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Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) and teammate Charles Wegelius, l & r.
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Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), r, takes a photo.
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Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas) in his sunglasses.
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Antonio Piedra (Andalucía-Cajasur) on stage for the Vuelta presentation.
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David De La Fuente (Fuji-Servetto)
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Team Lampre walk off the Vuelta presentation stage in Assen, Netherlands.
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Martijn Maaskant (Garmin-Slipstream)
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Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank)
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Team Saxo Bank wait for the Vuelta presentation in Assen, Netherlands.
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Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis)
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Allan Davis and Marco Velo (Quick Step)
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Team Contentpolis.
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Belgian champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step) before the Vuelta presentation.
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Aussie Simon Gerrans (Cervélo TestTeam), r, with teammates at the Vuelta presentation.
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Team Astana's Assan Bazayev and Alexander Vinokourov.
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Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto)
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Matthew Lloyd and Charles Wegelius (Silence-Lotto), l-r.
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Timothy Gudsell (Française des Jeux)
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Spaniard Carlos Barredo (Quick Step)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank)
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Rabobank
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AG2R La Mondiale at the vvv in aaa.
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Andalucía-Cajasur
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Fuji-Servetto
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Lampre-NGC
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USA's team Garmin-Slipstream at the vvv.
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Swans watch the vvv.
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Cofidis
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Liquigas
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Italian team Liquigas
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Astana
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Milram
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Caisse d'Epargne
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Française des Jeux
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A swan in the canal watches the vvv.
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Bbox Bouygues Telecom
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A mean looking swan.
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Team Cervélo TestTeam
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Contentpolis-Ampo
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Quick Step
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Columbia-HTC
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Spain's Xacobeo Galicia
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Swans
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Swans watch Saxo Bank presented.
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Saxo Bank
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Euskaltel-Euskadi presented in the rain.
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Caisse d'Epargne
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Vacansoleil
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Rabobank
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Fuji-Servetto
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Lampre-NGC
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Garmin-Slipstream
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Liquigas
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Liquigas presented at the vvv in aaa.
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Milram
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Silence-Lotto
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Française des Jeux
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The 64th Vuelta a España presented all 198 riders from 22 teams in Assen, Netherlands, yesterday. Olympic Champion Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) will wear race number one.
Defending champion Alberto Contador (Astana) skipped the race this year. Sánchez, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank), Tom Danielson (Garmin-Slipstream) and Ivan Basso (Liquigas) are favourites for the overall win.
It is Alexander Vinokourov's first time to race a Grand Tour since he was disqualified from the 2007 Tour de France. He served a two-year suspension and returns to race with team Astana.
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The Vuelta a España starts today with a 4.5-kilometre time trial. There are four stages in The Netherlands before it transfers to Spain. The last stage is in Madrid, September 20.
