Tom Boonen (Quick Step) leads
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Filippo Pozzato (Team Katusha) is on his own
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George Hincapie (Columbia - Highroad)
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Leif Hoste and Johan Van Summeren lead
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Stijn Devolder (Quick Step)
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Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) peers around
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George Hincapie (Columbia - Highroad) concentrates
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Steven Cozza (Garmin - Slipstream)
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Gregory Henderson (Team Columbia - Highroad )
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Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team)
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Andreas Klier (Cervelo Test Team) made the early break
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Each sector of pave attracted spectators.
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Jin Long (Skil-Shimano) is the first Chinese cyclist
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A pair of motorcycles make way for the peloton.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) nears the end
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Florent Brard (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne)
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A few riders seek relief from the cobbles
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Fans were out in force
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) is the center of attention.
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A Caisse d'Epargne rider is bloodied
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Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas)
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Bradley Wiggins (Garmin - Slipstream) finished
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A pair of Columbia-Highroad riders
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Enrico Franzoi (Liquigas)
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Thousands of fans lined the Arenberg forest cobbles.
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Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) leads the break
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Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo TestTeam)
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A pair of Quick Step riders negotiate the Arenberg forest.
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Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) had to settle for second place.
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The peloton awaits the start in Compiegne.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) makes it known
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Tom Boonen raises his arms in triumph
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Tom Boonen gets his third cobble.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) takes number three
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A third for Tom Boonen!
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The 2009 Paris-Roubaix podium:
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The Belgian flag waves behind Tom Boonen
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The lead group of six with Boonen and Pozzato leading.
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Fans cheer on Tom Boonen
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A race motorbike crashed into spectators
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Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) is booed
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Medics wheel away one of the 16 victims
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Thor Hushovd (Cervelo TestTeam)
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A dirty and slightly disappointed Thor Hushovd
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Boonen during his solo effort
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Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto) did a superb job
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Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) found it easy
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The winning break of six
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Does Boonen show how often
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Boonen sure looked like
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Boonen was happy
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Pozzato came in a lap behind
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Boonen acknowledged it
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Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto) did a superb race
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Boonen will soon be able to construct
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The podium with (l-r)
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Andreas Klier (Cervelo Test Team)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Stijn Devolder (Quick Step)
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Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) was relaxed
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The morning breakaway on the cobbles
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) gets some encouragement
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Johan Van Summeren (Silence Lotto) was just behind
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Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step)
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Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank)
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Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) worked hard
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Marcus Burghardt (Team Columbia - Highroad)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) had lots of time
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) signals his third
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Filippo Pozzato (Team Katusha) congratulates
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Norway's Thor Hushovd (Cervelo Test Team) did his best
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Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) looked exhausted
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Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto) was also feeling
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Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank)
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Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo Test Team) made a move
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Italian Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) was ninth
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It might be for 10th place but after
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Denmark's Matti Breschel (Team Saxo Bank)
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Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) couldn't believe
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The look on Johan Van Summeren's face
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Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo Test Team) is interviewed
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Italian Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) looked fresh
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Swiss rider Alexandre Moos (BMC Racing Team)
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The Netherland's Martijn Maaskant (Garmin - Slipstream)
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100% clean? Well Martijn Maaskant's bike certainly
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Locals celebrated in a nearby bar
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Johnny Weltz of Garmin
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Martijn Maaskant (Garmin - Slipstream)
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The Continental group gets going
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Garmin signs up for hell
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The riders wait for the start
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Continental tire protested the planned shutdown
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Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) was sad
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Bernard Hinault
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Mike Friedman (Garmin-Slipstream)
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Patrick Lefevere (Quick Step manager)
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Sean Kelly was at the start, too.
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George Hincapie (Columbia-Highroad)
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The Silence Lotto riders have fans.
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David Millar (Garmin-Slipstream) watched from the sidelines
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Boonen enters the stadium
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Pozzato followed a good half minute
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Hoste is ready to pounce
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A disappointed Thor
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Hoste was upset
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Hoste had such a great opportunity
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Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto) filled with emotions
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Van Summeren looks in disbelief
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Hoste and Van Summeren discuss matters
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George Hincapie (Columbia-Highroad) had a flat tyre
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One of the few happy faces
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Aart Vierhouten (Vacansoleil) looks like
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) solos into the Roubaix velodrome
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Boonen looks back but lone chaser Filippo Pozzato
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Boonen finally allows himself to celebrate
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Boonen has no need to sprint
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Still no one there, Tom! Time to celebrate.
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Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) came close in the end
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Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto), Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) and Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto)
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…but we all know how this match up will end up.
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Hushovd powers in for third place
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The seven leaders reach Queiévy,
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Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) rides in
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) looked at ease
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Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo Test Team)
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The lead group of seven were still
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George Hincapie (Team Columbia - Highroad)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) put the hammer down at Gruson
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Filippo Pozatto (Team Katusha) chased after
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Silence Lotto's Johan Van Summeren and Leif Hoste
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Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) lost 2:14 minutes
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Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank)
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia - Highroad)
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Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank)
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The peloton rolls out as their
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Belgian Maarten Wynants (Quick Step)
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German Andreas Klier (Cervelo Test Team)
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A rider falls back into the convoy
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Swiss rider Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale)
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Here we go again: The leaders
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Can anyone sense confidence on
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Former winner Servais Knaven (Team Milram)
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Quick Step's riders worked well together
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Liquigas worked with Quick Step and Saxo Bank
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No prizes for guessing who
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) looked focused
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Joy started to show on the face
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) celebrates three wins
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) takes his third win
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Belgian Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank)
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There were some good old track racing
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) celebrates his
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Rock'n'roll: Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) displays his
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Podium (L-R): Filippo Pozzato (Team Katusha), Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia-Highroad) stops
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No panic yet in the Columbia-Highroad train
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Hincapie patiently waited
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