Neil Stephens. "A break of four went up the road, the boys were able to just sit in the bunch all the way and wait until the final."

"Tinkoff and Etixx-Quickstep did a great job of bringing the break back and we placed ourselves in the second line getting ready for the sprint and the guys made sure they were well positioned.

"It was a pretty dangerous circuit, there was a lot of turns, a lot of roundabouts and traffic islands, so position was really crucial. We had to spend a lot of energy to make sure we didn't lose position.

"It was good the boys went out there and committed to try and give Magnus a good chance at a result today which was fantastic.

"The guys themselves chose to ridefor Magnus today and he did well. Maybe he could have finished a position or two better as the guy in front nearly crashed on the corner but anyway it was still a good result."

How it happened:

Another stage, another day of rain for the riders in Switzerland. Similar to the previous two stages, an early breakaway formed and within the first 20kilometres four riders led the race, working together to gain a four-minute advantage.

The peloton were subdued due to strong headwinds and within the first hour hour of the stage they'd only covered 30kilometres.

The pace and escapees advantage remained much the same for most of the day until the current race leaders, Team Tinkoff, took up position at the head of the bunch and started to gradually reel