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Philipsen claimed four stage wins in 2023 and finished that edition of the Tour with the green jersey as the points classification leader.<\/p>\n
He said he had “dreamt” about wearing yellow.<\/p>\n
Already I had the green jersey from two years ago but to have the yellow jersey hanging somewhere in my house is amazing,” he said.<\/p>\n
A five-man breakaway was caught with more than 100km to go on the 184.9km loop route, which was affected by crosswinds and featured multiple crashes.<\/p>\n
Ineos Grenadiers rider Filippo Ganna was forced to abandon after going down with British debutant Sean Flynn, and he was soon followed by fellow time-trial specialist Stefan Bissegger.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Thomas will wear the polka-dot jersey as mountain leader after winning two of the day’s three climbs, wiping out Matteo Vercher as he lunged for the line to claim his second mountain point.<\/p>\n
Then came the split, which resulted in Roglic and Evenepoel crossing 39 seconds after Pogacar and Vingegaard, and the latter’s British team-mate Simon Yates struggled.<\/p>\n
The Giro d’Italia champion got a puncture and tried to recover but ended up coming in more than six minutes after the lead group.<\/p>\n
Stage two is a 209.1km hilly ride from Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n