The race entered Switzerland after of the parcours, going through the Jura Mountains with a total of seven rated climbs including the first-category Col de la Croix - the summit of which was at after a , 9.2% average gradient climb - before the finish in Porrentruy. Ten riders made the immediate breakaway from the peloton, but the gap that they had achieved was closed down by the Astana team ahead of the day's first climb, the Côte de Bondeval. Jens Voigt of RadioShack-Nissan attacked off the front of the lead group to take the point on offer for the mountains classification, and was joined by several more riders on the descent; however, the group only held a gap of twenty seconds at the mark.