2023 Tour de France

110th edition: July 1-23, 2023
Stage 1: July 1, 2023

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Saturday, July 1: Stage 1, Bilbao - Bilbao, 182 km

Stage 1 map & profile | Stage 1 photos

Adam Yates takes the first stage. ASO photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Bilbao at 1:25 PM, local time: 22C (72F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 4% chance of rain.

 

Rated ascents:

• Km 13.8: Côte de Laukiz, 2.3 km @ 6.9%. Cat. 3
• Km 67.8: Côte de San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, 3.5 km @ 7.6%. Cat. 3
• Km 140.9: Col de Morga, 4 km @ 4.1%. Cat. 4
• Km 154.9: Côte de Vivero, 4.2 km @ 7.3%. Cat. 2
• Km 172.4: Côte de Pike, 2 km @ 10%. Cat 3. The last portion of this climb is 15.6%

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The race: This stage is tough. Besides the five rated climbs, the entire stage is lumpy and the day’s 182 kilometers will have the riders continually climbing and descending. It has been written that this is the Tour’s toughest first stage ever.

It's time to race the Tour de France. Across the river is the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, where yesterday's team presentation ceremonies were held. Sirotti photo

The official start was given to all 176 riders at 12:53 PM. Almost immediately four riders broke away: Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X), Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto Dstny) & Simon Guglielmi (Arkéa-Samsic). They were soon joined by Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty). The break was kept on a tight leash. With 150 kilometers to go their lead was just 1min 16sec.

The first break of the 120th Tour de France. ASO photo

With 117 kilometers to go and the second climb of the day, the Côte de San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, just starting to bite, the five breakaways had a lead of 1min 22sec.

And with 65 kilometers to go the five brave breakaways riders were 25 seconds ahead of of the Jumbo-Visma led peloton. and with 50 to go, the break was caught.

With the climbs coming one after another, riders were getting dropped. Among the riders who could not stay with the pack were Peter Sagan, Fabio Jakobsen, Alexander Kristoff and Mark Cavendish.

Sadly, with 22 kilometers to go Enric Mas & Richard Carapaz crashed, forcing Mas to abandon. Carpaz remounted, but was soon way off the back and in obvious pain.

The scene of the Mas/Carapaz crash

On the final ascent, the 10% Côte de Pike, Pogacar attacked with Vingegaard following. Pogacar was first over with Vingegaard second, followed by Victor Lafay. Then 8 seconds later the Yates brothers, Gaudu and Skjelmose.

Headed to the finish with 7.5 kilometers to go, Simon & Adam Yates were 8 seconds ahead of a 12-man chase group.

Two kilometers to go, the Yates brothers were 15 seconds ahead of what is now a 13-man chase group.

Adam attacked his brother and took the stage. Pogacar led in the first group of chasers.

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

Stage 1 came down to a 1-2 by two twin brothers, a first in the history of the Tour de France. Adam and Simon Yates rode the finale together. The UAE Team Emirates punchy rider powered to victory in Bilbao while his team-mate Tadej Pogacar took third place and four seconds of time bonus in his duel with defending champion Jonas Vingegaard.

The start proper of stage 1 was given at 12.53. Five riders took off quickly: Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Simon Guglielmi (Arkea-Samsic), Pascal Eenkhorn (Lotto-Dstny), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X) and Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies). Gregaard attacked to crest the first categorized climb at the front 2’30’’ before the peloton while Eenkhorn managed to take the second place. Eenkhorn crested the climb of San Juan de Gaztelugatxae first, ahead of Guglielmi, and took the virtual lead of the KOM classification.

Eenkhorn also won the intermediate sprint at Guernica, km 88, where the time difference between the leading five riders and the peloton went down to one minute. Jumbo-Visma, Alpecin-Deceuninck and Soudal-Quick Step were the most active teams at the helm of the bunch.

POWLESS FIRST KING OF THE MOUNTAINS
They were close to being caught with 75km to go but Guglielmi and Gregaard sped up again and the group was reunited with a stable advantage of 30’’. The bunch was packed again with 50km remaining. Sprinters got dropped in the climb to Murga: Mark Cavendish, Alexander Kristoff, Caleb Ewan, Peter Sagan, Dylan Groenewegen, Fabio Jakobsen… Jonas Abrahamsen took one KOM point at the top. Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) crested El Vivero in first position ahead of Georg Zimmerman (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), which meant taking the first polka dot jersey of the 2023 Tour de France. His team-mate Richard Carapaz crashed in the downhill, along with Enric Mas (Movistar) who was injured and became the first man to abandon the 110th Tour de France.

THE YATES TWINS MAKE A 1-2
Victor Lafay (Cofidis) was the only rider able to accompany Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard to the top of the Pike climb located 9.6km before the end. In the downhill, Adam and Simon Yates rode away after a small regrouping. They covered the last 8km together with an advantage of no more than 15 seconds. Adam took the lead in the final uphill stretch 400m before the line and remained ahead while his team-mate Tadej Pogacar raised his arms up in the air as it was a big victory for UAE Team Emirates. 12 riders including defending champion Jonas Vingegaard crossed the line 12 seconds after the stage winner.

