【正文】 The First Week of the Tour de France. With the return of Lance Armstrong from retirement and his expected battle with teammate Alberto Contador looming, the Tour de France began a week ago on July 4, 2022. Friday’s 140mile trek from Barcelona to the Andorran ski resort of Arcalis was the longest stage this Tour. (Photo by Koen Haedens/Getty Images) Danish cycling team Team Saxo Bank rider Fabien Cancellara sprints ahead of Dutch cycling team Rabobank rider and 87th Giro cycling race winner Denis Menchov of Russia on July 4, Photo by PASCAL PAVANI/AFP/Getty Images) Seventime Tour de France winner cycling team Astana rider Lance Armstrong of the United States is helped by a staff member after peting on July 4. Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images Astana’s rider Andreas Kloden of Germany sprints on July 4, 2022 at the end of the 15km individual timetrial and first stage of the 2022 Tour de France cycling race run around Monaco. Photo by PASCAL PAVANI/AFP/Getty Images Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, kisses the overall leader’s yellow jersey on the podium after winning the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial of kilometers AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski. Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, sprays himself with water during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 187 kilometers. AP Photo/Christophe Ena The peloton make it’s way through the French countryside during stage two of the 2022 Tour de France from Monaco to Brignoles on July 5, 2022 in Brignoles, France. Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Stage winner Mark Cavendish of Great Britain and Team Columbia HTC sprints to victory during stage two of the 2022 Tour de France from Monaco to Brignoles, France on July 5, 2022 in Monaco. Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Lance Armstrong and team Astana cycles amid the peloton during stage three of the 2022 Tour de France from Marseille to La Grande Motte on July 6, 2022 in La GrandeMotte, France. Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Mark Cavendish of Britain, strains as he crosses the finish line to win the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over kilometers with start i