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24th Tour de Normandie - 2.5
France, March 22-28, 2004
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Stage 7 - March 27 : St Hilaire - Bagnoles de l'Orne, 183 km
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- Riders wait for the drop of the checkered flag at the start in St Hilaire.
- Arm warmers all round.
- Bikes aren't just for riding on.
- A good joke always settles the pre-race nerves.
- The early break (TM).
- Sensing danger, the break begins to split.
- A few faces of pain as the pace heats up leading into the finish town of Bagnoles de l'Orne.
- Overnight leader Thomas Dekker (Rabobank III) stays out of trouble at the head of the peloton.
- Experienced British pro Robert Hayles takes out the seventh stage of the Tour of Normandy.
- That hurt. Robert Hayles (British National Team) takes some time out to recover from his effort.
- Robert Hayles (British National Team) accepts the applause from the crowd.
- Hey, what did you average? One of the Rabobank Div III boys checks out the latest stats from his onboard computer.
Results
1 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 4.16.31 2 Alexei Markov (Rus) Hoot CCC Polsat 3 Vincent Cantero (Fra) GS Jean Floc'h 4 Samuel Bonnet (Fra) CC Nogent / Oise 5 Kilian Patour (Fra) Crédit Agricole espoirs General classification after stage 7 1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank III 17.33.07 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank III 0.13 3 Yves Delarue (Fra) USSAPB 0.35 4 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Hoop CCC Polsat 5 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.42
