Fabian Cancellara will wear the very first Maillot Jaune of the 2009 Tour de France with a dominating performance in stage 1’s time trial through Monaco. Eighteen seconds ahead of tour favorite Alberto Contador and a minute and six seconds ahead of defending champion Carlos Sastre.
Seven time champion Lance Armstrong made his return to the Tour de France with a solid performance earlier in the day and held the number 1 slot briefly.
Lance Armstrong’s return to the Tour after 3 years off…
General classification after stage 1
1. CANCELLARA Fabian - TEAM SAXO BANK - 19′ 32″
2. CONTADOR Alberto - ASTANA - + 00′ 18″
3. WIGGINS Bradley - GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM - + 00′ 19″
4. KLÖDEN Andréas - ASTANA - + 00′ 22″
5. EVANS Cadel - SILENCE - LOTTO - + 00′ 23″
6. LEIPHEIMER Levi - ASTANA - + 00′ 30″
7. KREUZIGER Roman - LIQUIGAS - + 00′ 32″
8. MARTIN Tony - TEAM COLUMBIA - HTC - + 00′ 33″
9. NIBALI Vincenzo - LIQUIGAS - + 00′ 37″
10. ARMSTRONG Lance - ASTANA - + 00′ 40″
