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Frank Schleck seems to be suffering some nerves before his comeback race in Adelaide...
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Steele Von Hoff is coolness personfied before his first race as Australian criterium champion...
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Richie Porte is leading many of the attacks in the first few laps...
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Simon Gerrans is unlikely to get involved in this one hour race - bigger things await next week..!
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Robert Gesink is trying a move now, a question of safety-first, perhaps..?
Two French riders also stir the peloton with some attacks..
The only real escape of the night is led by Lampre's Luca Wackermann...
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Chris Sutton has crashed at the heart of the peloton on a tight corner...
Jonathan Cantwell has also hit the deck here...
The race-ambulance is carrying Giovanni Visconti away and at the same time causing some concern for the peloton a few laps later...
The peloton speeds past the cathedral in Adelaide...
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Axel Domont leads the escape to a 25-second advantage at the halfway mark..
The Giant-Shimano team is starting to show itself in the chasing...
Oliver Kaisen leads the chase for Lotto-Belisol...
Rohan Dennis is taking it quietly today - he too has a big week ahead of him...
Domont has attacked the escape and heads into the last six laps alone...
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Matthew Hayman leads an attack that smothers Bonnafond...
Geraint Thomas leads a Sky train in pursuit of their ex-teamate..!
Niki Sorensen paces some Tinkoff-Saxo riders behind Sky...
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Phillip Deignan leads the Sky train, but Lotto and Greipel are starting another line-out...
An official signals the start of a hectic last-lap...
The final sprint seems to be between two very big German cyclists..!
Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel battle it out, with Kittel claiming the win today...
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And this is only the start - Kittel celebrates his win over Greipel...