The Spanish Euskaltel team set the pace on the team time trial with a time of one hour 14 minutes and 38 seconds

Robbie McEwen rides with his Lotto team as he attempts to hold on to the yellow jersey for a second day

The Brioches la Boulangere team battle through the 64.5-kilometre course as the rain starts to fall in northern France

The Illes Balears team deal well with the worsening conditions to lead with a time of one hour 13 minutes and 18 seconds

Lance Armstrong's US Postal team struggle early on and are 37 seconds down at the first time check

Germany's Jan Ullrich pushes his T-Mobile team-mates but they have to settle for fourth place

Phonak's Tyler Hamilton takes a breather as his team come home eight seconds faster than Illes Balears to lead

But US Postal put in a blistering second half of the time trial and win with over one minute to spare

Armstrong is all smiles after his US Postal team win the time trial and elevate him back into the leader's yellow jersey