Kim Kirchen gets his bike weighed in
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Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) focuses on what is ahead.
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Norwegian time trial champion
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Bram Tankink (Rabobank).
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Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) won the stage
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Kirchen was the leader before the time trial
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Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) is happy still
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Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) rode up with his Belgian champ jersey
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René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) leads the sprints classification
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Cancellara's bike get's weighed.
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Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) and Ralf Grabsch (Team Milram)
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Cancellara said he would "put on the rainbow jersey
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Sébastien Portal (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) – ready or not
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Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) enjoys flatter time trials better
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Pablo Lastras Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) cools off
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David Loosli (Lampre) is warmed up
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Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) and the difficulties
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Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) and Leonardo Duque (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone)
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Irishman Philip Deignan (AG2R La Mondiale) makes an expression
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Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and Steve Morabito (Astana)
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José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Caisse d'Epargne) smiles
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Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) ready to roll off the ramp
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The last minute adjustments of Christian Knees' mechanic
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre) looks lean and mean
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Andy Schleck (Team CSC) signs autographs.
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Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) gets his bike back
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Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) concentrates
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Andy Schleck and Igor Anton talk about
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Anton stretches before the start
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Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) relaxes
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Kreuziger's mechanic makes sure
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Kim Kirchen (Team High Road) has the bike ready
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Kirchen concentrates, as he knows
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Kirchen seems to look a bit worried
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (High Road) is the Norwegian champion
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Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) just wanted to survive
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Boasson Hagen rolls off
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Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) starts
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Leif Hoste (Silence - Lotto) has a desperate look
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Gregory Rast (Astana) gets going
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Morris Possoni (Team High Road) grabs the bars at the bottom
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Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) heads out
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No, it's not Cancellara in pain
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Cancellara is off, knowing that today
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Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole) is not related to Bernard
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Jürgen Roelandts (Silence - Lotto) is having a terrific season
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José Rujano Guillen (Caisse d'Epargne) held the best time
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Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) starts
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Zabel's spare bike
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Pieter Jacobs (Silence - Lotto) did a great ride
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Bobby Julich heads off
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Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) relaxed
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Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) could do without
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Bodrogi is Hungarian TT champion
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Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) in the mountains jersey.
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A Mavic mechanic takes a picture
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Jens Voigt hits the road
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Pre-race chatter
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Gutierrez with a last sip of water
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Gutierrez is off.
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Frank Schleck (Team CSC) and Xavier Florencio Cabre (Bouygues Telecom)
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Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) hits the cobbles in the first few metres.
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Frank Schleck (Team CSC) rolls off.
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Tanel Kangert (AG2R La Mondiale)
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Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Andy Schleck (Team CSC)
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Andreas Klöden (Astana) heads out
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Thomas Lövkvist (Team High Road)
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Kreuziger gets ready
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Kreuziger powers away
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Kirchen hits the road
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Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) on the climb
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Jeff Louder (BMC Racing Team)
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Cancellara didn't go 100%
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Olivier Bonnaire (Bouygues Telecom)
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Rujano did well and finished second
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Marc De Maar (Rabobank)
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David Loosli (Lampre)
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Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux)
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Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner)
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Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux)
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Mathieu Perget (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Bodrogi passed his one-minute man
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The typical Jens Voigt race face
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Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) is the mountains leader.
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Gutierrez at the tough finish stretch
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His face shows a bit of wear and tear
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Is that a smile on Yannick Talabardon's face?
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Xavier Florencio Cabre (Bouygues Telecom) is happy
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Kreuziger waves to the crowd
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The Czech rider received lots of prizes
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Kreuziger is all smiles
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And he earned the yellow jersey, too
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Two yellow jerseys on the podium!
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Who wouldn't smile here?
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Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) gets another mountain jersey
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Iglinsky happy
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René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) still leads the sprints classification
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Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) is the points leader
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Freire on the podium.
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