André Greipel (Team HTC - Columbia) celebrates his victory in Lagos.
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Some fans faced the tough conditions to support their favourite rider
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Julien Fouchard (Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne) has Jeremy Hunt (Cervélo
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The five lead riders hit another climb late in the race.
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The peloton makes its way up the category three climb to Alferce, 110.4
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The peloton eventually caught all of the breakaway riders, with André
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Riders were glad to see the back of the day's stage.
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Alberto Contador with no gloves? Huh?
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The peloton wasn't interested much in racing
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The scenery would have been lovely had it not been blocked by all that
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The Astana team riders are a bit conspicuous in those outfits
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Juanjo Oroz is chomping at the bit to get to the finish
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David Vitoria (Footon-Servetto) leads the breakaway
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Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and Andreas Kloeden share their misery
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Joaquim Sampaio, Bruno Sancho and Sérgio Ribeiro.
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Constantino Zaballa, Tiago Machado and José Mendes ride in the peloton.
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André Greipel (Team HTC - Columbia) was no match for the field as he powered
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André Greipel (Team HTC - Columbia) wins the second stage of the Volta
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An exhausted David Vitoria (Footon - Servetto) was caught less than 1km
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Second place finisher Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma - Lotto)
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Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) endures a rainy second stage.
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Riders face horrid conditions all day on the second stage.
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Levi Leipheimer (Team RadioShack) gets ready for a long day at the office.
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Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) was all smiles at the start of the day, but
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Five riders rode away from the peloton 12 kilometres into the stage and
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Julien Fouchard (Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne) leads the breakaway group.
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Footon - Servetto's David Vitoria nearly held the peloton off all the
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It took the peloton just over six hours to make the 207.5km trip from
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Without a rider up front, Française Des Jeux was left to do the pulling
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Can you spot a smile? We can't: It was a pretty miserable day in the saddle
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Sergei Ivanov (Katusha) shadowed by the Caisse d"Epargne boys
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