London-Surrey Classic, 200kms (UK)

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The 2014 London-Surrey Classic gets underway from Olympic Park...

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The peloton is racing and already strung-out as it passes Trafalger Square...

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There's not time for shopping as the peloton passes Harrods...

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Puddles from overnight rain are going to make this race entertaining for everyone..!

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Jonathan Hivert leads the first successful escape, but there's a long way to go yet...

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Hampton Court Palace is the backdrop as the peloton crosses the River Thames into Surrey...

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Ian Stannard gets a bike change in the Surrey lanes near Byfleet...

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The narrow lanes are making things tricky for such a big peloton...

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Hivert is leading the escape that now has a four-minute lead near Dorking...

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Net App is the first team to chase as the race speeds along the A25..

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Steven Lammertink leads the escape up to Leith Hill...

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Team Kuota from Germany is now chasing along the A24...

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Christian Meier leads the peloton up the narrow climb to Ranmore Common...

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Mitch Docker pedals back through the rain after a wheel change, but there's trouble ahead...

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Michael Cuming has crashed on the descent of White Down...

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Others pile into the same crash, notably Armando Quintero...

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Neo-pro Caleb Ewan is digging deep as the race climbs to Ranmore Common for the second time...

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Nathan Earle is piling on the pressure in front, the escape is over with Box Hill still to come...

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Bradley Wiggins leads Ben Swift down the treacherous White Down descent, a split occurs behind them...

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Stef Clement and Kristian Koren lead a 15-man escape towards Box Hill...

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Ewan has found the strength to make this elite selection on his first day as a pro..!

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Gert Steegmans and Philippe Gilbert make this escape look very promising indeed...

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Sam Bennett leads the way up Box Hill with Ewan on his wheel...

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Gilbert is on a roll today - but he has to get rid of sprinters like Bennett and Ewan...

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Ben Swift take a turn at the front to remind Gilbert of his strength in the hills and in the sprint...

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Cannondale is chasing at over one-minute, they'd rather have Elia Viviani up the road than Koren..!

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Julian Alaphilippe attacks up Kingston Hill, squrting Ewan and Bennett out the back...

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Follow the Master - Ewan has got back and latches on to a Gilbert attack..!

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"I'm here too" - Adam Blythe does his work at the head of what is now a five-man escape...

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Gilbert attacks up the 'Cote de Wimbledon' in a last-ditch effort to lose the sprinters...

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Alaphilippe and Gilbert try to pull away near Putney Bridge, but they won't make it...

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Adam Blythe wins the 2014 London-Surrey Classic on The Mall, with Swift second and Alaphilippe third..

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