain-de-Lerps, with XDS Astana Team's
Lorenzo Fortunato proving strongest, crossing the summit of the ascent with a lead of around 25 seconds. On the final little rise of the day, Fortunato was joined at the front by Enric Mas. Inside 3km to go though, both had been caught by the chase. In a 12-man fight for the line, it was expected to be a reduced-bunch sprint, but confusion casued the majority of the group to take a wrong turning in the finale, allowing Romain Gregoire to take victory ahead of
Marco Brenner and Fortunato.