As the Tour de France's opening time trial came to a close, with a shocking stage winner in Yves Lampert, the overall standings were largely as expected. Tadej Pogachar, the two-time Tour champion, led the pack, followed by the Jumbo-Visma duo of Primoš Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard.

The pair had finished runner-up to Pogachar in the Tour for the past two years, but this time they shared the lead, and after the first of 21 stages, there was not much separating them.

In fact, Vingegaard finished in second place. He finished in 8th place, 16 seconds behind Lampert and 1 second behind Roglic. The gap to Pogachar was 8 and 9 seconds, respectively.

"I think it went really, really well. In fact, I think it went a little surprisingly well," said Vingegaard.

As for Roglic, he was "definitely happy" with his own result and "super happy" with the team's overall performance.

As is usual for the leadership duo, it will be interesting to see who is in better shape. In the Dauphiné, Roglic won the overall, but Vingegaard was stronger on the final day.

There was little difference between the two in the 13.2 km wet race in Copenhagen on Friday; the two had beaten each other in the time trial, and a one-second gap was no clue as to what would happen next.

"I don't know how much we lost to Pochacal, but I think we can be satisfied. There is no internal ranking, it will be a battle between us and him," Vingegaard said.

Both drivers were just happy to avoid crashing on the wet, technical city streets. The rain started early and made for treacherous driving, although they had booked an early time slot to avoid the rain.

"I don't think I missed my chance," said Vingegaard.

"I had a couple of front wheel slips, but I'm glad I didn't take any chances. [The Ineos duo of Adam Yates and Geraint Thomas were around 10 seconds back, while podium contender Alexandre Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) was over 15 seconds. Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën), on the other hand, clocked 45 seconds in the Dauphiné.

The Tour takes place on a flat stage on Saturday, which could put more than a second between the Jumbo-Visma pair. The route crosses the 18-km Great Belt Bridge in the finale, but also has some narrow roads beforehand that could be hit by crosswinds.

"It's going to be a stressful day, no doubt about it. We just have to stay on the cutting edge of it."