That’s all for today … Thanks for joining me and for all the emails.It’s been great seeing your message, hearing where you’re watching the Tour from and seeing your pictures.The Tour de France 2025 is officially under way and that was a fun first stage to cover.The Guardian’s live coverage of the Tour is back tomorrow, so please join then.I will be back on the TdF blog on Monday, so also come back and see me.

Here is today’s race report from Jeremy Whittle in Lille:Today’s stage winner Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) has been chatting to reporters after his victory.He said:It was a perfect team performance; we were there all day in a really nervous stage, and we knew we had to be at the front when the split happened.The team was amazing, and I just had to finish it off.On winning the maillot jaune after stage one of the Tour de France 2025, Philipsen said:I could not have dreamed about this – wearing the yellow jersey and having something like that hanging in my house is going to be amazing.Here are some pictures from the today’s podiums:Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis), 2ptsJonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), 1ptJasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), 63ptsBiniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), 45ptsAnthony Turgis (Total Energies), 29ptsPaul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ), 21ptsJonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), 20ptsJasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 3hr 53mins 01secBiniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) +4secsSoren Waerenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) +6secsAnthony Turgis (Total Energies) +10secsMatteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling) +10secsClément Russo (Groupama-FDJ) +10secsPaul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ) +10secsMatteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +10secsMarius Mayrhofer (Tudor Pro Cycling) +10secsSamuel Watson (Ineos Grenadiers) +10secs1.

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 2.Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) 3.Soren Waerenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) 4.Anthony Turgis (Total Energies) 5.Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling)Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) wins stage one of the Tour de France 2025.

It’s his 10th victory in the Tour and his first time taking the yellow jersey,Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) was on Philipsen’s wheel but couldn’t beat the Belgian rider in this sprint,🇧🇪 @JasperPhilipsen wins the first stage of the #TDF2025!La première victoire du #TDF2025 revient à 🇧🇪 @JasperPhilipsen ! pic,twitter,com/hmixU35LXT2.

2km to go: Uno-X Mobility have tried to set Soren Waerenskjold for the sprint but Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is also getting his team mate Jasper Philipsen in to position.GC favourites at the front with 3 km to go ⚡️Les favoris du classement général à l'avant à 3 km de l'arrivée ⚡️#TDF2025 pic.twitter.com/Q6w4mlPC7Y4km to go: Ben O’Connor (Jayco AlUla) has been caught up in a high speed crash with Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost).Because of race rules, no riders will lose time if they crash in the final 5km of a flat Tour stage.

5km to go: The front group are 40secs ahead of the chasing group.Sprinters Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) are among the 36 riders in the leading group.Our live blog readers are having a lovely time in Lille, if my emails are anything to go by!Luke writes:Having a lovely time strolling round Lille for today’s stage sampling the local food and drink.I cycled to Dover from my home in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, over the course of eight days and 780km, we only caught a glimpse of the rollout and the finish will be even quicker but it has all been worth it to finally get to see the Tour in France for the first time!Ben from California is in Lille with his wife, Yian.He says:We caught the team presentations earlier on the Champs de Mars and stopped in the old town for a pouchin after that.

Now we’re waiting at the barriers for the race to roll in on the Rue de Turenne, about one km from the finish.Looking forward to my dinner of Welsh complet – a Lilloise speciality that apparently resembles a French rarebit – tonight!8km to go: Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) accelerated.Lidl-Trek drive the chase group.There have been several attacks at the front but all have been shut down.It’s getting pretty fast and furious now.

9km to go: Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) and Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) are with Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-Step).13km to go: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-Step) and Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick-Step) are in the second group and are trailing the front bunch by 28secs.16km to go: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) has been taking a turn at the front of the bunch.The peloton has split, with 30 to 40 riders in the front group.Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) are in there.

21km to go: Jake Stewart (Israel Premier Tech) needs to stop for a mechanical.Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) has been repositioning and doesn’t seem to have any teammates around him at the moment.Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mattéo Vercher (Total Energies) are off the back of the peloton.24km to go: We’re getting to the business end soon.The commentators on ITV4 are worrying about the stretch coming up which they think could be “violent” with a straight, exposed road and crosswinds.

Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) has been dropped again.Rick from the US has been following today’s blog and emailed in to say:Amy, here in the USA enjoying your commentary on the Tour de France.Glad to see Phil Liggett back on the broadcast too.Now if we just get Peter Sagan back in top form all would be right with cycling.He made past tours very exciting.

What a once in a generation talent he was,Thanks for all your emails,It’s fun to hear how and where you’re following the Tour and blog from,I am in my living room being fuelled by Crunchy Nut Cornflakes (other nut-based cornflake cereals are available),31km to go: Turns out that was the first time Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) has finished first in a category four climb.

The EF Education-Easypost directeur sportif has been on the team radio telling the riders that the “wind is still blowing” and that “there can still be splits”.At the moment the rider are together in the peloton and pushing hard, by the looks of it.Postcard from Evie in Lille:Hello from Lille where we waited two hours at the barrier for the riders to come past during their rollout (around 300m after the Porte de Paris) I’m here with my husband, Ben, (we [got] married six weeks ago today) and in-laws, Jacki & Dave.I’m not a huge cycling fan but Ben is and I can say the atmosphere in the city is great!Thanks for the feed and explanation of what’s happening out there, we will be heading to the finish soon for another two hours of waiting for a few seconds of fun …Waiting on the side of the road to see your favourite riders speed past in a blink of an eye … welcome to the world of cycling fandom Evie! It is fun though, I promise.Swiss rider Stefan Bissegger (Decathlon-Ag2R La Mondiale), who also crashed earlier today like Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) after about 50km, has withdrawn from this year’s Tour de France.

