Tour de France: Visma-Lease a Bike sweep to stage 1 team time trial victory in Barcelona

Visma Lease a Bike on the podium — Visma-Lease a Bike sped to victory on stage 1 of the Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

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The 2026 Tour de France was billed to be an edition for the ages, and it got off to a thrilling start in the stage 1 team time trial, with Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) claiming the first maillot jaune.

Netcompany Ineos, led to the line by Filippo Ganna, were second, while defending champion and overwhelming race favourite Tadej Pogačar couldn't make up for UAE Team Emirates-XRG's slower start and finished third.

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"It's the perfect start," a visibly pleased Vingegaard said on Eurosport. "It's still a long Tour, obviously, but it's the perfect start. My teammates did an amazing job today. They were so strong, I didn't have to do much, to be honest. They just drove me all the way to the finish, and to take the stage win for us, and to take the yellow jersey, also for me personally, after a few years without it, a few odd years, it's nice for me to experience it again."

Meanwhile, Netcompany Ineos were living up to their status as stage favourites, keeping the whole team together and setting the fastest time at check 1 and 2. But with 7km to go, Kévin Vauquelin appeared to have a slow leak in his rear tyre and had to let go. Then, Egan Bernal was dropped. The team were still 20 seconds up on Alpecin at the last check, and Tobias Foss led Ganna to the final kilometre, and the Italian champion powered up the climb to take the fastest time, a massive 31 seconds quicker than Alpecin.

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Pos	Team	Time (gap)
1	Visma-Lease a Bike	0:21:47
2	Netcompany Ineos	0:00:08
3	UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:00:12
4	Lidl-Trek	0:00:16
5	Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe	0:00:19
6	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:39
7	Alpecin-Premier Tech	Row 7 - Cell 2
8	Groupama-Fdj United	0:00:41
9	Bahrain Victorious	0:00:47
10	Team Jayco Alula	0:00:51
11	EF Education - Easypost	0:00:57
12	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	Row 12 - Cell 2
13	Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:58
14	Uno-X Mobility	0:01:00
15	Totalenergies	0:01:02
16	Caja Rural-Seguros Rga	0:01:12
17	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:01:14
18	NSN Cycling Team	0:01:16
19	Cofidis	0:01:17
20	Movistar Team	0:01:18
21	Lotto Intermarche	0:01:36
22	Team Picnic Postnl	0:01:55
23	XDS Astana Team	0:02:18

