Tour de France Stage 1 – A Casey Gibson Gallery

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  • July 05, 2008
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By Casey B. Gibson

Until Valverde hit the afterburners and caught him on the homestretch.
Until Valverde hit the afterburners and caught him on the homestretch.

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  • Until Valverde hit the afterburners and caught him on the homestretch.
  • Doug Ellis of Slipstream with some of his new Garmin friends.
  • Frankie Andreu has to work for his stories, chasing Zabel at the start.
  • Bagpipers started us off in Brest.
  • Nice place for a start village, next to an ancient castle in Brest.
  • Beautiful Bretagne countryside welcomes the break.
  • Kim Kirchen is completely alone as he comes by the 250 sign.
  • Kirchen looks to have it wrapped up as the fans cheer him on.
  • Brest turned out tens of thousands of fans for the start.
  • David Millar had a nice finish for Garmin, in 11th one second back.
  • Christian VandeVelde and Carlos Sastre finish in the second group, seven seconds back.
  • McEwen and the other sprinters will have to wait for another day.
  • The fans cheer the stragglers on the final turn.
  • Valverde celebrates his win on the podium.

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