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Last-minute preparations
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Technical
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Crowds forming
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There didn't seem to be many takers
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Finish line
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Team buses
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Hardly the Tour de France
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Mickey Mouse
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Mascot
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TOBi
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BBC Midlands Today filming
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Banging the boards
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Sprint finish
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Leading group
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Rear of the leading group
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A lone Team Sky rider, Mathew Hayman
Laurence's travels:
Lars Bak and Bernie Eisel
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Stijn Neirynck and Anthony Charteau
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Peloton
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Close-up of the peloton
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Tom Murray
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Final bend
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Rabobank's bikes
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Mark Renshaw
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Pieter Ghyllebert
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Russell Hampton
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Mark Cavendish
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Lars Boom