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Riders wait outside the provincial palace prior to the start of the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 198 kilometers (123 miles) with start in Liege and finish in Seraing, Belgium, Sunday.

Riders wait outside the provincial palace prior to the start of the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 198 kilometers (123 miles) with start in Liege and finish in Seraing, Belgium, Sunday.
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Tour de France begins

Stage 1 in Belgium today; Cancellara wins 5th prologue time trial

Last modified: July 01. 2012 7:18AM PST

LIEGE, Belgium — A brief look at Saturday's prologue of the 99th Tour de France:

Stage: The opening-day individual time trial took the 198 riders down the starter's ramp one-by-one along a highly technical 4-mile course in the Belgian city of Liege.

Winner: Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland.

Yellow Jersey: Cancellara became the Tour's first leader. Bradley Wiggins of Britain was second, 7 seconds back, and defending champion Cadel Evans was another 10 seconds slower, in 13th place.

Horner watch: Bend's Chris Horner finished in 113th place for RadioShack Nissan.

Stat of the Day: 5 — the number of Tour prologues that the 31-year-old Cancellara has won.

Next stage: Today's first stage is a mostly flat, 123-mile loop from Liege to the nearby town of Seraing.

For more on Saturday's event, see the related articles .

— The Associated Press

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