Tony Cruz returns to Discovery Channel
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Ivan Basso conducts an interview
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Yaroslav Popovych's Trek
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Fumiyuki Beppu
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Lance Armstrong arrives
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Janez Brajkovic rolls around,
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Brajkovic
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Adjustments before the ride.
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An old frame
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Lance Armstrong was very much a part of the Solvang camp,
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Ivan Basso
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Waiting to start
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Head mechanic Julien DeVries is hard at work
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Tom Danielson
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Danielson and Leipheimer:
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Basso in discussions with the other riders.
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Basso and Armstrong unite:
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Discovery's very own
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Armstrong and Basso
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Fumiyuki Beppu rides with the climbers
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Brajkovic sits in the pack of climbers,
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Armstrong and Basso
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PJ Rabice,
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The team of climbers
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The Solvang terrain
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After leaving the quaint town of Solvang,
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Approaching the day's first climb.
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Lance gets a head start,
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A very rare sight these days.
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The team on the climb
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It's no laughing matter
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Riders get out of the saddle
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Anyone seen a cycling team
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The riders enjoy some dirt road
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Twenty minutes into the climb,
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There's no shame
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The climbers take turns
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The team still climbing
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Johan Bruyneel follows the team closely
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Halfway up the climb
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Beppu led the way
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Lance looks back after getting caught by the group,
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The riders rest at the top,
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Johan Bruyneel speaks
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Basso prepares for the descent.
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Beppu
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Danielson takes off his jacket
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Brajkovic gets a spare wheel
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The team back tracks over the climb
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Basso and Beppu
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The climbing team dwindles
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The climbers are together
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Basso returns to the back of the group.
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A lonely Discovery rider
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Having a little fun.
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The riders are almost at the top
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Bruyneel has found a new motivation
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Leipheimer adjusts his Trek,
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Vince Gee cleans the bikes
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Basso's Trek is clean and ready for tomorrow.
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George Hincapie
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