Tour of Switzerland: Stage 8 Tubach > Schaffhausen, 167kms

Four men are away in an escape as the rain pours down - unusually, Movistar's sprinter - Francisco Ventoso - is leading this escape.!

MOVISTARTDS

Time to reflect - George Hincapie endures the deluge...

BMCRAINTDS

Greg Henderson just loves the rain - the Kiwi is also proclaiming how much he loves Switzerland in the wet..!

SKYTDS

Mark Cavendish is happy getting wet as well - this could be a stage-win-day for him with a mainly flat finish...

HTCTDS

The teams are chasing harder now that the rain is stopping - they have to close a seven-minute gap in the remaining 80-kilometres...

Fabian Cancellara is taking his overshoes off - the Swiss cyclist must know the weather is getting better, he lives here..!

LEOPARDTDS

Ventoso is doing most of the work in the escape, they still have four minutes with about 50-kilometres to go...

The peloton races through the spectacular town of Stein-am-Rhein....

SCENERYTDS

Jack Bobridge is hard at work again - today he's doing the chasing for Garmin...

GARMINCHASETDS

The peloton is going too fast to enjoy the jaw-dropping sight of the Rheinfall at Neuhausen..!

SCENERYTDS

Team Sky stakes its case for respect by leading the chase into some growing crosswinds...

CIONITDS

The four-man escape has become a two-man escape after a small hill - Marycz and Paolini are the two leading now...

SAXOTDS

Movistar's Jose Joachin Rojas has attacked on the final ascent...

Maxime Monfort goes after him for Team Leopard-Trek - the pace has dislodged 2nd-overall, Bauke Mollema, from the main group...

LEOPARDPOWERTDS

Vande Velde, Leipheimer, Schleck and Cunego accelerate even more - there's a Tour de Suisse podium at stake now..!

LEOPARDESCAPEPOWERTDS

Garmin and Leopard combine their powerful strengths to make sure Mollema cannot get back - the Dutchman will lose precious time and his overall placing today...

LEOPARDESCAPEPOWERTDS

Voigt and Vande Velde are riding for Frank Schleck and Tom Danielson before tomorrow's TT...

LEOPARDESCAPEPOWERTDS

There's a stage to be won today as well - the sprint is between Sagan, Goss, Hushovd and Swift...

LIQUIGASsprintTDS

There's a man in blue and green pulling clear..!

LIQUIGASTDS

Peter Sagan wins stage eight into Schaffhausen..!

LIQUIGASTDS

Damiano Cunego enjoys the kisses on the podium, but can he survive tomrrow's TT challenge and win overall.?

LAMPRETDS