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Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi)
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Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi)
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Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
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Erik Zabel (T-Mobile)
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The peloton
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Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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The podium (L-R):
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Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
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Mario Cipollini (Liqugas)
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Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
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Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole)
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Paolo Bettini
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Paolo Bettini
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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Oscar Freire
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Oscar Freire
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No time to enjoy the scenery
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The peloton
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Andrea Tafi (Saunier Duval) attempts to bridge across to the break
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Andrea Tafi
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Alessandro Petacchi
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Alessandro Petacchi
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Alessandro Petacchi
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Alessandro Petacchi
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Alessandro Petacchi gets a celebratory hug from his dad
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Alessandro Petacchi is mobbed after the finish
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An emotional Alessandro Petacchi is congratulated by a team-mate
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Somebody up there likes me
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Big smiles
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Alessandro Petacchi
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Alessandro Petacchi
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The top three
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More smiles
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Alessandro Petacchi
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The start was pretty fast
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Clear, blue sky
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Where's my drink?
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Still riding hard:
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The initial break
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The World Champion
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Gerben Löwik (Rabobank)
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The bunch
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Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo)
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Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo) crying in the wind
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Andrea Tafi and Francesco Casagrande
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Tongue is out:
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Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
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Those Poggio hairpins
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Bettini (Quick.Step)
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Big buddys:
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The bunch
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Vicioso doen't want to give up!
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Getting caught:
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T-Mobile's Alexandre Vinokourov
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Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
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Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) leading the break
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Pellizotti (Liquigas)
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Oscar Pereiro (Phonak)
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Casagrande (Naturino) in the break
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Casagrande (Naturino)
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Tiralongo (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare)
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Jörg Jaksche (Liberty)
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On the attack: Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
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Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
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Paolo Bettini pushed hard
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Hey, Mr Boonen...
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) sits pretty
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Tom Boonen (Qick Step) before the start
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The pace was pretty quick from the off
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The last roar on via Roma
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) arrived in good form
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World Champ Freire was a marked man...
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Historic towns add to the history of Milan-San Remo
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An emotional Alessandro Petacchi after winning
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A massive yell for Petacchi at the finish
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A shot for the ages
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The bunch hit the coast and hit the pedal
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The bunch snakes away
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It was a quick race
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