Flying start in Monaco for Cancellara

MONACO // Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara got the better of the Tour de France favourite Alberto Contador to triumph in the 15.5km time-trial first stage in the blistering Monaco sun. The 28-year-old Saxo Bank rider, the reigning Olympic time-trial champion, powered home in a time of 19min 32sec to claim the yellow jersey. Cancellara finished 18 seconds clear of Spaniard Contador, who edged Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream) by a second. Contador, the 2007 champion, was one of four Astana cyclists in the top 10 with German Andreas Kloden fourth, American Levi Leipheimer sixth and seven-time champion Lance Armstrong 10th. The American Armstrong, who came out of... [read full story]                    

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