The Tour de France 2011 kicked off with a first stage win for Philippe Gilbert of the Omega Pharma-Lotto team.

He won the stage with a time of 4 hours 41 minutes and 31 seconds.

Albeto Contador, last year's winner was 1 minute, 20 seconds behind after a crash.

In second place was Evans Cadel of BMC Racing Team, who came in 3 seconds later.

Below are the full standings:

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