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MALLORCA, SPAIN - JANUARY 23: Davide Appollonio (L) and Juan Antonio Flecha lead the group during a pre-season Team SKY training camp in Puerto Alcudia on January 23, 2012 in Mallorca, Spain.

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MALLORCA, SPAIN - JANUARY 23: Juan Antonio Flecha rides off the front of the pack during a pre-season Team SKY training camp in Puerto Alcudia on January 23, 2012 in Mallorca, Spain.

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MALLORCA, SPAIN - JANUARY 23: Juan Antonio Flecha (L) and Michael Barry look on during a pre-season Team SKY training camp in Puerto Alcudia on January 23, 2012 in Mallorca, Spain.

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MALLORCA, SPAIN - JANUARY 23: Juan Antonio Flecha climbs during a pre-season Team SKY training camp in Puerto Alcudia on January 23, 2012 in Mallorca, Spain.

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MALLORCA, SPAIN - JANUARY 23: Juan Antonio Flecha perpares himself for the team ride during a pre-season Team SKY training camp in Puerto Alcudia on January 23, 2012 in Mallorca, Spain.

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MALLORCA, SPAIN - JANUARY 23: Juan Antonio Flecha (L) and Bernhard Eisel in action during a pre-season Team SKY training camp in Puerto Alcudia on January 23, 2012 in Mallorca, Spain.

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MALLORCA, SPAIN - JANUARY 23: (L-R) Juan Antonio Flecha, Michael Barry and Mark Cavendish share a joke during a pre-season Team SKY training camp in Puerto Alcudia on January 23, 2012 in Mallorca, Spain.

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MILAN, ITALY - UNDATED: Juan Antonio Flecha of Team Sky poses for a portrait session ahead of the 2012 road season at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Milan, Italy.

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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 24: (L-R) Juan Antonio Flecha, Ben Swift, Geraint Thomas and Edvald Boassan Hagen of Team SKY pose for photographs after the twenty first and final stage of Le Tour de France 2011, from Creteil to the Champs-Elysees in Paris on July 24, 2011 in Paris, France.

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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 24: Juan Antonio Flecha of team SKY drives the pace during the twenty first and final stage of Le Tour de France 2011, from Creteil to the Champs-Elysees in Paris on July 24, 2011 in Paris, France.

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Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha competes in the 42,5 km individual time-trial and twentieth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run around Grenoble, southeastern France, on July 23 , 2011.

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Sky Procycling rider Juan Antonio Flecha of Spain attends the start of the 15th stage of the Tour de France 2011 cycling race from Limoux to Montpellier July 17, 2011.

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SAINT-FLOUR, FRANCE - JULY 11: Juan Antonio Flecha of Spain and SKY Procycling talks to the press during the first rest day of the 2011 Tour de France on July 11, 2011 in Saint-Flour, France.

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A combo made on July 11, 2011 in Saint-Flour shows (from top, LtoR), the 2011 Tour de France most spectacular crashes after the first nine stages, Slovenia's Janez Brakjovic receiving medical assistance after he crashed in the Carhaix - Cap Frehel stage on July 6, 2011, Ukraine's Yaroslav...

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Leading men, LtoR, Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha, stage winner, Spain's Luis-Leon Sanchez and France's Sandy Casar, ride in a breakaway during the 208 km and ninth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Issoire and Saint-Flour, center France, on July 10, 2011.

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One of the breakaway men, Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha, takes his bicycle after he crashedduring the 208 km and ninth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Issoire and Saint-Flour, center rance, on July 10, 2011. Flecha and Netherland's Johnny Hoogerland survived...

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RtoL, France's Thomas Voeckler, Netherland's Johnny Hoogerland and Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha ride in a breakaway during the 208 km and ninth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Issoire and Saint-Flour, center France, on July 10, 2011.

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RtoL, France's Thomas Voeckler, Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha and Spain's Luis-Leon Sanchez ride in a breakaway during the 208 km and ninth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Issoire and Saint-Flour, center France, on July 10, 2011.

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Leading men, France's Thomas Voeckler (C), Netherland's Niki Terpstra (L background) and Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha ride in a breakaway during the 208 km and ninth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Issoire and Saint-Flour, center France, on July 10, 2011.

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SUPER-BESSE SANCY, FRANCE - JULY 09: Juan Antonio Flecha of Spain and SKY Procycling crosses the finishline on stage eight of the 2011 Tour de France from Aigurande to Super-Besse Sancy on July 9, 2011 in Super-Besse Sancy, France.

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MUR-DE-BRETAGNE, FRANCE - JULY 05: Juan Antonio Flecha of Spain and SKY Procycling rides in the peloton on stage four of the 2011 Tour de France from Lorient to Mur-de-Bretagne on July 5, 2011 in Bretagne, France.

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LES HERBIERS, FRANCE - JULY 02: Juan Antonio Flecha of Spain and SKY Procycling rides in the peloton during stage one of the 2011 Tour de France from Passage du Gois to Mont des Alouettes on July 2, 2011 in Les Herbiers, France.

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LES HERBIERS, FRANCE - JUNE 30: Bradley Wiigins (L) of Great Britain alongside Juan Antonio Flecha (R) of Spain and representing the Sky Procycling team during the official team presentations at Puy du Fou on June 30, 2011 in Les Herbiers, France.

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LtoR, Britain's Bradley Wiggins and teammates, Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha and Australia's Simon Gerrans pose on June 30, 2011 at the Grand Park of Puy-du-Fou, in the west coast city of Les Epesses, during the official presentation of the 22 teams and 198 riders taking part in the 2011...

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Second-placed Spanish Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni of the Sky Professional Cycling Team stands on the podium of the 66th one day cycling race Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, a 201km course run from Gent to Gent, on February 26, 2011. The Omloop is the first road cycling race of the season in...