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Leading positions
1 Christophe Moreau (Festina) 9 minutes 20 seconds
2 Igor Galdeano Gonzalez (Once) at 3 seconds
3 Lance Armstrong (US Postal) at 4 seconds
4 Jan Ullrich (Deutsche Telekom) at 7 seconds
5 Florent Brard (Festina) at 7 seconds.

Lance Armstrong has to settle for third place as Christophe Moreau makes it a French victory in the prologue time trial.

The win means that the Festina team, at the centre of the 1998 Tour scandal, take the maillot jaune and have three riders in the top 10..

Jan Ullrich posts a time of 9 minutes 27.75.

Festina team leader Christophe Moreau of France moves into the lead with a very powerful ride, recording a time of 9 minutes 20.59 seconds.

David Millar's hopes of a repeat win are shattered as he finishes on 10 minutes 02.30 seconds, way off the pace. The Scot crashed on the second last corner.

Australian Stuart O'Grady moves into fourth place with an excellent ride.

Jan Ullrich starts his Tour, with Lance Armstrong in pursuit.

Last year's King of the Mountains Santiago Botero of the kelme team moves into third place just six seconds behind.

French champion Didier Rous finishes just 12 seconds behind the leader in seventh place.

British star David Millar has started his Tour.

Australian Bradley McGee posts a time of 9 minutes 35.20 seconds to move into fifth place.

Igor Gonzalez Galdeano of the ONCE team takes the lead with a time of 9 minutes 23 seconds. Four of the current top five are Spanish.

The highly-rated French youngster Florent Brard gives the home fans plenty to cheer about with a time of 9 minutes 27.84 seconds to take the outright lead in style.

The Spanish domination continues with Kelme's Jose Enrique Guiterrez moving into third place.

The Olympic time trial champion Viatcheslav Ekimov moves into fifth place with a time of 9'37.43".

American Bobby Julich of the Credit Agricole team posts a time of 9'46", 12 seconds adrift of the leader Carlos Sastres.

Belgian Rik Verbrugghe, who won the prologue at the Giro d'Italia with the fastest ever time trial time in any of the major tours, disappoints with his time of 9'43", nine seconds behind Sastre's leading time.

Spaniard Carlos Sastre of the ONCE team moves head with his time of 9'34.13" marginally better than Tauler.