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04/07/10 - Petacchi wins 1st stage of Tour de France
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Alessandro Petacchi has won the first stage of the Tour de France in a sprint, while Lance Armstrong and other top contenders trailing in the pack in a day marred by several crashes.
The Lampre-Farnese Vini sprinter, who also successfully avoided a dramatic Tour de Suisse crash to win there last month, took his first Tour stage since his record Grand Tour run of 2003.
Petacchi bested HTC-Columbia's Mark Renshaw, who was all that was left of the Cavendish lead-out train in the end, and Cervelo's Thor Hushovd, the Norwegian road champion.
| 1 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 5:09:38 | |
| 2 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | ||
| 3 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 4 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha | ||
| 5 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux | ||
| 6 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:00:02 | |
| 7 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 8 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 9 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 10 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto |
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