Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Here are scenes from Stage 1 of the Tour de France, which featured several crashes near the end. The stage winner was Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi, who averaged 26.91 miles per hour for 138.8 miles. To put this in perspective, my maximum speed during yesterday's rally in Grandview (report to come) was 28.3 miles per hour. Here is a preview of tomorrow's stage.