Jonas Vingegaard wins the first round, leading his Visma Lease a Bike to victory in the Barcelona team time trial and claiming the first yellow jersey. An opening stage that delivered surprises and spectacle, with the extraordinary performance of Filippo Ganna who finished second and Tadej Pogacar who concedes 11 seconds to his great rival.

A suggestive start on Spanish soil for the Tour de France. The Grand Boucle has moved to Barcelona where a special time trial took place; 19.6 km with start and finish in the Catalan capital, from the waterfront to the Olympic Stadium slope. The final three kilometers were particularly interesting with the Montjuic climb and then the finish after 800 m at an average gradient of 7%. The most characteristic feature of this time trial is the way the stage classification was determined: unlike in the past, the time was taken on the first rider of each team, while for the general classification the individual times of each rider will count. A new type of race format that had already been tested in the third stage of the Auvergne Rhone Alpes tour.

The teams started at five-minute intervals and it quickly became clear there was a common pattern: stay together as long as possible and then make room for the climbers in the final 9 kilometers. This script in the first part of the race favored Team Groupama Fdj who, thanks to the excellent performance of Romain Gregoire, led the provisional standings for some time. With the start of the Netcompany Ineos team, the situation changed dramatically with the British team launched at high speed, but forced to deal with difficulties from Egan Bernal and a puncture for Kevin Vauquelin. Filippo Ganna emerged as an absolute protagonist, the Italian champion did incredible work throughout the race and then arrived alone at the finish line posting a sensational time.

The time set by Team Netcompany Ineos held up against the excellent performance of the Lidl Trek team, but had to bow to the stratospheric performance of Team Visma Lease a Bike. The Dutch team led by Jonas Vingegaard conducted an all-out race, registering the best time at the second and third intermediate points, then in the final it was the Dane who completed the job by arriving first at the finish line. Once again, as already seen at the Giro, the work of Davide Piganzoli was outstanding as he guided his captain to the final kilometer.

Tadej Pogacar flew in the final 2 kilometers of the race, but his performance was not enough to do better than his direct rival Vingegaard at the finish. For the Slovenian, however, came the polka dot jersey for being the fastest on the final climb section while the other jerseys were awarded to Ayuso (white) and Bernal (green).

This opening stage with its truly new format also gave a first indication for the general classification. Vingegaard landed the first blow at the Grand Boucle, managing to gain 12 seconds on Pogacar, 16 seconds on Ayuso, 19 seconds on Evenepoel, 26 seconds on del Toro and 39 seconds on Seixas.

Tomorrow the tour resumes from Tarragona for a second stage that promises to be very interesting. 168.5 km and 2,500 m of elevation gain, the heart of the stage will certainly be the triple climb of the Castell de Montjuic slope (1.6 km at 9.3%) which will finish just under 3 km from the Barcelona finish line.

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ORDINE DI ARRIVO

1 TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE NED 21:47'' +00
2 NETCOMPANY INEOS CYCLING TEAM GBR 21:55'' +08''
3 UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG UAE 21:59'' +12''
4 LIDL-TREK GER 22:03'' +16''
5 RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE GER 22:06'' +19''
6 DECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM FRA 22:26'' +39''
7 ALPECIN-PREMIER TECH BEL 22:26'' ''
8 GROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED FRA 22:28'' +41''
9 BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS BRN 22:34'' +47''
10 TEAM JAYCO ALULA AUS 22:38'' +51''
11 EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST USA 22:44'' +57''
12 PINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM SUI 22:44'' ''
13 SOUDAL QUICK-STEP BEL 22:45'' +58''
14 UNO-X MOBILITY NOR 22:47'' +1:00''
15 TOTALENERGIES FRA 22:49'' +1:02''
16 CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA ESP 22:59'' +1:12''
17 TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM SUI 23:01'' +1:14''
18 NSN CYCLING TEAM SUI 23:03'' +1:16''
19 COFIDIS FRA 23:04'' +1:17''
20 MOVISTAR TEAM ESP 23:05'' +1:18''
21 LOTTO INTERMARCHE BEL 23:23'' +1:36''
22 TEAM PICNIC POSTNL NED 23:42'' +1:55''
23 XDS ASTANA TEAM KAZ 24:05'' +2:18''

