Australian Cadel Evans led his team's sprint towards the finish line almost on his own, and it paid off.

The man in green, Australian Cadel Evans, produced an incredible ride with his BMC team to finish equal second in the team trial and move to within one second of the Tour de France lead.

Switzerland's four-time time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara leads the Leopard-Trek team over the closing kilometres.

Fans lined the team time trial route to cheer on their heroes, including the Rabobank squad containing Robert Gesink.

FDJ were one of the few teams to keep most of their riders together on the 23km dash.

The Euskatel-Euskadi team ploughed towards the finish line but couldn't match the pace of the fastest teams in the second stage of the Tour de France

Team Saxo Bank, including three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador blasted around the course in a bid to make up a massive deficit from stage one.