Mehdi Sohrabi(Tabriz Petrochemical) got the winner of this stage. His teammate Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical) was the third, but he got the yellow jersey, the green jersey and the blue jersey. Nikola Kozomara (Partizan SRBIJA) was the second. Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical) still kept the Polka Dot jersey.
It was 152.4KM from Bird Island to Xihaizhen, there was just one climbing point in it. Mehdi broke through first, because his total score was not high, most riders didn’t catch him. His teammate Hossein followed him, and Nikola also went after him. Three people became the first group and led. Kun Jiang (China National Team) and Shengjun Wu (Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team) broke through from the peloton, but they were caught.