CLASSIFICA GENERALE 

1 11 VINGEGAARD Jonas TVL DEN 21:47''
2 84 GANNA Filippo NCI ITA 21:55'' +08''
3 1 POGACAR Tadej UEX SLO 21:59'' +12''
4 31 *AYUSO Juan LTK ESP 22:03'' +16''
5 21 EVENEPOEL Remco RBH BEL 22:06'' +19''
6 2 *DEL TORO Isaac UEX MEX 22:13'' +26''
7 18 *PIGANZOLI Davide TVL ITA 22:15'' +28''
8 25 LIPOWITZ Florian RBH GER 22:22'' +35''
9 83 FOSS Tobias NCI NOR 22:25'' +38''
10 51 *SEIXAS Paul DCT FRA 22:26'' +39''

11 101 VAN DER POEL Mathieu APT NED '' ''
12 181 *GREGOIRE Romain GFC FRA 22:28'' +41''
13 77 *TIBERI Antonio TBV ITA 22:34'' +47''
14 58 *RICCITELLO Matthew DCT USA 22:37'' +50''
15 71 *MARTINEZ Lenny TBV FRA '' ''
16 115 MATTHEWS Michael JAY AUS 22:38'' +51''
17 43 *BAUDIN Alex EFE FRA 22:44'' +57''
18 171 PIDCOCK Tom PQT GBR '' ''
19 97 VAN WILDER Ilan SOQ BEL 22:45'' +58''
20 121 JOHANNESSEN Tobias UXM NOR 22:47'' +1:00''
21 82 ARENSMAN Thymen NCI NED 22:48'' +1:01''
22 201 JEGAT Jordan TEN FRA 22:49'' +1:02''
23 37 *VACEK Mathias LTK CZE 22:59'' +1:12''
24 224 MOLENAAR Alex CJR NED '' ''
25 198 VOISARD Yannis TUD SUI 23:01'' +1:14''
26 88 *VAUQUELIN Kévin NCI FRA '' ''
27 133 BENNETT George NSN NZL 23:03'' +1:16''
28 161 IZAGIRRE Ion COF ESP 23:04'' +1:17''
29 144 *GARCIA Raul MOV ESP 23:05'' +1:18''
30 191 ALAPHILIPPE Julian TUD FRA 23:12'' +1:25''
31 127 TRÆEN Torstein UXM NOR 23:16'' +1:29''
32 46 *STEINHAUSER Georg EFE GER 23:17'' +1:30''
33 35 SKJELMOSE Mattias LTK DEN 23:20'' +1:33''
34 156 *VAN EETVELT Lennert LOI BEL 23:23'' +1:36''
35 41 CARAPAZ Richard EFE ECU '' ''
36 228 PARRA Jose Felix CJR ESP 23:25'' +1:38''
37 142 *CASTRILLO Pablo MOV ESP 23:38'' +1:51''
38 143 CEPEDA Jefferson MOV ECU '' ''
39 222 BALDERSTONE Abel CJR ESP 23:39'' +1:52''
40 141 *UIJTDEBROEKS Cian MOV BEL 23:40'' +1:53''
41 215 *DHONDT Robbe TPP BEL 23:42'' +1:55''
42 117 PLAPP Luke JAY AUS 23:44'' +1:57''
43 17 KUSS Sepp TVL USA 23:45'' +1:58''
44 56 PARET PEINTRE Aurélien DCT FRA 23:49'' +2:02''
45 32 GEE Derek James LTK CAN 23:50'' +2:03''
46 28 VAN GILS Maxim RBH BEL 23:51'' +2:04''
47 95 VAN BAARLE Dylan SOQ NED 23:53'' +2:06''
48 206 *LE BERRE Mathis TEN FRA '' ''
49 45 QUINN Sean EFE USA 23:55'' +2:08''
50 85 GODON Dorian NCI FRA 23:57'' +2:10''
51 153 *BERCKMOES Jenno LOI BEL '' ''
52 108 *VERSTRYNGE Emiel APT BEL 23:58'' +2:11''
53 87 *TARLING Joshua NCI GBR 24:01'' +2:14''
54 61 HIGUITA Sergio XAT COL 24:05'' +2:18''
55 24 HINDLEY Jai RBH AUS 24:11'' +2:24''
56 194 HIRSCHI Marc TUD SUI 24:12'' +2:25''
57 4 MCNULTY Brandon UEX USA 24:13'' +2:26''
58 183 BRAZ AFONSO Clément GFC FRA 24:17'' +2:30''
59 16 JORGENSON Matteo TVL USA '' ''
60 218 VAN DEN BROEK Frank TPP NED 24:20'' +2:33''
