Armstrong poised to pounce in Tour de Suisse

Lance Armstrong, Tour de Suisse 2010, stage 8

The Tour de Suisse's final mass-start stage on Saturday saw breakaways Rui Faria da Costa and Jose Joaquin Rojas take the top two stage placings for Caisse d'Epargne, whilst Robert Gesink (Rabobank) continues to lead overall. But Lance Armstrong (RadioShack) remains ideally placed to win both tomorrow's time trial - and perhaps the race outright.

On an extremely hilly day with 2,500 metres of climbing, a breakaway was waiting to happen and both Da Costa and Rojas managed to make it into the nine-man move of the stage.

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