No song for Lancaster

By John Trevorrow in London

Brett Lancaster of Milram finished yesterday's prologue 46" back on the winner. He is not too concerned with his prologue ride and looks forward to leading out veteran sprinter Erik Zabel.

"I just didn't feel right on song," he noted after the run. "I like a prologue and I have been known to win, but sometimes it just doesn't all come together."

The Australian will support German Zabel in the closing kilometres of the sprint stages. "My job is to help Erik Zabel and he is a superstar. It should be a great challenge. It will take few days for things to settle down but I think that we can have a bit of success in this Tour.