Complete results:

Stage 1 photos

182 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.550 km/hr

1	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 22min 49sec
2	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	@ 4sec
3	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:12
4	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Wilco Kelderman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	0:33
16	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
17	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
18	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	s.t.
20	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
22	Romain Bardet	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
23	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Matthew Dinham	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
29	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
32	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
35	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
38	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
39	Clément Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	0:48
43	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	0:52
44	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	1:19
45	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:21
46	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	1:32
47	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	2:06
48	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	2:15
49	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	2:38
50	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
51	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	3:13
53	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
55	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
56	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	3:37
58	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	4:59
61	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
64	Tony Gallopin	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
65	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
66	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	5:36
67	Chris Hamilton	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
68	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
73	Dylan Van Baarle	Jumbo-Visma	7:03
74	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
77	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
78	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
79	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	7:29
80	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:36
81	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
82	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	9:42
83	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
84	Kevin Vermaerke	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
85	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
86	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
87	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
90	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
92	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	11:03
93	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
94	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
95	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
97	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
100	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
104	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
105	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
106	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	11:45
107	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	11:50
108	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	13:53
109	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
110	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
111	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
113	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
115	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
116	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
117	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
120	John Degenkolb	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
121	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
122	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	Nils Eekhoff	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
124	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
125	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
126	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
127	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
128	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
129	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
130	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
131	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
133	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
134	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
135	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
136	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
137	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
138	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
139	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
140	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
141	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
142	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	14:06
143	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	15:04
144	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	15:14
145	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
146	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
147	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
148	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
149	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
150	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
151	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
152	Christophe Laporte	Jumbo-Visma	15:18
153	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	15:24
154	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	16:51
155	Alex Edmondson	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
156	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
157	Sam Welsford	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
158	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
159	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
160	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
161	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
162	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
163	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
164	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
165	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
166	Luca Mozzato	Arkéa-Samsic	17:26
167	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	20:51
168	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
169	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	21:22
170	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
171	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
172	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
173	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
174	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
175	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates)
• Mountains classification leader: Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Points classification leader: Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates)
• Best young rider: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Teams classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

1	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 22min 39sec
2	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	@ 8sec
3	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:18
4	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	0:22
5	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Wilco Kelderman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	0: 43
16	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
17	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
18	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	s.t.
20	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
22	Romain Bardet	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
23	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Matthew Dinham	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
29	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
32	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
35	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
38	León Sánchez Luis	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
39	Clément Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	0:58
43	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:02
44	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	1:29
45	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:31
46	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	1:42
47	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	2:16
48	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	2:25
49	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	2:48
50	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
51	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	3:23
53	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
55	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
56	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	3:47
58	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	5:09
61	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
64	Tony Gallopin	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
65	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
66	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	5:46
67	Chris Hamilton	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
68	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
73	Dylan Van Baarle	Jumbo-Visma	7:13
74	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
77	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
78	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
79	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	7:39
80	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:46
81	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
82	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	9:52
83	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
84	Kevin Vermaerke	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
85	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
86	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
87	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
90	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
92	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	11:13
93	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
94	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
95	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
97	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
100	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
104	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
105	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
106	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	11:55
107	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	12:00
108	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	14:03
109	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
110	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
111	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
113	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
115	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
116	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
117	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
120	John Degenkolb	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
121	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
122	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	Nils Eekhoff	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
124	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
125	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
126	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
127	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
128	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
129	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
130	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
131	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
133	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
134	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
135	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
136	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
137	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
138	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
139	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
140	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
141	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
142	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	14:16
143	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	15:14
144	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	15:24
145	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
146	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
147	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
148	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
149	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
150	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
151	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
152	Christophe Laporte	Jumbo-Visma	15:28
153	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	15:34
154	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:01
155	Alex Edmondson	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
156	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
157	Sam Welsford	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
158	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
159	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
160	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
161	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
162	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
163	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
164	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
165	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
166	Luca Mozzato	Arkéa-Samsic	17:36
167	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	21:01
168	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
169	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	21:32
170	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
171	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
172	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
173	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
174	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
175	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Stage one photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

TotalEnergies team before the stage start

American road champion Quinn Simmons

Mathieu van der Poel

John Degenkolb

Julian Alaphilippe

Mikel Landa

Michael Woods at the teams presentation ceremony

Jai Hindley smiles for the camera.

The fans were out in force in Bilbao

In Bilbao, Alberto Bettiol

Bob Jungels

Adrien Petit

Stefan Küng

2022 Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard

Jonathan Castroviejo

Yves Lampaert

Mark Cavendish

Christopher Juul-Jensen

Omar Fraile

Adam Yates looks back to see that he's well clear of brother Simon.

Adam Yates takes a clean win.

Brother Simon Yates finishes four seconds later.

Tadej Pogacar looks around as he sprints for third.. He's got the jump on the others.

Winning the field sprint, Tadej Pogacar is third.

Tadej Pogacar gets the white jersey of the Best Young Rider.

Neilson Powless is King of the Mountains.

Adam Yates is the first yellow jersey of the 2023 Tour de France.