Rainbow fades to yellow in London Town

By Cycling News

published 20 July 2007

Two years after the tragic terrorist events of July 7, 2005 London welcomed the Tour de France to...

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Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) (Image credit: AFP)

The Swiss Champion (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Andreas Klöden (Astana) (Image credit: AFP)

David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) (Image credit: AFP)

Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) (Image credit: AFP)

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) powers away in his new Spanish Champ jersey. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Andreas Klöden (Astana) took second for the day. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) powered away to give himself taking the Maillot Jaune in the coming sprint stages. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) in his TT Worlds jersey. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

World TT Champion Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) on his way to taking the prologue and Maillot Jaune. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) rode well. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) finished outside of the top ten. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

A fan watches in London. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

2007 Tour race leader Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC). (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) puts on the coveted Maillot Jaune. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Podium times for Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC). He took the stage, the Maillot Vert and the Maillot Jaune. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Powerful domestique Steven De Jongh (Quickstep) is by no means a prologue specialist. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) was uncertain over his Tour participation due to an ongoing problem with a saddle sore. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Frederik Willems will play the domestique role for Liquigas. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) is the newly crowned Russian TT champion. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

French hope Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom). (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) was over a minute off the pace. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Huge crowds gathered in front of Buckingham Palace. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Jens Voigt (CSC) looked solid and is always a good bet for a stage win. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) pours on the power. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) sporting his customary grimace. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Alberto Contador (Discovery) might be an outside hope for the overall. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Gert Steegmans (Quickstep) will form part of Tom Boonen's formidable leadout train. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) will celebrate his 33rd birthday during this Tour. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

British rider Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) doesn't race at home too often. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) was conserving his legs for tomorrow's sprint into Canterbury. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Belgian TT champ Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto) (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Rabobank youngster Thomas Dekker had a storming ride for eighth place. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

George Hincapie (Discovery was disappointed with his third place having trained specifically for the prologue. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Andreas Kloden (Astana) showed his form is right on track by finishing second. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Dario Cioni (Predictor-Lotto) (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Paolo Savoldelli forms part of a formidable-looking Astana team. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was feeling the pressure in London today. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The Tour made its first ever visit to London, and the crowds turned out in force. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Tom Boonen (Quickstep) wanted to stay within sight of the yellow jersey for the upcoming sprint stages. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) was there or thereabouts in seventh. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

David Millar (Saunier Duval) was sporting some super-fast overshoes but couldn't get close to Cancellara's time. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Last year's prologue winner Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Levi Leipheimer has been billed as Discovery's undisputed leader. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) is riding his last Tour de France. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) was the last man off the ramp. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) is looking for a podium finish in this year's Tour. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) made the top 20. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Denis Menchov (Rabobank) (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) had a great ride in his home city but was no match for Cancellara. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Spanish TT champion José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

David Zabriske (CSC) wasn't holding anything back. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Eparge) looks to have maintained his good form from the Tour de Suisse. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) during the prologue in London. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The reigning world champion during his effort, the only one that lasted less than nine minutes. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Cancellara has been dreaming about taking the yellow in London since the route was announced. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Cancellara in yellow, lion in hand. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The Swiss Champion celebrating even with the jersey not completely zipped up yet. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Cancellara is all smiles (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Fabian Cancellara also gets to enjoy the stage win on the podium. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The prologue stage winner also will get the green jersey. (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

London had plenty of nice scenes to offer, like Tower Bridge (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The crowds in London came out in full force and the police had everything under control. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) on his winning ride through London. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Cancellara starts his winning ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The world champ near Buckingham palace (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Fabian Cancellara (CSC) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The Swiss rider had his dream come true. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Cancellara on the podium in London. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The yellow jersey fits well. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

A winning smile. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The podium is clad in yellow. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

David Zabriskie (Team CSC) is the American Champion in this discipline. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Riders warming up on the course. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Buckingham Palace was a nice backdrop. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The area attracted many, many spectators. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)