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2025-07-09T15:50:51.577Z
No yellow jersey for Evenepoel, whose dream result would have been a first ever maillot jaune, but a knock-out performance nonetheless.
2025-07-09T15:49:04.608Z
Some first words from the stage winner, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep): „You never know because big guys like [longstanding leader] Edoardo [Affini], they can do these kinds of courses very well. Also they can save a little bit more in the finals like yesterday so I knew I had a good chance, but the legs were there, and everything has to go as the plan is.“
„In the end I think it was pretty good, I didn’t really feel like I could go any faster and happy too with this second stage win for our team [after Merlier on stage 3], it’s really nice.“
„I kind of pushed steady, harder on the uphills than the downhills of course, but my strongest point was keeping my pace in the end as in the first ten ks. We saw I was still gaining time in the last eight kilometres so I paced it perfectly.“
2025-07-09T15:45:55.433Z
In a nutshell: Evenepoel more than lived up to expectations, Pogačar was considerably better than expected and Vingegaard has taken a step backwards – but he’s far from out of the fight.
2025-07-09T15:44:45.082Z
Here’s the stage classification, courtesy of FirstCycling
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2025-07-09T15:41:03.965Z
A day after taking his 100th career win in Rouen, Pogačar is back in yellow. If there were any lingering doubts about his status as top favourite, they’ve shrunk quite a bit more now.
2025-07-09T15:39:02.939Z
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) has won stage 5 of the Tour de France, and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) is the new race leader
2025-07-09T15:38:45.747Z
Van der Poel crosses the line 1:43 down on Evenepoel.
2025-07-09T15:37:21.585Z
It’s a virtual certainty that Pogačar will be returning to the yellow jersey this evening for the first time this year.
2025-07-09T15:35:44.916Z
Pogačar crosses the line 16 seconds down on Evenepoel, but 1-05 up on Vingegaard. A big step forward too for the Slovenian.
2025-07-09T15:34:41.409Z
Meanwhile Pogačar almost overcooks a corner but stays in control. That was close.
2025-07-09T15:34:12.998Z
Jonas Vingegaard finishes 1:21 down on Evenepoel.
2025-07-09T15:33:29.142Z
Vingegaard is riding flawlessly, clearly familiar with the course and comfortable on his TT bike, but he just isn’t producing the same kind of power as Pogačar and Evenepoel today.
2025-07-09T15:31:49.042Z
Tadej Pogačar’s gap on Evenepoel is roughly 18 seconds. This is a very powerful performance by the Slovenian, particularly considering how he didn’t race so strongly in the Dauphiné equivalent mid-week TT – and whom he’s racing against today.
2025-07-09T15:30:19.056Z
Best Young Rider leader Vauquelin comes home with a time of 37:31, a solid 49 seconds down on Evenepoel and fourth on the stage. He could well remain in the BYR lead tonight as a result.
2025-07-09T15:28:43.309Z
Pogačar seems to be pulling time back a little on Evenepoel, but it may be too much to go for the stage win.
2025-07-09T15:28:11.683Z
Pogačar out on the course, he could be in yellow this evening
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2025-07-09T15:25:16.034Z
Vingegaard is over a minute down on Evenepoel, shipping important time on the Belgian. The key question long-term, though, is maybe how much he’s losing to Pogačar.
2025-07-09T15:24:17.919Z
João Almeida crosses the line more than 1:14 down on Evenepoel. Sixth place on the stage for now, but there’s still some big names to come…
2025-07-09T15:23:29.174Z
Van der Poel is more than 1 minute down at the half-way point of the time trial. After three days in the lead, he’s out of yellow for sure.
2025-07-09T15:21:16.017Z
Evenepoel into the provisional lead.
2025-07-09T15:20:20.003Z
Whatever happens now, this is a stunning ride by Evenepoel…
2025-07-09T15:19:55.011Z
Evenepoel soars through the final kilometre at a searing pace, taking maximum advantage of each of the corners.
2025-07-09T15:19:23.394Z
Pogacar is 12 seconds down on Evenepoel, but he’s 18 seconds up on Vinegegaard at checkpoint 2. That’s an important gain on his arch-rival.
2025-07-09T15:17:16.010Z
Vingegaard is 41 seconds down on Evenepoel at km 16.2. He’s shipping time steadily on the Belgian.
2025-07-09T15:16:04.494Z
At intermediate time check number three meanwhile, Evenepoel is now 11 seconds faster than stage finisher, and previous best and stage leader Edoardo Affini. He’s en route for a top result for sure.
