Once the first five places were decided there was another contest: the sprint for the points of sixth place. Matt Goss crossed the line ahead of Peter Sagan but was later relegated...

"We can see in the video what [Matt] Goss did. It's up to the race jury to decide, not me but I think that it's obvious in the video. He did that because we are two riders who are going for the green jersey. He's the one who is doing battle with me but I hope I'm going to win that fight.”