The Tour Is Finally Here

The Tour de France bicycle race has finally arrived, and the prologue (profile of course above) was run Saturday in Liege, Belgium. I love the Tour de France, so I will be doing some posting about it. However, I realize that some (if not many) of you readers are not fans of the Tour -- so I will limit my posts this year to a daily update of the three winners of each stage and the overall leaders in each class. Here is the first submission:

PROLOGUE WINNERS
1. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) Radio Shack-Nissan
2. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) Sky Procycling
3. Sylvain Chavanel (France) Omega Pharma-Quick Step

YELLOW JERSEY (Overall race leaders)
1. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) Radio Shack-Nissan

2. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) Sky Procycling..........00' 07"

3. Sylvain Chavanel (France) Omega Pharma-Quick Step..........00' 07"

4. Tejay Van Garderen (United States) BMC Racing..........00' 10"

5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) Sky Procycling..........00' 11"

6. Brett Daniel Lancaster (Australia) Orica Greenedge..........00' 11"

GREEN JERSEY (Best Sprinters)

1. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) Radio Shack-Nissan..........20

2. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) Sky Procycling..........17

3. Sylvain Chavanel (France) Omega Pharma-Quick Step..........15

4. Tejay Van Garderen (United States) BMC Racing..........13

POLKA DOT JERSEY (Best Climbers)

No results yet.

WHITE JERSEY (Best Young Riders)

1. Tejay Van Garderen (United States) BMC Racing

2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) Sky Procycling..........00' 01"

3. Patrick Gretsch (Germany) Argos-Shimano..........00' 02"

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Sky Procycling (Great Britain)

2. Radio Shack-Nissan (Luxembourg)..........00' 04"

3. BMC Racing (United States)..........00' 06"

4. Omega Pharma-Quick Step (Belgium)..........00' 13"

5. Orica Greenedge (Australia)..........00' 19"