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  • Spectators at the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 15 - Montpellier, France
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  • Rujano shares a moment with team Androni coach Marco Bellini after his second place finish--he was the only true challenger to Contador during the Giro's first mountain stage.
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  • Jose Rujano seems to seek out quit spaces in the minutes before start time.  Here, he relaxes with the morning paper in one of the Giro's few empty media tents. 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 3
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  • Jose Rujano Portrait 2011 Giro d'Italia
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  • Near the summit of Paso Staulanza
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  • Tour de Suisse Stage 9 - Fabian Cancellara just minutes before starting the ninth stage's 32.1 km time trial around Schaffhausen to claim his second stage win after his opening time trial victory in Lugano.
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  • Santini with Katusha sponsored team--rider is Danilo Di Luca.
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  • SMS factory hand stitching stations.
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  • Contador was all business at stage 8's check-in.  The following day he secured the pink jersey for the duration of the Giro.
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 9
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 6
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  • Some fans blamed the cancellation of Crostis on Contador's pre-ride complaints.
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Zoncolan
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  • The peloton passes through Sapri.
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  • The best seat in the house--the eagles nest on top of Monteverngine Di Mercogliano.
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  • Contador leads Saxobank to the starting line.
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  • Contador after stage 10.  He hung out around his team car taking pictures with a few fans for a few minutes--then he skiped his press conference, getting hit with a 1000 Euro fine.
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  • The JV podium girls walk the final meters of stage 10--the last 100 meters of the sprint had a 4% grade.
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 8 Garmin check-in.
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  • Post finish, Contador fights off yet another chase group--but this time it's a running pack of journalists.  He thinned down the group by making them sprint for 130 meters before slowing down. Now let's see if he takes interviews.
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  • This guy has his Giro watching dialed.--portable TV, radio, lounge chair, newspaper, inflatable pillow, soft breeze, and scenic Mediterranean overlook.
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  • The peloton passes through the town of Sapri.
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  • The best seat in the house--the eagles nest on top of Monteverngine Di Mercogliano.
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  • Paolo Bettini holding court at the starting area.
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  • Another view from the seaside road near Rapallo--Stage 4.
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  • Breakfast while filing the latest race updates.
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  • Stage 2 fans near the feed station, 90 kms.
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  • Andrew and Caley hard at work--the last journalists in Orvieto's press room.
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  • 10:15 pm - Coaches and staff pour over the day's results.
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  • Post showers and massage, while the mechanics are still cleaning the bikes, the athletes begin team dinner.  WIth an-Italian based team, this usually consists of hand-made pastas, white rice, and salads.
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  • Team mechanics take separate cars to the start, often stopping to great freinds along the way.
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  • A touring cyclist and scenic lake - Switzerland
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  • The accident site.  Family and local residents had already left flowers and notes by early Tuesday afternoon.
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  • A Thomson Bike Tours Giro d'Italia trip--valley across from Passo Giau
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  • 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • Fans scramble on top of garbage cans to see Cadel Evans on the podium after the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • Andy Schleck starts the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • David Millar signs autographs at the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • Stuart O'grady Starts the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • Autograph hunters - 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • Autograph hunters - 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • Mark Canvendish - 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • A sleepy spectator - 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • A photographer kisses his camera for good luck before the finish line money shot - 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • Mark Cavendish fans - 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • A RadioShack fan waits for an autograph behind the fence off team bus - 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • HTC's stage winning Specialized Shiv time trial bike - 2011 Tour de France - Stage 20 Time Trial - Grenoble, France
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  • Mark Cavendish wins the sprint finish - 2011 Tour de France - Stage 15 - Montpellier, France
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  • Spectators at the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 15 - Montpellier, France
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  • Spectators at the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 15 - Montpellier, France
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  • Spectators at the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 15 - Montpellier, France
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  • Spectators at the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 15 - Montpellier, France
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  • Spectators at the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 15 - Montpellier, France
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  • Spectators at the 2011 Tour de France - Stage 15 - Montpellier, France
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  • Rujano shares a moment with team Androni coach Marco Bellini after his second place finish on Mount Etna--he was the only true challenger to Contador during the Giro's first mountain stage.
