The 136 kilometre stage was won by Joaquin Jose Rojas of the Movistar team in a bunch sprint ahead of Belgian Tom Boonen and Arnaud deMare of F.D.J
Fourth was Peter Sagan with 24 year old Bennett hot on his heels.
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The Bora Argon-18 rider is 10th overall heading into tomorrow's second stage, just 10 seconds off the lead.
