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93rd Liège-Bastogne-Liège - PT
Belgium, April 29, 2007
Photography
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AFP
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Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
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Fotoreporter
Sirotti
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La Redoute
takes power
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Di Luca
goes hard up La Redoute
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A good day for
Liquigas
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A champion's pose
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Di Luca
with arm raised high
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A victorious Di Luca
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Danilo Di Luca
triumphant!
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Danilo Di Luca
the victor
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Captain Liege - Bastogne - Liege
Danilo Di Luca
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The winner's prizes
takes a moment with the prize
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Di Luca's kiss
on the podium
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Passing the torch
from Valverde to Di Luca
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Valverde and Di Luca
defending and current champs, Liège-Bastogne-Liège
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Christophe Moreau
on the attack
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Peloton increases
speed
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Peloton in action
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The peloton closes in
on a right turn
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Places everyone!
riders get into position going into the climb
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A pre climb shuffle
begins to form heading into one of the twelve featured climbs
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Racing through the Belgian countryside
there's not much chance to take in the scenery
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Wall-to-wall wattage
in one of the many villages dotting the legendary race route
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Fans show some national pride
as racers squeeze past
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Fans, racers, spectators
jockey for elbow room on a narrow street
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A break forms
with Jan Kuyckx, Vasil Kiryienka, Rémy Di Gregorio, Unai Etxebarria,
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Gerolsteiner's Zberg and Schumacher
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Valverde and Bettini
seek to gain the lead
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
chases in hope of earning a second consecutive win
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Davide Rebellin
gives another stomp to the pedals to keep ahead of Schleck
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Frank Schleck (CSC)
works hard to keep the T-Mobile ride safely behind him
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Stefan Schumacher
looks hopefully ahead for the top
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Yaroslav Popovych
climbs with the peloton
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Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval)
a pre race favourite shows no signs of struggle
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Vincenzo Nibali
has no idea what's in store for his team
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Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval)
expresses the scorching agony that Liège-Bastogne-Liège is famous for
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Michael Rogers (T-Mobile)
holds his place mid pack on the climb
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Cofidis rider
Is that a smile or a grimace?
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Gilberto Simoni
becomes speechless on the leg-busting climb
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Thomas Dekker(Ned) Rabobank
shows what an 8-10 percent grade feels like
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Axel Merckx (T-Mobile)
appears poised and collected on the climb
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Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems)
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Oh no!
where did Vino go?
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Christophe Moreau
the seasoned veteran shows calm consistency
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Di Luca
looks back to keep the chase in check
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Danilo Di Luca
confidently crosses the finish line
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2006 winner, Alejandro Valverde
captures second place
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Frank Schleck (CSC)
arrives at the finish, bearing witness to the pain of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
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Davide Rebellin
finishes fifth to maintain his place at the top of the ProTour standings
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Dutch National Champion Michael Boogerd
will need to be content with sixth place
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre)
leads a string of weary super stars toward the finish
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Riccò (Saunier Duval)
finishes in 35th place
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How about a smile?
Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi
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Bobby Julich (CSC)
is in form for the finale of the Spring Classics
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Champion Laurent Brochard
Bouygues Telecom
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Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)
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Damiano Cunego
tucked in among teammates in prep for what's next
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Breaking away
from the pack proves hard to do in a throng of fans
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Go, go, go!
Fans threaten the focus of riders through narrow streets
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Leaning into the turn
to stay at the front on La Redoute
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Boogerd and Bettini crest La Redoute
prove a double threat on La Redoute
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Race of Champions
National Champions, Michael Boogerd and Paolo Bettini
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre)
produced a hard effort but not enough to break into the top 10
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Alejandro Valverde
To win is one thing, to defend is quite another
Images by
Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com
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