Every which way goes up - the peloton climbs the Col des Mosses, 20-kilometres into the last stage...

Alex Moos is on the attack right away, forming a group of six riders...

Moos really wants to get away today - he leaves his companions behind...

The Astana-led peloton starts today

Maxim Iglinsky speeds down the descent with water bottles for his team-leader, Andreas Kloden...

Moos has formed the escape he wants on the descent, but with the company of others...

Stef Clements leads the five escapers towards Lausanne - they lead by just a few minutes...

Alexandr Pliuschin has been chasing alone for over an hour, but he never made it across...

The escape has had to give way to a single-carriage train near Bulle, but the peloton is too far back to be stopped as well...

The peloton speeds towards Lac Leman with the French Alps beckoning them on...

Lac Leman looks so tempting as the temperature on the road increases...

Cofidis is helping the chase close in on Moos

Vineyards of the Vaud tower of the peloton as it approaches Lausanne...

The High Road team looks to be setting up Mark Cavendish for the sprint as the race climbs up to the Olympic Stadium with a circuit of 30-kilometres to do...

Clements has made an audacious attack, but the peloton is almost upon them...

Mustard flowers signal an end to the day

Dmitri Mizureyev strings out the race with 10-kilometres left - is Kloden going for the stage-win..?

Nick Nuyens makes an attack with five-kilometres to go...

Oscar Pereiro makes an attack as well...

Daniele Bennati is an easy winner of the fifth stage - it is the Italian

Andreas Kloden celebrates his first overall win for Astana, with Roman Kreuziger (left) and Marco Pinotti...