2019 Tour de France

106th edition: July 6 - July 28, 2019

Stage 1, Saturday, July 6:
Brussels - Brussels

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Saturday, July 6: Stage 1, Brussels - Brussels, 194.5 km

Stage 1 map & profile | Stage 1 photos

Mike Teunissen (rider with head down on right) takes the first stage. Photo: ASO-Alex Broadway

Rated ascents:

• Km 43.5: Mur de Grammont, 1.2 km @ 7.8%. Cat. 3
• Km 47.5: Bosberg, 1 km @ 6.7%. Cat. 4

Pave sector:

• Km 118: Thiméon, 1.9 km of cobbles

Weather in Brussels at 1:55 PM, local time: 26C (78F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: The official start was given at 12:27 to 176 riders.

Here's the race organizer's stage one summary:

Mike Teunissen smartly substituted his sprinter Dylan Groenewegen to win stage 1 in Brussels ahead of Peter Sagan and Caleb Ewan as he took his responsibilities after the crash of the hot favourite. He puts an end to a 30 years drought for The Netherlands in the yellow jersey!

176 riders took the start of stage 1 in Brussels. Four of them attacked from the gun and made the first breakaway of the 106th Tour de France: Greg Van Avermaet (CCC), Natnael Berhane (Cofidis), Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Mads Würtz Schmidt (Katusha-Alpecin). There was no reaction from the peloton. The maximum time gap was reached after 20km of racing: 3’25’’, after which the teams of the sprinters, mostly Deceuninck-Quick Step, Jumbo-Visma and Lotto-Soudal, set the steady pace of the peloton.

The main goal of the attackers was the King of the Mountain price atop the “muur” de Grammont. Aware of the specificity of the cobbled climb and the ability of the local riders on this terrain, Berhane attacked at the bottom in the very crowded town of Geraardsbergen but Van Avermaet was attentive. In the steep part of the climb, Berhane and Würtz Schmidt couldn’t hold the pace of the two Belgians.

Van Avermaet passed first in front the famous chapel (km 43.5) and secured the first polka dot jersey of the 2019 Tour de France even though Meurisse crested the Bosberg at the front 4km further. The Olympic champion will wear the polka dot jersey during the team time trial, being the first Belgian to ride in this distinctive jersey on Belgian roads at the Tour de France since Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke in 1980. Van Avermaet sat up and waited for the peloton while his three former breakaway companions were reunited at km 50 with an advantage of 2’40’’ over the pack. The same three teams from the Benelux stabilized the gap around two minutes as the race left Flanders to also visit the Walloon part of the country. The teams of the GC favourites, Ineos, Movistar and Astana, sped up at the head of the peloton before the 1.9km long cobblestones section of Thiméon (km 118). Peter Sagan’s Bora-Hansgrohe team put the hammer down on the pavés. It put an end to the breakaway of Meurisse, Würtz Schmidt and Berhane with 70km to go and split the peloton. Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) and Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) were at the back for a while. Sagan won the intermediate sprint 69.5km before the end ahead of Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) and Van Avermaet.

As the reunited peloton was slowing down, Stéphane Rossetto (Cofidis) attacked on his own with 59km to go. The Parisian got up to 1’50’’ lead with 45km remaining. 20km before the end, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) crashed. He made it back to pack with the assistance of four team-mates with 10km to go, just before Rossetto was reeled in. Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma), the hot favourite for the stage win, crashed 1.5km before the line but his team-mate Mike Teunissen was prompt to substitute him. The winner of the Four Days of Dunkirk followed Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) and Sagan who looked like he was going to win but the former cyclo-crossman threw his bike on the line to win stage 1 and become the first Dutchman in the yellow jersey since Erik Breukink after the prologue in Luxemburg in the 1989 Tour de France.

Complete results:

