Riding in the yellow jersey at the 2008 Tour de France might require a little less individual effort than in previous years.

The route and daily details released by bike race officials on Thursday shows there will be no starting prologue, and one of the two individual time trials will be shorter than usual.

The 2008 Tour de France rolls counter-clockwise around France from Saturday, July 5 to Sunday July 27, 2008. Along the way it will pass 2,170 miles of French countryside, except for a brief one day stop in the Italian Alps ...   more »