Cancellara grabs yellow jersey
July 1, 2012, Sunday
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OLYMPIC champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the prologue of the Tour de France in Liege, Belgium, yesterday to claim the first race leader's yellow jersey of the 99th edition.
RadioShack's Cancellara, who clocked a winning time of 7 minutes 13.46 seconds for the 6.4 kilometer course, thus repeated his feat of 2004 on an almost identical course in the center of Liege. Britain's Bradley Wiggins (Sky), the favorite for overall victory, was next 7 seconds back and less than half a second ahead of Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel of Omega-Pharma. Defending Tour champion Cadel Evans of Australia finished farther back.
RadioShack's Cancellara, who clocked a winning time of 7 minutes 13.46 seconds for the 6.4 kilometer course, thus repeated his feat of 2004 on an almost identical course in the center of Liege. Britain's Bradley Wiggins (Sky), the favorite for overall victory, was next 7 seconds back and less than half a second ahead of Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel of Omega-Pharma. Defending Tour champion Cadel Evans of Australia finished farther back.
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