Allan Iacuone who is our hope for a good overall result, came over the climb in the front main group. He lost a few seconds when a gap opened on the descent. Brian Stephens writes that the Australian team had a van break down that diverted energies. So the report is a little late. The race split into several groups on the last climb with Allan and Kris making the second group and losing a minute and a half.
Today is a harder stage and one of the hardest along with the last one.
Brian Stephens writes that Allan Iacuone did everything right today. He got himself into a good break at the right time only to puncture at the wrong time. He ran out of legs on the last climb and was dropped by that group. Kris Denham was dropped early and didn't finish the stage. John Pollock again performed well and finished up there.