2009 Paris-Roubaix:  Tom Boonen (Quick Step) leads an elite group of contenders through the Arenberg forest.
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2009 Paris-Roubaix:  A group containing all the favorites, before the crashes changed things,
winds its way through the crowds.
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2009 Paris-Roubaix:  Leif Hoste and his Silence-Lotto teammate Johan Van Summeren
fight to get back in the mix after a crash.
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2009 Paris-Roubaix:  Juan Antonio Flecha and Heinrich Haussler.
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2009 Paris-Roubaix:  George Hincapie powers a chase group after an untimely flat tire.
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2009 Paris-Roubaix:  Tom Boonen and his cobblestone trophy on the podium.  He won his second consecutive Paris-Roubaix and third overall.
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