Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia)
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Mark Cavendish negotiates a river at Sleigh Head
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The sun tried to come out at Connor Pass.
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Stage 4 of the 2008 Tour of Ireland started in the city of Limerick
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Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com/AIS)
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Paidi O'Brien (An Post Sean Kelly Team)
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The Garmin Chipotle - H30 team bus
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Meanwhile, next door, members of Team Columbia
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Judith Gabriel is soigneur with Team Columbia
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A close up
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Minor cosmetic damage
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Mark Cavendish's race machine.
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The Garmin Chipotle - H30 team made the intelligent decision
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Mark Cavendish (Columbia) leads team-mate
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New Zealand National Champion Julian Dean (Garmin Chipotle - H30)
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The men at the back said everyone attack
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Roger Aiken (Irish National Team)
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The squally showers subsided
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The Irish riders were exceptionally keen
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Eventually three riders make it stick
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The chasing peloton
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Magnus Backstedt (Garmin Chipotle - H30) leads
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The inhabitants of Abbeydorney in County Kerry
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Frantisek Rabon represents Team Columbia
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The leading trio
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The savage beauty of the Dingle peninsula's
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With race leader Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
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The Pinarello CandiTV rider from Rotherham was overjoyed
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Russel Downing (Pinarello) gets the win.
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Downing's joy was compounded by the news that he had also taken the race lead
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Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
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Gonzalo Rabunal (Karpin Galicia Cycling Team)
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Matthew Wilson's performance on stage four confirmed his status
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With 18 seconds separating the top 18 riders in the general classification,
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