? Slovak finishes Li�ge to Seraing stage to clinch green jersey
? Prologue winner Fabian Cancellara retains yellow jersey
Slovakia's Peter Sagan has opened the Tour de France with a breathtaking last-gasp victory in stage one to snatch the green jersey, as Britain's Bradley Wiggins retained second place in the overall standings.
The Tour debutant finished just ahead of Saturday's prologue victor and yellow jersey-holder Fabian Cancellara, whose late surge looked certain to see him across the line first but was pipped at the death by the 22-year-old Sagan.
Norway's Edvald Boasson-Hagen came in third.
Cancellara is now seven seconds ahead of Wiggins, who finished in the main pack along with defending champion Cadel Evans. France's Sylvain Chavanel is third with the same time, while Evans trails 17 seconds behind the Swiss leader.
Germany's Jens Voigt lead the peloton much of the 198-kilometre course as his Radioshack team-mates took advantage of his slipstream on the course that featured five low-grade climbs.
World champion Mark Cavendish showed he is holding on tight to his points classification title, putting on an impressive display to contest the intermediate sprint. The 27-year-old was narrowly beaten by Matt Goss but still took eight points for his effort.
With 20km to go, the leading six held a 30-second advantage, but the peloton, with Orica-GreenEdge to the fore, swallowed them up with 9km to go.
The speed led to the peloton being strung out alongside the river Meuse as the teams attempted to get their leaders into position for the finale.
Cancellara made his move, but Sagan showed his class to claim victory as the general classification standings were largely unchanged ahead of Monday's 207.5km stage two from Vise to Tournai.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/01/tour-de-france-2012-stage-one
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