Liège-Bastogne-Liège Photos; Page 2: 2011 race photos
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The first half of L-B-L is quite peaceful terrain-wise		share this photo
The obligatory photo of Côte de Saint Roch at km 71		share this photo
Blel Kadri (AG2R), Enrico Gasparotto (Astana), Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) and Jérôme Pineau (Quick-Step) were part of a 13 man break after cresting Col du Maquisard at km 195 (55 km to go)		share this photo
Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) leading Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) over Côte de la Redoute with 35 km to go: Van Avermaet (BMC) was the top finisher from this break, 7th + 0:27.		share this photo
A fine performance by the youngest rider (23 years-old) in the break, Blel Kadri (AG2R). However, he did slide back to 39th (+ 02' 36") after the peloton caught him.		share this photo
Break rider Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM), was the KOM winner on the day but he was suffering by the time Côte de la Redoute rolled along. You can see the Schleck brothers quickly making up ground further down the hill.		share this photo
Côte de la Redoute: Leopard-Trek (Schleck Brothers) and Omega Pharma-Lotto (Philippe Gilbert) leading the chase about 45s back of the break.		share this photo
Last year's winner, Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), flatted before the finish		share this photo
Pegged as pre-race favorites by some, Simon Gerrans (Sky) and Robert Gesink (Rabobank) finished 12th + 0:14 and 30th + 1:40, respectively.		share this photo
Philippe Gilbert easily came around the Schleck brothers at the finish.		share this photo
Philippe Gilbert wins the 97th edition of Liège - Bastogne - Liège		share this photo
Another easy win, his fourth major win this month with time to celebrate...		share this photo
The sight of the ineffectual Schleck brothers over the last 10 km made it look like they didn't try to gang up on Gilbert		share this photo
Frank Schleck was 2nd		share this photo
Previous L-B-L winner, Andy Schleck was 3rd.		share this photo
Roman Kreuziger (Astana) won the leftovers for 4th ahead of Rigoberto Uran (Sky) and Chris Sorensen (Saxo Bank) + 24s.		share this photo
The local boy badly wanted La Doyenne, the oldest of the five monuments...		share this photo
Now he has it. Time to celebrate.		share this photo
Philippe Gilbert's baby has had more classics podium appearances this past week than 98% of pro riders get their entire career		share this photo
Your 2011 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner, Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto)		share this photo
Your 2011 Liège-Bastogne-Liège podium: Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek), Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) and Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek)		share this photo
Liège-Bastogne-Liège Photos; Page 2: 2011 race photos
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