Between the World Cup and Wimbledon, the Tour is a bit overshadowed this year, but is sure to take over headlines after next week, especially considering this is Lance's last tour (again).

Standings after stage 1:


Rank Rider Time Behind
1 Fabian CANCELLARA 5:19:38 -
2 Tony MARTIN 5:19:48 00:10
3 David MILLAR 5:19:58 00:20
4 Lance ARMSTRONG 5:20:00 00:22
5 Geraint THOMAS 5:20:01 00:23
6 Alberto CONTADOR 5:20:05 00:27
7 Tyler FARRAR 5:20:06 00:28
8 Levi LEIPHEIMER 5:20:06 00:28
9 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN 5:20:10 00:32
10 Linus GERDEMANN 5:20:13 00:35

Well it looks like that's not happening.

Falling twice in once stage is just terrible luck. I'm glad he's going to finish it out and hopefully put his team near the top.

Lance needs to go back on the performance enhancing drugs if he wants to win like he did back in the old days.

Obviously. I mean, if you're not on them, and everyone else is, it's pretty hard to compete!