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Tour of Flanders (2011) Photos; Page 1: Friday's Koppenberg/Muur-Kapelmuur Recon

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76 km from the finish is the Koppenberg (682m long, 9% average grade, 19% max grade). The green grass and moss between the Koppenberg stones are an indication this area gets plenty of rain and not much car traffic. share this photo

Recreational cyclists at the base of the Koppenbergshare this photo

Koppenberg: the 19% section that causes the most problemsshare this photo

Koppenberg: the view looking down from the 19% sectionshare this photo

Recreational riders giving inshare this photo

Koppenbergshare this photo

Koppenberg: Even the pros can have problems. Liquigas' Peter Sagan and Daniel Oss out practicing for Sunday's raceshare this photo

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Koppenberg: Liquigas' Peter Sagan shows how it is done on a subsequent passshare this photo

Koppenberg: Old farts were strewn all over the road when Lampre passed through.share this photo

This kind of simulates the carnage of race dayshare this photo

You can't buy great memories like this. This guy broke his hip, but did not suffer a heart attack as earlier reported. Coincidentally, a steephill.tv viewer, Naa Oyo Kwate from California, was near the scene and sent in a iPhone recon video of Lampre and recreational riders just before these incidents on the steep sectionshare this photo

Muur-Kapelmuur is 15km from the finish: 9% avg, 19% max, 1075m longshare this photo

The section at the top of Muur-Kapelmuur is the last big test with 15 km to goshare this photo

On sunday this hill will be covered with people...share this photo

Fans at the top during last year's raceshare this photo

On some of climbs like the Patersberg, that have the space, temporary structures are set upshare this photo

Ingenious high-density bike parking in Brakel. For more photos, see last year's recon shotsshare this photo

Tour of Flanders (2011) Photos; Page 1: Friday's Koppenberg/Muur-Kapelmuur Recon

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