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98th Milano-Sanremo - PT
Italy, March 24, 2007
Photography
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Images by
Fotoreporter
Sirotti
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Axel Merckx (T-Mobile)
at the start in Milano.
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) with Colnago
the man behind the famous machine that the 2007 Sanremo was won on.
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Erik Zabel (Milram)
at the start in Milano.
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Riders gather
at the start in Milano, Castello Sforzesco.
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Saturday morning at Castello Sforzesco
, the riders wait to race.
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La Partenza
of the 98th Milano-Sanremo.
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The riders roll out
to start the 294 kilometre journey.
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Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic)
looks ready to race.
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Tom Boonen
thinking about the sprint on the Via Roma.
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Belgian Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic)
is always very polite, even when the camera is on him all day.
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Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic)
rolls on.
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David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
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David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
looks happy to be racing (he finished 23 seconds down).
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The trees of Lombardy
form a beautiful backdrop for a beautiful race.
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Many round-abouts
dot this country.
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2005 Sanremo winner
Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)
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Cofidis control
affairs.
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Riding along
the Ligurian coast.
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The Ligurian coast
offers stunning scenery.
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Riders are streaming along
the parcours of the Milano-Sanremo (Descending the Poggio).
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The peloton rolls along.
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The early escape
of Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Andrei Kunitski (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), Koen De Kort (Astana), Emanuele Sella (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), Roberto Traficante (Team LPR) and Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
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The day's escape
led by Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
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The last minute escape
of Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux)
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Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux)
descend the Poggio.
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Riccò lived up to his word
of attacking in the race
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Bettini leads Ballan
on the descent of Poggio
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Freire
corners on the Poggio
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Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)
corners on the downhill to Sanremo
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Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic)
on the Poggio
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2006 Winner
Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) on the run down to Sanremo
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Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto)
followed by Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
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TV Time
for Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux)
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Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic)
did not have great day
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Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic)
followed by Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital)
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The chase
is on.
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Welcome
to Sanremo.
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Freire
wins his second Milano-Sanremo
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
takes the sprint.
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Fists are pumping!
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins the 98th Milano-Sanremo.
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Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
wins Sanremo.
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Freire
punches the air.
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Arms raised...
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) confirms he has won his second Sanremo.
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Freire conquered
Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Allan Davis (Discovery Channel).
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2X Sanremo and 3X World Champion
Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
awarded.
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) opening
the bubbly.
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
on the podium.
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Freire
with the Trophy.
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Flowers and Trophy
for Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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Kisses
... Oscar Freire (Rabobank) kissed the trophy
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The top three
Allan Davis (Discovery Channel), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) (l-r)
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Davis, Freire and Boonen
(l-r) on the podium.
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Davis, Freire and Boonen
(l-r) on the podium.
Images by
Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
Images by
Davide Tricarico/www.laborraccia.it
Team Presentation
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Images by
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Sirotti
Images by
Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
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