However, the field was immediately reduced to 56 riders, and from this group Michael Doris (CycleChat) was able to open the sprint at the first inpatient track after four kilometers.
The Irishman was well on his way to the five points, but shortly before the stroke he was just passed by Kasper Andersen (IMOK), who took the sprint victory by 0.012 seconds down to Doris. Anders Boye (DBR) turned thirty.
Just a few kilometers later, the CycleChat rider managed to time his spurt to perfection as he grabbed five points ahead of Jan Bladt (DBR) and English Chris Lenthall (CycleChat).