Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) rode
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Tom Boonen takes the Queen
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Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) is marked
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) celebrates
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Ballan, Cancellara and Boonen
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Fabio Baldato (Lampre) is an Italian
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Pozzato had still plenty of team-mates
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Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) leads
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Cancellara in the break royale
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Pozzato was unlucky
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Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) rode a strong race
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The clouds were not threatening
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The forest of Arenberg always tells
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Ballan leads Boonen
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The trio did well on the cobbles
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One of the typical right hand turns
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Some riders opted for the side
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Pozzato was dropped after a crash
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Fischer stormed ahead
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It was complete chaos
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One of the easier sections
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Alessandro Ballan in an earlier part
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Patrick Calcagni (Barloworld) cobbles along.
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Pozzato's shorts gave testimony
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Alexander Serov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) was part
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Quick Step power
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Ballan in the dust.
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Boonen is followed
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It's a relief
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Marco Bandiera (Lampre) seems to cry
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Sector 2 is the last 'real' sector
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The break royale passes the windmill.
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Alexander Serov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) smiles
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Zong! A Paris-Roubaix without crashes
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Neither of the men up front
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Ballan leads as Cancellara
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Serov is happy as it stayed dry
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Tom Boonen did it again!
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Ballan can be proud
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Crashfest
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Baldato finished another classic
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Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) can be happy
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When the attacks come thick and fast
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Martijn Maaskant (Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30) rode to
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The peloton winds its way
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Anything to avoid the cobbles:
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The Belgian fans
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No rain, but plenty of dust
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All eyes were on Tom Boonen
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Boonen took the race
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Tom Boonen sweeps through a corner
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Alessandro Ballan (Lampre)
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Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
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Boonen tried to shake Cancellara
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Tom Boonen leads Fabian Cancellara
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Boonen blasts away
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An ecstatic Tom Boonen
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Boonen is mobbed
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A second Roubaix cobblestone
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It reads
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Two Roubaix victories
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The 2008 Paris-Roubaix podium:
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Cancellara and Boonen
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A dusty but delighted Tom Boonen
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Boonen is congratulated
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Cancellara reflects
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Alessandro Ballan, Fabian Cancellara and Tom Boonen
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Boonen makes his move!
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Boonen quickly opens up a gap…
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…and there's no looking back from here.
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Boonen rockets to the line
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Former pro rider Nico Mattan was present
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Dirk Demol talked with Cyclingnews
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Herman Frison featured on the front page
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Steffen Wesemann finished second and third
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Johan Vansummeren at the start
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Former winner Magnus Backstedt was wearing camouflage
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Inventive Matteo Tossato made sure
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George Hincapie at the start of Paris-Roubaix
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The press swarmed around
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Winner Tom Boonen just crashed into the arms of his brother.
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Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) talks with the press
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Martyn Maaskant (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) cruised on towards a fantastic fourth place
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Alessandro Ballan (Lampre)
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Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) shows the second cobble
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The Topsport Vlaanderen riders gather on the track of Roubaix.
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This man was the first to congratulate Tom Boonen
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Tom Boonen talks with the press
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Johan Vansummeren (Silence-Lotto) in his unmistakable
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Steffen Wesemann on the cobbles
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George Hincapie shadows
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Where is the rider to this bottle?
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Artists on wheels
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The start in Compiègne
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The podium with Ballan, Boonen, Cancellara
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The tension, the tension...
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A jubilant Tom Boonen
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The media eagerly awaits
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Tom Boonen is all smiles
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Euskaltel riders are generally speaking
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Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) was unlucky
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The Hincapie group enters
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Hincapie could bank on Team-mate
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Magnus Backstedt (Slipstream)
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In the Arenberg forest
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The big cobble
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Boonen is interviewed
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) was jubilant
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Franck Rénier (Bouygues Telecom)
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The "Break Royale" of Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (CSC)
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Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) leads the chase,
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Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) leads a group of chasers
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Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) leads a group with Stefan Wesemann (Collstrop),
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Baden Cooke (Barloworld) is pleased to be racing here again
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Aurélien Clerc (Bouyges Telecom) grits his teeth
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2001 winner Servais Knaven (High Road) leads Martin Elmiger (AG2R-La Mondiale)
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Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) digs in,
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Stijn Vandenbergh (AG2R-La Mondiale)
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Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Rabobank)
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Kurt Hovelynck (Topsport Vlaanderen)
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Poor Pippo! Pozzato (Liquigas) limps to Roubaix
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Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) takes a smoother
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Frank Hoj (Cofidis) leads the large peloton
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Everybody's going home
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