Davide Frattini (Colavita) sits in the bunch
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Yes Mr. Officer, I would like a biscotti!
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Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) goes back
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Riders pass behind rows
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Long shadows were cast
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Life at the back of the peloton.
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Green grass and rolling hills
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The Mavic boys were enjoying
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The bunch heads away from the snow
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The Cervélo TestTeam does a little
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Curtis Gunn (Fly V Australia) going hard
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Pieter Weening (Rabobank) takes his pull
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Green grass on recently tilled fields
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George Hincapie (Columbia-Highroad) has a laugh
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Riders go along one of the huge irrigation
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More of the trees that lined the course.
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A natural hole in rocks
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Teams come to the front
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Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing) spending
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The breakaway didn't have a whole
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The main bunch starts to pick up the pace.
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Riders go by the memorial site
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The race heads into wine country
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Andy Guptil (Colavita) gets to the front
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As the road goes down
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The final moments of the break.
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Mark Cavendish takes win number two
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Team Astana was very alert
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Mark Cavendish is looked after
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The break worked well together
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More kisses for Mark Cavendish
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The race came together
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Astana loaded the front
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The only colour in this landscape
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Lance Armstrong (Astana, r)
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The day's break
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Glen Chadwick (foreground)
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Levi Leipheimer (Astana)
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Argentina's Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank)
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At the sign in in Visalia Lance Armstrong (Astana)
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Floyd Landis (Ouch-p/b Maxxis) is ready
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Rabobank's Eric Bruekink
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Big crowds came out early
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This gentleman
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Moto marshalls
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Svein Tuft (Garmin-Slipstream)
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Does big George Hincapie (Columbia-High Road)
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Riders roll out of Visalia
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Cavendish (Columbia-High Road) makes it look easy
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The podium pins
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Legs of a champion...
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The day's break
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George Hincapie was ready to drive
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Mark Cavendish opens the sprint
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The stage five podium
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The race organisation warns the riders
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The riders get a colourful send off
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The breakaway rides through the valley
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Columbia doesn't use the same hairdresser
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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) straps up
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Ivan Basso (Liquigas) squints in the sun
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The bikes are ready
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Basso, too, is ready
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Liquigas discusses
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Basso with Roberto Amadio
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Visalia has made a name
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The start of the race
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The riders roll off.
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Lance Armstrong – are the yellow colours
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Basso and Armstrong talk
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The dryness of the landscape
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The bunch moves through California
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The pace was high
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California mountains are best enjoyed
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Nature calls
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Cavendish takes the win
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The peloton comes home
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Cav took his second win
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Cavendish enjoys the kisses
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