Stage 1 photos

194.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.409 km/hr

1	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	4hr 22min 47sec
2	PETER SAGAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
3	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
4	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
5	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
6	MICHAEL MATTHEWS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
7	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
8	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
9	ELIA VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
10	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
11	GREG VAN AVERMAET	CCC TEAM	s.t.
12	ALBERTO BETTIOL	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
13	ANDREA PASQUALON	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
14	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
15	AMUND JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
16	WOUT VAN AERT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
17	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
18	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
19	DARYL IMPEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
20	GUILLAUME MARTIN	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
21	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
22	YOANN OFFREDO	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
23	SIMON CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
24	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
25	PATRICK BEVIN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
26	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
27	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
28	JASPER DE BUYST	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
29	JULIEN SIMON	COFIDIS	s.t.
30	MAXIMILIANO RICHEZE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
31	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
32	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
33	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
34	CEES BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
35	IVAN GARCIA CORTINA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
36	MARCUS BURGHARDT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
37	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
38	MICHAEL MØRKØV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
39	JAN TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
40	NICOLAS ROCHE	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
41	RICK ZABEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
42	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
43	JASPER PHILIPSEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
44	JENS KEUKELEIRE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
45	MICHAEL HEPBURN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
46	ADAM YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
47	ROMAN KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
48	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
49	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
50	YVES LAMPAERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
51	ENRIC MAS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
52	TIESJ BENOOT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
53	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
54	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	s.t.
55	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
56	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
57	ANDREY AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
58	LILIAN CALMEJANE	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
59	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
60	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
61	DANIEL OSS	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
62	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
63	FREDERIK BACKAERT	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
64	RICHIE PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
65	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
66	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
67	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
68	MICHAEL VALGREN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
69	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
70	MAXIMILIAN SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
71	GREGOR MÜHLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
72	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
73	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
74	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
75	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
76	THIBAUT PINOT	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
77	ROMAIN SICARD	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
78	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
79	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
80	GIANNI MOSCON	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
81	EGAN BERNAL	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
82	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
83	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
84	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
85	REINARDT VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
86	LENNARD KÄMNA	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
87	MICHAEL WOODS	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
88	MIKEL LANDA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
89	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
90	LAURENS DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
91	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
92	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
93	JAKOB FUGLSANG	ASTANA	s.t.
94	NELSON OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
95	PAUL OURSELIN	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
96	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
97	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	s.t.
98	MADS WÜRTZ	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
99	ANTHONY TURGIS	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
100	NATNAEL BERHANE	COFIDIS	s.t.
101	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
102	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
103	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
104	LUKE DURBRIDGE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
105	FABIO ARU	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
106	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
107	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
108	REIN TAARAMÄE	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
109	TANEL KANGERT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
110	ALEX DOWSETT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
111	GERAINT THOMAS	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
112	MICHAEL SCHÄR	CCC TEAM	s.t.
113	DAMIANO CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
114	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	s.t.
115	SIMON GESCHKE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
116	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
117	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
118	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
119	NIKIAS ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
120	RUI COSTA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
121	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
122	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
123	WOUT POELS	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
124	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
125	STEFAN KÜNG	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
126	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
127	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
128	AIME DE GENDT	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
129	PELLO BILBAO	ASTANA	s.t.
130	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
131	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
132	BENJAMIN KING	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
133	ANTHONY ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
134	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
135	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
136	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
137	SÉBASTIEN REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
138	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
139	MAXIME BOUET	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
140	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
141	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
142	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
143	FABIEN GRELLIER	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
144	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
145	CHAD HAGA	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
146	SIMON YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
147	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
148	FLORIAN VACHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
149	KEVIN LEDANOIS	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
150	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
151	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
152	SERGE PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	s.t.
153	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
154	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
155	BAUKE MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
156	ALEXIS GOUGEARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
157	NIKI TERPSTRA	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
158	ROHAN DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
159	MATEJ MOHORIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
160	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
161	CHRISTOPHER JUUL JENSEN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
162	LUKE ROWE	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
163	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	COFIDIS	@ 3min 6sec
164	ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
165	TOMS SKUJINS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	3' 32''
166	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
167	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
168	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	4' 11''
169	DRIES DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	4' 11''
170	LUKASZ WISNIOWSKI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
171	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	TEAM INEOS	4' 11''
172	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
173	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
174	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	4' 36''
175	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
176	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma)
• Mountains classification leader: Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team)
• Points classification leader: Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma)
• Best young rider: Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal)
• Team classification leader: (Jumbo-Visma)

