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Lance Armstrong (US PostalBerry Floor) runs the gauntlet to the race sign in.
Lance Armstrong (USPSBerry Floor) takes in plenty of fluids on a hard day of racing
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Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie stay safely at the front through the last section of pavé.
Lance Armstrong leads Jan Ullrich on the pavé of northern France
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Laurent Brochard (AG2R Prévoyance) tries to keep his wheels on the ground.
Maillot jaune Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) lost 3'53 and his yellow jersey today.
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Marc Wauters (Rabobank) lies on the ground after a crash. Wauters finished the stage in the group containing Thor Hushovd.
Nazon took Ag2r's second stage win in three days on the road
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Overnight leader Thor Hushovd had an extremely tough in the saddle, losing a large chunk of time.
Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) conserved his lead in the climbers' competition
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Points leader, and by the day's end, the new maillot jaune, Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo), leads a group after the break.
Postal boys hard at work on fan relations
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Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) took over the green jersey
Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) in his element on a Classics-style stage
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Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis, R) about to get back on his bike after a fall on the pavé
The Euskaltel-Euskadi team of Iban Mayo doing their utmost to limit their losses
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The famous pavé of Roubaix did plenty of damage today.
The peloton passed through Geraardsbergen but took the 'easy' route up the Muur
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The T-Mobile train ascend the Muur de Geraardsbergen - (L to R) Jan Ullrich, Santiago Botero and Matthias Kessler
The Tour de France visited the heart of Flanders by touching the parcours of the Ronde van Vlaanderen |