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The Tour opens with a 19km team time trial, the shortest stage of this year’s race. The winning team, Visma | Lease a Bike, crossed the line in 21 minutes and 47 seconds, for an average speed of 54 kph (33.5 mph). Putting Jonas Vingegaard into the race’s first yellow jersey.

The short, intense effort meant riders spent nearly as much time warming up as they did racing. Watch our experts explain why.

barcelona, spain july 04 jonas vingegaard of denmark and team visma lease a bike celebrates at podium as yellow leader jersey winner during the 113th tour de france 2026, stage 1 a 196km team time trial stage from barcelona to barcelona uciwt on july 04, 2026 in barcelona, spain photo by dario belingherigetty images

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Stage 1 Top 5

1. Team Visma | Lease a Bike

2. Netcompany INEOS

3. UAE Team Emirates-XRG

4. Lidl – TREK

5. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

GC After Stage 1

1. Jonas Vingegaard

2. Filippo Ganna +08

3. Tadej Pogacar +12

4. Juan Ayuso +16

5. Remco Evenepoel +19

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Test Editor Dan Chabanov got his start in cycling as a New York City bike messenger but quickly found his way into road and cyclocross racing, competing in professional cyclocross races from 2009 to 2019 and winning a Master’s National Championship title in 2018. Prior to joining Bicycling in 2021, Dan worked as part of the race organization for the Red Hook Crit, as a coach with EnduranceWERX, as well as a freelance writer and photographer.