Dauphine Libere - Stage 1

Mass sprint finish and Thor is in yellow. Team High Road had everyone up front trying to lead out what looked to be Greipel but it looked like he blew up before the finish. George was up front but looks to have faded a bit too. All finished with mass group though so no time other than time bonuses lost for them. Viewing was pretty great today and the highlights on demand are pretty quick so it was easy to take another look later.

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Stage 1 - June 9: Avignon - Privas, 194km
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.46.36 (40.614 km/h)
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
7 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
11 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
45 Chris Horner (USA) Astana
46 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
53 George Hincapie (USA) High Road
56 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road
61 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
86 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road
129 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 1.45
132 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road
General classification after stage 1
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4.52.41
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.05
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.18
10 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 0.19
16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.22
17 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
19 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 0.23
221 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 0.24
22 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road
25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.25
41 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.29
55 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.34
76 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.40
127 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 2.05
132 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 2.24

TeamCSC: Valverde Won - Hushovd in Yellow
Astana_CMehl: Valverde Grabs the Win
EuroPeloton: Dauphine Libere Underway, Valverde Already Victorious
CW: Valverde takes classy win in Dauphine
GrahamWatsonPhotos: Stage 1
Astana Photos: Stage 1
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