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Big Belgian Tom Boonen rides with his Quick Step team-mates in the lead-up to tomorrow's Vuelta start. Hopefully Boonen will do something – anything - at the Vuelta, which would be more than he achieved at this year's Tour de France.
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Belgian champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step) before the Vuelta presentation.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) held the provisional best time, and finished second in Vuelta a España stage one.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) prepares before the start.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) has a good time trial.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) smashed the best time until...
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) put in a great ride.
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Belgian champ Tom Boonen heads onto the stage for the points classification lead.
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Tom Boonen kept the green sprinter's jersey.
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Tom Boonen takes another green jersey.
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Points leader Tom Boonen crossed the finish line and would surrender the jersey to stage winner André Greipel.
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A glum Tom Boonen (Quick Step) after the Vuelta's stage four finish in Liège.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) checks who will be finishing with him.
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Tom Boonen has a bite to eat as the field passes through the feed zone.
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André Greipel (Columbia-HTC) outsprints Belgian national champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) to win stage 5 at the Vuelta.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) hasn't been able to find the winning formula.
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Belgian national champion Tom Boonen and Liquigas' Daniel Bennati could not match the speed of Greipel.
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Behind his Quick Step teammates, Belgian champion Tom Boonen rides protected.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) was on a top time until he crashed.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) climbs during the ninth stage of the Vuelta a Espana
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step). The hills are not his domain.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) descends towards Murcia
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