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Fish-eye panoramic early in the race | 
The three man break hitting Cote de Saint Roch at km 128: Maxime Bouet (Ag2R La Mondiale) , Niki Terpstra (Milram) , Dirk Bellemakers (Landbouwkrediet) | 
The obligatory shot of the rest of the peloton climbing the famously steep and narrow Cote de Saint Roch |
Eddy Merckx monument on Cote de Stockeu at km 178 with a summary of his achievements in the lower left corner | 
Alexandre Vinokourov, Damiano Cunego and Alberto Contador on La Redoute with 18 km to go before Vino launched his winning move | 
Frank Schleck (rear), Cadel Evans and Chris Horner a few steps behind |
Alexandre Vinokourov looked exceptionally strong at the front of the race before dropping his countryman Alexandr Kolobnev (blurry in the distance) on the long drag to the finish | 
Another good classic podium finish by Alexandr Kolobnev of Katusha | 
The big names were unsuccessful in their chase. Alejandro Valverde won the sprint for 3rd followed by Philippe Gilbert and Cadel Evans |
Liquigas' Vincenzo Nibali was thirsty after 261 km of hilly racing | 
Vino can hardly believe it himself | 
Five years after winning L-B-L for the first time, Vino gets to kiss the cup again |
Your 2010 L-B-L podium: 3rd Alejandro Valverde, 1st Alexandre Vinokourov and 2nd Alexandr Kolobnev |
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