The peloton turns away from the start in Olten...
Ivan Velasco crashes out after hitting the kerb at high speed on wet roads...
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Salvatore Puccio and Karsten Kroon lead the day's hopeful escape after about 20-kilometres...
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Luke Rowe is getting a wet left foot while his shoe is being adjusted...
Sebastian Minard leads the escape on to the Staffeleg climb - they have almost ten minutes advantage now..!
The peloton is hardly 'racing' as it too climbs the Staffeleg...
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Thomas Peterson looks highly interested in his lunch today, the cold and rain has made everyone hungrier...
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Movistar are on the front still, but with 80-kilometres to go they are still ten minutes down...
Plenty of time for Levi Leipheimer to chat with Michael Barry...
Puccio leads the seven men into the last 50-kilometres - and they still have a ten-minute advantage..!
Fabian Cancellara seems happy with this unofficial rest-day, two days before his big test in the TT...
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Rui Costa has dared take his rain-jacket off now, are they going to chase now..?
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Movistar bear the brunt of the rain as it pours down on the final circuit...
Isaychev makes a move over the last climb with six-kilometres to go...
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Vladimir Isaichev wins stage five into Gansingen - the peloton finishes eleven minutes later..!