Tour de France 2010 Photos; Stage 1: Rotterdam - Brussels, 192 km
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Massive crowds at the start in Rotterdam became even larger as the Tour moved into Belgium later in the day. Alberto Contador with his share of the attention prior to the start.		share this photo
Fabian Cancellara's prologue win yesterday wasn't unexpected		share this photo
Belgium's Tom Boonen reflecting on missing out riding the Tour through his home country, "almost a once in a lifetime experience... it passes through the region where I was born"		share this photo
After two crashes inside 3 km and another one in the final 500m, Alessandro Petacchi was at the front flying home alone		share this photo
It seemed odd for Oscar Freire, Mark Cavendish, Tyler Farrar (and Tom Boonen) to be out of the picture during the first sprint finish of the Tour		share this photo
The stage was a bit of a yawner, but the twists and turns leading into Brussels were quite entertaining. 1st Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre), 2nd Mark Renshaw (HTC-Columbia), 3rd Thor Hushovd (Cervelo), 4th Robbie McEwen (Katusha)		share this photo
Petacchi celebrates his first Tour win in six years. In fact, this is his first Tour in six years.		share this photo
Tyler Farrar was pegged by many for the win today and when many of the contenders were eliminated in the corner crash with 2 km to go his chances looked even better. But, as the home stretch sprint swerved across the road, an Ag2R rider removed the derailleur from Farrar's bike as bikes overlapped causing the final crash		share this photo
Eddy Merckx (middle) is still a larger than life figure in Belgium. Today's stage honoring his 65th birthday somewhat eclipsed today's winner who was also congratulated by the King of Belgium		share this photo
Spartacus (Fabian Cancellara) has a lot of Yellow Jerseys now but nothing compared to the 92 Yellow Jerseys collected by the Cannibal in his day		share this photo
Tour de France 2010 Photos; Stage 1: Rotterdam - Brussels, 192 km
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