Tour teams take to the cobbles: Photo special

Mark Cavendish, Tour de France 2010, cobbles training, June 30

The 2010 Tour de France teams descended on the cobbles of Belgium and northern France on Wednesday to prepare for next week's key stage three of the race.

Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank), Lance Armstrong (RadioShack), Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia), Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky), Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) and many more were snapped by CW photographer Graham Watson practising their skills on the rough roads that play host to Paris-Roubaix.

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