LUXEMBOURG -- Telekom rider Erik Zabel won the first intermediate sprint of the first stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, while France's Laurent Jalabert took third to take the provisional overall lead.

With 124km to go of the 192km opening stage through Luxembourg, FDJ's Christophe Mengin, Lampre's Ludo Dierckxens and AG2R's Stephane Gerges had a three-minute lead over the Peloton.

Berges claimed 10 points for first place over the summit of Cote de Hoscheid, while Mengin picked up seven points and Dierckxens five, reported Reuters.

Having finished second to defending champion Lance Armstrong in the tour's prologue on Saturday, Jalabert secured two bonus points for his third place in the intermediate sprint at Heiderscheid to take the provisional overall lead.

Zabel collected six points and six seconds for his sprint victory. Australia's credit Agricole rider Stuart O'Grady finished second.