06.17 - Tour de Suisse: Stage 6

The peloton races up the lower slopes of the Sustenpass in pursuit of a big escape...

SCENERYSUSTENPASSPELOTONTDS

Brice Feillu is leading about 15 men in the big escape, but they only have a few minutes lead...

The tall trees are dwarfing the peloton and touching the clouds on the Sustenpass...

SCENERYSUSTENPASSPELOTONTDS

Phillip Deignan is leading the escape towards the upper levels - the lead has stretched to about two minutes now...

Waterfalls, snow, cyclists and a tunnel - the Sustenpass has a lot going for it..!

SCENERYSUSTENPASSPELOTONTDS

It's getting mighty cold up at 2,200-metres..!

SCENERYSUSTENPASSPELOTONTDS

The peloton is almost as one as it descends the Sustenpass...

SCENERYSUSTENPASSPELOTONTDS

Matti Breschel leads the chase for Saxo Bank, but HTC Columbia are chasing as well...

The escape is breaking up as it starts the Abula Pass - Lastras, Garate and Marcado lead the way now...

Jens Voigt bends to the task of hauling the escape in and weakening race-leader, Tony Martin...

VOIGTTDS

Incredibly, it is Fabian Cancellara who cracks first with ten-kilometres of climbing still left...

CANCELLARATDS

Tom Danielson looks unhappy - he should be, after a flat tire put him out of the favourites group...

DANIELSONTDS

An attack has taken men like Fuglsang, Gesink, Kreuziger and Andy Schleck away from the peloton...

FUGLSANGESCAPETDS

Team Sky has Nordhaus and Pauwels chasing on behalf of Thomas Lovkvist...

NORDHAUSSKYTDS

Feillu is out in front alone now, he has a minute over the Schleck-Kreuziger group...

FEILLU TDS

Frank Schleck has attacked from behind and has Uran and Armstrong with him...

Martin in in trouble, his big chance of success is slipping away from him...

MARTINTDS

Lovkvist is chasing but has Kloden marking him and Zaugg waiting to profit...

LOVKVISTSKYTDS

Andy Schleck has attacked from the front, passing Feillu and going away alone...

SCHLECKATTACKTDS

Gesink has attacked as well and passed Schleck with five-kilometres of climbing left...

GESINKTDS

Kloden now leads Armstrong and Schleck in a chasing group behind Gesink...

KLODENARMSTRONGTDS

A closer look at Armstrong reveals a very fit and formidable cyclist, he might even win this Tour de Suisse..!

ARMSTRONGTDS

Gesink is giving his all towards the summit - he leads by about 50-seconds...

GESINKTDS

Frank Schleck has gone after Gesink, he has Zaugg on his wheel, just...

schleckTDS

Armstrong is making his own surge towards the summit, and towards the top places on G.C...

ARMSTRONGTDS

Robert Gesink wins stage six into La Punt - at last a great win for the Dutchman...

GESINKTDS

Armstrong, Uran, Zaugg, Carrara and Rodriguez sprint it out for 2nd place 30-seconds later...

Robert Gesink is the new race-leader of the Tour de Suisse, but can he hold on to it..?