Orica GreenEdge's Michael Albasini made it two out of two with victory on the third stage of the Tour Of Romandie.
Orica GreenEdge's Michael Albasini was in the lead after winning the second stage and he, along with team mate Simon Yates who was leading the Young Riders classification led the riders out on this 173.2km stage from Moutier to Porrentruy.
Kristof Vandewalle of Trek Factory Racing, Cheng Ji of Giant Alpecin and Brian Bulgac of LottoNL-Jumbo, were the first to break away and were four minutes ahead after thirteen kilometres and 8.10 five kilometres later.
Vandewalle took the sprint after 69.3kms and the gap started to fall as Bulgac was first to crest the category three Côte de Bure climb with 80.3 kilmometres gone.
Over the first crossing of the finish line on Porrentury with 66.7kms left and the gap was now at 2.56.
Cheng Ji dropped back at the 112km mark and Vandewalle and Bulgac continued on with a lead of 1.05 as Vandewalle went over the Col de la Croix climb first.
Bulgac was distanced leaving only Vandewalle, the most combative rider of the day, to battle on until he too was caught with 48kms remaining.
Onto the second category Col des Rangiers and Nairo Quintana took the eight points on offer ahead of Ancona, Scaponi and Astana's Vincenzo Nibali.
After the sprint, Darwin Atapuma of BMC, Winner Anacona of Movistar and Maxime Mederel of Europcar formed a break which lasted until they were passed by AG2R's Jan Bakelandts with seventeen kilometres to go.
The lead continued to change with Danilo Wyss of BMC, Zeits of Astana and Movistar's Quintana also taking a turn on the front before the large group of about sixty riders brought them back.
The sprint was on. Two Lampre riders led it out with Simon Gerrans and the race leader Michael Albasini in third and fourth wheel. That gave Albasini the lead out he needed and away he went to take a second successive stage win in 4.14.56 followed by Julien Alaphilippe, Caruso, Costa, Gerrans, Haas, Uran, Navardauskas, Mezgec and Chernetski.