Stannard had earlier formed part of a five - man lead group with just under 20km to go and then attacked with 6km left .
Stannard could only open up a small gap over Stannard 's rivals and was caught 1km later .
Stannard had earlier formed part of a five - man lead group with just under 20km to go and then attacked with 6km left , but he could only open up a small gap over his rivals and was caught 1km later .