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41st Amstel Gold Race - PT
Netherlands, April 16, 2006
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
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The face of Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
shows the pain of a hilltop finish after 253 kilometres in the saddle. After winning the race in 2004, the Italian finished sixth today.
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Christophe Brandt (Davitamon-Lotto)
finished in 38th place.
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Bram Tankink (Quickstep-Innergetic)
ended up in 56th place.
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2006 Amstel winner Fränk Schleck (Team CSC)
admires his trophy.
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Jens Voigt (CSC
) congratulated his team-mate Fränk Schleck as soon as he crossed the line, 6'10 minutes after the Luxembourger claimed victory.
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The podium
- (L to R) Stefen Wesemann (T-Mobile, 2nd), Fränk Schleck (CSC, 1st) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank, 3rd).
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A show of hands
all round for Amstel winner Fränk Schleck.
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Everybody wanted a piece
of the Schleckster in Valkenburg.
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Fränk Schleck embraced
by his partner.
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We're going to have a HUGE night
tonight, babe!
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The man of the moment:
Fränk Schleck.
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Fränk Schleck hugs his papa.
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The Eddy Merckx die-hard fan club.
Members: 1
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Fränk Schleck goes about the winner's business
of answering questions at the post-race press conference.
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"CSC is the best team in the world,"
said Schleck, "and we're not only team-mates, but we're great friends."
Images by
Fotoreporter
Sirotti
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Rain coats
are still needed at the first passage of the Cauberg
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Grey skies
dominated the whole race
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These cobbles again...
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There were many spectators,
despite the rain
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The typical windmill
and the breakaway riders Moreau, Thijs, Albasini and Schmitz
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The early breakaway
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The bunch,
not actually driving the pace yet
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A bird's view
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Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
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Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros)
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Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step)
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The break is falling apart
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Moreau,
not exactly having a good time
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Rabobank controlled the field
with all its men
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Full steam ahead
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The Rabo clan:
Dekker, Freire, Boogerd, Dekker the younger
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Watch it, buddy
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It was a hard race
on everyone, not only Liquigas
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Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas)
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Olympic champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
closely watched by T-Mobile
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Belgian champ Serge Baguet (Quick.Step)
and Alessandro Ballan (Lampre)
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Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile)
rode a brilliant race today
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Out of the way!
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Igor Astarloa (Barloworld) concentrates
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Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
is hurting
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What a race!
Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in the finish
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Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) in the finish
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Michael Boogerd (Rabobank),
missed out again...
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The chasers arrive:
Kroon, Sinkewitz, Rebellin, Perdiguero
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Bettini gets into the finish,
a little disappointed
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The winning way:
Fränk Schleck (CSC) comes into the finish
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A beautiful solo victory
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Schleck (CSC)
can't believe he's made it!
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A happy winner of the 41st Amstel Gold Race
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True sportsmanship by Boogerd
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Schleck holds it up
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The podium:
Schleck (1st), Wesemann (2nd), Boogerd (3rd)
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Fränk Schleck (CSC)
with the Trophy
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Congrats from
Karsten Kroon
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CSC
has the spirit
Images by
Elmar Krings
Images by
Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
Images by
Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
Images by
Mani Wollner/www.foto-grafik-satz.de
Pre-race
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Images by
Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
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That was then
- the scene yesterday in Maastricht - happy, smiling faces.
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And this is now
- the scene outside Maastricht's Town Hall half an hour before the start of the 2006 Amstel Gold.
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Journalists and photographers
patiently wait for the riders in dreary conditions.
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Maastricht's Town Hall
was the place to be - if you were a VIP.
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A sea of umbrellas
10 minutes before the start in Maastricht's Grote Markt, but the riders just wouldn't come out of their team buses.
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Moto drivers take shelter
inside Maastricht's Town Hall before a very, very wet day.
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The spread
put on by the race organisers for journos, photographers and VIPs.
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Michael Albasini (Liquigas)
and Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) lead the breakaway with Erwin Thijs (Unibet.com) on Albasini's wheel; initiating the early move was Frenchman Christophe Moreau (AG2R).
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The breakaway
rolling through the town of Vilt, a few kilometres after cresting the first of three ascensions of the Cauberg.
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Flat, exposed plains
also characterise the Amstel Gold, and with a moderate wind, echelons are sure to form later in the race.
Images by
Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
Images by
Brian O'Connor
Images by
Elmar Krings
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