00:00There's nothing nothing I can do let Ram go right in front that's no problem if
00:13he's alone huh I wouldn't say lack of balls I would just say riding smart come on Jonas you
00:18catch him back today this will be a big blow very much not for me
00:22I don't need to point them really out I mean the way today he's riding the ways Jonas riding and
00:39Remco and I don't care really much you know I've had a pretty horrible winter so we'll have to see
00:47how it goes over three weeks try to survive try to get through the the first 10 days without any
00:56troubles without any problems I hope I can live up to the expectation yeah you never know with the
01:11new guys coming in as well and yeah somebody can surprise I hope I will not face difficulties in
01:21the big mountains I'm gone I'm dead I'm more heavy now than I was last year but it's muscle and and
01:30we know that it gives a lot more power as well and now the yellow jersey strikes I can say that I'm on
01:36the highest level that I've that I've ever been and and then we'll just see if if it's enough or not
01:51185 kilometers around Lille Metropole three short climbs aren't what's concerning the sprinters
01:57with 140 kilometers of exposed roads potential crosswinds the only likely barrier to yellow
02:06we're ready for the start of the 2025 Tour de France
02:28a 100% Tour de France for the first time since 2020 appropriate then that four of the five first
02:34escapades were native riders Jonas Rusk the odd man out following Bruno Amaray alongside Mathias
02:41Lebert Benjamin Thomas and Mathieu Vescher one of the 12 national champions at the Peloton's front
02:47Quinn Simmons tasked with helping deliver Lidl Trek teammate Jonathan Milan with Jasper Philipson and
02:53other sprinters hunting gold at the end of the stage
02:55the first challenge of this tour as the group prepared to climb the Côte de Notre Dame de Lorette
03:08big move of Benjamin Thomas
03:12the Cofillus rider taking the first point in the king of the mountains before the quintet reformed
03:18first crash first crash of the race oh there's another crash oh Stefan Bissinger is down
03:33Filippo Ganna would also go down the Italian the first to abandon this tour meanwhile the speedstarts
03:39were preparing to stretch their legs with a first time how ferocious would the fight be for the line
03:48so Jonathan Milan he's gonna easily take it
03:53from pure sprinters to brave souls going out alone Mathieu Vescher of Total Energies following the path
03:58taken by another of the day's original escapades linking up with Benjamin Thomas en route to Montcasselle
04:05nothing short of hair-raising fight to the summit if there's anything to go by it's going to be some
04:10battle for the polka dot jersey look at the wheels bouncing all over the place Vescher goes Thomas
04:16goes on the left-hand side photo finish oh big crash of the breakaway both riders in the breakaway are down
04:25the peloton ran out of time so the leading group prepared for the inevitable bunch sprint into Lille
04:47Metropole yeah for me it's pretty simple this year i'm here to win stage of course a lot of things
04:56in my mind at the start of the tour let's see what's possible a lot of pressure for the sprinters the
05:01first day so yeah nice opportunity there's a big opportunity to hold the sprinters for the day one
05:07we'll try to achieve the this big goal happy uh but i can give it give it a try to uh to take yellow jersey
05:20echelon forms at the front of this brace now 16.8 kilometers to go are the sprinters going to be left
05:26behind because this acceleration by jonas wenger guard and his visma team have split this race the roads of
05:35northern france are causing chaos right there's five seconds to the front group remko is in the group
05:47with merlia he's missed the splits he's in the grass come on the guys in the front they are looking at
05:55each other every second we gain we gain they come up in the end it came down to this group to set it up
06:05and fire for glory not just the stage but the yellow jersey
06:12the crowd is incredible here in liel matthew van der boel oh a big touch of wheels and they
06:19almost came down biniam gamay is right on the barriers big move on the right hand side an attack
06:25of the team of israel premier tech joe blackmore i think going to try and win the stage philipson moves
06:32jasper philipson now fires philipson goes for glory philipson of alberson de koernic is it gonna be a dream
06:40yellow jersey it is jasper philipson wins stage one and takes the yellow
06:56yellow jersey hanging somewhere in my house uh yeah it's really amazing uh i already had a green jersey
07:09from uh two years ago and then to have the yellow jersey hanging somewhere in my house uh in the next
07:16uh years it's gonna be amazing
07:22not bad getting a hug from cavendish a long way from a record of 35 set last year but a 10th tour
07:29stage under his belt but more importantly the belgians first mayo john philipson reached a speed of 71.46
07:37kilometers an hour during his winning sprint in liel beating the lights of gamay and milan into the green
07:43jersey an early 18 point cushion and only three points handed out but benjamin thomas certainly
07:49put it all on the line to take the polka dots green jersey winner 12 months ago germain now resplendid
07:57in white ahead of syrian varanshon the norwegian third on the stage bravo team bravo team bravo today good job guys
