He wears the yellow jersey of the leader of the Tour as a whole.

Right behind him, where he had been for many, many miles, was Jan Ullrich, the man in the yellow jersey of the leader.

If he repeats, he gets to wear the first yellow jersey of the overall leader.

"Our objective now is to take the yellow jersey" of the overall leader, Armstrong said.

Then he donned the luminous yellow jersey of the overall leader of the Tour, never to lose it during the rest of the 2,423-mile journey.

Clad in the yellow jersey of the leader, Armstrong said: "It was a good day, a big day.

The yellow jersey of the overall leader changed again.

Charles Mottet of France kept the yellow jersey of the overall leader.

David Millar retained the yellow jersey of the overall leader despite crashing with about a mile left.

"So if you want to avoid cancer, don't come to the Tour de France and wear the yellow jersey" of the overall leader.