A happy Zabel with the trophy
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The sprint was fiercly contested, even if there few left left
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José Gómez Marchante (Saunier duval-Prodir)
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Race leader Efimkin leaves
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Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) gets his bike ready
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Efimkin leaves the sign-in podium
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The sun shines on the golden helmet
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Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) comes down the stairs
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Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) also carefully looks out
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Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) has more points in the combination classification
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Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) is confident he will keep the jersey
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) has been the dominating sprinter so far
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The peloton await the things to come.
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Daniele Bennati and Tom Boonen are two of the sprinters
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Bjarne Riis at the start
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Bjarne Riis is there to guide his CSC team
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Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) smiles as he signs on
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Oscar Pereiro adjusts his shades for a better view
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Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) is happy that his brother
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Paolo Bettini during a pre-race dance.
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And what kind of music is the world champ listening to
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A pensive Tom Boonen would love
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Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) is getting ready to tackle
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Gomez Marchante is happy to start the race soon.
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Tom Boonen relaxed, leaning on his saddle.
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) looks a bit banged up still
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Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) shyly comes out of the bus
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Cunego clearly shows the impact the crash left
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The small sprint unfolds.
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Allan Davis of Discovery Channel (centre)
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Davis throws his arms up in the air.
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All eyes on the Aussie while the stage winner Zabel
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Efimkin comes in, but no panic
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Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) keeps gold
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The sprint in full swing
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The sprint group was very small today
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Davis celebrates, but it is Zabel who prevails
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Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) is exhausted
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Erik Zabel (Milram) on the podium.
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The German beat the Aussie to get onto the podium
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The stage winner Zabel gets the trophy
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Erik Zabel is all smiles.
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He has been missing the kissing
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Efimkin is happy to not have been injured
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Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) would like to get used to this
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A happy Russian is treated to some nice kissing
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German sprinter Zabel can still
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