2025-07-09T15:15:16.934Z
Roglič finishes 46 seconds down on Affini, limiting the early damage considerably in the second half of the course.
2025-07-09T15:10:42.532Z
Race leader Van der Poel, the last rider through the final checkpoint, is 30 seconds slower than Luke Plapp. That puts him out of yellow – for now.
2025-07-09T15:09:19.762Z
Pogačar is just a single second slower than Evenepoel at CP 1, so he’s 18 seconds up on Vingegaard.
2025-07-09T15:08:20.312Z
Remco Evenepoel during the stage
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2025-07-09T15:06:38.212Z
Vingegaard goes through the first time check 22 seconds down on Plapp, and 9.5 seconds down on Evenepoel. It’s early days, but the Belgian is regaining time on at least one of his key rivals.
2025-07-09T15:04:22.675Z
Evenepoel crosses the second time check, eight seconds down on Plapp and four seconds slower than Affini.
2025-07-09T15:03:15.454Z
Finally Tour de France leader Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) begins his stage. All riders are now out on the course.
2025-07-09T15:02:25.830Z
The World Champion secured the 100th win of his career yesterday at the Tour, so he, too, has his reasons to be feeling motivated in this key 33 kilometre effort against the clock.
2025-07-09T15:01:01.017Z
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) starts his time trial.
2025-07-09T15:00:32.422Z
Vingegaard has already won a time trial this year, of course, back in the Volta ao Algarve, but the big source of motivation today will be how he managed to gain time on Pogačar in the key warmup TT test at the Criterium du Dauphiné.
2025-07-09T14:57:56.708Z
Now it’s Jonas Vingegaard’s turn to head down the start ramp.
2025-07-09T14:57:24.547Z
Roglič, meanwhile, is 49 seconds down on Plapp at Checkpoint 2 (16.4km). A lot depends on what the other GC contenders do, of course, but he’s teetering perilously close to the edge of a real setback.
2025-07-09T14:55:58.469Z
That second place won’t send alarm bells ringing in the Soudal camp just yet. Plapp made a very strong start and then, as he graphically put it ‚flew too close to the sun‘ and burned out in the second half. Evenepoel, most likely, will be measuring his effort.
2025-07-09T14:54:22.226Z
Evenepoel is three seconds slower than Plapp at the first checkpoint.
2025-07-09T14:53:03.640Z
Best Young Rider leader Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), winner of a stage in last year’s Tour and second in the Tour de Suisse last month, starts his time trial to enormous cheers.
2025-07-09T14:51:32.648Z
Should Evenepoel win today, it’d be the reigning World TT Champ’s 21st time trial of his career, and his first in a Grand Tour since the Tour de France last year.
2025-07-09T14:49:35.184Z
Ben O’Connor (Jayco-AlUla) finishes the course 1:14 down on Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease a Bike)
2025-07-09T14:49:01.078Z
Roglič has already lost 28 seconds at the first checkpoint. This is not looking good for the Slovenian star.
2025-07-09T14:48:26.189Z
Straight after Evenepoel, it’s Joâo Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) who is down the ramp. Touted as a potential GC contender after his Tour de Suisse win, for now he’s looking wholly dedicated to teammate Pogacar’s cause.
2025-07-09T14:46:22.361Z
So much is at stake for Evenepoel in today’s race. This is where he not only goes for a stage win, but also where he’ll hopefully (from his point of view) make serious inroads into Vingegaard and Evenepoel’s overall advantage. Can he take yellow? In just about an hour’s time, we’ll have a much better idea…
2025-07-09T14:45:01.571Z
World Champion and leading favourite Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) begins the time trial.
2025-07-09T14:44:06.847Z
And even as Van Aert finishes, another top Belgian is about to begin…
2025-07-09T14:43:51.194Z
Van Aert completes the course
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2025-07-09T14:40:37.580Z
Van Aert finishes nearly four minutes down on his teammate Affini, whose chances of a top five result today, at the least, are looking better and better.
2025-07-09T14:39:51.737Z
A first shot of Tadej Pogačar warming up at the start, warming up underneath some water sprays.
2025-07-09T14:38:37.381Z
Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) is about to start. The Slovenian has five Grand Tour wins in his palmares, most recently the Vuelta a España last year, and has numerous time trial wins on his record as welll. But after his Giro d’Italia crash-out, he’s had a muted start to the Tour too, and is nearly 90 seconds down on race leader Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck). So he will be fighting to get back on terms today.
