TOUR DE FRANCE
Date: 4 July - 26 July
Coverage: BBC Sport website: text commentary of each stage and streamed BBC commentary of the last 90 minutes of each stage available; commentary on selected stages on BBC 5 Live sports extra
 Cancellara is an Olympic time trial gold medallist
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Fabian Cancellara powered to victory in the opening time trial of the Tour de France as seven-time champion Lance Armstrong made his return to the race.
Armstrong's time of 20 minutes 12 seconds for the 15.5-km course around Monaco was 40 seconds behind the Swiss as he finished in 10th place.
Briton Bradley Wiggins was third, a second behind Alberto Contador, who finished 18 seconds behind Cancellara.
Mark Cavendish was well off the pace, a good three minutes behind the winner.
"I did not have big illusions", said the 37-year-old Armstrong.
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"I was a bit nervous but it is logical," added Armstrong, who last rode in the Tour in 2005 when he claimed his seventh victory.
"I'm just happy to be here even if we don't win because there are a lot of other things I could be doing right now.
"It is a difficult course for sure but I think it is difficult for everybody. It is very technical, it is hard to find a rhythm but that's logical after years away.
"What a beautiful race. It was fun. I felt pretty good, overall, I feel good. I was a little bit all over the place."
The 96th Tour goes through six countries before finishing on 26 July in Paris after a race of 2,150 miles.
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