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Lampre riders listen in on a tactical talk while eating some energy bars...
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Marco Coledan is acting as gregario and number pinner-onner for Trek's Eugenio Alafaci...
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The Katusha boys seem more than relaxed with their new signing, Tiago Machado, at the centre of their line...
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Nathan Haas is getting some last-minute Kinesiology from a Cannondale-Garmin assistant...
A compact peloton tackles the first bend of 26 laps of the circuit...
Matthew Hayman has attacked on lap four, this might be a promising move...
Calvin Watson has also bridged the gap - making it four men away...
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Cataldo leads the quartet at the halfway mark, but their lead is just 30-seconds...
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Marcel Kittel looks ominously cool in his new black kit of Giant-Alpecin...
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Ryder Hesjedal is also wearing new clothing for 2015, swapping the blue of Argyl for the green of Cannondale...
Hayman and Cataldo lead the quartet into the last ten laps, but the peloton is getting close...
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Kennaugh is trying to pull away with eight laps to go, the finale is about to begin..!
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Tom Dumoulin takes over for Giant-Alpecin - his power will neutralise the escape this lap...
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George Bennett has been taking the night off at the back - but his climbing skills will be to the fore in the coming week...
A man in black seems to be winning the chaotic final sprint...
