[Tour de France] 瑞士人在開幕計時賽贏得領先的黃衫
瑞士的法比揚‧坎歇拉喇(Fabian Cancellara)贏得在摩洛哥舉行的開幕戰計時賽(Time Trial)第一名，明天將由他身著黃衫領騎。而備受媒體注目的七次冠軍阿姆斯壯第十，是個不錯的成績。
然而瑞士人雖然拿下頭彩，但是以往的紀錄顯示，坎歇拉喇的爬坡段表現並不傑出。在2007年的 Tour de France 倫敦的開幕計時賽，恩坎歇喇拉喇粉碎了倫敦人的希望奪下了黃衫的資格，但是後來的山路段，恩坎歇拉喇就不行了。
英國的自行車（場地賽）的奧運金牌得主（3 gold, 2004雅典奧運; 2 gold, 2008北京奧運) 看好的選手是：
Cadel Evans
Andreas Kloden
Levi Leipheimer
From July 4, 2009
Fabian Cancellara takes opening stage of Tour de France
Swiss rider takes yellow jersey after time-trial while Britain's Bradley Wiggins is third and Lance Armstrong tenth
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the opening stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, with seven-time champion Lance Armstrong placing a respectable 10th for the start of his comeback to the sport's biggest event.
Cancellara took 19 minutes, 32 seconds for the 15.5km (9.6-mile) time-trial, in which riders set off one by one along winding and hilly roads of the Mediterranean principality of Monaco.
"I am really proud," Cancellara said. "I did the maximum possible."
A speed specialist who won last month's Tour of Switzerland and the time-trial gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, Cancellara had been seen as a favorite for the opening stage.
The race against the clock offered an early shakeout of the potential title contenders among the 180-rider pack for the three-week race. This 96th Tour takes riders over nearly 3,500km before the July 26 finish in Paris.
Cancellara blew away the field, beating 2007 Tour champion Alberto Contador into second by 18 seconds. Bradley Wiggins, who won gold in Beijing in the individual pursuit, was third, 19 seconds behind.
Indicating his power, Cancellara overtook Giro d'Italia winner Denis Menchov — who left 90 seconds earlier down the start ramp — just metres from the finish line.
Cancellara, of the Saxo Bank team, will wear the overall race leader's yellow jersey for Sunday's second stage — a 187km jaunt across plains from Monaco to Brignoles, France.
Armstrong, who was 40 seconds behind Cancellara, is riding four years after the last of his record seven Tour victories. He said he didn't have any "big illusions" that he'd win Saturday's time-trial.
"I didn't expect to win or to take the jersey," he said. "I didn't expect a super, super performance. Was I focused enough? Yeah, I think so — I was nervous, which is logical with the years away. I didn't feel necessarily comfortable.
"It's been a long time since I've had that emotion of being on the start ramp at the Tour.
Provisional result of the 15.5km time trial first stage of the Tour de France in Monaco on Saturday
1. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland / Saxo Bank ) 19mins 32sec
2. Alberto Contador (Spain / Astana ) +18"
3. Bradley Wiggins (Britain / Garmin ) +19"
4. Andreas Kloeden (Germany / Astana ) +22"
5. Cadel Evans (Australia / Silence - Lotto ) +23"
6. Levi Leipheimer (U.S. / Astana ) +30"
7. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic / Liquigas ) +32"
8. Tony Martin (Germany / Columbia )
9. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Liquigas ) +38"
10. Lance Armstrong (U.S. / Astana ) +40"
11. Gustav Larsson (Sweden / Saxo Bank ) +42"
12. Mikel Astarloza (Spain / Euskaltel ) +44"
13. David Zabriskie (U.S. / Garmin ) +48"
14. David Millar (Britain / Garmin )
15. Jerome Coppel (France / Francaise des Jeux ) +52"
16. Sylvain Chavanel (France / Quick-Step ) +56"
17. Christian Vande Velde (U.S. / Garmin ) +58"
18. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg / Saxo Bank ) +1:00"
19. Linus Gerdemann (Germany / Milram ) +1:04"
20. Remi Pauriol (France / Cofidis ) +1:05"
21. Carlos Sastre (Spain / Cervelo ) +1:06"
22. Vladimir Karpets (Russia / Katusha ) +1:08"
23. Alessandro Ballan (Italy / Lampre ) +1:10"
24. Maxime Monfort (Belgium / Columbia ) +1:11"
25. Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium / Silence - Lotto )
26. Laurent Lefevre (France / Bbox - Bouygues ) +1:12"
27. Michael Rogers (Australia / Columbia ) +1:13"
28. Nicolas Vogondy (France / Agritubel )
29. Christophe Riblon (France / AG2R ) +1:14"
30. Juan Jose Oroz (Spain / Euskaltel )