Tour de France, Stage 1: Adam Yates wins
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- 01/07/2023 17:56
It’s the big day. Tour de France has finally started from Bilbao for the first stage of this 110th edition.
A breakaway of 5 riders
At kilometer 0, five riders broke away from the peloton. Among this group are Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché Circus-Wanty), Simon Guglielmi (Arkea-Samsic), Pascal Eenkhorn (Lotto Dstny), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X), and Valentin Ferron. The Laukiz climb is the first difficulty of this stage and the Tour de France. Jonas Gregaard was the first over this third-category climb and earned two small points in the mountain classification. 155 km from the finish, the escape group has a 1’16″ lead over the peloton. Pascal Eenkhorn was ahead at the second difficulty of the day.
The intermediate sprint was won by Pedersen, ahead of Sagan and Philipsen.
A breakaway caught very early
It was 50 km from the finish when the five escaping riders were caught by the peloton. It was also at this point that the peloton increased its pace, driven by UAE Team Emirates. Many sprinters were dropped from the peloton, including Mark Cavendish, Peter Sagan, or Caleb Ewan.
After several sprinters were dropped, the peloton reached the last 30 kilometers, notably at the summit of the second-category climb. Powless was the first to cross and earned five points in the King of the Mountains classification.
A tense finish
Richard Carapaz and Enric Mas crashed 21 km from the finish, two Tour favorites on the ground. They are now being led by Jonas Vingegaard’s teammates, with a very high tempo. At 15 km from the finish, Radio Tour announced Enric Mas’s withdrawal, the Movistar rider.
The last climb of the day was raced at an incredible speed, with Julian Alaphilippe, David Gaudu, Jonas Vingegaard, and Tadej Pogacar at the front.
10 km from the finish, Tadej Pogacar attacked Jonas Vingegaard, but the two riders marked each other. The 2021 Tour winner moved ahead at the top of the Pike climb.
The Yates brothers went ahead, holding a 10-second lead over the Vingegaard/Pogacar group, 5.5 km from the finish. Alaphilippe was 40 seconds behind.
Adam Yates wins!
Ahead of his twin brother Simon Yates, Adam Yates wins this first stage of the Tour. He takes the yellow jersey as well. Pogacar finished third and earned four seconds in the time bonus. The Pogacar group arrived 12 seconds after the winner.
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