Argos Shimano's Marcel Kittel won the tenth stage of the Tour De France in St Malo.
After yesterday's rest day and transfer up to Saint Nazairre on the Loire-Atlantique coast, stage ten was a 197km stage from Saint-Gildas-des-Bois to St-Malo on the northern coastline of Brittany.
182 riders set off from Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, famous for its Benedictine Abbey and as soon as the flag dropped, Europcar's Jerome Cousin, Juan Jose Oroz of Euskatel, Luis Mate of Cofidis, Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) and local boy, Julien Simon of Sojasun, go away.
On flat roads, they had built a lead of five minutes by the 29km mark and had ridden 42.5kms in the opening hour of racing.
The speed dropped to 36.5km/h for the second hour which saw the five still away from the peloton, which had race leader Chris Froome near the front, with a lead of 3.47.
The day's intermediate sprint came at Le Hingle with 69.5kms to go. Luis Mate of Cofidis, beat Lieuwe Westra to the sprint line first with the other three lead by Simon not even challenging for places or points. Two minutes and twenty four seconds later, Andre Greipel beating Points Leader Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish to the remaining sprint points.
Onto the D26 and onto the only climb - the Category four Cote de Dinan which Lieuwe Westra took after breaking away from the other escapers with 55kms to go.
With plenty of British fans cheering on the riders, the gap had dropped to just over a minute going into the final thirty kilometres as Team Sky continued to control the peloton.
Ten kilometres later, there was a crash at a roundabout involving Vacansoleil's Juan Antonio Flecha and a number of riders as Westra was called back by his team to help ensure that his team's sprinters were in the right place come the sprint in Saint Malo.
Andrew Talansky and Sven Tuft also crashed as the peloton came within 15 seconds of front four.
Into Saint Malo and the quartet were caught with 5.6kms remaining. Mark Cavendish was up at the front as his Omega Pharma Quick Step team battled with Lotto Belisol for the best position.
The finish line was on the esplanade Saint Vincent and onto it, Lotto led. There was a crash involving an Argos Shimano rider but one of his team mate's Marcel Kittel held off Andre Greipel, Mark Cavendish, Peter Sagan and Bonnet to win in a time of 4.53.25.
Chris Froome keeps his leaders jersey