The German sprinted to victory beating Jurgen Roelandts and Team Sky's Edvald Boasson-Hagen over the line in Heers after a 206.5km race to record his second Eneco Tour stage victory.
"This is a very special victory for me," Greipel said to the HTC Colombia press office after the stage "It was a hard stage and not really suited to the sprinters. I was seriously struggling to stay in the peloton after working to help Toy Martin hold the lead. With 10km to go to the finish, I went back to the team car and they told me to save myself for the sprint. I was really hurting but fortunately I had a little bit left and it was enough to win."
HTC Colombia's Tony Martin (pictured below) came home in eight place and keeps the leaders jersey for the final time trial stage in Genk tomorrow. Martin has an overall lead of 11 seconds on Koos Moerenhout.
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Jeremy Hunt (pictured below) and Daniel Lloyd have been left out of Cervelo Test Team squad for the Vuelta a España, which starts with a prologue in Seville on Saturday.
Ireland's Philip Deignan is in the squad whilst Roger Hammond is a reserve for the team which includes Thor Hushovd and Carlos Sastre.
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