Philipsen wins Tour stage one to claim first yellow jersey

Jasper Philipsen will wear the yellow jersey for the first time in his career as he won stage one of the 2025 Tour de France.

A sprint finish was expected after a flat stage beginning and ending in Lille, and Alpecin-Deceuninck's lead-out train delivered the 27-year-old in the perfect position to claim the stage win.

The Belgian rider ended up beating Biniam Girmay by a comfortable margin to claim his 10th stage win on the Tour.

"It's really amazing," said Philipsen. "My 10th victory is something I will never forget.

"The team performance was incredible. I think we were there all day. It was very nervous but we knew it could be our day and we have to be at the front and we were there in the split.

"The team did amazing and in the end we could just use our strength and finish it off."

Philipsen claimed four stage wins in 2023 and finished that edition of the Tour with the green jersey as the points classification leader.

"I have dreamt about [the yellow jersey]," he added. "Already I had the green jersey from two years ago but to have the yellow jersey hanging somewhere in my house is amazing."