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14th Le Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC, Malaysia, February 9-15, 2009

Stage 3 - February 11: Melaka - Melaka, 186km

Pre-stage entertainment in Melaka.
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The Kazakhstan boys chose thongs
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Shoes that are pedaling
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The peloton awaits the start
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A rider from EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design checks
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I love my shoes: South African Janse Van Rensburg
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The Malaysian Beatles?
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The peloton leaves Melaka
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A breakaway trio formed in the first twenty kilometres
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The leading trio of Kyu Suh Seok (Seoul Cycling), Ricardo Van Der Velde
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The peloton had let three riders escape
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Bartosz Huzarski (ISD) from Poland
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Jackson Rodriguez (Diquigiovanni-Androni) working hard
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The peloton on a small rise
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The peloton is warned
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The tour leader Mattia Gavazzi
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Garmin-Slipstream's Ricardo Van Der Velde cools
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Australian team members (l-r): Gene Bates, Jai Crawford
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A Malaysian police officer watches the tour go by.
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Gene Bates (Australian National Team) gives the thumbs-up
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The chasing peloton passes through a township
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Burning rubber: The lead trio didn't have far
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The charge to the line
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Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) from Italy
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Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazahkstan National Team) remains
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Italian Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) has won back
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Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) holds onto
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The tour's competition leaders
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The main bunch
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Team Diquigiovanni-Androni
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Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Team Malaysia)
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Marcel Wyss (Cervélo Test Team)
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A crash right before the finish line.
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Mattia Gavazzi (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli)
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Janse Van Rensburg (Team South Africa)
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Malaysia's students cheer on the riders of the Tour de Langkawi.
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Gavazzi and Savio enjoy the ride
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Roundabouts add to confusion in races
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It is not the Tour de France
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Diquigiovanni-Androni in the familiar position
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The fans wave
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Gavazzi ones again beats Sutton
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