Giro d'Italia Teams Ride Stage Four Slowly as Tribute to Wouter Weylandt

The teams in the 2011 Giro d'Italia decided to use the stage as a mobile tribute to fallen rider Wouter Weylandt.
Giro d'Italia Teams Ride Stage Four Slowly as Tribute to Wouter Weylandt
Leopard Trek riders (front) and the pack hold a minute of silence in memory of teammate, Belgian rider Wouter Weylandt and prior to the start of the fourth stage of the 94rd Giro d'Italia. Luk Benies/AFP/Getty Images
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Leopard Trek riders (front) and the pack hold a minute of silence in memory of teammate, Belgian rider Wouter Weylandt and prior to the start of the fourth stage of the 94rd Giro d'Italia. (Luk Benies/AFP/Getty Images)
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