Jonas Vingegaard Takes First Yellow Jersey in Tour de France Opener

Jonas Vingegaard claimed the first yellow jersey of the Tour de France after his Visma-Lease a Bike team recorded the fastest time in the opening team time trial. The 19.6 km course through Barcelona was completed in 21 minutes and 47 seconds. Filippo Ganna of Netcompany Ineos Cycling finished eight seconds later.

Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG placed third, 12 seconds behind. The first team time trial in seven years required squads to ride in a chain formation, with support riders peeling off to shield their leader from wind resistance. Temperatures reached 30 degrees Celsius during the evening stage.

Netcompany Ineos Cycling finished second overall despite setbacks. Kevin Vauquelin suffered a rear-wheel puncture after posting the fastest time at the second check point. Egan Bernal lost contact with the team during the stage.

"It's the perfect start. I didn't have to do much. To take yellow for me personally after the past few years... it's nice for me to experience it again. It's something special," Vingegaard said. Remco Evenepoel finished fifth, 19 seconds behind Vingegaard.

Paul Seixas placed tenth, 39 seconds off the lead. After stage one, Vingegaard leads the general classification eight seconds ahead of Ganna and 12 seconds ahead of Pogacar.