Stage 8 Photo Gallery: Rain, rain go away

Did the fans today witness the stage the blew the Tour apart, or just the first of a day or two of jumbled standings?

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By Casey B. Gibson

While Voight lost the jersey, it's not so bad giving it up to your teammate.

While Voight lost the jersey, it’s not so bad giving it up to your teammate.

Photo: Casey B. Gibson

Did the fans today witness the stage the blew the Tour apart, or just the first of a day or two of jumbled standings?

Photo Gallery

  • While Voight lost the jersey, it's not so bad giving it up to your teammate.
  • There are no fair weather cycling fans in France. Just a few of the thousands of people who stood in steady rain for hours to glimpse just a few moments of their heroes.
  • These two Telekom fans are part of the thousands that line the start, begging for autographs.
  • Just a few of the 16 photo motors that carry photographers through and around the race. Today the Reuters motobike crashed on the wet road, breaking the leg of the driver.
  • Rain gear was in evidence everywhere today.
  • O'Grady pushing the break.
  • Lance (r) and Jose Rubiera take the front of the chase through the corn fields of the Rhein Valley.

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