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 6
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  • Alessandro Pettacchi signs in for stage 6.
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  • 2:13 pm feed zone -- 90 kms into the day, soigneurs deliver carefully packed bags with: one energy gel pack, three small jam-filled muffins, one coconut energy bar, one fruit-flavored protein bar, and two multi-dextrin energy drinks.
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  • Team chase cars also get lunch delivered along the route. Androni Giocattoli. 2011 Giro d' Italia - Stage 2
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  • Team chase cars also get lunch delivered along the route. Androni Giocattoli. 2011 Giro d' Italia - Stage 2
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  • Team soigneurs earned their paychecks at this Giro.  In addition to their duties of massage, food, and luggage hauling--long transfers before and after each stage kept them behind the wheel for hours on end.
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  • Jose Rujano Portrait 2011 Giro d'Italia
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  • Having lunch around the corner from team Saxo bank's hotel at the base of Paso Giau.
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  • A Thomson Bike Tours Giro d'Italia trip--Summit of 1600 meter Passo Duran.
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  • Passo di Falzarego tunnel section.
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  • Passo di Falzarego summit.
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  • Frank Schleck had a smile on his face after the prologue.
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  • Andy Schleck's TT was a conservative effort.  He looked quite fit at check-in.
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  • Alexander Pliuschin won the "most chilled out" in the ITT tent award--this taken just minutes before his start.
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  • Rabobank's Steven Kruijswijk (finished 3rd overall) and Levi Leipheimer prepare before the final TDS TT.
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  • Race leader Damiano Cunego in meditation just before stage 9's TT start.  His day would end in a heartbreak after losing the overall GC by just 4 seconds--the result of Leipheimer's incredible TT effort.
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  • Leipheimer at the start of a stage he won't likely ever forget.  In the moments before departure he seemed both focused and relaxed.  After realizing that he was still wearing his warm-up jacket, and that his team soigners had left him alone to prepare for the start he joked, "Hey, I think my team just ditched me."  He asked a race official to take his jacket to the RadioShack chase car and TTed his way into GC victory by a scant 4 seconds.
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  • Frank Schleck and Levi Leipheimer share a last-minute fist bump/handshake.  Classy sportsmanship in the in the seconds before stage 9's TT.
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  • Tejay Van Garderen and Tom Danielson just minutes away from starting stage 9's TT.
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  • Tour de Suisse Stage 9 - Fabian Cancellara negotiating a 300 degree hairball turn--just 400 meters away from claiming his second TDS time trial victory.
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  • Tour de Suisse Stage 9 - Young Peter Sagan is quickly becoming a favorite among Europeans.  Here, he waved off his coaches objections and allowed several fans behind the team's security perimeter to sign autographs while he was warmed up for the TT.
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  • Fabian Cancellara somehow manages forward movement even without being clipped into his pedals--this taken just minutes before starting the ninth stage's 32.1 km time trial around Schaffhausen, where he claimed his second 2011 TDS stage win.
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  • 2011 Tour de Suisse stage 7, 2383m Fluelapass.
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  • 2011 Tour de Suisse stage 7, 2383m Fluelapass.
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  • 2011 Tour de Suisse stage 7, 2383m Fluelapass.
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  • 2011 Tour de Suisse stage 7, 2383m Fluelapass.
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  • Head down, up and coming American rider Tejay Van Garderen gasps for oxygen at the end of 6's 1200m hilltop climbing finish to the ski-resort town of Malbun.  He finished fourth in the uphill sprint won by Borut Bozic.  He also finished second to Fabian Cancellara in the race's opening  prologue and is rumored to have been tapped for the HTC TDF squad.
