
Riders make their way up Mont Faron as the sun sets over Toulon
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Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) during his successful attack
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Overall winner Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and final stage victor
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) snatched the yellow jersey on the
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) gets some assistance with the yellow
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Masciarelli was a happy chappy on the podium
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) takes home the overall win in the
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Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone)
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Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) with his winner's trophy
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Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) won on Mont Faron in the Tour Mediterranean
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Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) just moments after claiming his
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Valverde and Nocentini come across the line
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) looks ahead as he goes in search
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Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2r-La Mondiale) glued to Valverde's wheel as Johnny
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No time for the peloton to take in the epic scenery from the slopes of
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The group continues on its way towards the summit
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The climb broke the peloton into a number of smaller groups
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Snow falls as Rabobank take charge of a small group on the road
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Dimitri Champion (AG2r-La Mondiale) makes is way up Mont Faron alone
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Jussi Veikkanen (Française Des Jeux) tucked into a small chase group.
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Irish national Champion Nicholas Roche (AG2r-La Mondiale)
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Tom Danielson (Garmin-Transitions)
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Stefano Garzelli (Aqua & Sapone) feels the burn on Mont Faron
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Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) was agressive but faded in the finale
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Vinokourov (Astana) makes his bid for glory inside the final 3 kilometres
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) finishes second
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Alejandro Valverde dons the final leader's jersey of the Tour Mediterranean.
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Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) salutes his win
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AG2r's Kuotas lined up ready for the final stage
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French Champion Dimitri Champion (AG2r-La Mondiale)
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Rabobank ready themselves on a (finally) a clear day in southern France
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Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) has had a good start to his year in France
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Christophe Le Mevel (Francaise de Jeux)
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Dimitri Champion (AG2r-La Mondiale)
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Vino gives the boys the low-down on the stage
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) at the start of the fifth stage
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An elated Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone)
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), the overall winner of the 2010
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Riders make their way up the narrow roads of Mont Faron
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Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) won the final stage of the Tour
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Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil) at the start
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Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2r La-Mondiale)
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Astana teammates Mirko Selvaggi and Enrico Gasparotto
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Rinaldo Nocentini makes his way to the start of the final stage
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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) sets off towards Mont Faron
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Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2r-La Mondiale)
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