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Former teammates Bradley Wiggins (Sky) and Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin - Transitions)
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Thomas Löfkvist (Sky) leads Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) up a climb.
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Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Team RadioShack) and Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel
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Saxo Bank teammates Jakob Fuglsang and Andy Schleck sign in.
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Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) jokes with Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
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Nicolas Portal (Sky) and Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) greet each other
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Andy Schleck leads his brother and Saxo Bank teammate Fränk on a climb.
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Caisse d'Epargne teammates Rigoberto Uran Uran and Alejandro Valverde.
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Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) is ready to go.
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Alexandr Kolobnev (Team Katusha)
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Andreas Klöden (Team RadioShack)
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre) en route to a 17th place finish on the opening
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Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) in action during stage one.
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Christian Meier (Garmin-Transitions) leads the sprint classification
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) appeared to win the opening stage, but he was
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Oscar Freier (Rabobank) was relegated after the finish.
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Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Xacobeo Galicia) is the mountains classification
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) is interviewed after his stage win.
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on the podium.
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) opens the champagne.
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