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Tour de France Stage 5 results, standings: Remco Evenepoel wins time trial at Caen
The yellow jersey at the 2025 Tour de France has changed hands following the Stage 5 individual time trial on Wednesday, July 9, in Caen. Reigning world and Olympic time trial champion Remco Evenepoel excelled in his specialty by completing the 33-kilometer course in a winning time of 36 minutes, 42 seconds. Evenepoel overcame a slow stretch during the middle of his run to finish 16 seconds faster than Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar. Advertisement However, Pogačar's strong run vaulted him into the general classification lead after he was tied with Mathieu van der Poel atop the standings entering the stage. Pogačar now leads Evenepoel by a total of 42 seconds. Van der Poel finished one minute, 44 seconds behind Evenepoel's winning time and fell back to sixth place overall. In addition to the claiming the yellow jersey as the race's overall leader, Pogačar moved into the points lead and added the green jersey to the polka dot one he already had as the Tour's top climber. Stage 5 results Final results from the 33-kilometer Stage 5 individual time trial in Caen at the 2025 Tour de France on Wednesday, July 9: Pos. Rider Team Time Gap 1 Remco Evenepoel Soudal Quick-Step 00h 36' 42'' -- 2 Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates XRG 00h 36' 58'' + 16'' 3 Edoardo Affini Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00h 37' 15'' + 33'' 4 Bruno Armirail Decathlon AG2R 00h 37' 17'' + 35'' 5 Kevin Vauquelin Arkea-B&B Hotels 00h 37' 31'' + 49" 6 Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA 00h 37' 40'' + 58" 7 Ivan Romeo Abad Movistar Team 00h 37' 44'' + 01' 02'' 8 Joao Almeida UAE Team Emirates XRG 00h 37' 56'' + 01' 14'' 9 Luke Plapp Team Jayco Alula 00h 37' 59'' + 01' 17'' 10 Pablo Castrillo Zapater Movistar Team 00h 38' 00'' + 01' 18'' Soudal Quick-Step's Remco Evenepoel celebrates on the podium in Caen after winning the Stage 5 individual time trial at the 2025 Tour de France. Leaders on the course All of the top racers have begun their time trials in Stage 5. Advertisement Wearing the rainbow jersey as the reigning world time trial champion, Remco Evenepoel started quickly but slowed his pace by the midpoint of the route. However, he was able to make up substantial ground toward the finish line and move into the provisional stage lead. Tadej Pogacar, in the polka dot jersey after taking over the points lead in climbing, is off to a strong start. Meanwhile, overall leader Mathieu van der Poel, the last competitor to take to the streets of Caen, is not expected to retain the yellow as the time trial is not his strong suit. Tour de France 2025 standings Through Stage 5 Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia: 17h 22' 58'' Remco Evenepoel, Belgium: 17h 23' 40'' (42 seconds behind) Kevin Vauquelin, France: 17h 23' 57'' (59 seconds) Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark: 17h 24' 11" (1 minute, 13 seconds) Matteo Jorgenson, USA: 17h 24' 20'' (1 minute, 22 seconds) Mathieu van der Poel, Netherlands: 17h 24' 26'' (1 minute, 28 seconds) Joao Almeida, Portugal: 17h 24' 51'' (1 minute, 53 seconds) Primoz Roglic, Slovenia: 17h 25' 28'' (2 minutes, 30 seconds) Florian Lipowitz, Germany: 17h 25' 29'' (2 minutes, 31 seconds) Mattias Skjelmose, Denmark: 17h 25' 30'' (2 minutes, 32 seconds) Advertisement 2025 Tour de France jersey leaders Yellow (overall race leader): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia Green (points): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia Polka dot (mountains): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia White (young rider): Remco Evenepoel, Belgium Who's wearing the rainbow jersey at 2025 Tour de France? In addition to the four traditional colored jerseys at the Tour de France, the reigning world champion in the day's event wears a rainbow-colored jersey. It's white with five colored stripes – blue, red, black, yellow and green (same as the colors of the Olympic rings). In today's time trial, the rainbow jersey is worn by Remco Evenepoel of Belgium. Advertisement 2025 Tour de France next stage Stage 6 is a hilly 201.5-kilometer road race from Bayeux to Vire Normandie on Thursday, July 10. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tour de France Stage 5: Remco Evenepoel wins time trial
