Fabian Cancellara called it ahead of time ' and has lived up to his role as favourite.

The Swiss native got a significant jump over the competition during the prologue to the Tour de France. Second place finisher Alberto Contador pedalled to an 18 second deficit behind Fabian Cancellara. The Berne native's hard work meant that he could pull on the Yellow Jersey for the third time after the Tour de France's prologue stage ' 2004 and 2007 being the other years. Video: "This is the view from my hotel room".