Armstrong fails to turn back the clock
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A combo made on Saturday shows the 15km individual time-trial and first stage of the 2009 Tour de France cycling race around Monaco. (From left, from top) Danish cycling Team Saxo Bank rider Fabien Cancellara of Switzerland sprinting ahead of Dutch cycling team Rabobank rider and 87th Giro cycling race winner Denis Menchov of Russia, seven-time Tour de France winner and Kazakh cycling team Astana's rider Lance Armstrong of the United States riding past the Monte Carlo casino, spectators watching the stage and Cancellara jubilant with his Yellow jersey as overall leader. AFP |
MONACO: It was almost like the good old days for former champion Lance Armstrong on the docks of Monaco's old port for the Tour de France opener on Saturday - yet not quite.
