Tour of Flanders 2008 April 6th

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Photos Page 1:  The start, Koppenberg, wet cobbles  Full Results and Report

The start in Brugge
One of the early cobblied climbs. 16 cobbled climbs in total.
	Tom Boonen leading the way up the Koppenberg

Photos Page 2:  Climbing the Muur van Geraardsbergen  Full Results and Report

A pile of fans waiting at the top of the Muur - a 90m high, narrow clobbled climb near the end of the route	Not a good place to need a wheel change from neutral support	Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step appears first
Followed by Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank		Nick Nuyens (Bel) of Cofidis (right) and Tom Boonen (Bel) of Quickstep (left)
Alessandro Ballan (Ita) of Lampre - Fondital	Devolder nearing the top	Nick Nuyens has now passed Flecha and moves into second
		Fabian Cancellara followed by Filippo Pozzato
	Philippe Gibert	George Hincapie
	Devolder reaches the top in first...	... much to the delight of the Belgian fans
		Nick Nuyens about to be the second man over the Muur
Flecha gritting it out

Photos Page 3:  The finish and the podium  Full Results and Report

Stijn Devolder has the time to savour his solo win in front of a home crowd	Nothing like winning Tour of Flanders as the Belgian national champion	1st Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step. Winning time: 6.24.02 (41.246 km/h)
		Nick Nuyens and Juan Antonio Flecha worked together but they couldn't chase down Devolder. They finished 2nd and 3rd, 15 seconds back.
Alessandro Ballan (Ita) of Lampre - Fondital crosses just ahead of George Hincapie (Usa) of Highroad for 4th	Devolder post-race	Ballan post-race
Pozzato post-race
Podium: L-to-R: 2nd Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis, 1st Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step and 3rd Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank