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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

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 goshare this photo

Christophe Kern scooping up of the airshare this photo

Behind him was the unmistakable riding style of Chris Anker Sörensen (Saxo Bank Sungard)share this photo

Sammy Sanchex with Kern's Europcar teammate Thomas Voeckler (Fra) about to get on his wheel followed by all the GC contendersshare this photo

Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar celebrates his biggest win to dateshare 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

2nd Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard + 0:07share this photo

3rd Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar followed by the GC contenders + 0:09share this photo

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 teammateshare this photo

Your stage 5 winner, Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar, was also happy to know his win secured him a Tour de France roster spotshare this photo

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 Dauphineshare this photo

Critérium du Dauphiné (2011) Photos; Stage 5: Parc des Oiseaux → Les Gets, 208 km

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