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Cycling: Tour de France: TOUR DE FRANCE RESULTS

SATURDAY

6.1km (3.8 miles) Prologue (Liege): 1 F Cancellara (Swit) Fassa Bortolo 6min 50sec; 2 L Armstrong (US) US Postal p/b Berry Floor +0.02sec; 3 J I Gutierrez Palacios (Sp) Banesto +0.08; 4 B McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com +0.09; 5 T Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole +0.10; 6 O Pereiro (Sp) Phonak +0.11; 7 J Voigt (Ger) CSC same time; 8 C Moreau (Fr) Credit Agricole +0.12; 9 B Julich (US) CSC; 10 G Hincapie (US) US Postal both s/t; 11 J-E Gutierrez (Sp) Phonak +0.14; 12 A Vicioso Arcos (Sp) Liberty Seguros +0.15; 13 L Leipheimer (US) Rabobank; 14 C Sastre (Sp) CSC both s/t; 15 K-A Arvesen (Nor) CSC +0.16; 16 J Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile +0.17; 17 F Landis (US) US Postal +0.18; 18 T Hamilton (US) Phonak s/t; 19 V Ekimov (Rus) US Postal +0.19; 20 A Peron (It) CSC s/t.

YESTERDAY

Stage 1: Liege-Charleroi, 202.5 km (125.8 miles): 1 J Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 4hr 40min 29sec; 2 R McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo; 3 T Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole; 4 D Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner; 5 J-P Nazon (Fr) AG2R Prevoyance; 6 B Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com; 7 K-A Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC; 8 A Petacchi (It) Fassa Bortolo; 9 E Zabel (Ger) T- Mobile; 10 A Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros; 11 J Engoulvent (Fr) Cofidis - Le Creidit Par Telephone; 12 J Casper (Fr) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone; 13 J Pineau (Fr) Brioches La Boulangere; 14 S Marinangeli (It) Domina Vacanze; 15 S Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover; 16 M Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi; 17 S Dumoulin (Fr) AG2R Prevoyance; 18 D Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto; 19 D Etxebarria (Sp) Euskaltel - Euskadi; 20 L Brochard (Fr) AG2R Prevoyance s/t.

General classification after stage 1: 1 F Cancellara (Swit) Fassa Bortolo 4hr 47min 11sec; 2 T Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole +0.04sec; 3 L Armstrong (US) US Postal p/b Berry Floor +0.10; 4 J Voigt (Ger) Team CSC +0.15; 5 J-I Gutierrez Palacios (Sp) Illes Balears - Banesto +0.16; 6 O Pereiro (Sp) Phonak Hearing Systems +0.19; 7 C Moreau (Fr) Credit Agricole +0.20; 8 B Julich (US) Team CSC s/t; 9 G Hincapie (US) US Postal p/b Berry Floor s/t; 10 J-E Gutierrez (Sp) Phonak Hearing Systems +0.22; 11 A-V Arcos (Sp) Liberty Seguros +0.23; 12 L Leipheimer (US) Rabobank s/t; 13 C Sastre (Sp) Team CSC s/t; 14 K-A Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC +0.24; 15 S O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone +0.25; 16 J Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team s/t; 17 F Landis (US) US Postal p/b Berry Floor +0.26; 18 T Hamilton (US) Phonak Hearing Systems s/t; 19 B Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com s/t; 20 V Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor +0.27.

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