45km to go: Interestingly, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) pushed to the front and took that final KOM point on Mont Noir.46km to go: It looks as if the riders are all in the peloton now as they head towards the final categorised climb of the day: the 1.3km Mont Noir with an average gradient of 6.4%.There’s one KOM point up for grabs at the summit.

Obviously, Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) already has two KOM points in the bag from today.56km to go: Pavel Sivakov and Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) have been driving the pace at the front of the peloton, which is again speeding up.Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) dropped off the bunch and is 35secs behind.Jem has got in touch to say she’s reading this blog in Cassel with her family (hello!):Following your coverage from Cassel! Travelled over from the UK yesterday morning in our van; me (Jem), husband Mark, sons Harrison (seven) and Austin (five) and my dad, Derek!Went to the Tour for the first time last year, happy to be back for the weekend this year.Merched up after the caravanneHeaded to see stage two tomorrow before back home and back to school!62km to go: The riders are upping the pace, they’re now travelling at about 50km/h say TNT Sports.

Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) has been riding alongside medical assistance car to get some spray on his leg after crashing earlier on Mont Cassel,There’s a short headwind section now and then soon the riders will have a tailwind and perhaps some crosswinds,Such a shame but I’m just hearing that Italian rider Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) who crashed 52km in to today’s stage has withdrawn from the Tour de France 2025,Wind is the topic of the day,James from the “windswept flat plains of the Netherlands” has emailed in:For those of us who live in the windswept flat plains of the Netherlands, the promise of crosswinds and echelons (known as ‘waaiers’) is as sexy as a mountaintop finish or a bunch sprint.

Watching a strong team or group assemble on the front, rotate diagonally and blow the peloton apart is absolutely brilliant.Pretty much all the Dutch ‘spring classics’ races are specifically designed to produce this spectacle early in the race and the best Dutch riders are brilliant at knowing when the bunch is going to go ‘op de kant’ (single file on the very edge of the road) and when you need to be at the front in the diagonal rotating group.Speaking from miserable personal experience, being one of the riders in the single file of riders grovelling in the crosswind is incredibly tiring and disheartening.Basically, in order just to not to go backwards, you have to constantly match the power output of the guy on the front taking his ‘few seconds’ turn in the wind before rotating off.No one can hold this, so the line breaks and in a matter of minutes there are several groups on the road, seperated by a good few seconds.

75km to go: Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) took that KOM point, but Mattéo Vercher (Total Energies) did not look happy being knocked down on the line.Fair enough.The pair are up and back on their bikes but have been caught by the peloton.78km to go: Crash for Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) and Mattéo Vercher (Total Energies) who were furiously fighting it out for that one KOM point.Looks as if Thomas’s wheel bounced and spun out, taking Vercher down too.

Filippo Ganna has been dropped.He’s about 1min behind the peloton.79km to go: The riders are averaging 46.2km/h.The beakaway – now consisting of Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) and Mattéo Vercher (Total Energies) -have upped their lead to 1min 3secs as they head towards the 1.

6km category 4 Mont Cassel.And there are cobbles!84km to go: Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) and Mattéo Vercher (Total Energies) are being joined by Arnaud De Lie (Lotto).The gap between this group and the peloton now sits at 55secs.Thank you all for the emails.They’re coming in thick and fast now!Shane has been in touch from Ireland:Enjoying the commentary from beautiful Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland which famously hosted a stage of the Tour in 1998.

Just did my first 75km, at around half the average speed that the fastest Tour winner achieved over 3400km!!!Will from Scotland is out on the stage route and sends this report of the atmosphere and wind conditions:I’m on the Mont Noir climb after cycling down from Scotland.The route touches the Belgian border and they’re here in their thousands.It’s packed!Mega windy here, the run in to the finish will be pretty sketchy, fingers crossed everyone stays upright.94km to go: Mattéo Vercher (Total Energies) has attacked again and he’s been let go by the peloton.Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis), after a moment, follows him.

They have a very slender gap on the pack but it won’t last (I’m pretty sure, but they could amaze me).97km to go: Lidl-Trek’s Jonathan Milan beat Jasper Philipsen, Biniam Girmay and Bryan Coquard on the first sprint.Milan has taken 20 points to put him in the green jersey.Results of the intermediate sprint of La Motte-aux-Bois1.Milan, 20 pts 2.

Coquard, 17 pts 3,Girmay, 15 pts 4,Philipsen, 13 pts 5,Turgis, 11 pts 6,Meeus, 10 pts 7.

Penhoët, 9 pts 8.Lund Andresen, 8 pts 9.Consonni, 7 pts 10.Cattaneo, 6 pts 11.Evenepoel, 5 pts 12.

Ballerini, 4 pts 13.Merlier, 3 pts 14.Van Wilder, 2 pts 15.Valgren, 1 pt102km to go: The breakaway have been caught.There’s a group that dropped off the peloton and are 33secs behind