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France 24
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- France 24
Tour de France: A cycling race and an annual celebration
France 06:51 From the show This week, we focus on a French sporting institution that comes around once a year: the Tour de France. It's considered one of the most difficult and most prestigious cycling races in the world. We tell you some of the specifics of the "Grande Boucle", like the different jerseys to look out for. Part of the reason the race is so popular is because the whole atmosphere is electric. But the Tour de France is so much more than just a cycling competition – it's also a celebration of France.
Daily Tribune
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Tribune
Pogacar into yellow as Evenepoel wins Tour de France time trial
rider Remco Evenepoel won the fifth stage of the Tour de France yesterday, a 33km time trial around Caen that saw Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar take the yellow jersey from Mathieu van der Poel. World and Olympic champion Evenepoel completed the course in 36min 42sec at a blistering average speed of 54 km/h. He finished 16 seconds quicker than Pogacar with the Italian Edoardo Affini 33sec off the stage lead in third. Pogacar now leads the general classification with a 42sec advantage over Evenepoel who collected his second stage win on the Tour de France, having triumphed in the time trial in Gevrey-Chambertin last year on his debut in the Grande Boucle. 'I knew I had a good chance but, of course, the legs still have to be there and everything has to go to plan,' said Evenepoel whose Soudal Quick-Step team-mate Tim Merlier won stage 3 two days ago. 'In the end I think it was pretty good. I didn't really feel like I could go any faster, so I think in general I'm happy with the result. 'It's a second stage win for our team, it's super nice.' Two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard, who began the day just 8sec behind the yellow jersey Van der Poel, had a poor day as the Dane could only finish 13th in the stage -- 1min 21sec behind Evenepoel -- to slip to 1min 13sec behind Pogacar in the new standings. He drops to fourth overall with local rider Kevin Vauquelin moving up to third after a hugely-impressive ride that saw him finish fifth on the day. 'I'm over the moon, really,' said an emotional Vauquelin.
