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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

Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) on his way to a surprising third (+ 0'05")share this photo

The World Champ, Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) was the closest to Boom's best time (+ 0'04")share this photo

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

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 placeshare this photo

Rabobank's Lar Boom will be the race leader heading into the road stagesshare this photo

Mark Cavendish on his way to getting his wounds tended toshare this photo

Tour of Qatar Photos; Stage 0: Cultural Village Prologue (2km)

return to: « Tour of Qatar 2011 Live Dashboard  |  Tour of Qatar photo galleryStage 01 photos »