Team Saxo Bank demonstrated great form prior to the Tour de France as he slipped away from the front group on today’s third stage of Tour de Suisse from Sierre to Schwarzenburg and soloed to victory.

He was followed by Columbias Tony Martin who now leads the race with one second ahead of Team Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara.

”Fränk Schleck has been in great shape throughout the spring and now the results really start coming. It was an amazing solo victory in a peloton loaded with strong riders getting ready for the Tour de France and today’s finale was very similar to the one he won in Tour de Luxembourg. That Tony Martin takes the jersey is only to our advantage as we now don’t have to take responsibility of the field,” states sports director Kim Andersen.