[Leadbelly]

Short sprint stage this morning (it might even be under way) and then the TT this afternoon.

Despite his poor season so far (by Deceuninck standards) Hodeg should still be the favourite. On paper Barbier might give him a run for his money but will be hampered by having other sprinters as team mates rather than dedicated leadouts.

There's not really too many other names that could challenge today for the win. Modolo is coming back from injury (Meisen might deputise), Laas will probably get the nod today for Bora over Drucker, Resell I presume is the Uno-X sprinter and then there's Stacchiotti for Vini Zabu, De Bie for Bingoal and Karaliok for Gazprom. The Belarusian stagiaire is a world champion on the track in scratch!

Finally down in CT Toupalik is in good form for Elkov and Milan scored a stage win at the Baby Giro the other week ahead of the WT bound Meuss and Stewart.