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90th Ronde van Vlaanderen - PT
Belgium, April 2, 2006
Photography
Race day
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Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Brugge's Grote Markt was shrouded in rain
- Slava Ekimov (Discovery) working for Hincapie
- George Hincapie (Discovery) looking comfy
- Peter Van Petegem (Davitamon-Lotto) follows the leaders at Doorn
- Paolo Fornaciari (Lampre-Fondital)
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step) doing the team work thing
- Marichal and Schmitz on the Paterberg
- Vladimir Gussev (Discovery)
- Quick.Step made the race on the Paterberg
- Crowds on top of the Kapelmuur
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) leads Leif Hoste (Discovery) on the Muur van Geraardsbergen
- Hoste and Boonen up the Muur
- George Hincapie (Discovery) on the Muur. He was the strongest of the chasers
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins the 90th Ronde van Vlaanderen
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins the Ronde for the second time in a row
- The podium (L to R): Leif Hoste (2nd), Tom Boonen (1st) and George Hincapie (3rd)
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) was one of the few riders who actually rode over the Koppenberg, and he did it in style
- Flecha, Ballan Zabel and Baguet all did the Koppenberg on foot
- It was chaos on the Koppenberg
- Petacchi on foot on the Koppenberg
- Boonen and Hoste heading for home
- Boonen in action on the Muur
- Ik ben Tom Boonen
- The King of Belgium, Albert II greets Tom Boonen
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Boucher, Reinerink and Auger on the cobbles at Doorn
- Milram in front at Doorn
- On the Molenberg, the first climb of the day
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) charges on the Molenberg
- PVP on the Molenberg
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) played a key role
- The section at Mater wasn't fun
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) helped make the first selection on the Kwaremont
- Peter Van Petegem (Davitamon-Lotto) on Klier's wheel
- Slava Ekimov (Discovery) on the Kwaremont
- Marichal and Schmitz on the Kwaremont
- Quick.Step in command on the Paterberg
- Cretksens does the job on the Paterberg
- Petacchi struggles on the Paterberg
- Bettini and Marichal on the Eikenberg
- Boonen near the front on the Eikenberg
- Klier and Flecha on the Eikenberg
- Peter Van Petegem (Davitamon-Lotto) on the Eikenberg
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) was finished on the Eikenberg
- Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) follows on a climb
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) on the front
- Baguet, Hincapie and Boonen in the lead group
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) biding his time
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) did a good job for the team
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) in front on the Haaghoek
- Pozzato leads a Quick.Step foursome off the Haaghoek
- Trying to catch the action on the Muur
- Boonen leads Hoste on the Muur
- Leif Hoste (Discovery) on the front on top of the Muur
- Boonen and Hoste on the Muur
- Hoste and Boonen on the Muur
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) has made this girl's day
- Past the Kapelmuur
- Here comes Boonen and Hoste
- There goes Boonen and Hoste
- George Hincapie (Discovery) leads the chase on the Muur
- George Hincapie (Discovery) drives the pace
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) in a bit of pain
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) tries to stay in contact
- Hincapie leads Bettini and Klier on the Muur
- Bettini and Klier struggle to stay with Hincapie
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) puts the power down
- Roberto Petito (Tenax) rode another consistent Ronde
- Flecha and Zabel on the Muur
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) on the Muur, job done
- Pedro Horillo (Rabobank) near the top of the Muur
- Riding up to the top of the Muur
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins the Tour of Flanders
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) was a lot quicker than Leif Hoste
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) is the champ
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) celebrates
- Leif Hoste (Discovery) crosses for second
- George Hincapie (Discovery) easily wins the sprint for third
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) back on top again
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) with the RVV trophy
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) kisses the trophy
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) waves his trophy
- The podium (L to R): Leif Hoste (2nd), Tom Boonen (1st) and George Hincapie (3rd)
- The King of Belgium, Albert II greets the King of Belgian cycling, Tom Boonen
- Vittorio Adorni with ProTour leader Boonen
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) is the ProTour leader
- A hug from ma and pa
- The Boonen family all happy
Images by Peter Bentley
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) contemplates the hills ahead
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery) is keen to get going
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) charms the locals
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) gets a little gentle encouragement on the Koppenberg
- Boonen looks relaxed as he leads the main pack up the Koppenberg
- Leif Hoste (Discovery) working hard on the Koppenberg
Live
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- Lots of umbrellas out
- A good vantage point
- Waiting for riders
- Many people at the start, braving the rain
- The Saunier Duval team arrives en masse
- Petacchi, Zabel and Hoste on stage
- Henk Vogels (Davitamon-Lotto) has his race face on
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) is one of the favourites
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) was pressured this morning
- Peter Van Petegem (Davitamon-Lotto) on stage
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step) wasn't hounded today
- The start was a mess of colour
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) acknowledging the applause
- Boonen and Bettini are getting ready for the race
- Boonen and Bettini are confident
- George Hincapie (Discovery) is focused
- Italian boys Petacchi and Ballan watching the crowd
- Tom Boonen examining the Flemish hills
- The crowd protecting themselves against the rain in different ways
- Although the weather was bad, the market was full of people
- Enrico Franzoi is popular in Flanders because of his cyclo cross efforts
- Fabio Baldato loves the Flemish cobbles
- Rony Martias (Bouygues) is not looking very enthusiastic
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery) looking tired
- Winner of the 3-days De Panne-Koksijde Leif Hoste
- An Eddy Merckx clone?
- Marc Wauters (Rabobank) at the start of his last Tour of Flanders
- Germans Andreas Klier and Erik Zabel talking with the commentator
- Peter Van Petegem (Davitamon-Lotto) confident as usual
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) laughing on stage
- Winner in 2000 Andrei Tchmil
- Niko Eeckhout wants to surprise everybody today with a good performance
- The peloton getting away
Parcours
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Images by Matt Conn
- Into the tunnel - the Roman "tunnel of horrors" at the Paddestraat is one of the landmarks of the Ronde.
- Famous faces inside the tunnel include Tom Steels…
- … and Serge Baguet - and if that doesn't scare you, you must be Tom Boonen!
