Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) raises her arms in triumph
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Sven Nys (Belgium) stumbles on the steps at the Cyclo-cross World Championships in Treviso, Italy.
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Andre Greipel (High Road) celebrates his win in the Tour Down Under.
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Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff) and Danilo Hondo (Serramenti) crash in the Tour de Langkawi
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Dominique Rollin (Toyota United) triumphed on the miserably cold and rainy stage
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One of the lighter moments of the year: Slipstream's Christian Vande Velde and David Millar
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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) is shadowed by Cadel Evans (Silence Lotto) on the Ventoux.
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Fabian Cancellara (CSC) put in his signature late attack to win Milan-Sanremo
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Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) on his way to the Ronde Van Vlaanderen win
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) sprints to victory in the velodrome at Roubaix
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Damiano Cunego times his sprint perfectly in the Amstel Gold Race
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Kim Kirchen (High Road) suffers through the final pitch to win the Flèche-Wallonne
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Marianne Vos (Team DSB Bank) takes the win in the women's Flèche Wallonne.
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Fränk Schleck, Alejandro Valverde and Davide Rebellin work out the math
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Slipstream's Christian Vande Velde became the first pink jersey holder of the 2008 Giro d'Italia
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Alberto Contador is dwarfed by the crowd atop the Plan de Corones
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André Greipel (High Road) takes the win in stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia, while his teammate Mark Cavendish celebrates.
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Levi Leipheimer is colourful in the green points classification jersey of the Dauphiné Libéré.
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An uncomfortable podium at the Italian National Championships:
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Cadel Evans is overwhelmed by the sensation of leading the Tour de France
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Mark Cavenish (Columbia) takes his third of four Tour stages
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The Saunier Duval riders aren't quite sure what to do after Riccardo Ricco' is found positive
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Carlos Sastre (CSC) rides through the chaos that is Alpe d'Huez
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Damiano Cunego is pushed to the finish by his Lampre teammates after crashing on his face
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Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) finally gets his Tour stage win ahead of Jeremy Roy
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Carlos Sastre (CSC) rode his heart out to win the Tour de France
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Cadel Evans is comforted by his wife after missing his final chance to win the Tour
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Spain's Samuel Sanchez can't believe he's won the Olympic gold medal
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Nicole Cooke (center) makes the race winning move in the Olympic road race
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Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) savours the moment on the Olympic time trial podium.
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One of Paolo Bettini's last wins came on stage six of the Vuelta a Espana.
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Alberto Contador wins the Vuelta a Espana stage atop the Angliru
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Riders in the Tour of Poland look like coal miners
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Nicole Cooke makes it two golds, beating Marianne Vos and Judith Arndt at the World Championships
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Alessandro Ballan (Italy) solos to the win in the World Championship road race.
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Philippe Gilbert (FdJ) bookended a strong season with a win in Paris-Tours
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A frighteningly thin Janez Brajkovic celebrates what he thinks is the win in the Giro di Lombardia.
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Sven Nys is barely recognizable under all the mud at the Koppenbergcross
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World Cyclo-cross Champion Lars Boom
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Sven Nys wins the snowy Superprestige 'cross race in Hamme-Zogge
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