Follow live text updates on stage one of the Tour de France in Lille, as Jasper Philipsen wins sprint finish to claim yellow ...

The Visma-Lease a Bike team of Jonas Vingegaard were the protagonists, with several contenders for the overall classification ...

Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) were expected to contest the high-speed, ...

Philipsen will probably have to contend with Merlier and Milan this time, but he looks to be peaking for the time of the ...

Mathieu van der Poel made it two wins from two stages for Alpecin-Deceuninck at the 2025 Tour de France, winning a frantic ...

There was no shortage of drama as the Tour de France began on Saturday on the windswept roads near Lille, where Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard quietly marked each other while Jasper Philipsen ...

Tim Merlier will start his second Tour de France on Saturday in Lille, and it could well be a very special one for the ...

The Tour de France, unless something truly astounding happens, will never be won by a sprinter. However, when the opening stages are relatively flat as they so often are, it can give the fast men a ...

Jasper Philipsen won the opening stage of the Tour de France in a sprint to the line and defending champion Tadej Pogačar ...

For the first time since 2020 the first yellow jersey of the Tour de France should be won by a pure sprinter. Saturday's ...

There were mixed fortunes for the thousands of Belgian fans who poured over the border for the opening stage of the Tour de ...

After Jasper Philipsen’s success on day 1, Mathieu Van der Poel ruled an animated stage 2 to continue with Alpecin-Deceuninck’s dream start in the Tour de Franc ...