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Tour de France 2010 Photos; Stage 8: Station des Rousses - Morzine-Avoriaz, 189 km

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Sunflowers and the main break about to wilt in the heatshare this photo

The chase carving down one of the treacherous descents before the final climbshare this photo

Astana drove the pace over the last two climbs. Here's Alberto Contador's last domestique, Daniel Navarro, doing exceptional yeoman's work stringing out the GC contendersshare this photo

Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans following Alberto Contadorshare this photo

Jurgen van den Broeck, Levi Leipheimer, Carlos Sastre, Michael Rogers and Samuel Sanchez following Ivan Basso among the GC contendersshare this photo

Ryder Hesjedal finished +1:14 and sits smartly 6th overall. He's the third different Garmin rider in three years to be in the Tour GC hunt.share this photo

When it was clear Lance Armstrong's Tour was effectively over, he let his domestique, Chris Horner, ride on. Horner hammered the final climb and did quite well to finish 33rd +4:05share this photo

A battered Lance Armstrong and Janez Brajkovic enjoying the scenery and the support of these American fans on the final climb. Not.share this photo

Lance never recovered from his high speed solo crash () before the first of two cat 1 climbs share this photo

In the final km, Andy Schleck put in a dig that Alberto Contador couldn't matchshare this photo

Fans at the base of the Morzine-Avoriaz ski resort anticipating the first mountaintop finish of this year's Tourshare this photo

Sammy Sanchez caught Andy Schleck, but Schleck regained the lead at the right timeshare this photo

Folks, we have a new killer in the pelotonshare this photo

Andy Schleck has come out swinging on the first mountain stageshare this photo

Robert Gesink and Roman Kreuziger finishing just ahead of Alberto Contador for 3rd, 4th and 5th +0:10share this photo

Andy Schleck celebrates the first of what should be many Tour stage wins in the coming yearsshare this photo

It is rare for the current World Champ to don the Yellow Jersey, but that's what new race leader Cadel Evans has achievedshare this photo

Rest day: Cadel Evans' first day in Yellow was an easy one. Nothing but photo ops.share this photo

Rest day: Andy Schleck getting ready for a training ride. He'll be looking to flex his muscles again over the remaining mountain stages to get Cadel's jerseyshare this photo

Rest day: Alberto Contador also has something to celebrate. Spain won the World Cup after the stage.share this photo

Tour de France 2010 Photos; Stage 8: Station des Rousses - Morzine-Avoriaz, 189 km

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