2021 Tour de France Stage 1 Results & Recap
Stage 1 of the 2021 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Alaphilippe wins first stage
Julian Alaphilippe (DQT) timed his attack to the letter to win the first stage of the Tour de France today, on a 200km route from Brest to Landerneau. Michael Matthews (BEX) finished second on the La Fosse aux Loups and PrimoĹľ Roglic (TJV) third on a stage that was marred with crashes.
"It’s really incredible, honestly," Alaphilippe said after the race. "It’s a scenario I imagined and the start of my Tour is a success. It’s a super feeling, my team did great work, they took care of me and controlled things. In the final, I was caught up in a crash but I was able to stay calm and then I had to finish off the work on the final climb, where we really wanted to make it hard and get rid of the sprinters. When Dries opened the gap I gave the maximum without asking any questions,” the yellow jersey said at the finish.
"It wasn’t planned to go from that far but when I went I saw I had a small gap and I saw everyone was à bloc so I decided to keep going. In the final kilometre, I saw the gap wasn’t coming down. Every time it’s an emotion I can’t describe.”
"It’s a joy for me to win but also to give emotions to those close to me. This is really a special win for me."
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