Gallery: 
 

AP Five-time Tour de France winners Eddy Merckx of Belgium, second left, and Bernard Hinault of France, right, pose with Prince Albert II of Monaco, seco - Photo

Five-time Tour de France winners Eddy Merckx of Belgium, second left, and Bernard Hinault of France, right, pose with Prince Albert II of Monaco, seco

Five-time Tour de France winners Eddy Merckx of Belgium, second left, and Bernard Hinault of France, right, pose with Prince Albert II of Monaco, seco - Wednesday July 1, 02:14 PM
nd right, and Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme, left, during the opening of the press center in Monaco, Wednesday July 1, 2009, ahead of the start of the 96th edition of the Tour de France cycling race Saturday July 4, 2009.