2025-07-09T14:32:36.397Z
Ben O’Connor (Jayco-AlUla) goes through the second checkpoint (km 16.4) 1:12 down on teammate Luke Plapp. The West Australian GC contender has had a tough start to the Tour after crashing on stage 1 and things are still not looking up yet.
2025-07-09T14:29:58.198Z
Riders now leaving at two minute intervals, all the way to yellow jersey Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) at 1700 CET.
2025-07-09T14:25:21.464Z
As we head into the last 20 starters of the day, here’s a reminder of how things look on GC, via FirstCycling
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2025-07-09T14:22:05.595Z
Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) completes the course in 16th place.
2025-07-09T14:20:20.818Z
Interesting how the top five on the intermediate time splits have remained unchanged for a very long time now. No disrespect intended to Edoardo Affini’s excellent result at the top of the leader board, but it’s also true that a lot of the top time trialling names like Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), just crossing the line 2:46 down, are not a factor at all today. This perhaps suggests that given just how tough the second and third weeks are, quite a few important names who aren’t on the GC fight are under orders simple to take things as gently as possible in what is – for the modern-day Tour – quite a long opening time trial.
2025-07-09T14:15:49.697Z
Swiss National TT Champion Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) rolls across the finish line 1:13 down. Like Van Aert, it seems like he’s keeping his powder dry for deeper into the race.
2025-07-09T14:13:52.380Z
Van Aert is 1:47 down on the best time set by Luke Plapp at the first checkpoint. Likely he’s under orders to take things as calmly as possible.
2025-07-09T14:10:34.133Z
Some interesting comments from former European ITT Champion Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) out there to Eurosport after completing the course: „We’d expect Tadej (Pogačar) to be up there on a course with so little altitude [gain] that he’ll do well with his absolute power, but I have high expectations from Jonas [Vingegaard], he’s spent so much time on the TT bike and he did so well in the Dauphiné TT.“
He also says that teammates Vingegaard and Matteo Jorgenson, both key GC figures, were „really in the zone“ this morning at the team hotel and the other riders left them well alone. Or as he succinctly put it, „No jokes.“
2025-07-09T14:07:04.674Z
It’s not all noisy crowds out there on the course…
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2025-07-09T14:03:15.686Z
Affini remains in the lead
2025-07-09T14:01:10.940Z
Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) pounds through the early kilometres. He has had a fairly lowkey start to the 2025 Tour, but as a former Tour de France time trial winner and National Champion, he’s got to be counted as a potential contender for today.
2025-07-09T13:55:46.195Z
At the other end of the course, meanwhile, Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike), meanwhile, rolls across the line more than four minutes down on teammate and stage leader Affini.
2025-07-09T13:54:46.299Z
Warren Barguil (Picnic-PostNL) rolls down the start ramp. The former Tour de France mountains and double stage winner is about to reach his native Brittany, but Wawa is already getting some big cheers from the crowds in the neighbouring region of Normandy.
2025-07-09T13:52:04.701Z
17th best time for Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) at checkpoint 1, 47 seconds down on former teammate Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla).
2025-07-09T13:44:41.991Z
Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) is another former Tour stage TT winner currently out on the Caen course. Alaf’s lone Grand Tour victory against the clock came during his most serious GC bid at the race, back in 2019 in Pau.
2025-07-09T13:41:56.970Z
Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) heads down the ramp in what is the second-last Tour de France time trial of his career. A former British National TT champ, Thomas is a former first week stage winner of a Tour de France time trial back in 2017 when he won a rainsoaked opening race against the clock in Dusseldorf. This time round, though, he’ll likely be easing back to save energy for breakaways and team support role further down the line.
2025-07-09T13:36:48.027Z
Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) powers along the course. Back in 2024 Vlasov was Bora’s plan ‚B‘ for the Tour, but he had to abandon injured before the Pyrenees and this year, at more than 12 minutes down, he’s looking at a 100% support role for GC leader and teammate Primož Roglič.
2025-07-09T13:29:37.132Z
Whoever wins today, it’ll be from a very different kind of stage to the last one to reach Caen way back in 2006 when it was won by Oscar Freire in a bunch sprint. To his right, green jersey Robbie McEwen, to his left, yellow jersey Tom Boonen.
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2025-07-09T13:26:35.656Z
Foss‘ effort is not paying off, as he’s nearly a minute down on best time split at Checkpoint 2, still held by early starter Luke Plapp.
2025-07-09T13:23:21.742Z
‚Don’t start crazy, you’ll catch me‘ – Tadej Pogačar jokes with Mathieu van der Poel ahead of Tour de France time trial
2025-07-09T13:21:33.350Z
Riders are now leaving at 90 second intervals and will be up until the last 15 start from 1630 onwards, at 2 minute intervals.