61 145 *HEßMANN Michel MOV GER 24:23'' +2:36''
62 146 OLIVEIRA Nelson MOV POR '' ''
63 208 *VERCHER Matteo TEN FRA 24:24'' +2:37''
64 202 BREUILLARD Nicolas TEN FRA '' ''
65 166 KIRSCH Alex COF LUX 24:25'' +2:38''
66 102 *DEBRUYNE Ramses APT BEL 24:27'' +2:40''
67 174 HERMANS Quinten PQT BEL 24:30'' +2:43''
68 65 TEJADA Harold XAT COL 24:33'' +2:46''
69 94 STUYVEN Jasper SOQ BEL '' ''
70 93 *PARET PEINTRE Valentin SOQ FRA '' ''
71 147 ROMO Javier MOV ESP '' ''
72 3 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix UEX AUT 24:41'' +2:54''
73 86 KWIATKOWSKI Michal NCI POL 24:47'' +3:00''
74 7 WELLENS Tim UEX BEL 24:49'' +3:02''
75 212 *BIESTERBOS Frits TPP NED 24:52'' +3:05''
76 213 *BITTNER Pavel TPP CZE '' ''
77 211 BARGUIL Warren TPP FRA '' ''
78 214 DEGENKOLB John TPP GER '' ''
79 217 VAN DEN BERG Julius TPP NED '' ''
80 81 BERNAL Egan NCI COL 24:53'' +3:06''
81 131 GIRMAY Biniam NSN ERI 24:57'' +3:10''
82 104 MARSMAN Tim APT NED '' ''
83 64 KANTER Max XAT GER '' ''
84 44 HEALY Ben EFE IRL 24:58'' +3:11''
85 42 ASGREEN Kasper EFE DEN '' ''
86 73 CARUSO Damiano TBV ITA 24:59'' +3:12''
87 123 CHARMIG Anthon UXM DEN '' ''
88 78 *VAN MECHELEN Vlad TBV BEL 25:00'' +3:13''
89 134 FRIGO Marco NSN ITA 25:01'' +3:14''
90 136 NEILANDS Krists NSN LAT '' ''
91 138 VAN ASBROECK Tom NSN BEL '' ''
92 132 *ASKEY Lewis NSN GBR '' ''
93 168 THOMAS Benjamin COF FRA 25:02'' +3:15''
94 188 RUSSO Clément GFC FRA '' ''
95 185 *GERMANI Lorenzo GFC ITA '' ''
96 184 *COSTIOU Ewen GFC FRA '' ''
97 216 MÄRKL Niklas TPP GER 25:03'' +3:16''
98 187 PACHER Quentin GFC FRA 25:05'' +3:18''
99 52 BENOOT Tiesj DCT BEL 25:06'' +3:19''
100 175 HOWSON Damien Craig PQT AUS 25:08'' +3:21''
101 178 WRIGHT Fred PQT GBR 25:09'' +3:22''
102 148 RUBIO Einer MOV COL 25:12'' +3:25''
103 196 STORER Michael TUD AUS 25:14'' +3:27''
104 98 VERVAEKE Louis SOQ BEL 25:15'' +3:28''
105 6 VERMEERSCH Florian UEX BEL '' ''
106 13 ARMIRAIL Bruno TVL FRA '' ''
107 14 CAMPENAERTS Victor TVL BEL '' ''
108 152 *ARTZ Huub LOI NED 25:16'' +3:29''
109 176 MEURISSE Xandro PQT BEL 25:17'' +3:30''
110 172 AZPARREN IRURZUN Xabier PQT ESP '' ''
111 182 BERTHET Clément GFC FRA 25:21'' +3:34''
112 186 MARTIN GUYONNET Guillaume GFC FRA '' ''
113 137 STEWART Jake NSN GBR 25:23'' +3:36''
114 226 OLDANI Stefano CJR ITA 25:25'' +3:38''
115 223 BERWICK Sebastian CJR AUS '' ''
116 204 DELETTRE Alexandre TEN FRA 25:28'' +3:41''
117 48 *WALKER Max EFE GBR 25:30'' +3:43''
118 195 PLUIMERS Rick TUD NED 25:32'' +3:45''
119 192 DE KLEIJN Arvid TUD NED '' ''
120 125 JOHANNESSEN Anders UXM NOR 25:37'' +3:50''
121 163 ARANBURU Alex COF ESP 25:41'' +3:54''
122 122 ABRAHAMSEN Jonas UXM NOR 25:42'' +3:55''
