Tour de France 2011 Photos; Stage 0: October Route/June Teams Presentations
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As the sign says, this year's race starts in the Vendée region of western France		share this photo
Alberto Contador arriving at the Saxo Bank pre-race press conference on Thursday the day of the Teams presentation		share this photo
Alberto Contador and Bjarne Riis didn't enjoy fielding the expected doping questions. In the face of mixed public opinion, Contador continues to race while his doping case is unresolved.		share this photo
The Team Sky press conference		share this photo
Sky's Bradley Wiggins says his form has continued to improve since his Criterium du Dauphine win in mid-June		share this photo
The Leopard-Trek press conference with team manager Brian Nygaard and Tour de France team leader Andy Schleck		share this photo
Andy Schleck has had a flaky season so far so who really knows what to expect from him this month		share this photo
Mark Cavendish looking lean and mean at the HTC-Highroad press conference		share this photo
Phil Liggett interviewing the HTC-Highroad squad which is kitted up and ready to go		share this photo
Team Garmin in their new kits ready to go into the Puy du Fou theme park for the teams presentation		share this photo
The numerous uphill sprint finishes planned for this year's Tour has caused Mark Cavendish to slim down		share this photo
The newly minted French National Champion Sylvain Chavanel (QuickStep)		share this photo
Leopard-Trek's Andy Schleck and Fabian Cancellera, the new Swiss Road Race Champion		share this photo
Inside the Puy du Fou theme park modeled after a Roman Coliseum where the teams presentation took place		share this photo
While Lampre-ISD arrived in style...		share this photo
BMC arrived in an old pickup and		share this photo
Leopard_Trek arrived by horse and buggy		share this photo
Omega-Pharma Lotto with new Belgian RR Champion Philippe Gilbert on the left arrived via the dungeon		share this photo
RRRRRRRRRadioShack has the oldest average age of any team in this year's race		share this photo
Alberto Contador and Saxo Bank were introduced to audible boos		share this photo
Photos from the October route presentation: The hype surrounding this year's presentation was dampened by the uncertain outcome of three-time Tour winner, Alberto Contador, who tested positive for miniscule amounts of a banned drug at last summer's Tour (as revealed several weeks ago)		share this photo
Ta da… the 2011 Tour de France route		share this photo
Andy Schleck ponders a route that works in his favor; only 41k of individual time-trialing and some monster Alpine stages in 2011. Denis Menchov, left, on the other hand, looks stunned.		share this photo
Brother Frank and the new world champ, Thor Hushovd, now doing some serious thinking		share this photo
10 flat stages makes Mark Cavendish very happy while Andy Schleck should be pointing to the very tough mountain stages in the Alps in the third week.		share this photo
Tour de France 2011 Photos; Stage 0: October Route/June Teams Presentations
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