The prologue of the 2012 Tour de France is complete, and Fabian Cancellara grabbed the yellow jersey by posting a 7:13 time in Liege, Belgium. Tejay Van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team (USA) finished fourth by coming in 10 seconds behind Cancellara. He earned a white jersey for posting the top youth rider time during the prologue stage.
Here are the top-10 times from the prologue, via letour.fr:
1. Fabian Cancellara, Radioshack-Nissan, 7:13
2. Bradley Wiggins, Sky Procycling, +0:07
3. Sylvain Chavanel, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, +0:07
4. Tejay Van Garderen, BMC Racing Team, +0:10
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Sky Procycling, +0:11
6. Brett Lancaster, Orica Greenedge, +0:11
7. Patrick Gretsch, Team Argos-Shimano, +0:12
8. Denis Menchov, Katusha Teama, +0:13
9. Philippe Gilbert, BMC Racing Team, +0:13
10. Andriy Grivko, Astana Pro Team, +0:15
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