July 5, 2003 (Paris, France) – The centenary Tour de France is underway! Australia's Brad McGee (FDJeux.com) has had a fantastic ride in the 6.5K prologue in Paris. This year's Tour will start and finish in France's capital. Defending champion Lance Armstrong (USPS/Berry Floor) had a solid ride, finishing 7th, unable to overtake the short TT specialists like McGee or David Millar (Cofidis). The Tour will be racing through France for the next three weeks and pedalmag.com will have updates and stories on each stage. Today's short TT sets the stage for an exciting Tour…

Prologue: 6.5k

1. Bradley Mc Gee (FDJeux.com) 7.26
2. David Millar (Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone) 0.00
3. Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 0.02
4. Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) 0.02
5. Victor Hugo Pena (US Postal-Berry Floor) 0.06
6. Tyler Hamilton (Team CSC) 0.06
7. Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) 0.07
8. Joseba Beloki (ONCE-Eroski) 0.09
9. Santiago Botero (Team Telekom) 0.09
10. Vjatceslav Ekimov (US Postal-Berry Floor) 0.11