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 An eight man break got away at km 37 and gained a maximum advantage of 4 mins at km 70 |  As you can see, this photo of Radioshack's Geoffroy Lequatre isn't from race day. However, his fine 12 km solo bid that came up just 300m short needs to dutifully noted. |  After Geoffroy Lequatre was caught, a massive field sprint unfolded with no one team taking control |
 Rabobank's Oscar Freire managed the chaos better than anyone to become the first Spaniard to win Paris-Tours in the 104 editions of the race |  Freire hasn't flashed a victory salute since Vuelta al PaÃs Vasco in early April | 
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 Your 2010 Paris-Tours podium: 3rd Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack, 1st Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank, 2nd Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini |  Hard to believe Friere is the first Spaniard to win Paris-Tours since it started in 1896, one of the oldest races on the calendar |