Tour de Suisse Stage 5: Ossingen > Büren A.D. Aare, 184kms

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Yaroslaw Marycz leads the early escape, and no-one's chasing them..!

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Two Manxmen, Peter Kennaugh and Mark Cavendish, have plenty of time to discuss the day's racing...

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Matthew Goss and Tom Boonen have more than enough time to discuss the art of sprinting...

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Cadel Evans looks grim, but he's said something to make Fabio Baldato laugh...

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It's a virtual guarantee that World Champion Rui Costa will be more visible in the last four days..!

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Frederik Veuchelen leads the escape now, they've been sitting on a four-minute lead for quite a while...

Omega is doing all the chasing, and they've started early with a tailwind aiding the escapers...

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The peloton climbs yet another hill in this hilly race - at least it's bright and sunny..!

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Christian Knees has a perfectly arranged set of water-bottles inside his jersey...

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Fabian Cancellara is trying to eat a can of Coke when most others would be drinking it...

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Andy Schleck is hard at work as a water-boy on a day as flat as this..!

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Veuchelen leads the escape into the last hour of racing - and they're still two minutes ahead..!

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Tour de Suisse 2014 - Stage 5

The Omega-led peloton crosses a modern-day bridge near Biel as it closes in on the escape...

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Omega chases harder now - the escape is still away in the last 20-kilometres...

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Race-leader Tony Martin looks full of intent and concentration with Cavendish on his wheel...

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Sacha Modolo wins stage five with ease after a crash took out Cavendish and a few others.!

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