TECH VYOM (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is the Tour de France 2009 Results of Stage 1. Stage 1 of Tour de France started out from Monaco and terminated at Monaco. Tour de France result / standings when 15.5 kilometers has been completed of 23 days is :- First three positions of 2009 Tour de France Result goes to - Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland at the first-place, Alberto Contador of Spain at the second-place and Bradley Wiggins of...
NHatky (Free subscription) | yesterday
Result Of Stage 1 of Tour De France 2009 July 4, 2009: Tour de France: Monaco - Monaco (15.5 km): 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 00:19:32 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0:00:18 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 0:00:19 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0:00:22 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lance Armstrong celebrated the Fourth of July by "wearing" the yellow jersey again for about 15 minutes. Then a young chap who was 14 when Armstrong won the first of his seven successive Tour de France titles a decade ago squelched any notion that the Texan...
jobsanger (Free subscription) | yesterday
The 2009 Tour de France started on Saturday. The opening leg of the race was held in Monaco this year, and was a time trial. Most time trials are held on a flat course, but this one was a little different. It was a 10 mile course and the first five miles was going uphill. The second half of the race was downhill and contained several very tight turns. The time trial was won by Fabian Cancellara (pictured)...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong went out early and put up a solid time in the opening stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, then was upstaged by Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland.
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lance Armstrong's comeback in the Tour got off to a low-key but solid start yesterday when the American finished 10th in the opening 15.5 kilometre time trial here, won by the Swiss specialist Fabian Cancellara.
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong made his return to the Tour de France on Saturday, but failed to make a winning start at the opening stage time trial held over 15.5km.After an absence of four years from the race he won between 1999 and 2005, the 37-year-old American clocked a time of 20min 12.36sec for the race against the clock which many believe will be a good indicator of who can win the race.It...
Reason & Revelation (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
One thing is for sure, Astana has come to play. Armstrong, Kloden, Leipheimer, and Contador all rode very well, and all are in the top ten. This year has the makings of a great tour. Bob Roll said on Versus that this will be the best in 3 years and the posers will be shown for what they are. Strong words from Roll, but how could we expect less from him? The day belonged to "Fabulous" Cancellara,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Monaco - Results and standings in the 2009 Tour de France after Saturday's first stage, a 15.5km individual time trial in Monaco....
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Ireland's Nicolas Roche lies in a very impressive 18th place after just completing the 15.5km Tour de France prologue in Nice.
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Another Grand Depart. And the ten trillion comments speak well of the enthusiasm around here. Not much to say about the race itself, being a short time trial and all. It was a bit technical, which affected a few guys pretty severely, but the rain held off, and in the end the leaderboard looks a lot like what you'd expect of a time trial: Fabian Cancellara, Saxo Bank Alberto Contador, Astana, at 0.18...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong began his comeback at the Tour de France today by briefly taking the lead in the first-stage time trial in Monaco.
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong began his comeback at the Tour de France today by briefly taking the lead in the first-stage time trial in Monaco.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Monaco - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said Saturday he was happy with his race after completing his first Tour stage in four years, the 15.5km individual time trial in Monaco. I'm happy, the 37-year-old Armstrong told journalist...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
ALBERTO Contador is a short-price favourite to take the 2009 Tour de France but could be too short at evens, especially with Lance Armstrong riding again in the tour for Astana.
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