TDS Stage 5 - Bozic Best, Cav Crap

I was expecting a business-as-usual sprint win from Mark Cavendish today. Unfortunately those pesky Tour de Suisse organisers seem to have something against him, and keep making the finishes too uphilly for him.

So, as Cav faded yet again, and the sprinter's trains fell into disarray, it was every man for himself as the line approached. Marco Mercado of Vacansoleil looked like he might be lucky with a sneaky move in the last km, but in the end his team-mate Borut Bozic pipped Oscar Friere for the win. It's Bozic'x biggest win to date, and he looked as surprised as anyone. Either that, or he was about to throw-up.

Not far behind in third was Peter Sagan. The boy is sure riding a great race, and has a comfy lead in the points competition. Even more importantly, he's currently the top rider on the Velogames rider scores table.

With Sagan and Van Garderen on board, things are still going well for the Bile Beans. And it's good to see Den picking up his game and moving up the table a bit, thanks to Friere's ride today.

The peleton is heading back into the mountains tomorrow. A crafty break will probably try and hope to gain enough time to hang on up the final climb. And the GC contenders will try keep out of trouble before the attacks start on the way up to the mountain-top finish.