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93rd Liège-Bastogne-Liège - PT
Belgium, April 29, 2007
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- Di Luca approaches the finish with a wide margin
- Slam dunk! Di Luca gets Liège-Bastogne-Liège in the bag
- Plenty of celebration for Danilo Di Luca
- Perfect timing gave Di Luca a big victory
- Valverde came close but not close enough
- Jelle Vanendert (Chocolade Jacques) was his team's top finisher
- Philippe Gilbert (FdJ) could only manage 16th
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) gave it a good go, but didn't have the gas
- Frank Schleck (CSC) rode Liège-Bastogne-Liège with a cracked vertebrae, and did quite well to make the final move
- The podium Valverde, Di Luca and Schleck
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) and Frank Schleck (CSC) made up the final podium
- Valverde, Di Luca and Schleck
- The winner's prizes
- Di Luca and his trophy
- Di Luca gives his trophy a kiss
- Flowers for the winner
- Di Luca finds his win to be sweet
- Vinokourov rode to a rather anonymous 43rd
- Boogerd and Bettini crest La Redoute
- It was just Di Gregorio (FdJ) and Etxebarria surviving the break
- Filip Meirhaeghe climbs the Cote de Wanne
- Gerolsteiner leads the chase under the Swiss flags
- Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet) leads the breakaway
- The Cote de la Roche and the peloton streaming through
- The peloton approaches Cote de la Roche
- Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto)
- Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) rides in the bunch
- Christophe Brandt (Predictor-Lotto)
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- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) shows that the killer is back!
- Di Luca was ecstatic with his first win in Ans
- Danilo Di Luca celebrates his first big win of the season
- The face of the killer
- Valverde congratulates Di Luca
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- World champion Paolo Bettini at the start in Liège.
- Rémi Pauriol in suspicious minds.
- Family picture in Liège.
- Patrick Lefevere has a meeting with McQuaid and Prudhomme coming up.
- The Lampre team is fond of the nose strips.
- Can I have a picture of you, Signor Cunego? .
- Cedric Vasseur has to help Bettini as long as he can.
- Danilo Di Luca is an outsider for the win in Liège.
- The peloton gets ready for the start at the place Saint-Lambert in Liège.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- La Redoute takes power
- Di Luca goes hard up La Redoute
- A good day for Liquigas
- A champion's pose
- Di Luca with arm raised high
- A victorious Di Luca
- Danilo Di Luca triumphant!
- Danilo Di Luca the victor
- Captain Liege - Bastogne - Liege Danilo Di Luca
- The winner's prizes takes a moment with the prize
- Di Luca's kiss on the podium
- Passing the torch from Valverde to Di Luca
- Valverde and Di Luca defending and current champs, Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- Christophe Moreau on the attack
- Peloton increases speed
- Peloton in action
- The peloton closes in on a right turn
- Places everyone! riders get into position going into the climb
- A pre climb shuffle begins to form heading into one of the twelve featured climbs
- Racing through the Belgian countryside there's not much chance to take in the scenery
- Wall-to-wall wattage in one of the many villages dotting the legendary race route
- Fans show some national pride as racers squeeze past
- Fans, racers, spectators jockey for elbow room on a narrow street
- A break forms with Jan Kuyckx, Vasil Kiryienka, Rémy Di Gregorio, Unai Etxebarria,
- Gerolsteiner's Zberg and Schumacher
- Valverde and Bettini seek to gain the lead
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) chases in hope of earning a second consecutive win
- Davide Rebellin gives another stomp to the pedals to keep ahead of Schleck
- Frank Schleck (CSC) works hard to keep the T-Mobile ride safely behind him
- Stefan Schumacher looks hopefully ahead for the top
- Yaroslav Popovych climbs with the peloton
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval) a pre race favourite shows no signs of struggle
- Vincenzo Nibali has no idea what's in store for his team
- Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval) expresses the scorching agony that Liège-Bastogne-Liège is famous for
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) holds his place mid pack on the climb
- Cofidis rider Is that a smile or a grimace?
- Gilberto Simoni becomes speechless on the leg-busting climb
- Thomas Dekker(Ned) Rabobank shows what an 8-10 percent grade feels like
- Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) appears poised and collected on the climb
- Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems)
- Oh no! where did Vino go?
- Christophe Moreau the seasoned veteran shows calm consistency
- Di Luca looks back to keep the chase in check
- Danilo Di Luca confidently crosses the finish line
- 2006 winner, Alejandro Valverde captures second place
- Frank Schleck (CSC) arrives at the finish, bearing witness to the pain of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- Davide Rebellin finishes fifth to maintain his place at the top of the ProTour standings
- Dutch National Champion Michael Boogerd will need to be content with sixth place
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) leads a string of weary super stars toward the finish
- Riccò (Saunier Duval) finishes in 35th place
- How about a smile? Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi
- Bobby Julich (CSC) is in form for the finale of the Spring Classics
- Champion Laurent Brochard Bouygues Telecom
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)
- Damiano Cunego tucked in among teammates in prep for what's next
- Breaking away from the pack proves hard to do in a throng of fans
- Go, go, go! Fans threaten the focus of riders through narrow streets
- Leaning into the turn to stay at the front on La Redoute
- Boogerd and Bettini crest La Redoute prove a double threat on La Redoute
- Race of Champions National Champions, Michael Boogerd and Paolo Bettini
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) produced a hard effort but not enough to break into the top 10
- Alejandro Valverde To win is one thing, to defend is quite another
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- World Champion Paolo Bettini answers the press at the start.
- Oscar Freire seems cool today.
- A secret with Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R) and Paolo Bettini...
- Danilo Di Luca ready to win.
- Damiano... where are you going?
- Damiano Cunego signs autographs for his fans.
- Danilo Di Luca chats with UCI ProTour leader Davide Rebellin.
- Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux) leads the escape.
- The escape attacks the Côte de Saint Roch.
- The bunch in Saint Roch.
- A big crowd in Saint Roch.
- French rider Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux) in the bunch.
- Marcus Zberg and Paolo Bettini lead the pursuit on the Côte de la Haute-Levée.
- Thomas Dekker in the 'Haute-Levée'.
- Di Grégorio and Etxebarria at the head of the race in the Côte de la Redoute.
- Philippe Gilbert, at home on the Côte de la Redoute.
- CSC rider Christian Vande Velde attacks on La Redoute.
- Eventual winner Danilo Di Luca bides his time in the bunch.
- Di Luca wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège for the first time.
- Valverde and Schleck complete the podium.
- Boogerd will never win his favourite classic Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) finished 10th.
- Di Luca salutes the crowd.
- Di Luca kisses his trophy.
- The podium with Valverde, Di Luca and Schleck.
- Rémy Di Grégorio is the king of mountains.
- Danilo Di Luca.
- Alejandro Valverde answers the press in Ans.
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- Marc Madio Marc Madiot, Francaise des Jeux team manager
- Alexander Vinokourov Alexander Vinokourov and his teammates
- Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) during the pre-ride
- Sebastien Rosseler Sebastien Rosseler pre-rides La Redoute
