Visma-Lease a Bike edge Barcelona TT to seize yellow as Tour de France opener heats up

Barcelona hosted the Tour de France’s first team-time trial since 1971, with Visma-Lease a Bike delivering a dominant performance to win the stage and place Jonas Vingegaard in the yellow jersey. Netcompany Ineos finished second and UAE Team Emirates XRG came third, while Tadej Pogačar and other GC contenders showed early form but fell short of the winning time by about 11 seconds. The result kicks off a high-stakes GC battle and signals a gripping three weeks ahead, with several big-name riders already signaling they’ll contest the overall, even without Wout van Aert at the start.