Tour de Suisse Stage 7: Meilen > La Punt, 205kms

Sep Vanmarcke won't be surprised when if tell him the first 50-kilometres was covered in just under one hour..!

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Birthday boy Andy Schleck is attacking on the day's first climb - he has Peter Sagan on his wheel...

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Instead of Schleck, it is Andreas Kloden who has made it into the day's big escape...

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Thomas Lovkvist leads IAM in a chase that seems to be helping BMC...

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Luis Leon Sanchez seems to be the strongest in the escape - yet this is no day for one of his spectacular stage-wins...

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The peloton passes through Davos, about four minutes behind the escape...

Matthias Frank descends a Col on the approach to the start of the Albula Pass...

Sanchez and Georg Preidler are all that's left of the escape on the Albula Pass...

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Joe Dombrowski has emerged ahead of the other escapees on the Albula after attacking from the peloton...

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Dombrowski has caught and dropped Sanchez and is about to do the same to Preidler...

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Josh Edmondson has atttacked as well, the babes of Team Sky are on fire today..!

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Frank is still in touch as the steeper parts begin...

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Sanchez now leads Nordhaug and Mollema as the going gets tough...

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Michele Scarponi attacks now, but he cannot catch Dombrowski...

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Dombrowski is about three-kilometres from the summit and possibly heading for a stage-win..!

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Nicholas Roche is straining hard to bring the race together for Roman Kreuziger...

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Schleck is still in contact and his face shows determination rather than pain...

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Bauke Mollema attacks inside the last three-kilometres...

Mollema has been superceded by Rui Costa, Van Garderene, and Pinot...but they've yet to catch Dombrowski...

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Dan Martin chases for himself, but he'll also help Frank at the same time...

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Thibout Pinot makes an attack after Dombrowski has been caught...

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Frank is fighting to keep his race-lead now...

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Cameron Meyer chases too - he wants to keep a top-ten place overall...

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Rui Costa wins stage seven into La Punt, ahead of Mollema and Van Garderen...

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Matthias Frank finishes 22-seconds down and retains his race-lead for another day...

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