The fall of Benjamin Thomas and Mattéo Vercher after a sprint for the mountain ranking on the 1st stage

Unlikely scene on the 1st stage of the Tour de France 2025. At the top of Mont Cassel, second of the three difficulties listed of the day, the French Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) and Mattéo Vercher (Totalenergies) fell on Saturday July 5. The two leading men were argued, on sprint on cobblestones, the point distributed at the top of this short fourth category coast.

Coming first, Benjamin Thomas took this unit for the mountain ranking, after having already gleaned the one on the Côte de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, earlier in the day. But he especially took to the carpet his partner as an escape after having already rubbed in the climb. With this total, he will nevertheless wear the polka dot jersey if he ends this day of big departure around Lille. On the other hand, their fall condemned their hopes of stage victory, since they were taken up by the peloton, which pointed to less than 30 seconds.