Gallery: At the start of Milan-San Remo

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  Number 1 belongs to Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia)

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  Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions)

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  Bernhard Eisel (HTC-Columbia)

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  Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) looked relaxed and happy at the start of Milan-San Remo

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  Mates George Hincapie and Mark Cavendish embrace at the start

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  Svein Tuft (Garmin-Transitions)

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  Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) is quizzed before the start

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  George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team)

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  Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto)

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  Oscar Freire (Rabobank) before the 2010 Milan-San Remo

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  Mario Cipollini at the start of Milan-San Remo

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  Fumiyuki Beppu replaced Lance Armstrong at RadioShack

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  Will Filippo Pozzato's Ridley be first across the line in San Remo?

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  Svein Tuft (Garmin-Transitions) went for medium profile wheels

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  Allan Davis (Astana) could be a dangerous outsider

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  Karsten Kroon checks he's got the right stuff with a BMC soigneur

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  Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) has opted for deep section carbon wheels for Milan-San Remo

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  These De Rosa bikes await the Carmiooro-NGC team

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  Petacchi's special Wilier Triestina gets some last minute lubrication

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  Plenty of saddle height for RadioShack's Gregory Rast

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