Alberto Contador (Astana) and Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) ensconced in fans and fog on the top of Col du Tourmalet in Stage 17 of the 2010 Tour de France. Schleck would go on to win the stage in what appeared to be an agreement among the two riders.
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The overnight rains and storms flooded streams on the road from Pau to Tourmalet. Here, the peloton crosses one such stream on Stage 17 of the 2010 tour de France.
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The peloton winds up the Col du Soulor in Stage 17 of the 2010 Tour de France.
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Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam), winner of the 2008 Tour de France, makes his attempt to break away for the day on Stage 17 of the 2010 Tour de France. Sastre may be remembered this day for not waiting as Samuel Sanchez (Euskatel-Euskadi) fell to the floor, although he has always been a classy rider.
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Marcus Burghardt (BMC) takes a pull on the way up the Tourmalet as the breakaway seeks to best the field with the misty lowlands behind. Stage 17 of the 2010 Tour de France.
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