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General classification after stage 1	Row 0 - Cell 1	Row 0 - Cell 2
1	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:21:47
2	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:08
3	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:12
4	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	0:00:16
5	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:19
6	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:26
7	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:00:28
8	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:35
9	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:38
10	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:00:39
11	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	Row 11 - Cell 2
12	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:41
13	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:47
14	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:00:50
15	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	Row 15 - Cell 2
16	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	0:00:51
17	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:57
18	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	Row 18 - Cell 2
19	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:00:58
20	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:00
21	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	0:01:01
22	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	0:01:02
23	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	0:01:12
24	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 24 - Cell 2
25	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:01:14
26	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	Row 26 - Cell 2
27	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	0:01:16
28	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis	0:01:17
29	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	0:01:18
30	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:01:25
31	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:29
32	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:01:30
33	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:01:33
34	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:01:36
35	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	Row 35 - Cell 2
36	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:38
37	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	0:01:51
38	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team	Row 38 - Cell 2
39	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:52
40	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	0:01:53
41	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	0:01:55
42	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	0:01:57
43	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:01:58
44	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:02:02
45	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek	0:02:03
46	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:04
47	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	0:02:06
48	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	Row 48 - Cell 2
49	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	0:02:08
50	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	0:02:10
51	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	Row 51 - Cell 2
52	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:11
53	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:02:14
54	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	0:02:18
55	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:24
56	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:02:25
57	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:02:26
58	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:02:30
59	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	Row 59 - Cell 2
60	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:02:33
61	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	0:02:36
62	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	Row 62 - Cell 2
63	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	0:02:37
64	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	Row 64 - Cell 2
65	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	0:02:38
66	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:40
67	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:02:43
68	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	0:02:46
69	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	Row 69 - Cell 2
70	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	Row 70 - Cell 2
71	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	Row 71 - Cell 2
72	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:02:54
73	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	0:03:00
74	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:03:02
75	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:03:05
76	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	Row 76 - Cell 2
77	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL	Row 77 - Cell 2
78	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL	Row 78 - Cell 2
79	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL	Row 79 - Cell 2
80	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	0:03:06
81	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:10
82	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	Row 82 - Cell 2
83	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	Row 83 - Cell 2
84	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:11
85	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	Row 85 - Cell 2
86	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:03:12
87	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility	Row 87 - Cell 2
88	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	0:03:13
89	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:14
90	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team	Row 90 - Cell 2
91	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	Row 91 - Cell 2
92	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	Row 92 - Cell 2
93	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	0:03:15
94	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	Row 94 - Cell 2
95	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	Row 95 - Cell 2
96	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	Row 96 - Cell 2
97	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL	0:03:16
98	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:03:18
99	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:03:19
100	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:03:21
101	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:03:22
102	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team	0:03:25
103	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:03:27
104	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:03:28
105	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	Row 105 - Cell 2
106	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	Row 106 - Cell 2
107	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	Row 107 - Cell 2
108	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	0:03:29
109	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:03:30
110	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	Row 110 - Cell 2
111	Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:03:34
112	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	Row 112 - Cell 2
113	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:36
114	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:03:38
115	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 115 - Cell 2
116	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	0:03:41
117	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:43
118	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:03:45
119	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	Row 119 - Cell 2
120	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:50
121	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	0:03:54
122	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:55
123	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	Row 123 - Cell 2
124	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	Row 124 - Cell 2
125	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:03:56
126	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:58
127	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:59
128	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:04:01
129	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	0:04:03
130	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:04:05
131	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:04:06
132	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 132 - Cell 2
133	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	Row 133 - Cell 2
134	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:04:08
135	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	Row 135 - Cell 2
136	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	Row 136 - Cell 2
137	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:04:09
138	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	0:04:10
139	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	Row 139 - Cell 2
140	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:04:12
141	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	Row 141 - Cell 2
142	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 142 - Cell 2
143	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	0:04:15
144	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	Row 144 - Cell 2
145	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek	0:04:16
146	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:04:21
147	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	0:04:22
148	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	Row 148 - Cell 2
149	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:04:23
150	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	Row 150 - Cell 2
151	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	Row 151 - Cell 2
152	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	0:04:26
153	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:04:27
154	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	Row 154 - Cell 2
155	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	Row 155 - Cell 2
156	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:04:28
157	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:04:31
158	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	0:04:32
159	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	0:04:33
160	Kelland O’Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	Row 160 - Cell 2
161	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	Row 161 - Cell 2
162	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	0:04:34
163	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	0:04:35
164	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	0:04:37
165	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	Row 165 - Cell 2
166	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	Row 166 - Cell 2
167	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	0:04:46
168	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	Row 168 - Cell 2
169	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:04:49
170	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	Row 170 - Cell 2
171	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	0:04:51
172	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	Row 172 - Cell 2
173	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	0:04:52
174	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	0:04:54
175	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:05:06
176	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	Row 176 - Cell 2
177	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:05:07
178	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	Row 178 - Cell 2
179	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:05:08
180	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	Row 180 - Cell 2
181	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:05:13
182	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:05:17
183	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	0:05:33
184	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	0:05:58

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Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	0
2	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	0
3	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	0
4	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	0
5	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	0

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Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	0
3	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0
4	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0
5	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0

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Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:22:03
2	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:10
3	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:00:12
4	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:23
5	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:00:25
6	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:00:31
7	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:34
8	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:00:41
10	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:00:56
11	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:00:58
12	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:01:02
13	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	00:01:14
14	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:20
15	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:01:35
16	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	00:01:37
17	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:01:39
18	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:01:50
19	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:54
20	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:01:55
21	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	00:01:58
22	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	00:02:20
23	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:02:21
24	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:02:24
25	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:02:30
26	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:02:49
27	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:02:57
29	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00:02:58
30	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	00:02:59
31	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	00:03:13
33	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	00:03:27
34	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:03:52
35	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:03:53
36	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	00:03:54
37	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:03:56
38	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:04:07
39	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	00:04:16
41	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:04:38

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Rank	Team	Time
1	Netcompany Ineos	1:07:08
2	Visma-Lease a Bike	0:00:39
3	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:01:11
4	Lidl-Trek	0:01:14
5	UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:01:17
6	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:01:44
7	EF Education-Easypost	0:02:16
8	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:02:55
9	Bahrain Victorious	0:03:02
10	Movistar	0:03:13
11	Tudor	0:03:17
12	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:43
13	Uno-X Mobility	0:03:54
14	TotalEnergies	0:03:58
15	Soudal Quick-Step	0:04:03
16	Groupama-FDJ United	0:04:39
17	Pinarello-Q36.5	0:05:14
18	Cofidis	0:05:23
19	Lotto Intermarché	0:05:28
20	Jayco Alula	0:05:34
21	Picnic PostNL	0:05:46
22	NSN	0:05:53
23	XDS Astana	0:06:27

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How it unfolded

Stage Results

General classification after stage 1

Points classification

Mountains classification

Youth Classification

Teams Classification