TOUR DE FRANCE

TOUR DE FRANCE

Sunday

At Canterbury, England

First Stage

126.1 miles from London to Canterbury

1. Robbie McEwen, Australia, Predictor-Lotto, 4 hours, 39 minutes, 1 second.

2. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Credit Agricole, same time.

3. Tom Boonen, Belgium, Quick Step-Innergetic, same time.

4. Sebastien Chavanel, France, Francaise des Jeux, same time.

5. Romain Feillu, France, Agritubel, same time.

6. Robert Foerster, Germany, Gerolsteiner, same time.

7. Oscar Freire, Spain, Rabobank, same time.

8. Marcus Burghardt, Germany, T-Mobile, same time.

9. Francisco Ventoso, Spain, Saunier Duval-Prodir, same time.

10. Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuania, Discovery Channel, same time.

11. Bernhard Eisel, Austria, T-Mobile, same time.

12. Murilo Fischer, Brazil, Liquigas, same time.

13. Erik Zabel, Germany, Team Milram, same time.

14. Xavier Florencio, Spain, Bouygues Telecom, same time.

15. Gert Steegmans, Belgium, Quick Step-Innergetic, same time.

16. Michael Albasini, Switzerland, Liquigas, same time.

17. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, Francaise des Jeux, same time.

18. Steven de Jongh, Netherlands, Quick Step-Innergetic, same time.

19. Danilo Napolitano, Italy, Lampre-Fondital, same time.

20. Manuel Quinziato, Italy, Liquigas, same time.

Also

24. George Hincapie, United States, Discovery Channel, same time.

31. Fred Rodriguez, United States, Predictor-Lotto, same time.

38. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Discovery Channal, same time.

40. Vladimir Gusev, Russia, Discovery Channel, same time.

44. Alberto Contador, Spain, Discovery Channel, same time.

54. Christopher Horner, United States, Predictor-Lotto, same time.

67. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, Discovery Channel, same time.

76. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Discovery Channel, same time.

82. Christian Vandevelde, United States, Team CSC, same time.

139. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez, Spain, Discovery Channel, same time.

145. Sergio Paulinho, Portugal, Discovery Channel, same time.

184. David Zabriskie, United States, Team CSC, 2 minutes, 27 seconds behind.

Overall Standings

(After one stage)

1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Team CSC, 4:47:51.

2. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, Astana, 13 seconds behind.

3. David Millar, Britain, Saunier Duval-Prodir, :21.

4. George Hincapie, United States, Discovery Channel, :23.

5. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Cofidis, same time.

6. Vladimir Gusev, Russia, Discovery Channel, :25.

7. Vladimir Karpets, Russia, Discovery Channel, :26.

8. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Credit Agricole, :29.

9. Alexandre Vinokourov, Kazakhstan, Astana, :30.

10. Thomas Dekker, Netherlands, Rabobank, :31.

11. Manuel Quinziato, Italy, Liquigas, :32.

12. Benoit Vaugrenard, France, Francaise des Jeux, same time.

13. Jose Ivan Gutierrez, Spain, Caisse d’Epargne, :33.

14. Andriy Grivko, Ukraine, Team Milram, same time.

15. Mikel Astarloza, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time.

16. Alberto Contador, Spain, Discovery Channel, :35

17. Andrey Kashechkin, Kazakhstan, Astana, same time.

18. Cadel Evans, Australia, Predictor-Lotto, :36

19. William Bonnet, France, Credit Agicole, same time.

20. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Cofidis, same time.

Also

28. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Discovery Channel, :40.

30. Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuania, Discovery Channel, :42.

37. Sergio Paulinho, Portugal, Discovery Channel, :44.

46. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Discovery Channel, :47.

48. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, Discovery Channel, :48.

69. Christopher Horner, United States, Predictor-Lotto, :53.

70. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez, Spain, Discovery Channel, same time.

73. Christian Vandevelde, United States, Team CSC, same time.

129. Fred Rodriguez, United States, Predictor-Lotto, 1:05.

183. David Zabriskie, United States, Team CSC, 2:59.