{"id":673821,"date":"2026-07-04T18:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/673821\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:26:09","slug":"tour-de-france-visma-lease-a-bike-sweep-to-stage-1-team-time-trial-victory-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/673821\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France: Visma-Lease a Bike sweep to stage 1 team time trial victory in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 Tour de France<\/a> 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<\/a> (Visma-Lease a Bike) claiming the first maillot jaune.<\/p>\n

Netcompany Ineos, led to the line by Filippo Ganna, were second, while defending champion and overwhelming race favourite Tadej Poga\u010dar couldn’t make up for UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s slower start and finished third.<\/p>\n

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Visma-Lease a Bike may have been underdogs for the opening team time trial of the Tour de France after losing Wout van Aert from their roster due to illness, but Vingegaard stamped his authority on the race. With Matteo Jorgenson and Davide Piganzoli providing the final pulls, Vingegaard flew up the C\u00f4te de Montju\u00efc to unseat Netcompany Ineos from the hot seat by 7.33 seconds.<\/p>\n

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Vingegaard only had to wait for Poga\u010dar’s UAE Team Emirates XRG squad to complete the 19.6km route in Barcelona, but the defending champion’s team were already down 13 seconds at the third check.<\/p>\n

Together with Isaac del Toro, Poga\u010dar turned on the afterburners with 600 metres to go, but finished 11.28 seconds down on Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike.<\/p>\n

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Netcompany Ineos were forced to make a late change to their plan to launch K\u00e9vin Vauquelin when the Frenchman punctured with 7km to go, and instead sent Ganna in pursuit of the maillot jaune.<\/p>\n

While Vingegaard was the one to take the yellow jersey, Ganna is second overall, 8 seconds down, with Poga\u010dar third at 12 seconds.<\/p>\n

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