Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 1: Liège → Seraing, 198 km
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The Tour de France expo at the start in Liége with banners of past champions including Greg Lemond (right) and Bernard Hinault (left)		share this photo
The Crédit Lyonnais teddy bear. If you don't win one then you can buy one here.		share this photo
First day in the White Jersey for Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) as best young rider thanks to his fine 4th place finish in the Prologue		share this photo
Second in the prologue gives Bradley Wiggins the Green Jersey here signing in with Mark Cavendish		share this photo
Team Sky, leaders of the teams competition, acknowledging the crowd. They placed 2nd, 5th and 11th in the prologue.		share this photo
Peter Sagan about to sign an autograph once he's done with a pre-race photo-op. We'll see him again later.		share this photo
Stage 1 and local favorite Philippe Gilbert arriving with his baby boy. That looks like half of NBCSport's Craig Hummer on the left and Gilbert's wife trailing on the right		share this photo
Looks like they've done this before. This time Gilbert speaks to the Eurosport interviewer as he passes by.		share this photo
Race leader Fabian Cancellara rolling to the start		share this photo
The start scene in Liége		share this photo
The rollout from Liége for the first road stage of this year's Tour		share this photo
With a break up the road early on, RadioShack-Nissan set the pace at the front on a lumpy stage with 5 cat 4 KOMs		share this photo
Race leader Fabian Cancellara nestled behind his RadioShack-Nissan teammates		share this photo
Team Sky in the Yellow helmets. ASO has a new protocol where the leaders of the teams competition all wear a yellow helmet. Needless to say, it hasn't met with positive reaction from fans.		share this photo
A lackluster, six man break gained a maximum advantage of fours minutes before being reeled in well before the finish. Michael Morkov (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank), in the middle, won 3 of the 4 KOMs before the finish to claim the first Polka dot jersey at this year's Tour.		share this photo
Fabian Cancellara attacked with 1.5 km to go on the uphill finish and Peter Sagan wisely followed him		share this photo
According to RAI commentator, Paolo Savoldelli, Peter Sagan wanted to work with Cancellara, but his Liquigas-Cannondale team car told him not to. That's Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky), blurry in the background, about to bridge up		share this photo
Cadel Evans towing the rest up of the peloton to the line		share this photo
Peter Sagan easily won the three man bunch sprint		share this photo
Finish line panoramic		share this photo
It didn't take long for Peter Sagan to get his first Tour stage win		share this photo
Sagan celebrates, Cancellara drops his head and top 48 riders all finish in the same time		share this photo
Your stage 1 winner, Peter Sagan. At just 22 years-old, this could be a familiar scene for years to come.		share this photo
Race leader Fabian Cancellara getting looked after on the podium		share this photo
Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 1: Liège → Seraing, 198 km
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