
Alberto Contador (Astana) signals his win in Verbier
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Astana leads the peloton on stage 15
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Armstrong rolls across the finish line in Verbier
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Andreas Kloden (Astana) pulled back 6 seconds on teammate Lance Armstrong
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Astana's Andreas Kloden crosses the line
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Defending Tour champion, Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam), put up a brave
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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) rode strongly to finish ahead of Frank Schleck
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The Luxembourger national champion couldn't pull Contador back
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Brice Feillu (Agritubel) nears Verbier
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Who's the boss? Alberto Contador flexes his muscles as he crosses the
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Rabobank's Juan Antonio Flecha and Stef Clement accompany one another
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Swiss national champion, Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank),rode strongly in
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Amets Txurruka (Euskatel-Euskadi) makes his way up the final climb
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Lance Armstrong (Astana) looked spent at the finish
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Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) finishes stage 15
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Charley Wegelius (Silence-Lotto) continues past big crowds on the Verbier
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Yaroslav Popovych (Astana) cuts a lonely figure as he ascends the Verbier
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The peloton make their way up the Verbier
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A view of the peloton at the top of Verbier
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Second on the stage and a white jersey to boot for Andy Schleck (Saxo
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Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) collects another spotty jumper
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Alberto Contador (Astana) throws his customary "salute" in the yellow
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Alberto Contador (Astana) dons the yellow tunic
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Lion: Check. Flowers: Check. Yellow jersey: Check
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Good to see you again. Alberto Contador (Astana) reaquaints himself with
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An exultant Alberto Contador (Astana) on the Tour de France podium
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Alberto Contador (Astana) with the Tour's newest podium attendant
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Alberto Contador (Astana) collects his stage win
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Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) finally relinquishes his hold on
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Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) pursues Alberto Contador to the summit finish.
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Christophe Le Mevel (Française des Jeux) en route to a 15th place finish.
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Christian Vande Velde struggled on the final climb.
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Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) on his way to 7th place in Verbier.
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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) finished 3rd on the stage, 1:03 behind Contador.
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Alberto Contador (Astana) out of the saddle on the climb to Verbier.
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2008 Tour champion Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) had no answer for
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Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream) climbed his way into third place overall.
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Best young rider Tony Martin (Columbia-HTC) would surrender the white
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Roman Kreuziger (Liguigas) would finish 11th in Verbier.
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Lance Armstrong (Astana) leads Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) on the final
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Lance Armstrong (Astana) leads Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank), Bradley Wiggins
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Contador glances back to see the reaction to his attack.
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Franco Pellizotti (Liguigas) remains in the polka dot jersey another day.
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Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) was unable to follow the attack of Alberto
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Alberto Contador leaves the podium resplendent in yellow.
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Kim Kirchen paces Saxo Bank teammate Tony Martin on the climb to Verbier.
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Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R) climbs to the finish.
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Alberto Contador (Astana) makes his decisive attack five kilometres from
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Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R) would surrender his yellow jersey today.
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Alberto Contador delivers his 'six shooter' salute from the podium.
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Alberto Contador kisses the maillot jaune.
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New race leader Alberto Contador (Astana) is ecstatic to be back in yellow.
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Alberto Contador (Astana) put in a scintillating attack on the ascent
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Alberto Contador claims a fine solo victory and the race lead.
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No one could respond to the attack of Alberto Contador approaching the
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Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) is 18th overall after stage 15
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Armstrong and Kloden as the US flag flys in the background
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Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) was dropped by Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam)
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Sastre checks to see how far back Evans is
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Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) losing time to Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam)
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Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam)
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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) looks across at Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream)
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Kloden would eventually finish six seconds ahead of Armstrong
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Andreas Kloden and Lance Armstrong ride together
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Astana teammates Andreas Kloden and Lace Armstrong
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Rinaldo Nocentini's (AG2R La Mondiale) run in yellow came to an end today
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Nocentini Makes his way to the summit of Verbier with Sandy Casar (FDJ)
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Christophe Le Mevel (FDJ) stayed in the top ten overall
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Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Slipstream) fought his way back to the leaders
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Maxime Monfort (Columbia) finished 14th on the stage
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Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Silence-Lotto) was the last of the early breakaway
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Tony Martin (Columbia) would hand the white jersey over to Andy Schleck
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Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) rides towards 13th place on today's stage
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Kim Kirchen (Columbia) finished the stage on his own, 1:55 down on Contador
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Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) fell away in the closing kilometres of the
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Astana teammates Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador ride towards Verbier.
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The Tour de France peloton rides during stage 15
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