Boasson Hagen wins it. The Tour of Ireland has provided plenty of opportunities for young talents to come to t …
Boasson Hagen wins it. The Tour of Ireland has provided plenty of opportunities for young talents to come to the fore.
Boasson Hagen wins it. The Tour of Ireland has provided plenty of opportunities for young talents to come to the fore.
Five men on the run. The escape looked like it might succeed, until the peloton 'came down on us like a steel train,' said Pate (center).
The Unibet biys did what it took to protect the jersey
Schleck put the pressure on
CSC's Bochmann was one of the riders who didn't finish.
Pate and Beauchat try to hold off the chase
The Ross Castle near start in Kilkenny
Bozic wins
Racing alongside the Shannon
Send in the clowns
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CSC ramps up the chase on the narrow Irish roads
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Hunt in the hunt
'Cross race set for Interbike
Pasamontes and Vandenbergh
Sauser's still chasing rainbows.
Pate does a little stretching in preparation for a late break
The local offices of Ireland's oldest political organization, Sinn Fein.
Vandenbergh keeps the leader's jersey for another day
The boys from Navigators Insurance are ready to rock
Bernard Eisel would like a stage win...
... so would Baden Cooke, but he says his priority is protecting the jersey.
Stijn Vandenbergh chillin pre-stage
Aaron Olson and Pat McCarty relaxed pre-stage.
There is nothing stilted about the Tour of Ireland.
Crosswinds were a factor along the shore of the Shannon River
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Breschel best as Vandenbergh endures CSC assault
Papp in Florida
Slipstream's Lewis and Dugan
In the hospital at Pescia.
Navigators' Sergey Lagutin
Nuyens takes the stage and the lead
Borut Bozic, who later sprinted to fourth, before the start
Unibet.com lines up in front of Clonakilty's main church
Norwegian national champ Alexander Kristoff (Maxbo-Bianchi)
The peloton couldn't stop for a pint, but we could
Craig Lewis (Slipstream) riding strong in Ireland
A view from Thursday's spectacular route
View from Healy Pass summit
Frank Schleck (CSC).
Vandenbergh had reason to celebrate after fending off a tough challenge from CSC.
Pasamontes helped tow the boss back into the field and then went to work patrolling the front of the field.
CSC's Frank Schleck
Vandenbergh held his own and survived a tough day in yellow.
Green banners fly at Kilkenny start
Leipheimer's Tour performance sure didn't hurt his marketability.
VN.TV presenter Dave Towle is doing color at Irish tour
The spectacular Lismore castle midway through stage
Maximiliano Richeze leads Panaria-Navigare in sprints
Irish podium girls wear green
Vanderbergh wins one for a team that ends its run at season's end.
Quick recovery: Olsen on the attack.
A busy, chaotic day with a series of attacks.
Out on the Vee
Roche is a big favorite here in Ireland.
Vanderbergh in yellow
McQuaid is willing to discuss the make up of the ProTour.
Schleck and Pate give it a shot
Prudhomme, McQuaid and teams' representative Patrick Lefevre tried to show unity earlier this year, but the relationship proved to be tenuous.
Panaria gives chase
Nicolas Roche, racing on Irish national team, is big draw
On St. Patrick's Hill
Riders roll in for sign-in in front of the Kilkenny castle
Lewis crests St. Patrick's.
King Kelly pressing the flesh
Unibet.com will be motivated to defend the jersey.
The full rock-garden treatment.
The day began with an easy enough start so as to lull the unsuspecting into complacency.
Some made the meistake of looking forward to the descent
Does it track blood-loss, as well?
Share the road!
The only thing that will get these guys to stand up...
... is food.
Irish tour back with flourish
For now, we're using this as our press room... really.
Ireland has a lot to offer. Adding bikes is just a bonus
Millar had a bad start on Stage 19 through no fault of his own.