Tour de France: Echelons wreak havoc on the opening day

Race report | Saturday 05 July 2025 - 18:00

Crosswinds make for a hectic race Saturday afternoon.

For only the third time in history, and for the first time in 31 years, Lille hosted the Grand Depart. Unlike three decades ago, when the time trial specialists fought for the yellow jersey on the opening day, it was the sprinters who should have been in the spotlight now at the finish, but everything changed with 17 kilometers to go.

Several teams decided to increase in the crosswinds, and in just a matter of seconds, they split the peloton. Our riders found themselves in the first chasing group and did their best to limit the losses as things became more and more nervous and the gap between the group began going up. The stage was won by Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), while the Soudal Quick-Step boys came home around 40 seconds after doing their best on the long roads to Lille in order to erase the deficit as the kilometers ticked down.

The 112th Tour de France continues on Sunday with a hilly stage to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where the many short and steep climbs stacked in the final part promise to reshuffle the general classification.

 

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Race details

1 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
3:53:11
2 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
3 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
0:00
4 Anthony Turgis
Team TotalEnergies
0:00
5 Matteo Trentin
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:00
6 Clément Russo
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
7 Paul Penhoët
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
8 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
9 Marius Mayrhofer
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:00
10 Samuel Watson
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
47 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
0:39
67 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:39
76 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:39
77 Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step
0:39
111 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:06
117 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
1:48
151 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step
5:18
169 Maximilian Schachmann
Soudal Quick-Step
6:31
1 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
3:53:01
2 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Wanty
0:04
3 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
0:06
4 Anthony Turgis
Team TotalEnergies
0:10
5 Matteo Trentin
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:10
6 Clément Russo
Groupama - FDJ
0:10
7 Paul Penhoët
Groupama - FDJ
0:10
8 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:10
9 Marius Mayrhofer
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:10
10 Samuel Watson
INEOS Grenadiers
0:10
49 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
0:49
69 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:49
78 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:49
79 Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step
0:49
114 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:16
120 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
1:58
153 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step
5:28
169 Maximilian Schachmann
Soudal Quick-Step
6:41
1 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
63 pt
2 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Wanty
45 pt
3 Anthony Turgis
Team TotalEnergies
29 pt
4 Paul Penhoët
Groupama - FDJ
21 pt
5 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
20 pt
6 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
20 pt
7 Bryan Coquard
Cofidis
17 pt
8 Matteo Trentin
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
16 pt
9 Clément Russo
Groupama - FDJ
14 pt
10 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
10 pt
17 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
6 pt
19 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
5 pt
23 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
3 pt
25 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
1 Benjamin Thomas
Cofidis
2 pt
2 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1 pt
1 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Wanty
3:53:05
2 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
0:02
3 Paul Penhoët
Groupama - FDJ
0:06
4 Marius Mayrhofer
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:06
5 Samuel Watson
INEOS Grenadiers
0:06
6 Kévin Vauquelin
0:06
7 Joseph Blackmore
Israel - Premier Tech
0:06
8 Stian Fredheim
Uno-X Mobility
0:06
9 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
0:45
10 Arnaud De Lie
Lotto
0:45
15 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:45
18 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:45
37 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step
5:24
1 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 11:39:33
2 Groupama - FDJ 0:00
3 Alpecin - Deceuninck 0:00
4 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:00
5 Israel - Premier Tech 0:00
6 Uno-X Mobility 0:00
7 EF Education - EasyPost 0:00
8 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0:39
9 Movistar Team 0:39
10 Team Jayco AlUla 0:39

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