Tour of Qatar Photos; Stage 0: Cultural Village Prologue (2km) |
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Rabobank's Lars Boom, winner of the 8km Paris-Nice prologue last year, rounded the technical, windy 2.5 km course on Doha's West Bay in a best time of 3'07.39. (Time-trialist bikes and helmets were forbidden inorder to keep travel costs down) | share this photo |
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Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) on his way to a surprising third (+ 0'05") | share this photo |
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The World Champ, Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) was the closest to Boom's best time (+ 0'04") | share this photo |
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HTC-Highroad's Mark Cavendish, the second last rider out on the road, just before he crashed. He ended up dead last (+ 1'13"). | share this photo |
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Quick Step's, Tom Boonen negotiating the "cobbles", tight corners and the wind over the 2 km course. As the last rider on the course, he knew what time he needed, but came up 6s short for 7th place | share this photo |
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Rabobank's Lar Boom will be the race leader heading into the road stages | share this photo |
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Mark Cavendish on his way to getting his wounds tended to | share this photo |
Tour of Qatar Photos; Stage 0: Cultural Village Prologue (2km) |
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