HUSHOVD WINS PROLOGUE TT

Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) won the 7.1-km prologue time trial and so is the first leader of the 2006 Tour de France.

The Norwegian sprinter beat George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) by just a few hundredths of a second, while Dave Zabriskie (CSC) was third at four seconds.

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