Tour de France 2025: stage five updates from the time trial from Caen
Date: 2025-07-09T14:06:14.000Z
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Content: Updates from the first time trial of this year's Tour
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Barry Glendenning
Wed 9 Jul 2025 10.06 EDT
First published on Wed 9 Jul 2025 06.58 EDT
10.06am EDT
10:06
The latest Visma-Lease A Bike rider to take his turn sets off, which means there are just 32 riders left to take to the course.
10.04am EDT
10:04
1. Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease a Bike): 37min 15'sec
2. Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale): +2sec
3. Ivan Romeo (Movistar): +29sec
4. Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla): +44sec
5. Pablo Castrillo (Movistar): +45sec
10.01am EDT
10:01
Wout is out! Wout van Aert rolls down the starting ramp and is away. Even in these very early stages, you can tell he's taking it handy and not going for victory in this stage. He came into this race on the back of an illness that ruled him out of the Belgian Championship and is probably using today as a recovery day.
9.50am EDT
09:50
TNT Sports: With the big guns yet to get going, they're pasing the time as best they can on the network's commentary. Race analyst Sean Kelly has just recounted the time he won a spot prize of a live cow in a criterium he was competing in after the Tour de France back in the day. Living in Belgium at the time, reveals to commentator Carton Kirby that he opted to have it killed, butchered, freezer-wrapped and sent to his home, so that he and his pals could dine like kings. I'm not sure that was the happy ending to the story that Kirby was expecting.
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9.45am EDT
09:45
Julian Alaphilippe: The Frenchman rolls over the finish line over three minutes down on the leading time of 37min 15sec after a leisurely trip around the circuit. Tobias Foss won't be unseating stage leader Edoardo Affini from the Big Chair either. The Norwegian champion finishes almost 53 seconds off the pace.
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9.35am EDT
09:35
Tadej Pogacar: The reigning Tour de France champion sets off on his race of truth at 3.58pm (BST) and will be seeking to win his second consecutive stage in this year's race. Following his win yesterday, he was in an understandably good mood.
'I couldn't dream for a better finish than today's,' he said. 'To beat one of the best of the world in road cycling, especially in this kind of finishes and to reach [career] 100 victories in the Tour de France with the rainbow jersey, it's incredible.
'The plan was to go full on this climb. I didn't know exactly how long it would be so maybe I could have put in a little bit more towards the top but I think Jonas [Vingegaard] would have been with me anyway. I expected him to follow. In a way, it was perfect, because everyone's legs were tired and the next attacks were not as strong as they would have been.
'Joao [Almeida] did an amazing job to lead me out until the very end. I'm super happy and proud with the team. With so many good riders in such a finale, you're always a bit on the edge, you never know what's gonna happen. It gives you adrenaline, it's beautiful racing and I enjoy it. Tomorrow is the real test. It's about having the legs. It's not Formula 1, it's cycling, and you need the legs to push.'
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9.18am EDT
09:18
Tobias Foss: The Ineos Grenadiers rider, a World Champion at this discipline three years ago, is out on the course wearing the Norwegian national team jersey.
9.15am EDT
09:15
Normandy American Cemetery: Today's stage takes place near the Normandy American Cemetry, which contains the graves of nearly 9,400 war dead and nearly 1,600 names on the Walls of the Missing. It overlooks Omaha Beach, where many of those interred in the cemetery lost their lives on D-Day.
9.06am EDT
09:06
An email: 'Purely by chance, I was in Pisa in May when it hosted the finish of the Giro's ITT,' writes Gary Naylor. 'Apart from the usual Tuscan rain I always seem to catch, it was noticeable that the road surface was pretty ropey and looked scary even in the dry. I was also surprised that many riders pretty much coasted in, which made the ones going full gas (like Josh Tarling) look like they were on motorbikes. A minute or two on the road looks like a helluva lot more than that when the rider is a low barrier and four feet away at 45mph.'
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9.05am EDT
09:05
Julian Alaphillipe: The mercurial Frenchman and Tudor Pro Cycling veteran rolls the ramp and is sent on his way by a raucous crowd who clearly adore him.
8.59am EDT
08:59
Bruno Armirail comes up just short!!! The clock turns red 2.47 seconds before the French ITT champion crosses the line. Edoardo Affini remains in the Big Chair and 37min 15sec is still the time to beat.
