06.14 - Tour de Suisse: Stage 3

Fabian Cancellara's motorized bike is already malfunctioning in the neutralized zone...

MECHANICTDS

There's a lot of Swiss wines stacked up above the peloton as it speeds down the valley of the Rhone...

SCENERYPELOTONTDS

Three men are five minutes ahead - Alexandre Pliuschkin, Emano Capelli, and Jussi Veikkanen...

PLIUSHKINTDS

Mark Cavendish relaxes with his mate and ex-teamate George Hincapie...

CAVENDISHFRIENDSTDS

It's all laughs for Christian Vande Velde and his mates, Arvesen and Voigt - maybe they are counting their age-total..?

VANDE VELDETDS

The peloton is speeding up a little - the gap has grown to over ten minutes, that's why..!

SCENERYPELOTONTDS

Matti Breschel is in charge of the Saxo Bank chasing for now...

SAXOBRESCHELTDS

Pliuschkin and his mates start the Col des Mosses with a 12-minute lead - they'll cross the summit with 13-minutes lead..!

The peloton starts its climb between acres and hectacres of white wine...

SCENERYPELOTONTDS

What takes your fancy, Tom - a cold beer or chilled white wine..?

BOONENTDS

Saxo Bank turns the peloton towards the second half of the Col des Mosses...

SCENERYPELOTONTDS

Fabian Cancellara descends the Col des Mosses with a familiar figure trailing him...

CANCELLARATDS

Ryder Hesjedal gets a mighty push from Robbie Hunter...

PEETDS

Team Sky have started to chase instead of Saxo Bank - the lead of the escapers is coming down now...

SKYARVESENTDS

Veikkanen leads the escape towards the first of the nasty stage-end hills - but they are just four minutes ahead now...

VEIKkANENTDS

Lance Armstrong is helping to set the chase pace for the peloton on the first big hill - ahead of Cancellara and Andy Schleck...

ARMSTRONGTDS

Pliuschkin is the only escaper at liberty on the 30-kilometre finish loop...

PLIUSCHKINATTACKTDS

Robert Gesink has shaken up the peloton with a series of stirring attacks...but Saxo Bank nullify his efforts...

GESINKATTACKTDS

Luios Leon Sanchez launches a new attack - he's the only person out front now...

Michael Rogers is leading out an uphill sprint for Tony Martin on the last climb...

rogersATTACKTDS

Martin unleashes an attack now, but it goes no-where...

MARTINATTACKTDS

Nicholas Roche launches his attack - that too gets nullified...

ROCHEATTACKTDS

Frank Schleck wins stage three after attacking Roche's attack and hanging on to the line..!

SCHLECKTDS

Hi, my name's Tony Martin, and I am the new race-leader of the Tour de Suisse..!

MARTINATTACKTDS