The Alps offered a stunning scenery
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Fans make every effort
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Sastre stormed up the 21 bends
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Vande Velde tried to attack
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Menchov overestimated himself at first
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Fränk Schleck couldn't shake Cadel Evans
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Carlos Sastre (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) wins and takes over the yellow jersey
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Sastre takes the win
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Sastre had four legs and four hands
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Sastre rides through the crowd
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Sastre takes the win
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With his stellar ride Sastre
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Sastre stands tall
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Sastre had all kind of help
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The Col du Galibier.
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Sastre makes his way through the fans
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The view of the Col du Galibier.
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Sastre gets help with the maillot jaune.
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Carlos Sastre had the support of Dutch fans.
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Carlos Sastre dons his first ever yellow jersey.
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Andy Schleck kept the jersey of best young rider.
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The peloton climbs on the Col du Galibier.
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Evans had to dig deep
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Evans leads Andy Schleck under the flags of Luxembourg.
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Luxembourg supporters were out en force
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The devil has a new suit
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre)
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Fans of all nationalities
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Carlos Sastre (Team CSC - Saxo Bank)
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Kohl was spent after a tough final climb.
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Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas)
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Evans rode well to limit his loss to Sastre
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Schleck checks the position of Evans.
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Frank Schleck seemed a bit wistful
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Andy Schleck follows Samuel Sanchez
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French champion Nicolas Vogondy
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Had Andy Schleck not suffered on the Hautacam stage
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Andy Schleck was barely breathing hard
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Evans had to do the pace making at the end
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Bernhard Kohl's podium ambitions
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Could this be what inspired Carlos Sastre
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Frank Schleck put in an acceleration
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Valverde's attack briefly drew Frank Schleck
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The peloton falling behind
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Bernhard Kohl in the mirror
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The peloton heads down the Alpine road.
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An aerial view of the legendary climb
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Support for the riders
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A detailed view of the climb
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As usual, the Dutch fans
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This group of fans did some extreme camping
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The searing heat
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Carlos Sastre (Team CSC-Saxo Bank)
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Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner)
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Frank Schleck (Team CSC-Saxo Bank)
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The race leader
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David Moncoutie (Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone)
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Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole)
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre)
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French national champion Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel)
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Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux)
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Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole)
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Kim Kirchen (Team Columbia)
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Mario Aerts (Silence Lotto)
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Aside from team leader Denis Menchov, Koos Moerenhout was the first
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Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom).
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Laurens Den Tam (Rabobank)
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Pieter Weening (Rabobank).
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Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
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Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale).
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Christopher Froome (Barloworld).
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Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom).
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Peter Velits (Team Milram)
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Looking as focused and motivated
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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
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Ryder Hesjedal (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30)
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Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner).
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Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC-Saxo Bank).
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Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC-Saxo Bank)
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Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre).
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Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale)
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Grace under pressure:
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Trent Lowe (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30).
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Marcus Burghardt (Team Columbia).
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Rivalries put aside
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Gianpaolo Cheula (Barloworld)
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Jens Voigt (Team CSC-Saxo Bank)
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Before he could reflect on and celebrate
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The grupetto grapple with the gradient
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Jimmy Casper (Agritubel)
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A hive of activity and energy:
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Chris Froome (Barloworld) rides up Alpe d'Huez
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Barloworld's Froome showed that he has
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