8.55am EDT
08:55
8.53am EDT
08:53
It's been 18 years … This being my first foray into the live coverage of this year's Tour, I am hidebound by tradition to post this video of the now retired German rider Marcus Burghardt crashing into a Labrador that was out on an Alpine stroll in 2007. Somewhat remarkably, both cyclist and dog emerged from the incident completely unscathed.
8.46am EDT
08:46
Bruno Amirail: The French champion is slowing down and posts a slower time than Affini at the second check. He is 18 seconds down on the Italian. Somewhat bizarrely, the Tour broadcasters don't have TV cameras at the on-course checkpoints.
8.41am EDT
08:41
Bruno Armirail: The Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale rider is out on the course putting in a decent shift. He posted the best time at the first checkpoint and is about to hit the second one wearing the red, white and blue jersey that signifies he is the French national ITT champion. For the first time as far as I can remember, the AG2R La Mondiale riders are not wearing brown shorts. I have to say I'm not happy about it!
8.32am EDT
08:32
8.30am EDT
08:30
Ivan Romeo: Before vacating the leader's Big Chair, the Movistar rider had this to say about today's course and his performance: 'It has been an exhausting ITT, really tough. I didn't have a moment to breath, as I was the whole time on the saddle and pushing as much as possible.
'I'm happy with my performance, although not 100 per cent as I could have done a bit more - not today, but on my best day. In any case, perfection is hard to attain - if you do 50 ITTs you hardly get one completely right.
'This is a course for specialists. Remco is the best time-trialist in the world and it suits him super well. The GC guys are going to top the leaderboard at the end of the day.'
8.28am EDT
08:28
Edoardo Affini leads the stage: The Visma-Lease A Bike rider smithereens the time set by Ivan Romeo and the benchmark is now 37min 15sec. His average speed over the 33-kilometre course was 53.2km per hour.
8.25am EDT
08:25
8.21am EDT
08:21
Edoardo Affini: The Italian (Visma-Lease A Bike) rider is currently scorching up the course with his team leader Jonas Vingegaard on a reconaissance mission behind him in the team car. 37min 44sec is the time to beat and it looks like Edoardo might do it.
8.14am EDT
08:14
8.12am EDT
08:12
Kevin Vauquelin: Currently in the white jersey, in fifth place on General Classification, Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) will be riding around ther roads of his native Normandy today.
'There's definitely a very high level, it's going to be a great battle for the rest of the Tour,' he said after yesterday's stage. 'This is the biggest race in the world, everyone is at their best so I'm not surprised. I didn't think I'd keep the white jersey. I'm really happy to have a distinctive jersey for tomorrow's time trial, at home. I think it's just pure joy. When I climbed onto the podium with the white jersey, I received a lot of encouragement. It's just a dream.'
8.07am EDT
08:07
Edoardo Affini: The European ITT champion is out on the course and is currently second fastest after the first checkpoint, having split Ivan Romeo and Luke Plapp.
8.03am EDT
08:03
Two non-starters today: Emilien Jeanniere (Total Energies) has left the race with a fractured collarbone he suffered in a crash on stage three, while Jasper De Buyst (Lotto) woke up with a fever and has also abandoned on medical advice. Jeanniere also broke a tooth in his crash and had to ask a local dentist in Dunkirk to open his surgery out of hours so he could get that sorted out.
'I was quickly taken care of thanks to our team doctor, who lives in Dunkirk,' said the rider yesterday. 'He arranged for a dentist, Dr Richard, to open his practice for me at 8pm and I'd like to publicly thank him. He fixed my tooth.'
7.54am EDT
07:54
Ivan Romeo leads. The Movistar rider, who is the World U23 ITT champion, crosses the finish line in 37min 44.94sec. Luke Plapp (Jayco Ulula) finishes at a more sedate pace, taking the last few corners far more cautiously than his Spanish rival, stops the clock at 37min 59.96sec. Romeo's time should stand for a while.
7.49am EDT
07:49
The first rider is finished: Yevgeniy Fedorov (XDS Astana) is last on General Classificiation due in no small part to several crashes. The Kazakh rider finishes the course in a time of 42min 24.21sec. He was first down the ramp but not the first man to cross the finish line.
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7.43am EDT
07:43
Luke Plapp The Australian Jayco Ulula rider reaches the second checkpoint 10 seconds quicker than Ivan Romeo.
7.36am EDT
07:36
An email: 'Here roadside north-west of Caen in the countryside and its a perfect day for a white wedding and also an individual time trial,' writes Steve Horne. It's hot but not too hot, a merest whisper of breeze and not a cloud in the sky so no chance of rain soaked roads for the later starters.'
