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Jeremy Whittle in Lille

Tour de France 2025: Philipsen wins chaotic first stage as Evenepoel and Roglic suffer

Jasper Philipsen celebrates winning stage one of the 112th Tour de France in Lille
Jasper Philipsen celebrates winning stage one of the 112th Tour de France in Lille. Photograph: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Crosswinds, crashes and chaos characterised a frenzied opening stage of the Tour de France, won by Jasper Philipsen in Lille Métropole, where the 27-year-old also took the first yellow jersey of his career.

The Belgian sprinter, winner of three stages in the 2024 Tour, was given an armchair ride by his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammates into the long finishing straight of the Boulevard Vauban, where he expertly dispatched rivals, Biniam Girmay, of Intermarché Wanty, and Søren Wærenskjold, racing for Uno-X Mobility.

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