American duo dominate Tour opener
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American duo dominate Tour opener
American David Zabriskie was the shock winner of the opening stage of the Tour de France after a brilliant ride in a 19km time trial in the Vendee region.His time of 20 minutes and 51 seconds was set very early.
But the main damage was done later by Lance Armstrong, who finished just two seconds behind in tougher conditions.
The Texan passed rival Jan Ullrich on the wind-swept road from Fromentine to Noirmoutier-en-I'lle, taking a minute out of the German and from Ivan Basso.
Zabriskie's time had looked unbeatable for most of the day, with highly-rated Alexandre Vinokourov the closest to toppling it some 54 seconds adrift.
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