7.34am EDT
07:34
Ivan Romeo: The 21-year-old Movistar rider stops the clock at the second checkpoint (16.4km) at 18min 50sec and remains the quickest rider out on the course.
7.30am EDT
07:30
Today's course: Largely flat and not particularly technical, today's course is fairly straightforward but has a very exposed stretch out in the countryside that could cause problems for riders if the wind whips up.
7.26am EDT
07:26
Today's time checks: Ivan Romeo (Movistar) is the quickest rider past the first checkpoint by some distance thus far, travelling the first 8.2 kilometres in 9min 51sec. The next time check is at 16.4km and the third one is at 24.8km. Romeo has already passed the two riders who started in front of him.
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7.18am EDT
07:18
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07:18
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07:18
7.18am EDT
07:18
An intriguing sub-plot: Still eligible for the best young rider (under-25) category, Remco Evenepoel is the odds-on favourite to win today's stage but should the Belgian endure a rare bad day at the ITT office, there's a decent chance Scotland's very own Oscar Onley could take the white jersey.
Riding in only his second Tour de France, the 22-year-old from Perth is a highly commendable seventh overall on General Classification but is only 29 seconds behind Kevin Vauquelin, who is currently in possession of the garment and will have plenty of support as he rides today's ITT on his home roads of Normandy. It's a tall order but a big performance from Oscar (and a poor one from Remco) could see the Picnic PostNL rider wrestle the white jersey from the Frenchman's shoulders.
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7.17am EDT
07:17
An email: 'Can you remind me please what Oscar Onley's TTs are like?' asks Nick. 'I know he's a climber and so far an amazing GC top 10. Do you reckon he can hold that to Paris? Everything crossed.'
There's a long way to go before Paris so it's far too early to say if Oscar can stay in the top 10 but I read somewhere that his team's plan is for him to hunt stage wins. To be honest, I don't know much about his time-trialling prowess but he was part of the team that won the TTT during his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta, in 2023.
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7.08am EDT
07:08
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Yevgeniy Fedorov (XDS Astana) has rolled down the ramp and started putting the early stages of the course behind him. He's followed 90 seconds later by Matteo Vercher (TotalEnergies).
7.05am EDT
07:05
Remco Evenepoel: The last time the Belgian lost an Individual Time Trial was on the final stage of last year's Tour, when he was beaten by the race winner Tadej Pogacar. He has since won the Olympic ITT, World Championship ITT and Belgian National ITT, among other races.
6.59am EDT
06:59
Currently in last place on General Classification, Yevgeniy Fedorov (XDS Astana) will be the first rider down the ramp at 12.10pm (BST) but here are a list of the main contenders for today's stage and the times they are due to set off. Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease A Bike) could be the first rider to set a time that could prove hard to beat and he rolls out at 12.49pm. Of course there's also every chance I have managed to omit the name of today's winner from my list of contenders but we'll find out in due course …
12.49pm: Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease A Bike)
2.58pm: Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike)
3.36pm: Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe)
3.44pm: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step)
3.54pm: Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike)
3.56pm: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike)
3.58pm: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
6.59am EDT
06:59
1. Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 16hrs 46mins 00secs
2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Same time
3. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +8secs
4. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +19secs
5. Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) +26secs
6. Enric Mas (Spa-Movistar) +48secs
7. Oscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) +55secs
8. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Same time
9. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal Quick-Step) +58secs
10. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +7secs
6.59am EDT
06:59
Stage four report: Tadej Pogacar secured his 100th career win on stage four of the Tour de France, after the defending champion narrowly outsprinted the race leader Mathieu van der Poel just before the line. Jeremy Whittle reports from Rouen …
6.58am EDT
06:58
From William Fotheringham's stage-by-stage guide: The first decisive day in the battle for the overall, a relatively long time trial on the rolling bocage north-east of Caen, largely on wide main roads that will suit the most powerful riders in the field. The favourites need to at least limit any losses; the winner should be a pure rouleur.
In the preview he submitted before the race started, m'learned colleague Lord Fotheringham originally tipped Filippo Ganna for the stage win today having failed to foresee that the big Italian Ineos Grenadiers rider would be forced to abandon the race with a concussion after crashing during the first stage. The Swiss Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale rider Stefan Bissegger is another man who would have had his eye on victory today but he was also forced to abandon the race on the opening day.
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