An van Rie (Platteland) leads the bunch
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Brooke Miller (USA) fights the cobbles.
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Adrie Visser (DSB Bank) was an aggressive
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Regina Schleicher (Equipe Nürnberger)
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Anne Samplonius (Canada) steers her bike
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Canadian Champion Gina Grain
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Riders take to the gutter for respite
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Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (High Road)
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A group of chasers in the cobbled woods.
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The trees form archways over the wooded tracks
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A dry day, with a little dust for the competitors
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Television coverage of the event
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Fammy van Essum, the Ronde van Drenthe organiser,
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Suzanne De Goede (Equipe Nurnberger) retained
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The bunch corners near to Tiendeeven.
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Chantal Beltman (High Road) leads Sarah Duester (Cervelo)
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Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) concentrates
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Nikki Egyed (Platteland) looks strong.
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Chantal Beltman (High Road) hung on to her dimishing lead
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Chantal Beltman (High Road) gives a relieved and happy
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Ludivine Henrion (AA Drink) walks
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Podium (L-R): Marianne Vos (Team DSB Bank), Chantal Beltman
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Marianne Vos (Team DSB Bank)
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Judith Arndt (Team High Road)
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Australian champion Oenone Wood (Team High Road)
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Last year’s winner Adrie Visser (Team DSB Bank)
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Two Bilga team-mates ride together
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Chantal Beltman (Team High Road)
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Charlotte Becker (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung)
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Chantal Beltman (Team High Road) rides off the front
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Kirsten Wild (AA Drink) and Marianne Vos (Team DSB Bank)
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The peloton crosses the
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Mirjam Melchers (Team Flexpoint)
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The climb took the wind
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Dutch rider Suzanne De Goede
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A smiling Marianne Vos (DSB Bank)
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Unlike Paris-Roubaix the cobblestones in Drenthe
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Oenone Wood (High Road) puts the hammer down
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Pressure from High Road and Cervelo Lifeforce
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Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung's Suzanne De Goede,
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Emma Pooley (Specialized Desiogns for Women)
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One of many splintered groups that formed on the cobbles.
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The VAM-berg is a road over the top of a waste
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Noemi Cantele (Bigla) leads the peloton over
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Chantal Blaak (AA-Drink) tops the VAM-berg
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Chantal Beltman (High Road) gulps in the air
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Elodie Touffet (Gauss RDZ Ormu) was second last year
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