The Belgian Lotto-Domo team are the third to set out on the 69km route from Joinville to Saint-Dizier

iBanesto.com are up with the pace and hold the lead until ONCE cross the finish line

The Spanish ONCE team boast an impressive time trial pedigree and duly set a target of one hour 18 minutes 57 seconds

Jan Ullrich's Team Bianchi are among the stronger sprinters but fall just short of ONCE's time

David Millar is in third before the stage starts but is let down by his Cofidis team and drops to 56th overall

The last team to go is US Postal and they seem to get quicker and quicker as the stage progresses

Lance Armstrong's team come home with a 30-second advantage over ONCE to take the honours in the stage

Victor Hugo Pena becomes the first Colombian to wear the yellow jersey, heading an all-US Postal top eight

Pena is one second ahead of Armstrong and enjoys his moment of glory on top of the podium