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 heat | share this photo |
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The chase carving down one of the treacherous descents before the final climb | share this photo |
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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 contenders | share this photo |
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Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans following Alberto Contador | share this photo |
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Jurgen van den Broeck, Levi Leipheimer, Carlos Sastre, Michael Rogers and Samuel Sanchez following Ivan Basso among the GC contenders | share this photo |
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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 |
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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 +4:05 | share this photo |
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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 |
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Lance never recovered from his high speed solo crash ( ) before the first of two cat 1 climbs | share this photo |
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In the final km, Andy Schleck put in a dig that Alberto Contador couldn't match | share this photo |
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Fans at the base of the Morzine-Avoriaz ski resort anticipating the first mountaintop finish of this year's Tour | share this photo |
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Sammy Sanchez caught Andy Schleck, but Schleck regained the lead at the right time | share this photo |
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Folks, we have a new killer in the peloton | share this photo |
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Andy Schleck has come out swinging on the first mountain stage | share this photo |
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Robert Gesink and Roman Kreuziger finishing just ahead of Alberto Contador for 3rd, 4th and 5th +0:10 | share this photo |
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Andy Schleck celebrates the first of what should be many Tour stage wins in the coming years | share this photo |
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It is rare for the current World Champ to don the Yellow Jersey, but that's what new race leader Cadel Evans has achieved | share this photo |
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Rest day: Cadel Evans' first day in Yellow was an easy one. Nothing but photo ops. | share this photo |
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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 jersey | share this photo |
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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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