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Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti of Stage 2,  Les Essarts - Les Essarts 23 km team time trial

The day's winners, Garmin-Cervelo

Sky's second place kept Geraint Thomas in the White Jersey.

HTC-Highroad

An excellent ride by BMC made Cadel Evans (in green, leading) the highest placed contender.

Omega Pharma-Lotto didn't have the suds to keep Philippe Gilbert in yellow.

Saxo's poor ride just put Alberto Contador into a deeper hole. Now he's down 1 min 42.

Radio Shack did well enough, losing 10 seconds to Garmin-Cervelo.

Rabobank

So far, Leopard-Trek has played this Tour well.

I would venture to say that there are no Frenchmen in the GC hunt. but, Europcar's Thomas Voeckler is one of the smartest riders in the peloton and I fully expect him to deliver a surprising stage win.

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