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Tyler Hamilton (CSC) starts a new season with a strong second place
finish in the prologue and the KoM jersey in Nice |
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Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) was one of many who dropped out during stage
6 |
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Jens Voigt (Credit Agricole) attacks the top of the climb and dreams
of another stage victory in the Tour |
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Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) finished 6th in the prologue, won stage 4
to take the yellow jersey, then dropped out before stage 5 due to
stomach problems |
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Nico Mattan (Cofidis) powered to a win in the prologue |
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Ivan Quaranta (Saeco) finished the prologue in 153rd place of 158
riders |
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Defending champion Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom) rode a solid
prologue on Sunday, then lost his best friend, Andrei Kivilev, on
Wednesday, before grabbing overall victory in an emotional 2003
Paris-Nice |
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Frank Vandenbroucke (Quick Step-Davitamon) on the
comeback trail in the "race to the sun" |
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Jorgen Petersen (Fakta) |
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Laurent Brochard led the AG2R team at Paris-Nice and won the
points/green jersey |
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Benoit Joachim finished Paris-Nice in 53rd place, the best placing for
the USPS team |
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Andrei Kivilev (Cofidis) at the top of the climb in the prologue, just
3 days before his tragic death after a bad crash in stage 2 |
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