Team Katusha
With to go, the riders attacked the climb of Michaelskreuz for the second and last time and caught the remnants of the breakaway on the way up. 's Jakob Fuglsang accelerated close to the summit, with only Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) and Simon Špilak (Team Katusha) initially able to follow, while Michał Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quick Step) lost contact. Geraint Thomas then attacked on the descent and was followed by Fuglsang and Špilak (Team Katusha). Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) chased them as he wanted to protect his leader's jersey. A small group of nine riders formed on the descent.