Tour de Suisse Stage 3: Brunnen > Olivone, 117.3kms

Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

John Degenkolb looks pretty relaxed at the thought of a long, fast, mountain-climb start to the day..!

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Team Sky are warming up as well...

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Michal Kwiatkowski is warming up on some old-fashioned Tacx rollers - Mark Cavendish is off to borrow some from Astana..!

Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Tom Dumoulin has fallen in a small crash with Matti Breschel, just 500-metres into the neutralised zone..!

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Dumoulin changes bikes - it'll be the only set-back to his day...

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It's dry and sunny as the peloton heads towards the St Gottard mountain...

Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Stefan Denifl has taken off at the foot of the climb with Marco Marcato - they'll be joined by CCC rider Samoilau soon...

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

The peloton reaches the cobbled sections of the St Gottard already two minutes down...

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

The peloton is compact and steady as it starts the famous twists and turns of this iconic pass...

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

The peloton is dwarfed by the St Gottard mountain with its complex tunnels towering above...

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

There's only one climb like the St Gottard Pass in this business, which is just as well..!

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

The peloton is still compact as it nears the summit four minutes down on the escape...

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Cavendish and Kwiatkowski are racing each other down the mountain..!

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Fabian Cancellara is racing only himself after stopping to put on a rain-jacket...

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Pavel Brutt goes to work for Tinkoff, the escape is over four minutes ahead now..!

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Samoilau leads the escape towards the pentultimate ascent with a three-minutes lead...

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Lars Petter Nordhaug starts to wind up the pace for Team Sky and Geraint Thomas...

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Breschel is defendingTinkoff's interests of a sprint-finish for Sagan...

Davide Rebellin is still up there with the best at the age of 43 years..!

Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Rafal Majka is chasing hard now - it's getting tough to follow the Polish climber...

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

With the escape caught, Michael Albasini attacks with six-kilometres to go...

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Jan Bakelandts has joined Albasini and sets the pace that he hopes will win him the stage...

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Peter Sagan wins stage three from Daniel Moreno and Thibaut Pinot..!

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Tour de Suisse - Stage 3

Tom Dumoulin has kept his race-lead for another day in Switzerland...

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