Jeremy Roy is trying to escape in the early kilometres of the stage - but no-one's getting far today..!
The pace is furious for the first hour - and Mark Cavendish is not the first to be dropped..!
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Lars Bak and Christian Meier are the only ones to be allowed to go by the peloton - they quickly gain four minutes...
Andrew Talansky gets his seat-post fixed while the racing is quieter...
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Sky's chase is led by Thomas, winner two days ago but now loyal to the cause of Wiggins...
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Some sort of summer has fallen on the Tour de Romandie - it's shorts and short-sleeves today..!
Cadel Evans finds the time to chat with Jacob Fuglsang...
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Side-by-side as friends and teamates, is Bradley Wiggins apologising to Cavendish for the fast start..?
New boy, Juan Jose Cobo, is earning his spurs as a bottle-carrier for Movistar
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Tpur and Giro stage-winner Peter Weening is earning his spurs with Green Edge in 2012...
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Led by Geraint Thomas, Team Sky leads the peloton in steady pursuit of the escape...
Bradley Wiggins throws himself down a fast descent - this is one race-leader who knows how to lead from the front..!
Meyer leads Bak on to the last climb with 30-kilometres to go - but they have just two minutes in-hand now...
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Kevin Reza has started the counter-attacks on the last climb...
Sky has lost Cavendish and a few others now, but Froome is keeping the pursuit going...
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David Zabriskie makes an attack as the escape gets caught...
Tom Slagter has joined Zabriskie, but this quartet will get caught over the summit...
Green Edge have got Howard and Durbridge pacing Allan Davis after the climb - can he get back for the sprint-finish..?
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Peter Stetina has escaped with Fabrice Jeandesboz...
Led by Siutsou, Sky are making sure no-one gains time today - the escape will be caught...
Jonathan Hivert wins stage two ahead of Rui Costa..!
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