The Guardian
3 days ago
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- The Guardian
Tour de France 2025: Evenepoel wins time trial as Pogacar powers into yellow
Tadej Pogacar struck the first blow in his rivalry with Jonas Vingegaard by taking the overall Tour de France lead after finishing second to Remco Evenepoel in the stage five time trial in Caen. Pogacar's performance exceeded expectations and will have hit hard on Vingegaard's Visma‑Lease a Bike team bus, with the double Tour winner now more than a minute behind his Slovenian rival after only five days of racing. 'I was surprised,' Pogacar said of the gap he opened up on the Dane. 'I'm not going to lie. I was not expecting to be so far ahead of him in this time trial. I expected him to be closer to Remco, but maybe he didn't have a great day.' While the Olympic and world time trial champion Evenepoel, riding at an average speed of 54km/h, claimed an expected stage success, Pogacar was the real winner, as Vingegaard's challenge wilted in the heat of the Calvados afternoon. With Vingegaard now under pressure to combat his rival, there may be further tension in the camp, with his American teammate Matteo Jorgenson, winner of the Paris-Nice race in March, just nine seconds behind him. 'I don't have an explanation,' Visma's head of racing, Grischa Niermann, said of his team leader's result. 'Of course, we hoped for more. I guess Jonas didn't have enough power today.' Pogacar, however, was not getting carried away. 'I always have eyes on everybody, not just one guy,' he said. 'You cannot discount all the riders up to top 10 in general classification. 'Jonas is the most hungry to get back time, he's in super good shape, his team's in good form, so they will try, maybe tomorrow or the next day.' Yet there is no doubt the pendulum has now swung in Pogacar's favour. Evenepoel, winner of the 2024 Tour time trial stage to Gevrey‑Chambertin, had predicted he would make up almost a minute on Pogacar and, quickly into his compact position, set off at breakneck pace. Despite winning the stage, the Belgian did not achieve the time gains for which he had hoped. The Slovenian, blindsided by a flying Evenepoel in the Critérium du Dauphiné time trial a month ago, was this time a different prospect. His performance around Caen was much more competitive than expected and kept the Belgian in check, while transforming a slim overnight advantage over Vingegaard of 8sec into a significant 1min 13sec. But on a stage thankfully free of any of the pile-ups that have marked some of the earlier stages, the safety debate still shadowed the peloton, after the Canadian rider Mike Woods, 122nd overall in the Tour, said that race organisers ASO 'love crashes'. Writing on his blog, the 38 year old Woods, a stage winner in the 2023 Tour, said: 'Despite their claimed attempts to make the sport safer, one gets a sense – when watching any highlight reel they create – that blood, broken bikes, and some poor bastard walking into an ambulance are what they love to sell.' Another casualty of earlier crashes, Emilien Jeannniere of France, who was catapulted into the crowd barriers in the stage to Dunkirk on Monday, quit the race after it was discovered that he had broken his shoulder, even though he successfully finished stage four into Rouen. 'It's sad to abandon my first Tour, but there are other races and I have to put my health first,' the 26 year old rider said. Others are faring better, with the rising British talents Oscar Onley and the Tour debutant Joe Blackmore quickly finding their feet in this year's race. In contrast, prospects looked gloomier for Ineos Grenadiers with Carlos Rodriguez now languishing in 16th place, four minutes behind Pogacar, after the first time trial. The sixth stage on Thursday, from Bayeux to Vire, includes six categorised climbs and may see more sparring at the uphill finish, on the 14% slopes of the Avenue d'Atlacomulco.
