The attacks start right away, with a Fuji-Servetto rider leading Jens Voigt and Assam Bazayev on the first climb...

It's dangerous to let Voigt escape when the wind is so strong...the peloton is breaking up!

The race eases up, allowing Florian Brard and Matthew Sprick to start their own move now...

Brard and Sprick have amassed a seven minute lead within 20-kilometres...

Rabobank leads the chase on the flat, led by Dmitri Kozontchouk...

Astana leads the chase on the hills, led by Michael Schar...

Brard and Sprick still have over six minutes with 50-kilometres to go...

Astana has Bazayev, Iglinsky and Zubeldia protecting Gregory Rast as the race climbs the third ascent from home...

Sprick and Brard start the penultimate ascent with a two-minute lead...

Rein Taamarae makes a big attack to join Brard in front...

Stef Clement guards the move for Rabobank...

Sandy Casar leads a seven-man move on the descent - they've almost caught the two escapers…

Chris Anker Sorensen starts the attacks on the final ascent with 10-kilometres to go...

Cadel Evans now shows everyone how to accelerate - he has teammate Gilbert on his wheel...just about!

Evans and Gilbert pull away from the scattered peloton with twelve kilometres to go...

Tony Martin makes a move as well, with Alejandro Valverde on his wheel...

Evans and Gilbert have a 20-seconds lead on the rise towards La Chaux-de-Fonds - but Gilbert is incapable of helping any more and there is a mad chase behind them..!

Oscar Freire wins stage two with ease - thanks partially to his Rabobank teamates. Rast remains race-leader...