The 2015 Tour de France begins in Utrecht, Netherlands – in pictures

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  Etixx Quick Step team rider Mark Cavendish of Britain in action during the fist stage of the 2015 Tour de France on Saturday in Utrecht, Netherlands. Jeroen Jumelet / EPA

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  Wilco Kelderman of the Netherlands races during the first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday. Laurent Cipriani / AP

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  Wouter Poels of Netherlands and Team Sky competes during Stage 1 of the 2015 Tour de France on Saturday. Bryn Lennon / Getty Images

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  Spectators watch the opening time trial stage on the first day of the 2015 Tour de France on Saturday in Utrecht, Netherlands. Erik Van't Woud / AFP / ANP

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  Rohan Dennis of Australia and BMC Racing Team wears the yellow jersey following his victory during the first stage of the 2015 Tour de France on Saturday. Doug Pensinger / Getty Images

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  Tinkoff-Saxo rider Peter Sagan of Slovakia cycles during the first stage of the 2015 Tour de France on Saturday. Stefano Rellandini / Reuters

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  Spain's Alberto Contador crosses the finish line at the end of the individual time trial first stage of the 2015 Tour de France on Saturday. Eric Feferberg / AFP

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  A cyclists trains on the track prior to the first stage of the Tour de France in Utrecht, Netherlands on Saturday. Christophe Ena / AP

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  Denmark's Lars Ytting Bak rides during the first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday. Laurent Cipriani / AP

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  Cofidis rider Nicolas Edet of France concentrates at the start the individual time-trial first stage to the 2015 Tour de France on Saturday. Stefano Rellandini / Reuters

Images from the first day of the 2015 Tour de France on Saturday in Utrecht, Netherlands, where an individual time-trial kicked off the world’s most celebrated cycling race. Click the arrows below to scroll through the photos.

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