Critérium du Dauphiné (2011) Photos; Stage 5: Parc des Oiseaux → Les Gets, 208 km |
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Yellow jersey Sky team's Bradley Wiggins (R) of Britain smiles as white jersey Movistar's Rui Alberto Costa (L) of Portugal feeds a parrot at the start in Parc des Oiseaux | share this photo |
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Jumping ahead to the final of three cat 2 climbs: After Europcar set the pace at the base of the 10.7 km @ 4.8% finishing Les Gets, Christophe Kern rolled off with around 3 km to go | share this photo |
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Christophe Kern scooping up of the air | share this photo |
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Behind him was the unmistakable riding style of Chris Anker Sörensen (Saxo Bank Sungard) | share this photo |
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Sammy Sanchex with Kern's Europcar teammate Thomas Voeckler (Fra) about to get on his wheel followed by all the GC contenders | share this photo |
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Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar celebrates his biggest win to date | share this photo |
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“It’s really super, I’d been waiting too long,” a delighted Kern said afterwards. “I was injured for a long time at the start of the season, and I only came back to racing two weeks after Paris-Nice. But all that time, everybody on the team supported me and let me come back steadily. If I won today, it’s also thanks to them.” (cyclingnews) | share this photo |
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2nd Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard + 0:07 | share this photo |
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3rd Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar followed by the GC contenders + 0:09 | share this photo |
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It looked like Europcar was setting up for a win by Thomas Voeckler at the base of Les Gets, but in the end Voeckler was just as thrilled for his teammate | share this photo |
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Your stage 5 winner, Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar, was also happy to know his win secured him a Tour de France roster spot | share this photo |
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No meaningful change on GC, Bradley Wiggins (Sky) will take his 1:11 lead into the two difficult mountain stages this weekend which will decide this year's Dauphine | share this photo |
Critérium du Dauphiné (2011) Photos; Stage 5: Parc des Oiseaux → Les Gets, 208 km |
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