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The International Cycling Union (UCI) ProTour will make it's only stop in Germany on August 15 for the 15th edition of the Vattenfall Cyclassics. The 216.6km parcours starting and finishing in Hamburg traditionally favours the sprinters, although four trips up the Waseberg, a 700m long kick in the legs with its steepest gradient at 16 percent, in the event's endgame could provide an opportunity for attack-minded riders to rid themselves of the peloton's fast men. The 2010 edition of the Vattenfall ...
Vattenfall Cyclassics Photos
Tyler Farrar (Garmin - Transitions) celebrates his second straight victory at the Vattenfall Cyclassics.
- 2009 Vattenfall Cyclassics winner Tyler Farrar returns to defend his title.
- French rider Mikael Cherel
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) wearing his famous sunglasses.
- Luxembourg road champion Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank)
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) awaits the start.
- Vattenfall Cyclassics top-3: (l-r): Edvald Boasson Hagen, 2nd; Tyler Farrar, 1st; André Greipel, 3rd.
- German Danilo Hondo (Lampre-Farnese Vini) gives an interview during the riders sign-on before the race.
- Kurt Alse Arvesen (Team Sky)
- Riders waiting for the start at 11:10 A.M.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) was a pre-race favourite.
- The break of the day included Nikolai Trusov (Katusha), Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma - Lotto), Gatis Smukulis (Ag2r - La Mondiale), Anthony Geslin (Francaise des Jeux) and Robin Chaigneau (Skil - Shimano).
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin - Transitions) with his winner's flowers and trophy.
- André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) talking to German television.
- Even Team Radioshack was starting in Hamburg.
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