...and more autographs...
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- Five minutes with Boonen starts with him heading into sign-in, which every rider is required to do
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- Here he is rolling up, people swarm to him, perhaps the most popular rider at the race
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- Boonen hands off his bike to bike handlers, he will pick it up on the other side of the stage
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- Boonen jokes with other riders, in this case an AG2R rider
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- The sign-in
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- Stage announcer Dave Towle builds up the approach of Boonen, the crowd lights up
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- Tom (he prefers “Tom” over “Tommeke”) chats it up, expectations for today’s stage…hard
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- Boonen talks
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- The view from afar…the start stage
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- Boonen exits the stage, giant bald headed guy blocks my shot…
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- Autograph demands immediately, he signed towels, hats, shorts, hands, anything, these people waited a long time and were prepared
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- More autographs…
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- …and more autographs…
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- Finally the Omega Pharma-Quick-Step rider has to roll back to the team truck, start is in 15 mins
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- …and he was gone
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- BONUS PIC! Boonen’s musette bag contents