01:00A short stage as well at just over 132km
01:03That will only make it more explosive
01:05As the race gets underway from where it finished yesterday
01:08In Lingshui down on the southern coast
01:10A couple of loops, a couple of local circuits
01:13One intermediate sprint followed by another at Shilling Town
01:16With 21km to go
01:18And then a 3.5km climb to the finish line at Bao Ting
01:24Only King of the Mountains point of the entire day
01:28So the riders knowing that there could be a shake-up in the general classification
01:33A first day in the yellow jersey for Shabir Beresetegui
01:40And with a total of, well, 20 riders
01:4423 riders in fact
01:46All within 12 seconds of the race lead
01:48The final climb would be an opportunity
01:51To claw that yellow jersey
01:52From the back of Beresetegui
01:58The race then
01:59As it left behind the big ocean theme park
02:03Very, very active
02:04Initial attempts to get in a breakaway
02:07All unsuccessful
02:08Until a big group of some 20 riders
02:11Managed to prize a little advantage and go clear
02:13But there were some riders a little bit high up
02:15In the general classification
02:17For the peloton to be too happy with
02:21And that big group up at the front then
02:24Causing the race to be very fast indeed
02:27Blown on by a little bit of a tailwind as well today
02:30Some familiar faces
02:31Yesterday's stage winner, Miltiades
02:33In the breakaway along with Cyrus Monk
02:36And the time gap no more than around about 15 seconds
02:39As they're headed towards the first of the two intermediate sprints
02:42At Taoyuan Avenue
02:44And Miltiades proving that he too can
02:47Measure himself in a sprint
02:49Throwing his bike at the line
02:51After that then
02:52The big group was caught by the peloton
02:54And a counter-attacks came
02:56And eventually, after a few kilometres
02:58A fighting force of five riders
03:02Started to establish the first orderly breakaway of the day
03:05And built up a half-minute advantage
03:07Over a peloton controlled by XDS Astana
03:09Yongbing Gao
03:11The young Chinese rider
03:14In second place in the King of the Mountains competition
03:16Was among their number
03:17Another Chinese rider
03:19Gao Shang-Niu
03:20As well as Lucas de Rossi
03:22Alexander Konishev
03:23Both of those riders from the Anta China Mentec team
03:27And Filippo Malyi of Bardiani CSF
03:30Those five riders then
03:31Building up an advantage of
03:33At its maximum
03:34Around about a minute
03:37XDS Astana in front of big crowds
03:39Passing through this built-up area
03:41As they continue to race north then
03:43Having a job controlling this five rider breakaway
03:47Keeping them on a very tight leash
03:49Because on a short stage
03:51The break only went
03:52Inside the last 50 kilometres
03:54And that always spells danger
03:58XDS Astana's Chinese rider
04:00Hao Yuxiu
04:01Doing the most of the work
04:03Controlling this breakaway
04:05Along with their Italian sprinter
04:07Matteo Malicelli
04:09Bringing the gap down to 40 seconds
04:13As they approach the second of the intermediate sprints
04:15At Shilling Town
04:17On the wheels of XDS Astana
04:19A relaxed peloton though
04:20Meanwhile up front
04:22With not too much at stake
04:23They decided nonetheless
04:24To have a bit of a sprint
04:26For the minor cash prize
04:27And it was Konishev
04:29Who crossed the line
04:31At the final intermediate sprint
04:32Of the day in first place
04:34Meanwhile Su went about
04:36His long long business
04:37Of keeping an eye
04:38Up the road on that peloton
04:40And bit by bit
04:41Bringing them back
04:42The breakaway then
04:43Being reeled in
04:45By XDS Astana
04:47As they headed towards
04:48The final climb of the day
04:49Close to the final climb
04:51Within three and a half kilometres
04:52Of the beginning of the climb
04:54XDS Astana
04:55Brought the breakaway back
04:57And a number of other teams
04:58Including Leaning Star
04:59Moved to the front
05:00To try and position
05:01Their climbers
05:02Their riders
05:03In optimal place
05:04As the climb started
05:05To unwind before them
05:07Once again though
05:08Just like yesterday
05:09It was MBH Bank
