 Zabriskie won the Tour de France prologue last summer |
American cyclist David Zabriskie upstaged Britain's Bradley Wiggins among others to win the Dauphine Libere prologue on Saturday. The race is seen as a major form guide ahead of July's Tour de France, where Wiggins is hopeful of winning the race's opener.
But the Manchester-based rider was 11 seconds off Zabriskie's pace.
Lance Armstrong's former team-mate George Hincapie finished second, with Australian Stuart O'Grady in third.
Hincapie's ride was even more impressive considering it was his first since crashing in the Paris-Roubaix in April.
Stage winner Zabriskie, meanwhile, is a prologue specialist having upstaged Armstrong last year to win the Tour de France opener.
Prologue result:
1. David Zabriskie (USA/Team CSC) 04:35"
2. George Hincapie (USA/Discovery Channel) +2"
3. Stuart O'Grady (Australia/Team CSC) +6"
4. Sebastian Lang (Germany/Gerolsteiner) +7"
5. Joost Posthuma (Netherlands/Rabobank) +8"
6. Stijn Devolder (Belgium/CSC) same time
7. Alejandro Valverde (Spain/Caisse d'Epargne) s.t.
8. Vladimiar Gusev (Russia/Discovery Channel) s.t.
9. Floyd Landis (USA/Phonak) s.t.
10. Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakhstan/Astana-Wurth) s.t.
Selected other:
21. Bradley Wiggins (GB/Credit Agricole) +11"
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