The 112nd edition of Tour de France set off this Saturday with 184.9 kilometers around Lille on Saturday. And at the end of a 1st nervous step, it is Jasper Philipsen Who has imposed himself and who seizes the yellow jersey. This first day was marked by a border in the final. If Jonathan Milan (Lidl-trek) or other Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) were trapped, Philipsen was well placed and managed to raise his arms at the end of a perfectly mastered sprint, ahead of Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) and Soren Waerenskjold (UNO-X Mobility). Among the favorites in the general classification, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) et Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | lease a bike) have finished in the first group, while Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), Primoz Roglic, Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) or other JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates XRG) lost 39 seconds.
Video – Jasper Philipsen in interview before this Tour de France
#TDF2025 | ⚡️Jasper Philipsen wins the first step in the sprint!
? It is the Belgian's 10th stage victory that takes the lead in the general classification and will wear the yellow jersey tomorrow.
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The summary
The real departure of this 112nd Tour de France was given at 1:40 p.m. And from the first hectometers, five men took off, in the presence of Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R), Benjamin Thomas (COFIDIS) Matteo Vorcher (TotaalEnergies), Jonas Rutsch (Intermarché-Wanty) and Mathis Le Berre (Arkéa-B & B Hotels). Behind, these are the training Lidl-Trek of Jonathan Milan et Alpecin-DECEUNINCK of Jasper Philipsen who control. And the first GPM of this Tourat the top of the Côte de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is won by Benjamin Thomas.
But the tension rises in the peloton, with a few portions exposed to the wind. And it comes back to the escaped and we are witnessing the first falls. Filippo Ganna (Ineos grenadiers) is the first to go to the ground … and will unfortunately abandon a few minutes later, just like Stefan Bissegger (Decath. During the intermediate sprint, it ist Jonathan Milan who goes out in the lead and who pockets the 20 points, in front of Bryan Coquard (17 Pts, cofid) Biniam Girmay (15 pts, Intermarché-Wanty) and Jasper Philipsen (13 pts). Following a small lull, Mattéo Vercher et Benjamin Thomasalready escaped at the start of the race, restart. The two French people will therefore compete for the points at the top of Mont Cassel. The sprint is very stormy and at the bicycle launch, Thomas Go first, but loses control of his bike, falls and drops Vercher. Thomas will therefore wear the polka dot jersey at the end of this stage, but the two tricolors are taken up by the peloton. At the back of it, we find in particular Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), which seems in great difficulty and which is dropped as soon as the rhythm intensifies.
The final
The tension is still present and 16 kilometers from the finish, the Visma | Lease a Bike Try a border. The peloton is cut in half and there are only 40 runners in the first group. Among them, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) et Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG), but also Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-DECEUNINCK). And revenge, Remco Evenepoel, Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), Primoz Roglic, Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and others are trapped. The gap is widening between these two groups and rises up to 40 seconds. Even if the agreement is not very good at the front, it lacks labor in the second group, since the sprinters want to keep their train for the final. But they will not be used for much, since the gap does not decrease and the win will be played in the head group. In the last kilometer, this is the training Alpecin-DECEUNINCKin excess, which takes matters into hand. Mathieu van der PoelThen Kaden Groves launch perfectly Jasper Philipsen. 200 meters from the Belgian line starts. His pursuers cannot even keep the wheel and he wins easily in the streets of Lille, with more than one bike in advance on Biniam Girmay (2nd, Intermarché-Wanty) and Soren Waerenskjold (UNO-X Mobility). Beautiful shot group of the French, who finished 4th, 6th and 7th, with respectively Anthony Turgis (TotaalEnergies), Clément Russo (Groupama-FDJ) and The country (Groupama-FDJ). Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling) of Pris at 4e Place.
Among the favorites in the general classification, only Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacarbut also Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike), Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), Enric Mas (Movistar) et Ben O’Connor (Jayco alula) are credited with the winner's time. Even if the latter dropped in the last 5 kilometers and was therefore reclassified. All the other favorites, including Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), Primoz Roglic, Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates XRG) … therefore lost 39 seconds.
Tour de France – ranking of the 1st stage
Tour de France – Provisional general classification after the 1st stage
