Van der Poel's Alpecin team reaches the top of the Tour, the French team beat England at the Euro, PSG beats Bayern... The weekend's sports recap

In football, the French team got their Euros off to a good start in Switzerland on Saturday, while PSG continued their journey to the Club World Cup in the United States.

The Tour de France has begun, the French women's team is underway, and PSG continues to charge ahead. The weekend of sport was rich in emotions, often positive, for French teams and clubs. In cycling, the 112th edition of the Tour de France began in Lille, while McLaren claimed another double victory at the Formula 1 British Grand Prix. Franceinfo: Sport rounds up the news you shouldn't miss.

The 112th edition is underway! The Tour de France set off from Lille on Saturday, July 5, for three days in the North before descending towards the Pyrenees via Normandy, Brittany, and the Massif Central. Belgian sprinter Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won the first stage and the first yellow jersey on Saturday, followed by his teammate Mathieu van der Poel on Sunday at the finish in Boulogne-sur-Mer. The favorite, the Dutchman reclaimed the leader's jersey thanks to a sprint victory ahead of Tadej Pogacar (2nd overall, 4" back, UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (3rd, 6" back, Visma-Lease a bike) after a steep finale.

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A strong start. The French team defeated England in their Women's Euro debut in Switzerland on Saturday (2-1). Against the defending champions, Delphine Cascarino's teammates showed impressive composure to kick off their competition with a deserved victory, punctuated by goals from Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore. By winning this opening clash, Les Bleues have opened the doors to the final phase, where they will face Wales (Wednesday, 9 p.m.) and the Netherlands (Sunday, 9 p.m.) to conclude their group stage.

They were promised hell in the antipodes. With a very rejuvenated team, without almost all of its usual key players, the French XV began its three-match tour in New Zealand, on the Dunedin pitch, with a narrow defeat (31-27) , after having played almost on equal terms with a New Zealand team almost at full strength. Led by Gaël Fickou, Gabin Villière and Mickaël Guillard, all three authors of a try, the French surprised the All Blacks with their level. " We only receive mockery from the New Zealand press, so we were all keen to play a great match to show that we could compete ," Mickaël Guillard had said on Canal+.

This PSG hardly knows how to lose anymore. The Parisians, European champions in June, reached the semi-finals of the Club World Cup on Saturday, defeating Bayern Munich (2-0). Leading thanks to Ousmane Dembélé and Désiré Doué, Luis Enrique's players nevertheless gave themselves a scare at the end of the match, with two sending offs in the last ten minutes for Lucas Hernandez and Willian Pacho. It is without its defenders that the capital club will meet Kylian Mbappé's Real Madrid in the last four, while the other semi-final will see the Brazilian club Fluminense face Chelsea. For Bayern, however, the season ends with a serious injury to one of its best players, Jamal Musiala.

In particularly wet and changeable conditions, Briton Lando Norris took an opportunistic win in his home Grand Prix at Silverstone, beating his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. Still leading the world championship, the Australian saw him close to just eight points in the standings and could be blamed for braking too hard under the safety car. Penalized, he relinquished control of the race, while Max Verstappen—his main threat so far—spun off. A surprise addition to the podium was Nico Hülkenberg (Sauber) for the first time in his career after 239 starts, while Pierre Gasly (Alpine) took a fine 6th place.