The Road to Paris: Tour de France News and Updates
Fabian Cancellara crosses the finish line to win Stage 1 in Monaco.
AP Photo/Laurent Rebours
Cancellara Shows His Hand in Monte Carlo
Fabian Cancellara kicked off the 2009 Tour de France with a dominating performance to win the Stage 1 time trial. Levi Leipheimer finished in sixth, 30 seconds off the leader, while Lance Armstrong finished 10th. More »
Stage 1 Results
- Fabian Cancellara - SAX - 19:32
- Alberto Contador – AST +00:18
- Bradley Wiggins – GRM +00:19
- Andréas Klöden – AST +00:22
- Cadel Evans – SIL +00:23
Expert Commentary from the Tour
Active's peloton of experts bring you all the action from the road and behind the scenes.
Pre-Tour Training CampPhoto: Slipstreamsports.com
Follow along with Team Garmin-Slipstream as they prepare for their second Tour de France. Last year, Christian Vande Velde finished just over three minutes back in fifth place. Can he ascend the podium in 2009?
Team Blog | Meet the Riders | Race Calendar
VeloNews: Last Minute Roster Change for Tour
USA Today: Read Christian Vande Velde's Blog
Sundance Channel: Watch Blood, Sweat + Gears
Epicurious.com: Allen Lim Talks Nutrition
Cycling News from Around the Web
- Road Bike Action: Boonen Gets Reprieve, Will Race Tour
- Livestrong.com: Lance Talks With Eddy Merckx Before St. 1
- VeloNews: Teams Pull Out All the Stops for Tour Bike Graphics
- PezCyclingNews: Tour de Pez: Another Day in Paradise
Follow Cycling news on 
- velonews (VeloNews): #tdf Cadel Evans assesses his chances after the opening time trial http://tinyurl.com/laudmu
- velonews (VeloNews): #tdf Fly V's Charles Dion and Colavita's Andrea Dvorak win Fitchburg circuit race. http://tinyurl.com/n9ssoe
- velonews (VeloNews): #tdf Cervelo's Hayden Roulston says he still has a lot to learn http://tinyurl.com/mzd8fz
- velonews (VeloNews): #tdf David Millar has a new approach and is hoping for more Tour success http://tinyurl.com/krsb26
- velonews (VeloNews): #tdf Andrew Hood: Three Spanish Tour kings are on different trajectories http://tinyurl.com/laq9bh
- velonews (VeloNews): #tdf Husband-and-wife teammates Jeremy Horgan-Kolbelski and Heather Irmiger win marathon titles http://tinyurl.com/n576lx
- velonews (VeloNews): #tdf I like this Cancellara pic from AFP. http://is.gd/1nA6F
- velonews (VeloNews): #tdf Stage 1 VeloCenter is up. Race highlights, Kiefel's picks and a chat with Lance. http://is.gd/1nzyP
- velonews (VeloNews): RT @JeremyHK Awesome July 4th for me: Heather and I both won Marathon Nationals ...Suffered a lot, but SO fun.
- velonews (VeloNews): #tdf Tour diary: Garmin-Slipstream's Tyler Farrar says he's hoping for a field sprint on stage 2 http://tinyurl.com/lszxsv
- ActiveCycling (Active.com Cycling): Bruce Hildenbrand's blog: "It is likely Cancellara will keep his yellow jersey at least until Stage 4" - http://tinyurl.com/m4teqv
- TeamAstana (Team Astana): Thanks to all the Team Astana fans in Monaco ... And of course to the twitter faithful who sent in all the messages. Great day!
- allandavis27 (allan davis): In Singapore for transit on my way to Aus, carnt wait to see everyone and the country I love most, HOME. Watched 17 again on the flight.
- velonews (VeloNews): @Bill_Morrison heh. So, the twitterfeed will have the #tdf prefix - but will include any non-Tour articles we post. Not ideal.
- JakesJournal (Jake from Garmin): Check out http://tinyurl.com/JakeBlog for Team Garmin photos from today's #TdF prologue that you haven't seen yet. #procycling
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2009 Tour de France: The Route
On July 4, the Principality of Monaco hosts Stage 1 of the Tour de France.Over the next 22 days, the Tour will wind its way through France, Spain, Andorra and Switzerland. More
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- Stage 1: Monaco - Time Trial
- Stage 2: Monaco to Brignoles
- Stage 3: Marseille to La Grande-Motte
- Stage 4: Montpellier - Team Time Trial
- Stage 5: Le Cap d'Agde to Perpignan
- Stage 6: Girona to Barcelona
- Stage 7: Barcelona to Arcalis
- Stage 8: Andorra la Vella to Saint-Girons
- Stage 9: Saint-Gaudens to Tarbes
- Rest Day: Limoges
- Stage 10: Limoges to Issoudun
- Stage 11: Vatan to Saint-Fargeau
- Stage 12: Tonnerre to Vittel
- Stage 13: Vittel to Colmar
- Stage 14: Colmar to Besancon
- Stage 15: Pontarlier to Verbier
- Rest Day: Verbier
- Stage 16: Martigny to Bourg-Saint-Maurice
- Stage 17: Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Le Grand-Bornand
- Stage 19: Bourgoin-Jallieu to Aubenas
- Stage 20: Montelimar to Mont Ventoux
- Stage 21: Montereau-Fault-Yvonne to Paris

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