The stage on Sunday leads the pack with names such as Andy Schleck, Igor Anton and Martijn Maaskant van Assen van Emmen. It is lined up in places where the riders come through. In the sprint Gerald Ciolek is the strongest in Emmen, Cancellara leaves Drenthe in the leader’s jersey. Tom Leezer takes the mountain jersey.
Because although Drenthe has no mountain and the VAM mountain is not yet passable for a cycling race, there is a point to be earned for the mountains classification. As an ode to Relus ter Beek, who has since passed away, a line has been drawn at the Witteveen cemetery, where he was buried a year earlier. Climbing on the flat Ms. A. Talmaweg is not necessary, official mountain points cannot be earned either, but whoever crosses the line first can wear the mountain jersey.