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  • An exhausted Levi Leipheimer crosses the line after stage 6's 1200m hilltop climbing finish to the ski-resort town of Malbun.  His second place finish on this stage bumped him up to GC 5th--1:59 behind race leader Damiano Cunego.  This day proved to be a critical one for Leipheimer, as he managed this sub-two-minute time gap until the race's final TT in Schaffhausen.  There, his spectacular TT landed him the overall GC victory by 4 seconds over Cunego.
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  • Colombian race fans wait at the end of stage 6 for their hero (who was 2nd overall at that time), Juan Mauricio Soler.  Unfortunately, they soon learned that Soler would not be arriving because of a terrible crash mid-stage--leaving him with a fractured skull and broken leg.
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  • These kids tracked down Cancellara after the prologue and enjoyed watching him change his shoes through his van's tinted windows.
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  • 2011 Tour de Suisse Stage 9 - Leipheimer at the start of a day he won't likely ever forget.  In the moments before departure, Leipheimer seemed both focused and relaxed--after realizing that he still had his warm-up jacket on and that his team soigners had left him alone to prepare before the start he joked, "Hey, I think my team just ditched me."  He asked a race official to take his jacket to the RadioShack chase car and then TTed his way into GC victory by a scant 4 seconds.
    TDSstage9284.jpg
  • Race leader Damiano Cunego in meditation just before stage 9's TT start.  His day would end in a heartbreak after losing the overall GC by just 4 seconds--the result of Leipheimer's incredible TT effort.
    TDSstage9290.jpg
  • Tour de Suisse Stage 9 - Frank Schleck and Levi Leipheimer share a last-minute fist bump/handshake.  Classy sportsmanship in the in the seconds before stage 9's TT.
    TDSstage9266.jpg
  • Tour de Suisse Stage 9 - Young Peter Sagan is quickly becoming a favorite among Europeans.  Here, he waved off his coaches objections and allowed several fans behind the team's security perimeter to sign autographs while he was warming up for the TT.
    TDSstage998.jpg
  • 2011 Tour de Suisse stage 7, 2383m Fluelapass.
    TDSstage7157.jpg
  • A local riding a Swiss National Bike Route trail near stage 6's starting point in Tobel.
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  • The Swiss National Bike Route is fully signed at every intersection. During stage 5, I had the good fortune of linking up for a spin with this local--in addition to proudly sporting the country's most un-hip socks, he was also a former Bike Network volunteer trail manager.
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  • Colombian race fans wait at the finish line of stage 6 for the arrival of their hero, Juan Mauricio Soler.  Unfortunately, they soon learned that Soler would not complete to stage because of a terrible crash mid-stage--leaving him with a fractured skull and broken leg.
    TDSstage611.jpg
  • Head down,up and coming American rider Tejay Van Garderen gasps for oxygen at the finish of 6's 1200m hilltop climbing finish to the ski-resort town of Malbun.  He finished fourth in the uphill sprint won by Borut Bozic.  He also finished second to Fabian Cancellara in the race's opening  prologue and is rumored to be among the HTC TDF squad.
    TDSstage6193.jpg
  • An exhausted Levi Leipheimer crosses the finish after stage 6's 1200m hilltop climbing finish to the ski-resort town of Malbun.  His second place finish on this stage bumped him up to GC 5th--1:59 behind race leader Damiano Cunego.  This day proved to be a critical one for Leipheimer, as he managed this sub-two-minute time gap until the race's final TT in Schaffhausen.  There, his spectacular TT landed him the overall GC victory by 4 seconds over Cunego.
    TDSstage6165.jpg
  • Using SwissTrails, cyclists can ditch their luggage in their hotel lobby on the way out the door each morning and enjoy a point-to-point bike tour along the National Bike Network without carrying heavy panniers.  A convenient shuttle service transports baggage to the next hotel on the itinerary by day’s end.
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  • Co-Motion road bike in Switzerland
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  • Co-Motion road bike in Switzerland
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