Results from the opening 5.6km prologue of the Dauphine Libere here on Sunday:

1. Levi Leipheimer (USA/AST) 6min 10sec, 2. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) at 1sec, 3. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 6, 4. Maxime Monfort (BEL/COF) 1, 5. Vladimir Efimkin (RUS/A2R) 12, 6. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 13, 7. Brett Lancaster (AUS/MRM) 13, 8. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/LIQ) 13, 9. Carlos Barredo (ESP/QST) 14, 10. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/EUS) 14, 11. Craig Lewis (USA/THR) 14, 12. Andre Greipel (GER/THR) 14, 13. Fabian Wegmann (GER/GST) 15, 14. Adam Hansen
(AUS/THR) 15, 15. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/AST) 16