Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 1 - Brest to Landerneau - France - June 26, 2021 Deceuninck–Quick-Step rider Julian Alaphilippe of France celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the first stage Pool via REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
LANDERNEAU, France (Reuters) -Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe recovered from a crash to win the first stage of the Tour de France, an incident-strewn 197.8-km ride from Brest, to take the inaugural leader's yellow jersey on Saturday.
The world champion burst away from the main pack with 2.3-km left of a brutal climb up to the Cote de la Fosse aux Loups, and none of his rivals could match his power.
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