Ben King leads the day's 'morning escape' towards the Austrian border...
The peloton is nine minutes down as it passes through Feldkirch in Austria...
Esteban Chaves and Julian Arredondo have a lot to talk about with today's high and mighty summit finish...
Tour de Suisse - Stage 5
Giant-Alpecin is chasing on a day that could make or break race-leader, Tom Dumoulin...
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Austrian spectators cheer on the Tour de Suisse..!
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Austrians Bernhard Eisel and Marco Haller speak the local lingo - and speak it well too..!
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Stefan Schumacher is in the escape for his CCC team...
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The peloton is steadily climbing the huge ascent of the Bielerhohe, over nine-minutes down still...
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The peloton starts to thin out on the Bielerhohe as Astana riders move to the front...
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Matthias Brandle is pulling the escape up the long valley to Solden, he's trying to keep the gap big enough for IAM teamate Stefan Denifl to win the stage...
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The peloton speeds towards the finale, passing some unusual stacks of hay...
Ag2r takes over the chasing - they have Pozzovivo waiting to attack the last climb...
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Local boy Stefan Denifl has attacked from the escape and leads the peloton by four minutes with 12-kilometres to go..!
Igor Anton attacks from the peloton on the steep climb...
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Tom Dumoulin cannot keep pace, but he's setting his own pace a little further back...
Simon Spilak attacks now, this is a mighty effort that splits the chasing group...
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Sergio Henao paces Geraint Thomas as Spilak pulls away...
Bob Jungels is on a good ride today, he's just seconds behind the favourites with 10-kilometres to go..!
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Spilak went off-course in Sunday's TT - but for that he'd be race-leader on the road right now..!
Esteban Chaves is chasing further back on a day he wanted to do well on...
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Joe Dombrowski is a minute or so back with Morabito and Ten Dam...
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Dumoulin and Gesink are over a minute back from the favourites - but Dumoulin will only lose 1' 37" by the end..!
Domenica Pozzovivo is going after Spilak and forcing a further split amongst the favourites...
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Jan Hirt from CCC has latched on to Pozzovivo's acceleration as the glaciers of Rettenbachferner fill the sky...
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Denifl is still out in front with two-kilometres to go, surely the stage-win is his..?!
Pozzovivo leads the chase behind Denifl, it's all to play for in the last kilometres...
Thibaut Pinot attacks with 1500-metres to go..!
Pinot is pulling away from everyone - and he'll catch and pass Denifl in the final kilometre..!
Geraint Thomas is the only one chasing - but he has the most to gain as well..!
Thibaut Pinot has won the stage and taken the race-lead too..!