Two Great St Bernard dogs pose before the start in Martginy...
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Jonas Vangenechten has started an escape with Bonnefond and Morkov - they quickly gain five-minutes...
The peloton climbs away from Vevey and the worldwide headquarters of Nestlé and into a vast area of vignes...
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The Movistar team is well in control with Bruseghin leading the way...
Morkov leads the trio of escapers towards the feed-zone with a lead now at ten-minutes...
Rui Costa has a phalanx of rivals behind him, but today should be a stage for sprinters, not for climbers like him...
Matthew Wilson starts the more serious chasing with Ted King...
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The peloton speeds past the lake of Gruyere, still nine-minutes behind the escape with a tailwind helping them stay away...
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Most of the peloton has been stopped by a closed railway crossing - but about 20 riders went through without noticing the red-lights...
The train eventually passes the static peloton, but quite a few minutes have passed...
No time to enjoy the rustic beauty of Murten - there's a big problem ahead..!
Omega Pharma Quick-Step are chasing hard, unsure of what the rules are under the unique circumstances...
Half of the teams of Movistar and Green Edge are ahead, but race-officials insist they wait for the peloton...
The race commissaire explains his decision to a disappointed Matthew Wilson...
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Bonnefond and Morkov have suddenly gained three bonus minutes and now stand a decent chance of winning this stage..!
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Stuart O'Grady goes on the hunt for Green Edge, they smell a stage-win if they can pull the escape back...
Lars Petter Nordhaug leads the chase for Sky - and it looks like a desparate chase at that..!
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Fabian Wegmann leads the chase for Garmin - they too smell a stage-win coming, and the gap has shrunk...
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Peter Sagan wins stage three ahead of Baden Cooke and Ben Swift..!
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