Prologue: Crystal Palace Part (ITT), 2.5 km
Report courteousy of British Cycling and Larry Hickmott
Photography by Andy Whitehouse website contact

This is the first time that a British rider has won the yellow jersey. In a clean sweep of the jersey competitions, Mark also won the E.ON King of the Mountain’s jersey by being the fastest rider to the high point of the 2.5km circuit. The race was a close run thing with Nikolai Tusov and Alexander Serov from the Tinkoff Credit Systems recording times of 02’28.82” and 02’31.24” respectively, holding poll position on the Leader Board for some time. In a great day for home grown talent, there were four British riders within the top ten namely Geraint Thomas (Barloworld), Ed Clancy (Team GB) and Chris Newton (Recycling.com).

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 2.27.6 (61.2 km/h)
2 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.01.2
3 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.03.6
4 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.03.9
5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.04.3
6 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 0.04.4
7 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.04.6
8 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 0.05.8
9 Christopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.05.9
10 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 0.06.3
11 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.06.6
12 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 0.07.2
13 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.07.3
14 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 0.07.4
15 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.07.5
16 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 0.07.6
17 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank
18 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.07.8
19 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
20 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC
21 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira
22 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.08.1
23 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 0.08.3
24 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.08.4
25 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.08.8
26 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.09.0
27 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 0.09.2
28 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
29 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.09.4
30 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.09.6
31 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain
32 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 0.09.7
33 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.09.8
34 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.10.1
35 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira
36 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.10.4
37 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.10.7
38 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 0.10.8
39 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.11.3
40 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.11.6
41 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank 0.11.8
42 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.12.0
43 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T- Mobile 0.12.1
44 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira
45 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.12.2
46 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.12.4
47 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 0.12.5
48 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed
49 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 0.12.6
50 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 0.12.7
51 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 0.12.9
52 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 0.13.0
53 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.13.2
54 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank
55 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.13.3
56 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 0.13.6
57 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
58 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
59 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.13.7
60 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.14.0
61 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
62 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.14.4
63 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
64 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC
65 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.14.8
66 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.15.2
67 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.15.3
68 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 0.15.5
69 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta
70 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 0.15.6
71 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.15.8
72 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 0.16.1
73 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.16.2
74 Giosue' Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 0.16.3
75 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 0.16.4
76 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.17.1
77 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.17.6
78 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 0.17.7
79 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 0.18.7
80 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 0.19.0
81 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.19.4
82 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.19.7
83 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.19.9
84 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 0.20.5
85 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.20.6
86 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.20.7
87 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.21.3
88 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
89 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.21.9
90 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.22.2
91 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.22.9
92 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 0.24.0
93 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance
94 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.24.4
95 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.24.7
96 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.27.4
97 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.27.5
98 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.27.8
99 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.29.2
100 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.46.7
101 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.55.9