Armstrong to early lead as Tour begins (AP)

Courtesy Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Sat, 07/04/2009 - 09:01

American seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong strains as he passes Monaco's Casino during the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial of 15.5 kilometers (9.63 miles) with start and finish in Moncao, Saturday July 4, 2009.

Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong has taken the early lead in the first-stage individual time trial of the Tour de France.

The 37-year-old Texan began his comeback in the Tour by clocking 20 minutes, 12.36 seconds in the 9.6-mile stage along winding and hilly roads in the Mediterranean principality on Saturday.


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