
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) celebrates his win at Milan - San Remo.
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Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) descends the Passo del Turchino
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Stefano Garzelli (Acqua&Sapone - D'Angelo&Antenucci) after the race.
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) atop the podium.
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Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre - Farnese Vini)
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Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma Lotto)
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) with his son on the podium.
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Alessandro Petacchi steps up to the podium.
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Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) after the finish
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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas - Doimo) heads to the finish
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre - Farnese Vini) after the race
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Daniele Bennati (Liquigas - Doimo)
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Stefano Garzelli and Luca Paolini discuss the race afterward
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Francisco Ventoso (Carmiooro NGC)
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George Hincapie (BMC) after the race
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Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini)
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Thor Hushovd (Cervelo TestTeam)
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Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone) had been an outsider for Milan-San Remo
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A focussed Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) descends
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George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team)
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Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) used Milan-San Remo to help rebuild his form
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Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) descends off Le Mànie
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Fabrice Piemontesi (Androni Giocatolli) leads the breakaway
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Tom Boonen (2nd, Quick Step), Oscar Freire (1st, Rabobank) and Alessandro
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) celebrates his win with his son
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The 2010 Milan-San Remo peloton
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The peloton gets ready for the gun in Milan
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The peloton makes their way towards the Italian coast from Milan
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Grey sky above, Black Sky below. Edvald Boasson Hagen (left)
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Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre - Farnese Vini )
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Sacha Modolo (Colnago - CSF) after the sprint
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Paul Martens waits for some assistance from his Rabobank team.
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Riders take a high speed downhill corner.
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Sacha Modolo (Colnago-CSF) would go on to a top five finish.
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Philippe Gilbert followed by Filippo Pozatto.
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Serguei Ivanov (Katusha) after the finish.
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre - Farnese Vini)
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Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
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Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti Diquigiovanni) takes
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The peloton on the way from Milan to San Remo
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Race over, the mechanics set to work.
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Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) was left with too much to do at the finish
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A weary looking Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) after Milan-San Remo
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If it weren't for the Sky kit and cycling helmet you'd swear Chris Sutton
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Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) after the stage
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Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma Lotto) goes on the attack.
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Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas - Doimo)
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Juan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) stands up on his pedals
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Mark Cavendish (HTC - Columbia) corners in the peloton
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Paul Maertens gets some help from his Rabobank team.
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Vladimir Miholjevic (Acqua&Sapone - D'Angelo&Antenucci)
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The group containing all the favorites.
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Diego Caccia (Team ISD - Neri)
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) faces the press after his Milan-San Remo victory
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) after the race).
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Riders scramble to reconnect on a descent
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The peloton rolls along by the sea.
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The face of the final 50km at Milan-San Remo
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The peloton streams round a hair-pin
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) takes the inside line
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The favourites stay close on the descent off the Poggio
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Freire, Petacchi, Boonen and Cancellara are all present and accounted
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Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) gave it his best shot both up and down the Poggio
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Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) leads through a corner
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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) rode like a man possessed today
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Liquigas rode a strong Milan-San Remo, unfortunately for the Italians
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Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) is interviewed after the race.
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) on the podium.
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Tom Boonen (2nd, Quick Step), Oscar Freire (1st, Rabobank) and Alessandro
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Tom Boonen (2nd, Quick Step), Oscar Freire (1st, Rabobank) and Alessandro
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) was a little bit happier once he got to the podium
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) looks disappointed after finishing second
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Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini)
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Oscar Freire pumps his fists at the finish
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins the 101st Milan-San Remo
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Oscar Freire sprinted to an emphatic victory
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) inches closer to his third win at Milan-San Remo
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) shows his rivals a clean pair of heels
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Oscar Friere's young son looks up at race winner dad.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) exchange post-race
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The top three finishers stand atop the podium.
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Mark Cavendish (HTC - Columbia) speaks after the finish.
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Mark Cavendish (HTC - Columbia) gets a post-race hug.
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) before the start
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) at sign in.
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Farnese Vini)
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Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) before the start
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Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) rides to the start.
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Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen is introduce.
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Emanuele Sella (Carmiooro-NGC)
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Juan Antonio Flecha and David Millar talk before the start.
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Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre-Farnese Vini)
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Peter Velits (HTC - Columbia) rides to the start
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Milan - San Remo winner Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) led the final mad dash to the line ahead of Tom
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins in San Remo.
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Marco Frapporti (Colnago - CSF) rides to the start.
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Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) before the start.
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Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma - Lotto), a pre-race favorite
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Thomas Lovkvist (Team Sky) and George Hincapie (BMC) before the start.
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Johan Van Summeren (Garmin - Transitions)
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Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) at sign in.
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky)
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Daniele Bennati (Liquigas - Doimo) before the start.
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Marzio Bruseghin (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Belgian Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Belgian National Champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Farnese Vini) before the start.
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Mark Cavendish (HTC - Columbia) speaks with reporters prior to the start.
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Sprint ace Tyler Farrar (Garmin Transitions) heads to the start.
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Mark Cavendish (HTC - Columbia) won in 2009.
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Murilo Fischer (Garmin - Transitions) before the start.
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) prior to the start.
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) before the start.
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Italian champion Filippo Pozzato (Katusha)
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Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas - Doimo)
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Racers before the start of Milan - San Remo
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