But things got even worse for another French pair: recently crowned World Champions Franck Perque and Jérôme Neuville lost four laps and are currently trailing in spot number seven. Good start for 25-year-old Aussie Luke Roberts who (along with Belgian mate Steven De Neef) won the points competition and is now just outside the podium places in the GC, and the South-African duo J.P. van Zijl-Robert Hunter.

Magnificent start for another Australian, World Champion Sean Eadie, who won the sprinters contest on the first evening in the "Palais des Sports", ahead of no less than French sensations Florien Rousseau and Arnaud Tournant. Fellow countryman Jobie Dajka took seventh. Rousseau is runner-up in the Keirin contest too, just behind Tournant. Dajka is fourth, Eadie seventh-placed. Below is the GC after night one.

1. Marco Villa – Adriano Baffi (ITA) - 79 points;

2. Alexander Aeschbach – Franco Marvulli (SWI) - 74 points;

at 1 lap:

3. Jean Michel Tessier – Robert Sassone (FRA) - 18 points;

at 2 laps:

4. Luke Roberts (AUS) – Steven de Neef (BEL) - 34 points;

at 3 laps:

5. Jean Pierre van Zyl – Robert Hunter (RSA) - 57 points;

6. Josef Zabka – Martin Liska (SVK) - 55 points;

at 4 laps:

7. Franck Perque – Jérôme Neuville (FRA) - 35 points;

at 5 laps:

8. Laurent d’Olivier – Said Haddou (FRA) - 15 points;

9. David Hubschwerlin – Nicolas Reynaud (FRA) - 15 points;

at 6 laps:

10. Morten Christiansen – Jimmy Hansen (DEN) - 28 points;

11. Wouter van Mechelen – Lorenzo Lapage (BEL) - 10 points;

at 9 laps:

12. Fabien Merciris – Damien Pommereau (FRA) - 0 points

Sprint Race - Winners: Franck Perque - Jerome Neuville (FRA) - 17 points;

Madison 1 - Winners: Marco Villa – Adriano Baffi (ITA) - 25 points;

Madison 2 - Winners: Josef Zabka – Martin Liska (SVK) - 15 points;

Points Race - Winners: Luke Roberts (AUS) – Steven de Neef (BEL) - 32 points;

Elimination 1 - Winners: Marco Villa – Adriano Baffi (ITA) - 15 points;

Elimination 2 - Winner: Franco Marvulli (SWI) - 15 points;

Elimination 3 - Winner: David Hubschwerlin (FRA) - 15 points;

Time Trial - Winners:Jean Pierre Van Zyl/Robert Hunter (RSA) - 61.630

Scratch Master Buckler - GC:

1. Sean Eadie (AUS) - 10 points;

2. Florian Rousseau (FRA) - 8 points;

3. Arnaud Tournant (FRA) - 6 points;

4. Craig Mac Lean (GBR) - 5 points;

5. Laurent Gané (FRA) - 4 points;

6. Jens Fiedler (GER) - 3 points;

7. Jobie Dajka (AUS) - 2 points;

8. Matthieu Mandard (FRA) - 1 point

Keirin - GC :

1. Arnaud Tournant (FRA) - 1 point;

2. Florian Rousseau (FRA) - 2 points;

3. Jens Fiedler (GER) - 3 points;

4. Jobie Dajka (AUS) - 4 points;

5. Laurent Gané (FRA) - 5 points;

6. Matthieu Mandard (FRA) - 6 points;

7. Sean Eadie (AUS) - 7 points;

8. Craig Mac Lean (GBR) - 8 points