123 124 CORT NIELSEN Magnus UXM DEN '' ''
124 135 LOUVEL Matis NSN FRA '' ''
125 75 MOHORIC Matej TBV SLO 25:43'' +3:56''
126 106 PLANCKAERT Edward APT BEL 25:45'' +3:58''
127 126 SKAARSETH Anders UXM NOR 25:46'' +3:59''
128 57 PRODHOMME Nicolas DCT FRA 25:48'' +4:01''
129 207 TURGIS Anthony TEN FRA 25:50'' +4:03''
130 221 GAVIRIA Fernando CJR COL 25:52'' +4:05''
131 22 CATTANEO Mattia RBH ITA 25:53'' +4:06''
132 26 TRATNIK Jan RBH SLO '' ''
133 158 ZIMMERMANN Georg LOI GER '' ''
134 154 *CRAPS Lars LOI BEL 25:55'' +4:08
135 155 SLOCK Liam LOI BEL '' ''
136 157 VEISTROFFER Baptiste LOI FRA '' ''
137 151 *DE LIE Arnaud LOI BEL 25:56'' +4:09''
138 164 BIERMANS Jenthe COF BEL 25:57'' +4:10''
139 167 *PAGE Hugo COF FRA '' ''
140 55 *KOOIJ Olav DCT NED 25:59'' +4:12''
141 54 HOOLE Daan DCT NED '' ''
142 227 OTRUBA Jakub CJR CZE '' ''
143 76 STANNARD Robert TBV AUS 26:02'' +4:15''
144 128 WAERENSKJOLD Soren UXM NOR '' ''
145 36 SKUJINS Toms LTK LAT 26:03'' +4:16''
146 173 HARPER Christopher PQT AUS 26:08'' +4:21''
147 38 VERONA Carlos LTK ESP 26:09'' +4:22''
148 33 PEDERSEN Mads LTK DEN '' ''
149 15 *HAGENES Per Strand TVL NOR 26:10'' +4:23''
150 12 AFFINI Edoardo TVL ITA '' ''
151 34 *SIMMONS Quinn LTK USA '' ''
152 92 EENKHOORN Pascal SOQ NED 26:13'' +4:26''
153 5 POLITT Nils UEX GER 26:14'' +4:27''
154 8 YATES Adam UEX GBR '' ''
155 177 VAN MOER Brent PQT BEL '' ''
156 225 NICOLAU Joel CJR ESP 26:15'' +4:28''
157 53 BOL Cees DCT NED 26:18'' +4:31''
158 165 *FRETIN Milan COF BEL 26:19'' +4:32''
159 111 O'CONNOR Ben JAY AUS 26:20'' +4:33''
160 116 O’BRIEN Kelland JAY AUS '' ''
161 114 ENGELHARDT Felix JAY GER '' ''
162 203 DELBOVE Joris TEN FRA 26:21'' +4:34''
163 118 SCHMID Mauro JAY SUI 26:22'' +4:35''
164 74 GRADEK Kamil TBV POL 26:24'' +4:37''
165 72 BAUHAUS Phil TBV GER '' ''
166 63 GATE Aaron Murray XAT NZL '' ''
167 66 TEUNISSEN Mike XAT NED 26:33'' +4:46''
168 62 BALLERINI Davide XAT ITA '' ''
169 96 VAN LERBERGHE Bert SOQ BEL 26:36'' +4:49''
170 91 MERLIER Tim SOQ BEL '' ''
171 112 ACKERMANN Pascal JAY GER 26:38'' +4:51''
172 113 DURBRIDGE Luke JAY AUS '' ''
173 205 GUERNALEC Thibault TEN FRA 26:39'' +4:52''
174 68 *VINOKUROV Nicolya XAT KAZ 26:41'' +4:54''
175 197 TRENTIN Matteo TUD ITA 26:53'' +5:06''
176 193 HALLER Marco TUD AUT '' ''
177 105 PHILIPSEN Jasper APT BEL 26:54'' +5:07''
178 103 DILLIER Silvan APT SUI '' ''
179 107 RICKAERT Jonas APT BEL 26:55'' +5:08''
180 47 VALGREN Michael EFE DEN '' ''
181 23 DENZ Nico RBH GER 27:00'' +5:13''
182 27 VAN DIJKE Tim RBH NED 27:04'' +5:17''
183 162 ALLEGAERT Piet COF BEL 27:20'' +5:33''
184 67 VELASCO Simone XAT ITA 27:45'' +5:58''