03.27 - Criterium International: Stage 1

Cadel Evans is the first of the big stars to arrive in Porto Vecchio, he has the paparazzi's exclusive attention...

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Lance Armstrong manages a few quiet words with his mate David Millar...

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Alberto Contador and Alexandre Vinokourov wait awkwardly for the team presentation...they look nervous today!

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Albert Timmer and Cedric Pineau are battling to get away and get through the gale-force winds...

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The peloton has let the duo go away to a ten-minutes lead - so they can enjoy the south coast of Corsica...

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Meet Matthew Busche, a young American working at Radio Shack...

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Euskatel are the first to take up the chase as the climbs begin with 70-kilometres to go...

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Timmer and Pineau are still eight minutes in front at the feed station...

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Dmitri Champion gets a helping hand from team John Gadret...

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Lance Armstrong takes on much-needed food, his face reveals the left overs of stomach trouble last week...

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Astana takes over from Euskatel at the front, both teams have all the chasing to themselves...

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Three Frenchmen have attacked on the penultimate ascent - Pierre Rolland, Dmitri Champion and Brice Feillu...

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This is Feillu's big chance to help Vacancsoleil get a Tour de France ride - but their lead is fragile on the last climb...

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Astana leads a peloton of about 65 riders with less than 10-kilometres climbing to go...

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Sergeui Lagutin has attacked now, replacing the French trio ahead...

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Vinokourov is giving his all the bring Lagutin back and set up Contador for an attack - but Contador looks like hell behind him..!

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Armstrong drops off the pace, and has Popovych as a minder...

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Astana has suddenly blown up - so David Moncoutie attacks with two-kilometres to go...

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Tiago Machado attacks right afterwards, but is being chased by Fedrigo...

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Perrick Fedrigo has won stage one of the Criterium International - eleven seconds ahead of Machado...

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Evans and Sanchez sprint for 3rd place, but they've lost 15-seconds to Fedrigo...

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Pierrick Fedrigo has won a Lyonnais lion today, and may yet get to keep his yellow jersey after Sunday's double stage...

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