Sandra Hodnett, soigneur with the Garmin Chipotle H30 team
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Race leader Russell Downing (Pinarello CandiTV)
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Downing arrived at the start looking rested
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Leader of the Points Classification
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Bernard Eisel (Team Columbia) gets ready
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Thumbs up for the start of Stage 5
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The peloton began to splinter
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The first significant break of the day
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The riders cross the border
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The break was whittled down
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The Pinarello CandiTV team maintained
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The green jersey rolls through
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Fuelling up time for the leading trio.
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The peloton arrives on the brutish circuit
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The leading trio has become a duo
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IIya Chernetskiy (Tinkoff – Credit Systems) has lost contact
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Ericcson and Rabon wrestle with the 25 percent gradient
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Leader of the Mountains Classification Matt Wilson (Team Type 1)
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The crowds cheer on IIya Chernetskiy
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St. Patrick's Hill is hallowed ground for Irish cycling fans
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The most difficult section
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Team Columbia rode very aggressively
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Frantisek Rabon (Team Columbia) takes an emphatic solo victory
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Frederik Ericsson (Pezula Racing Team) crossed the line
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Marco Pinotti stormed home in third place
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The suffering is over and Marco Pinotti
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Frantisek Rabon (Team Columbia) could not have been happier
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A child's view of the podium presentations.
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Frantisek Rabon (Team Columbia) had good reason
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Second placed rider on the stage Frederik Ericsson (Pezula Racing Team)
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Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia) receives
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Pinotti's happiness was shared by the Irish crowd
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Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia) receives his Waterford Crystal
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Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) rode consistently
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The final podium of the 2008 Tour of Ireland
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Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia) was a deserving
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Mark Cassidy (An Post - Sean Kelly team) on the approach
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Paidi O'Brien (An Post - Sean Kelly team) leads the chasing peleton
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Russell Downing (Pinarello CandiTV)after being
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Russell Downing (Pinarello CandiTV) was happy
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Frantisek Rabon (Team Columbia) celebrates as he crosses
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Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia) pulls on
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Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia) after winning
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Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia) along with his team
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