Etapa 1 - Datos del día
10: PHILIPSEN HIGHER IN HISTORY BOOKS
Jasper Philipsen becomes the 36th rider to raise his arms for the 10th time in the Tour de France. He equals the Dutch riders Gerrie Knetemann, Jan Raas and Joop Zoetemelk, the Belgian rider Walter Godefroot, the Luxembourger rider Charly Gaul and the French riders Henri Pelissier, Maurice Archambaud and Antonin Magne.
1771: FINALLY A SPRINTER IN YELLOW
Wearing the Yellow Jersey was "a dream" for Jasper Philipsen. He is the first sprinter to do so since Alexander Kristoff, 1,771 days ago. The Norwegian opened the 2020 Tour de France by winning in Nice. His compatriot Soren Waerenskjold almost succeeded him, finishing third today. Since Kristoff's last victory on August 29, 2020, Norway has finished nine stages in the top three.
7: BELGIUM, A SAFE BET
Jasper Philipsen extends Belgium's streak of winning at least one stage since 2019 (7th consecutive edition). This is Belgium's 491st victory, earning its 457th Yellow Jersey. The last one was Wout Van Aert during the Tour 2022, stage 5. That was already in the Nord department, between Lille Métropole and Arenberg!
90: THOMAS AFTER COSNEFROY
Benjamin Thomas is the first French rider to take the polka dot jersey since Benoit Cosnefroy in 2020, 90 stages ago. France had dominated the mountains classification for most of this Tour, thanks to Fabien Grellier (stage 1) and then Cosnefroy (stages 2 to 16). The Cofidis team had not held the polka dot jersey since Simon Geschke's performance in 2022 (stages 9 to 17).
2: GIRMAY STILL MAKING HISTORY
Robbie Hunter was the only African rider to wear the white jersey in the Tour, in 2001. The South African is joined in this regard by Biniam Girmay, who leads the young riders' classification after finishing 2nd today.
75: WAERENSKJOLD THE FASTEST
At 75.69 km/h, Soren Waerenskjold reached the highest speed of the final sprint in Lille. The Norwegian was even faster than Jasper Philipsen (71.46 km/h), without beating him on the finish line!
27: FAST CLIMBERS
Today's three climbs, each of category 4, were all completed at 27 km/h! Benjamin Thomas climbed the Côte de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette at 27.78 km/h, then the Côte de Cassel at 27.27 km/h. Jonas Vingegaard finished the job in the Mont Noir at 27.23 km/h. It's the first time the Danish is the first rider in a category 4 climb!
115: BAD LUCK FOR GANNA AND ITALY
Filippo Ganna will not finish his second Tour de France. The six-time Italian time trial champion withdrew after 115 kilometers, suffering a crash at kilometer 52. This is the second time in a row that an Italian opens the list of retirements, after Michele Gazzoli during stage 1 last year.
1: FIRST TIME FOR ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
This is the first time that the Alpecin-Deceuninck team achieved the combo stage 1 - Yellow Jersey. This has already happened one time in a Grand Tour, during the Giro d'Italia 2022 (Mathieu Van der Poel). The team also achieved its 12th Tour de France victory: 2 with Van der Poel and Merlier in 2021, 10 with Philipsen since 2022.
5449: ALWAYS MORE!
49 of the 184 riders in the peloton this morning were starting their first Tour de France. There are now 5,449 cyclists to have participated in the race since its first edition in July 1903.
3: PHILIPSEN VS GIRMAY
This is the third time that Jasper Philipsen and Biniam Girmay finished 1st and 2nd in a Tour stage. Last year, the Eritrean won ahead of the Belgian in Colombey-les-deux-Églises (stage 8). Philipsen took his revenge by beating Girmay in Saint-Amand-Montrond (stage 10). The two men are also the last two winners of the green jersey, in 2023 for Philipsen and 2024 for Girmay.