1	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	4hr 22min 37sec
2	PETER SAGAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	@ 4sec
3	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	6''
4	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	DIMENSION DATA	10''
5	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
6	MICHAEL MATTHEWS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
7	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
8	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
9	ELIA VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
10	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
11	GREG VAN AVERMAET	CCC TEAM	s.t.
12	ALBERTO BETTIOL	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
13	ANDREA PASQUALON	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
14	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
15	AMUND JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
16	WOUT VAN AERT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
17	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
18	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
19	DARYL IMPEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
20	GUILLAUME MARTIN	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
21	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
22	YOANN OFFREDO	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
23	SIMON CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
24	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
25	PATRICK BEVIN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
26	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
27	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
28	JASPER DE BUYST	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
29	JULIEN SIMON	COFIDIS	s.t.
30	MAXIMILIANO RICHEZE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
31	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
32	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
33	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
34	CEES BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
35	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
36	MARCUS BURGHARDT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
37	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
38	MICHAEL MØRKØV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
39	JAN TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
40	NICOLAS ROCHE	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
41	RICK ZABEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
42	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
43	JASPER PHILIPSEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
44	JENS KEUKELEIRE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
45	MICHAEL HEPBURN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
46	ADAM YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
47	ROMAN KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
48	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
49	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
50	YVES LAMPAERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
51	ENRIC MAS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
52	TIESJ BENOOT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
53	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
54	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	s.t.
55	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
56	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
57	ANDREY AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
58	LILIAN CALMEJANE	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
59	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
60	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
61	DANIEL OSS	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
62	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
63	FREDERIK BACKAERT	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
64	RICHIE PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
65	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
66	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
67	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
68	MICHAEL VALGREN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
69	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
70	MAXIMILIAN SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
71	GREGOR MÜHLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
72	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
73	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
74	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
75	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
76	THIBAUT PINOT	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
77	ROMAIN SICARD	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
78	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
79	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
80	GIANNI MOSCON	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
81	EGAN BERNAL	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
82	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
83	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
84	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
85	REINARDT VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
86	LENNARD KÄMNA	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
87	MICHAEL WOODS	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
88	MIKEL LANDA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
89	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
90	LAURENS DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
91	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
92	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
93	JAKOB FUGLSANG	ASTANA	s.t.
94	NELSON OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
95	PAUL OURSELIN	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
96	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
97	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	s.t.
98	MADS WÜRTZ	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
99	ANTHONY TURGIS	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
100	NATNAEL BERHANE	COFIDIS	s.t.
101	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
102	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
103	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
104	LUKE DURBRIDGE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
105	FABIO ARU	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
106	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
107	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
108	REIN TAARAMÄE	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
109	TANEL KANGERT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
110	ALEX DOWSETT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
111	GERAINT THOMAS	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
112	MICHAEL SCHÄR	CCC TEAM	s.t.
113	DAMIANO CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
114	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	s.t.
115	SIMON GESCHKE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
116	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
117	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
118	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
119	NIKIAS ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
120	RUI COSTA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
121	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
122	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
123	WOUT POELS	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
124	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
125	STEFAN KÜNG	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
126	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
127	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
128	AIME DE GENDT	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
129	PELLO BILBAO	ASTANA	s.t.
130	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
131	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
132	BENJAMIN KING	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
133	ANTHONY ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
134	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
135	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
136	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
137	SÉBASTIEN REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
138	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
139	MAXIME BOUET	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
140	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
141	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
142	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
143	FABIEN GRELLIER	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
144	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
145	CHAD HAGA	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
146	SIMON YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
147	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
148	FLORIAN VACHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
149	KEVIN LEDANOIS	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
150	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
151	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
152	SERGE PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	s.t.
153	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
154	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
155	BAUKE MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
156	ALEXIS GOUGEARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
157	NIKI TERPSTRA	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
158	ROHAN DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
159	MATEJ MOHORIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
160	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
161	CHRISTOPHER JUUL JENSEN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
162	LUKE ROWE	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
163	ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
164	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
165	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
166	LUKASZ WISNIOWSKI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
167	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
168	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
169	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
170	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
171	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	COFIDIS	3' 16''
172	TOMS SKUJINS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	3' 42''
173	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	4' 21''
174	DRIES DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
175	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
176	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	4' 46''

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Stage one photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

We're in Brussels, so here's the Atomium, scene of the 1958 World's Fair. This is where tomorrow's stage will finish.

Greg Van Avermaet and Xandro Meurisse are off the front, climbing the Mur de Grammont. Van Avermaet was first to the top, earning him the polka-dot jersey.

A group heads up the Grammont.

Sven Erik Bystrom

Looking up the final meters of the Grammont

It's a close one. Mike Teunissen just beats Peter Sagan.

Just after the sprint, second-place Peter Sagan looks over at winner Mike Teunissen

Mike Teunissen just after winning the stage

Caleb Ewan gets the best young rider's white jersey.

Greg Van Avermaet gets help putting on the climber's jersey.

Eddy Merckx congratulates Greg Van Avermaet after Van Avermaet was awarded the climber's jersey.

And Raymond Poulidor was there.

Eddy Merckx is there while Mike Teunissen gets the year's first yellow jersey.