Stage 4 of the Tour of Ireland 2007 started in Galway, the City of the Tribes,
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With the longest stage looming and a foreboding weather forecast this was as close
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Team Slipstream manager Allen Lim’s meticulous preparations could make
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With a top ten GC position to defend, American rider Craig Lewis (Team Slipstream)
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Austrian rider Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile Team) limbers up.
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The last man on the road: Ray Brewster drives the dreaded Broom Wagon
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Business as usual for the Unibet.com as Stage 4 gets under way.
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Like leader of the Points Classification Matti Breschel (Team CSC),
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Last placed GC rider Adam Bergman makes the first move on Stage 4.
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The trio are riding very well together and are obviously committed
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Roger Beuchat (Team LPR) and Rob Partridge (Recycling.co.uk) have ridden
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Jeremy Hunt (Unibet.com) continues to lead the peloton at a high tempo.
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This trend continues as the race makes its way through Cong,
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Darkening clouds on the horizon as the peloton makes its way towards
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Narrow roads on the way up the second category climb at Finny.
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You-know-who leads the peloton over the top of the first KOM.
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It was wet, it was windy and it was very tough going, but the sound
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The wet conditions made descending especially treacherous. Lasse Bochmann (Team CSC)
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The breakaway press on, their lead hovering around the five
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Weather conditions deteriorated further and the peloton
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The pressure mounts on the breakaway group as their lead begins
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Several teams are now involved in the pursuit. T-Mobile, Unibet.com
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Danny Pate (Team Slipstream) and Roger Beuchat (Team LPR) have decided
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Matti Breschel (Team CSC) looking determined, and was no doubt keen
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Danny Pate (Team Slipstream) and Roger Beuchat (Team LPR) dig deep
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After a dramatic chase and an exceptionally fast sprint finish, Norwegian strongman Edvald Boasson Hagen
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo-Bianchi) celebrates his victory.
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Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com) retained the yellow jersey and,
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It is a hard life for Best U-25 jersey holder Wesley Sulzberger (South Australia AIS).
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Roger Beuchat (Team LPR) takes the lead in the King
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo-Bianchi) dons the green jersey
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo-Bianchi) is obviously and understandably pleased
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The peloton fly by an old castle
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American Danny Pate (Team Slipstream) and Switzerland's Roger Beuchat (Team L.P.R.)
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Ireland's David O'Loughlin (Navigators Insurance)
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Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo Bianchi)
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo Bianchi) took the lead
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Vandenbergh wearing yellow.
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Vandenbergh keeping an eye
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The peloton makes its way
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Boasson Hagen gets the win.
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The peloton make their way up a misty climb.
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Coming up on the KOM sprint
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Unibet.com spent a lot of time
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