Le Tour: Prologue...
World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara stormed to victory in the Tour de France prologue in front of massive crowds in central London.
The Swiss, 26, was the only man inside nine minutes, clocking eight minutes and 50 seconds. Andreas Kloden was second, George Hincapie third, a fraction of a second ahead of Bradley Wiggins, who was the first Briton to finish. David Millar finished just outside the top 10 on a scenic 7.9km (five mile) course from Whitehall to The Mall.
Every rider got a huge ovation from up to a million spectators lining the route. But the loudest cheers were reserved for the British Tour quintet of Wiggins, Millar, Mark Cavendish, Gerraint Thomas and Charlie Wegelius.
However, none of them could match the extraordinary pace of Cancellara, who finished 13 seconds clear of Kloden, one of the overall classification favourites.
Result and overall classification (7.9km):
01. Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)............8:50
02. Andreas Kloeden (Astana).................+13
03. George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)......+23
04. Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis)................+23
05. Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel).......+25
06. Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne)......+26
07. Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)............+30
08. Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).................+31
09. Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas)..............+32
10. Benoit Vaugrenard (Francaise des Jeux)...+32
The Swiss, 26, was the only man inside nine minutes, clocking eight minutes and 50 seconds. Andreas Kloden was second, George Hincapie third, a fraction of a second ahead of Bradley Wiggins, who was the first Briton to finish. David Millar finished just outside the top 10 on a scenic 7.9km (five mile) course from Whitehall to The Mall.
Every rider got a huge ovation from up to a million spectators lining the route. But the loudest cheers were reserved for the British Tour quintet of Wiggins, Millar, Mark Cavendish, Gerraint Thomas and Charlie Wegelius.
However, none of them could match the extraordinary pace of Cancellara, who finished 13 seconds clear of Kloden, one of the overall classification favourites.
Result and overall classification (7.9km):
01. Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)............8:50
02. Andreas Kloeden (Astana).................+13
03. George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)......+23
04. Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis)................+23
05. Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel).......+25
06. Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne)......+26
07. Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)............+30
08. Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).................+31
09. Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas)..............+32
10. Benoit Vaugrenard (Francaise des Jeux)...+32
Posted by Richard Allen
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