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The peloton rolls past an icon of the Dutch landscape		share this photo
As usual, Tour de France like crowds out lining the roads of Holland for this very popular Dutch road race		share this photo
Holland is definitely not flat. Frank Schleck climbs the Gulpenerberg, near the city of Gulpen early in the race before a serious crash that sent him to the hospital on a stretcher. The narrow, twisty Amstel Gold roads and road furniture produce as many crashes as Paris-Roubaix according to Sean Kelly.		share this photo
Much later on the famous Eyserbosweg climb, Liquigas' Roman Kreuziger makes a break with 19k to go		share this photo
Double Dutch: After the Keutenberg, the penultimate climb, Robert Gesink (Rabobank, right) attacked the lead group and was joined several km later by Serguei Ivanov (Katusha) and countryman, Karsten Kroon (Saxo Bank)		share this photo
Fans waiting patiently at the 700m point of the finishing climb (the Cauberg)		share this photo
Russia's Serguei Ivanov (Katusha) denies a Dutch win by grinding it out better than Karsten Kroon (Saxo Bank) on the Cauberg. Winning time: 6.38.31 (38.814 km/h)		share this photo
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) was able to hold on for 3rd @ 8 seconds making it 2nd and 3rd for the Netherlands. Behind him, Philippe Gilbert (Bel) of Silence-Lotto wins the sprint finish for 4th ahead of last year's winner Damiano Cunego (Ita) of Lampre		share this photo
Podium L-to-R: 2nd Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank, 1st Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha, 3rd Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank. Ivanov called today, "the greatest win of my career"		share this photo
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