Greig Leach

When asked about the oft ill fated break aways, Jens Voigt responded, "If you go in the break you have about a 10% chance of winning, if you don't go it is 0%." Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data) was all smiles and celebratory gestures as his gamble paid off. Cummings knew that all of the GC contenders would be busy watching each other, and their teams would be working to secure on improve their leaders positions. Likewise the stage was far to lumpy for any sprinters to use their teams to chase down any break aways, so it was a perfect stage to go for a long solo effort. And boy, oh boy, was his effort a long one, he went off the front on his own with just over 50 kilometers left to race! In the end, he finished just under four minutes ahead of those who wanted to stand on the final podium.