Tour de France

• SERAING, Belgium — Peter Sagan blushed, giggled and eventually brushed off comparisons to Lance Armstrong on Sunday after becoming the youngest rider to win a Tour de France stage since the Texan nearly a generation ago.
(msnbc.com)
• SERAING, Belgium (AP) -- A brief look at Sundays first stage of the 99th Tour de France: Stage: A 123-mile trek through the Ardennes region featuring a hilly route and a steep climb to the finish in the industrial suburb of Liege.
(YAHOO!)
• SERAING, Belgium— Rising cycling star Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the first stage of the Tour de France on Sunday ahead of Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, who retained the overall lead.
(Oregonian)
• Peter Sagan captured stage one of the Tour de France on Sunday. However, Sagan still finds himself trailing after a subpar performance during the day one prologue.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• 3AWs Peter Maher is lucky enough to be following this years Le Tour de France for the duration of the worlds most prestigious cycling event. Hell be filing daily journals for 3AW.com.au.
(Day 1: Liège to Liège - 3AW)
• I t was day 16 of last years three- weeklong Tour de France. The RadioShack cyclists had just completed a punishing 101-mile slog through Alpine foothills from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Gap.
(Seattle Times)
• A REMARKABLE piece of reflex riding by German Marcus Burghardt has saved the Tour de France from a catastrophic fall - and possibly Cadel Evanss title defence.
(heraldsun.com.au)
• Slovakia's Peter Sagan won today's first stage of the 99th Tour de France.
(Bloomberg)
• 4. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing Team, 5 hours, 22 seconds. 15. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Team Garmin -- Barracuda, 22 seconds behind. 35. Thomas Danielson, United States, Team Garmin -- Barracuda, 31 seconds behind.
(ESPN)
• The 2012 Tour de France is just underway, and one prologue stage's worth of results must obviously be taken with a serious grain of salt in such a long race.
(Bleacherreport.com)