Tour of Switzerland: Stage 5 Huttwil > Tobel-Tagerschen, 204kms

Manuele Boaro leads the day's escape away, in it too are Net App's Jan Barta, Team Type 1's Alessandro Bazzana, and Daniel Sesma...

More chit-chat today, this one's between George Hincapie and Levi Leipheimer...

FRIENDSTDS

Javier Megias is racing for Team Type 1 with his diabetic regulator embedded in his left arm...

TEAM TYPE 1TDS

Barta swoops through a bend at the head of an escape that has gained almost ten-minutes...

NET APPTDS

Damiano Cunergo needn't expect too many attacks on this quite flat stage in Switzerland...

LAMPRETDS

Ian Stannard goes about his water-fetching duties in the midday heat - and today it is hot..!

SKYTDS

Chris Froome is one lucky beneficiary of Stannard's hard work...

SKYTDS

Even Andy Schleck has loaded up with a half-dozen cool bottles of water...

LEOPARDTDS

The entire team Leopard-Trek is at the front now, but the real race is on tomorrow's stage..!

CANCELLARATDS

Class act - a Radio Shack soigneur lets Greg Rast take his feed-bag without even looking his way..!

SHACKTDS

Stijn Devolder has got his feed as well, he has work to do at the end of this long stage...

VACANSOLEILFEEDTDS

Peter Velits has fallen after catching his feed-bag in his front wheel...

Incredibly, Albasini has jammed a feed-bag in his rear-wheel 50-metres further on - he needs a new wheel because of it...

HTCTDS

It's fair to assume Velits won't be sleeping so well for a few nights...

HTCINJURYTDS

The escape is still seven minutes ahead with one-third of the stage still to come...

NET APPTDS

Enrico Gasparotto is saving energy on a descent, for what exactly we shall have to wait and see...

ASTANADESCENDINGTDS

Just why is Fabian Cancellara sticking his right leg backwards..?

LEOPARDTDS

Cancellara needs his cleats tightened of course - and his Leopard mechanic obliges...

LEOPARDTDS

Dario Cioni has started the chasing earlier - there's a strong tailwind assisting the escape and hindering the pursuit...

SKYTDS

The peloton traverses an ancient wooden bridge across the Rhine...

SCENERYTDS

For some reason, Thor Hushovd's rainbow jersey and shorts seem to be even more glamorous after his win yesterday...

GARMINTDSUCI

Branislau Samoilau shows his flexibility while loading up with bottles...

MOVISTARTDS

Jack Bobridge is on duty at the front of the peloton as the escape draws closer with 15-kilometres to go...

GARMINTDS

It's a tight sprint-finish between two Vacansoleil riders and Oscar Freire...

Borut Bozic wins stage five - he cannot believe his lucky day has at last arrived..!

VACANSOLEILTDS