He set the fastest time on Sunday's opening stage to climb one place into fourth.
That gave the Lampre rider the leader's yellow jersey from opening stage winner Tom Boonen of Belgium.
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He crashed twice on the opening stage, after a poor prologue, before eventually retiring as a result of his injuries.
The Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway will host the opening stage of the 2013 Tour of Britain cycle race.
Last year he was relatively blameless after enduring two dire crashes on the opening stage, which eventually caused him to retire altogether.
The Frenchman reclaimed top spot from overnight leader and fellow Citroen driver Francois Duval in the day's opening stage and dominated after that.
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The opening stage of the Tour is usually a five or six kilometre event, which results in very small gaps in the standings between the riders.
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McGee, who led in 2003 after winning the opening stage, and Armstrong are among the favourites for the 19km time trial which starts at 1440 BST.
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Duval went off twice in the day's opening stage, which was won by Hirvonen, as Loeb re-took the overall lead and he then stretched his advantage further with victory in stage eight.
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Of these, 40 have now been approved to what is known as "business case" and nine - including the West London Free School - have passed to what is called "the pre-opening stage".
Colin McRae was forced to retire from the Swedish Rally on the opening special stage on Saturday.
In exchange for opening its stage to Medina High School, which did away with its drama program in budget cuts, Lyndonville High sent students to prop up Medina's football and soccer teams and play in its championship marching band.
But on the European stage there has been no sign of that stuttering form and after their opening two group stage wins against PSV Eindhoven and Marseille, Forlan says Atletico will go all out for victory on Wednesday.
On 11 September, BBC Wales reported the county's chief executive Mike Fatkin had left Glamorgan, 10 months before they stage the opening Ashes Test.
The down gap opening on Tuesday sets the stage for a lower weekly close.
There is talk among some applicant countries of regarding the Brussels deal as merely an opening position for the final stage of the accession negotiations.
Two acts will make it through to the festival, each winning an opening slot on the main stage and a headline slot on the local Tease stage.
Among such groups were the Black Keys, the main-stage headliners on opening night, and earlier in the day the Sheepdogs, a band from Saskatchewan that favors '70s-style Southern rock, including dual lead guitars.
The Frenchman had trailed main rival Hirvonen after the first full day of competition following an error he made at the opening turn of the second stage, but he hit back in superb style to win all of Saturday's six stages and open up a 26.8-second lead over the Finn.
Those covers, reoriented by the sensibilities of Iyer's trio, will be among the highlights of his set at Newport, opening the action at the Harbor stage on Saturday.
Ireland had already qualified for the Super Eight stage after winning their four opening qualifiers.
The Friends of Abbeydale Picture House group restored the auditorium and installed a new stage, before re-opening in September 2008.
The MP for Fylde, whose background is in retail, said he had "no desire at this stage" to see longer opening hours beyond August.
West Indies openers Ridley Jacobs and Sherwin Campbell treated the Auckland crowd to a thrilling batting display with their opening stand of 111, and at one stage the score was 96 with just 15 overs having been bowled.
Vicente Del Bosque's Spain team have yet to fire on all cylinders at the tournament, losing to Switzerland in the opening match and then winning all three knockout stage matches 1-0 -- including the semifinal against Germany.
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Tom Hooper's adaptation of the popular stage hit enjoyed the biggest ever UK opening for a movie musical, beating a record set by Mamma Mia!
Ken Doherty suffered a 4-3 opening loss to fellow Dubliner Michael Judge, having at one stage led 3-2.
What has been nice is that with the opening of our offseason program, we're in a stage where we can finally see our players.
Following a crowd-pumping opening ceremony, day one of tournament action commenced with group stage play, throwing each competitor into a demanding run of best of three series.
But it is only the latest stage in eight centuries of reinvention, in which the opening of a public museum in 1793 was just one milestone.
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