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It was a first Tour stage win for Jakobsen and a second in two days for the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team after Yves Lampaert’s win in Friday’s time trial

Copenhagen (AFP) - Belgian Yves Lampaert shocked the favourites to pull on the leader's yellow jersey after the rain-drenched first stage of the Tour de France, an individual time-trial in the Danish capital on Friday.

Copenhagen (AFP) - Belgian Yves Lampaert won the first stage of the Tour de France on Friday, gate-crashing the opening day individual time-trial as crowds defied the rain along the 13.2km route in downtown Copenhagen.

Belgian rider Yves Lampaert won the Tour de France opening stage while two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar finished third on Friday.

Copenhagen (AFP) - Fans braved the rain and packed downtown Copenhagen as the Tour de France got underway Friday, with Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik watching from in front of the royal palace as riders set off gingerly on the rain-slick roads.

Both publicly and privately, Geraint Thomas was given no guarantees he would even make Ineos Grenadiers’ team for this year’s Tour de France.

Yves Lampaert was the surprise winner of a rain-drenched opening time trial, from which all the major GC contenders emerged unscathed

Copenhagen (AFP) - Fans packed downtown Copenhagen ahead of the Tour de France's Grand Depart Friday where Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik had promised to watch from in front of the royal palace, while over a billion television viewers are expected to tune in over the three weeks.

Yves Lampaert beat out Wout van Aert and two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar to claim the first Yellow Jersey of the 2022 Tour de France in a rain-impacted Copenhagen time trial