Tour de Suisse Stage 4: Heiden > Ossingen, 160kms

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Bjarne Riis and Oleg Tinkov are enjoying their daily ride ahead of the race...

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Daniel Teklehaimanot leads an escape with Laurens De Vreese about 30-minutes behind the Tinkoff pair...

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Michael Schar fills up with bottles in his national tour, BMC has yet to set out its ambitions in the Tour de Suisse...

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Tony Martin looks formidable on day four of his leadership of the Tour de Suisse...

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Lawson Craddock is moving up the peloton behind Martin, he knows a good wheel to be followed..!

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Joe Dombrowski gulps down some food in a moment of frantic activity in the peloton...

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Chris-Anker Sorensen fell off during the downhill start - he's trying to put a water-bottle into a non-existant pocket..!

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Davide Rebellin is enjoying his twilight career in the Tour de Suisse, and he hasn't finished yet..!

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Omega is dominating the racing once again - they're chasing for Martin and for Cavendish today..!

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Oleg Tinkov is still out in front of the race, with Riis having abandoned before the feed-zone and the escape yet to catch the Russian millionaire...

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It's a congested feed-zone with the race going so slowly behind the escape...

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The peloton squeezes between some very-Swiss houses on the approach to the finish circuit...

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On such a quiet stage, the temptation of climbing into the team buses with 60-kilometres to go must be on everyone's minds...

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Bradley Wiggins has crashed at the back of the peloton with a lap to go - a sign that all is not right with the 2012 Tour de France champion...

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The peloton is barely racing with 25-kilometres to go...

Katusha has finally raised the pace in the peloton...

Incredibly, the escape has not yet been caught..!

It's a nice-looking sprint at the end of a very tame stage...

Mark Cavendish wins stage four with ease - he's as fast as he ever was.!

Aside from Mark Cavendish's win, the highlight of this day was the fly-past by the Swiss air-force...