Cycling: TOUR DE FORCE; Le de TOUR fRance CYCLING: SWISS ON A ROLL IN PROLOGUE London proves it can really throw a party.(Sport)

Sunday Mirror (London, England) | July 8, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: By ANTHONY CLAVANE

IT LOOKS like we could be on for a Swiss roll.

The Tour de France came to town yesterday - and about a million people lined the streets of London to watch Fabian Cancellera win the first episode of one of the world's biggest sporting events.

The Tour de France prologue was more than just a brief, intense test of strength for 189 riders.

"We know how to throw a party," mayor Ken Livingstone had boasted. And the capital - which has seen royal weddings, funerals, VE Day celebrations and even gunpowder plots - was ...

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