05:10With a very aggressive
05:11Team performance
05:11Who hit the front
05:12Riding for Alessandro Fanicello
05:14And for Fausto Masnada
05:18Still MBH Bank
05:19On the front
05:20Before the real steep slope
05:22Started to rise up
05:23Before them
05:24And it was Fanicello
05:25Who started to set the pace
05:27As one by one
05:28Riders including
05:29Face dropper
05:29Just dived out of that
05:31Elite GC group of climbers
05:33For the time being though
05:35Beresetegui
05:35In the yellow jersey
05:36In third place
05:37And looking relatively comfortable
05:39A couple of riders
05:40From Bardiani there
05:41And both the Astana riders
05:43Still there
05:43Although Vinikorov
05:44Slipping a little bit
05:45As the steeper slopes
05:47Started to rise up
05:49In front of them
05:50Pezzenti
05:51One of two
05:51Palti Visit Malta riders
05:53But Thomas Silva
05:55The Uruguayan
05:56In the light blue
05:56Of Astana
05:57Still looking very good
05:58Along with Beresetegui
05:59In the yellow jersey
06:00But still Fanicello
06:02On the front
06:02Alessandro Fanicello
06:04From the very foot
06:05Of the climb
06:06Continuing to set the pace
06:07All the way to
06:081.9 kilometres to go
06:09And whenever the steep sections
06:11Rise up
06:11Fanicello
06:12Out of the saddle
06:13Accelerating
06:14Trying to put the riders
06:15Behind him
06:15On his wheel
06:16Into difficulty
06:17As the yellow jersey
06:18Drops to the back
06:19Of that quartet of riders
06:20The sign's not so good now
06:22For Beresetegui
06:23But Silva
06:24Looking very
06:25Very confident
06:26And comfortable
06:26On the wheel
06:27Of the man
06:29On the front
06:29Fanicello
06:30Fanicello then
06:31Briefly dropping back
06:32As Palti
06:33Visit Malta
06:33Take it up
06:34Just outside the Flamme Rouge
06:35But it's not long
06:37Before Fanicello
06:37Then moves up again
06:38And hits the front
06:40And a big steep section
06:42Then launches his last
06:43And final attack
06:44Nikola Vinokorov
06:45Battling hard to get back
06:46To the front of the race
06:47Is right on his wheel
06:48And so too
06:49Is the ever alert
06:50Thomas Silva
06:51Silva then
06:52Sitting down
06:53On the wheel
06:53On the wheel of Fanicello
06:54Fanicello
06:55Still on the front
06:55Silva waiting for that moment
06:57And picking it
06:58With around about
07:00600 metres to go
07:01Silva
07:02Looks round
07:03Explodes away
07:03Gets a gap
07:04Vinokorov lets him go
07:05His team mate
07:06Builds the gap
07:07On the descent
07:08And that looks like
07:09A race winning move
07:10Downhill all the way
07:11To a series of
07:12First left
07:13And then right
07:14And then left handed
07:15Turns
07:16As he hits
07:17The final 100 metres
07:19Victory assured
07:20It's another win
07:21For the man
07:22From XDS Astana
07:23The Uruguayan
07:24Win number two
07:25For him
07:26And he regains
07:27The race lead
07:28With that
07:28His team mate
07:28Nikola Vinokorov
07:29Crossing in fourth place
07:31After a blistering ascent
07:33Of that final climb
07:35That was raced
07:36Well the whole stage
07:37Was raced
07:37In a very fast time
07:39And there was
07:40Absolutely no let up
07:41On that climb
07:42And an effortless
07:43Effortless
07:44And imperious
07:45Performance
07:45From Thomas Silva
07:46He wins the stage
07:48Ahead of
07:49Pezzenti
07:49And Fanicello
07:50An all Italian podium
07:52Apart from the man
07:53On the top step
07:53The Uruguayan
07:54Back in control
08:01Yeah I'm super
08:03Super happy
08:03With that one
08:04It was a perfect tactic
08:06And it was very important
08:07We got it right
08:08The guys did a job
08:09Incredible job
08:10150% they gave
08:12So very very happy
08:15In the yellow jersey
08:17Once more
08:18Honor restored
08:19Thomas Silva
08:20From XDS Astana
08:21Ahead of
08:21Beres Attegu
08:22Slips to second
08:23And Pezzenti
08:24Who's up in third
08:25Four stages done
08:26One still to come
08:28Is that
08:28The decisive day
08:29In the general classification
08:31Is that
08:31The
08:31What's up in third
08:32Is that
08:54Ahead of
08:56The
08:56The
08:56Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
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