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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.
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  • 2011 Tour de Suisse - Rabobank's Steven Kruijswijk (finished 3rd overall) crosses the line after stage 6's 1200m hilltop climbing finish to the ski-resort town of Malbun.
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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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  • 2011 Tour de Suisse Stage 9 - Tejay Van Garderen
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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 - 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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  • 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 warming up for the TT.
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  • The town of Lugano, a nice spot to kick off the 2011 Tour de Suisse.  Bad coffee but efficient trains.
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  • 2011 Tour de Suisse Stage 6
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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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  • 2011 Tour de Suisse stage 7, 2383m Fluelapass.
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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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  • At the Tour de Suisse, fans get packaged cheese hand-out from promo cars before the prologue start.
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  • Cancellara at 400 meters away from winning the 2011 Tour de Suiss prologue.
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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.
    TDSstage9266.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
  • Rabobank's Steven Kruijswijk (finished 3rd overall) and Levi Leipheimer prepare before the final TDS TT.
    TDSstage9251.jpg
  • 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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  • Cancellara at 400 meters out.
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  • Tejay Van Garderen and Tom Danielson just minutes away from starting stage 9's TT.
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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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  • Tejay Van Garderen and Tom Danielson just minutes away from starting stage 9's 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.
    TDSstage986.jpg
  • 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.
    TDSstage6185.jpg
  • Cancellara thrilled fans at the start of the prologue.
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  • Rabobank's Steven Kruijswijk (finished 3rd overall) prepares before the final 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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  • Andy Schleck rides off the front of a successful escape group during a steep corkscrew section along the climb up 2383m Fluelapass. He nabbed the king of the mountains' green jersey after his efforts during stage 7.
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  • Cavendish gets released at the prologue start.  He'll have a few nice sprint stages to shoot for this year.
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  • Rain threatened at the prologue early on.  Fortunately, the skies cleared and the sun came out for the majority of the riders.  This little fan was prepared either way.
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  • Andy Schleck's TT was a conservative effort.  He looked quite fit at check-in.
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  • Tejay Van Garderen and Tom Danielson just minutes away from starting stage 9's TT.
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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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  • Frank Schleck had a smile on his face after the prologue.
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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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  • Andy Schleck's TT was a conservative effort.  He looked quite fit at check-in.
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  • I wonder if Frank Schleck knows that a curious Swiss fan was poking a pencil in his derailer (to count the gears) just a few hours before he was due to start.
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  • Swiss trains not only allows bicycles, each has a special bike parking zone for cyclists.  These steeds are hanging in the Unesco World Heritage Train en route to Davos--the base of stage 7's climb up 2383m Fluelapass.
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  • Frank Schleck had a smile on his face after the prologue.
    TDS11Prologue80.jpg
  • Rain threatened at the prologue early on.  Fortunately, the skies cleared and the sun came out for the majority of the riders.  This little fan was prepared either way.
    TDS11Prologue49.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
  • 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.
    TDSstage9284.jpg
  • Rabobank's Steven Kruijswijk (finished 3rd overall) and Levi Leipheimer prepare before the final TDS TT.
    TDSstage9251.jpg
  • Andy Schleck rides off the front of a successful escape group during a steep corkscrew section along the climb up 2383m Fluelapass (stage 7). He nabbed the king of the mountains' green jersey after his efforts during stage 7.
    TDSstage798.jpg
  • 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.
    TDSstage6165.jpg
  • 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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  • Stage 9 TT.  One to watch--another young gun to keep on the radar, Team RadioShack's Nelson Oliveira (22 y/o, POR), finished 4th 25secs behind Cancellara. He said that he was using the day to tune up for his country's national TT championship next month.
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  • Rabobank's Steven Kruijswijk (finished 3rd overall) prepares before the final TT.
    TDSstage9291.jpg
  • Tejay Van Garderen and Tom Danielson just minutes away from starting stage 9's TT.
    TDSstage9219.jpg
  • 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
  • Cancellara thrilled fans at the start of the prologue.
    Bleakney_TDS_1.jpg
  • Alexander Pliuschin won the "most chilled out" in the ITT tent award--this taken just minutes before his start.
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  • Rubens Bertogliati from Team Type 1 is from Lugano and was popular with fans.
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  • Swiss trains not only allows bicycles, each has a special bike parking zone for cyclists.  These steeds are hanging in the Unesco World Heritage Train en route to Davos--the base of stage 7's climb up 2383m Fluelapass.
    TDSstage720.jpg
  • Fans wait for Cancellara to hit the podium on the shores of lake Lugano.
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  • Day 2 - Abula Pass - 5,500 feet climbing. The National Bike Network is intelligently integrated with the Swiss train system.  For 10 USD (need to confirm 2013 price), in addition to passenger fare, a cyclist can put their bike on any train in the system.  In 2011, the author used both trains and his bicycle to cover the Tour de Suisse cycling race carbon free--ie. without using a car or motorcycle to follow the peloton.  Abula Pass
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