Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 5: Rouen → Saint-Quentin, 197 km |
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| Flashback: 15 years ago to the day, the 1997 Tour de France Grand Depart took place in Rouen as a tribute to "France's favorite son", Jacques Anquetil. From July 5 1997, here are five time winners of the Tour de France Frenchman Bernard Hinault (L), Belgian Eddy Merckx (C) and Miguel Indurain of Spain paying hommage at the grave side of Tour de France hero Jacques Anquetil who also won the coverted title on five occasions. | share this photo |
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| Today, Jacques Anquetil at the stage 5 start in Rouen | share this photo |
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| Ironically, today was also the day when more damning news came out against another 5-time (7-time) winner, Lance Armstrong. | share this photo |
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| The four riders from the teams presentation last week (George Hincapie, Dave Zabriskie, Levi Leipheimer and Christian Vandevelde) who apparently have testified against Lance Armstrong. Lance later tweeted this morning: "So let me get this straight. Come in and tell @usantidoping exactly what they wanted to hear in exchange for immunity, anonymity, and the opportunity to continue to race the biggest event in cycling. This isn't about @usantidoping wanting to clean up cycling - rather it's just plain ol' selective prosecution that reeks of vendetta."
Tygart: Bullying USADA witnesses cannot be tolerated — velonews
Former Lance Armstrong teammates still in the Tour — for now — velonews
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| The start of the toddlers race | share this photo |
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| Lots to talk about on a beautiful morning in Rouen | share this photo |
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| Another start panorama from Rouen | share this photo |
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| Dave Zabriskie and the other three U.S. riders in the news today were evasive this morning | share this photo |
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| Yesterday's winner, Lotto Belisol | share this photo |
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| White Jersey leader, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) | share this photo |
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| Fabian Cancellara and Ivan Basso at the start in Rouen | share this photo |
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| Mark Cavendish strapping on a new helmet after smashing his previous one yesterday in the crash | share this photo |
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| Start panorama | share this photo |
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| Peter Sagan and Liquigas teammate Vincenzo Nibali hamming it up early in the race | share this photo |
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| Today's break consisting of Matthieu Lagadnous (FDJ-BigMat), Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Jan Ghyselinck (Cofidis) and Julien Simon (Saur-Sojasun) put up a good fight for 190 km but came up 500m short | share this photo |
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| Lotto Belisol and RadioShack-Nissan keeping the race under control | share this photo |
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| Jan Ghyselinck (Cofidis) from the break putting in one more big dig; the break about to be reeled in with less than one km to go | share this photo |
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| André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) wins for the second day in a row ahead of Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) and Juan José Haedo (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank). Mark Cavendish was 4th. | share this photo |
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| André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) called this his best win ever because he miraculously avoided stayed up in the crash that took out Tyler Farrar and Peter Sagan | share this photo |
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| The slightly uphill finish today suited Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale), but he couldn't avoid a fallen bike and crashed at low speed | share this photo |
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| Your stage 5 winner, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) | share this photo |
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| Fabian Cancellara received his 27th career Yellow Jersey today more than anyone who hasn't won the Tour de France | share this photo |
Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 5: Rouen → Saint-Quentin, 197 km |
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