2025-07-09T13:14:44.394Z
And there’s a big cheer from the crowds for 2025 Giro d’Italia winner Simon Yates (Visma-Lease A Bike), as he starts out of the gate. He was a winner of a Giro TT back in the day in Budapest, but likely taking it more steady here today.
2025-07-09T13:12:04.093Z
Former World TT Champion Tobias Foss (Ineos Grenadiers) is out on the course right now, cracking out what looks like a seriously fast pace. In the absence of Filippo Ganna, who crashed out injured, he’s likely his team’s main man for today.
2025-07-09T13:08:21.327Z
Meanwhile elsewhere on Planet Cycling, stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia Women has just finished…you can read about it here.
2025-07-09T13:06:21.123Z
Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis), like Armirail with multiple French National Time Trial titles in his palmares, crosses the line. But the former track World Champion and Giro d’Italia breakaway stage winner is a lot further off the pace, 1:53 down
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Here’s a shot of the current stage leader passing by some fans
Tour de France stage 5: early leader Edoardo Affini (Image credit: Getty Images)
2025-07-09T12:57:55.374Z
But he just misses out. Only 2.47 seconds slower than Affini, who is presumably breathing a big sigh of relief in the hot seat right now.
2025-07-09T12:56:47.260Z
He’s now tied on time with Affini at the same point coming into the last kilometre…
2025-07-09T12:55:47.121Z
Armirail has reversed the time losses in dramatic style, and is just four seconds down on Affini in the closing kilometres. He’s definitely in with a shout of the stage lead.
2025-07-09T12:53:33.321Z
Jonathan Milan comes home 4:05 down on stage leader Affini. The Lidl-Trek sprinter’s priorities lie elsewhere.
2025-07-09T12:51:57.254Z
Another DNS today: Émilien Jeannière (TotalEnergies). According to his team, the French sprinter broke his shoulderblade in the stage 3 late pileup.
2025-07-09T12:47:00.861Z
UAE lead sports director Joxean Fernández Matxin talks to Eurosport about Pogačar’s chances this afternoon. Like everybody else, he tips Evenepoel to be the top favourite, but he’s also saying that he think Pogačar can be closer to the Belgian than he was in the Dauphiné equivalent TT, as a result of ‚hard work, positioning on the bike and the mentality you need to tackle a Tour de France time trial.“
As for the stage 5 course itself, he describes it as technical at the start, more straightforward in the middle, and then technical in the end.
2025-07-09T12:40:48.546Z
Hmm. Four seconds down on Plapp at the first checkpoint, Armirail has shed a further 14 seconds by checkpoint 2. Barring major surprises, it looks like the Frenchman is moving out of the running for the stage win.
2025-07-09T12:36:10.806Z
A DNS today…
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2025-07-09T12:31:34.080Z
Wow, but here comes Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale). The three times French National TT Champion was four seconds faster than Affini at the first checkpoint.
2025-07-09T12:29:48.101Z
Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease a Bike) new stage leader
2025-07-09T12:27:36.754Z
Affini blasts past an earlier starter. It’s looking good.
2025-07-09T12:26:44.807Z
Affini marks the best time at checkpoint 3, and is 21 seconds up on Plapp there. Could well be the best time at the finish too.
2025-07-09T12:17:14.184Z
Another rider currently out of the course whose main goal will be to get round incident-free and unscathed is Lenny Martínez (Bahrain Victorious). Dead last on stage 1, Martínez bounced back with a vengeance on stage 4 and the French climber gets a lot of cheers as he heads towards the finish.
2025-07-09T12:15:06.809Z
Green jersey Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) rolls out of the start. For the Italian sprinter today is likely simply a day to get through.
2025-07-09T12:14:24.430Z
Current European TT Champ Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease a Bike) is turning in a very strong time, closing in on Plapp to just four seconds at checkpoint 2. If he’s timed his effort right, he could be a threat to the top of the leaderboard.
2025-07-09T12:06:45.794Z
A shot of the stage leader
Tour de France 2025: early stage 5 leader Iván Romeo (Movistar) (Image credit: Getty Images)
2025-07-09T12:01:37.443Z
Some words from Luke Plapp on Eurosport about his ride: „I flew a bit too close to the sun and got burned, I really just tried to attack it and go out really hard and see how long I could hold on….I just blew a bit towards the end.“
2025-07-09T11:54:30.992Z
Nope, Plapp has shed a lot of time later on. Ten seconds faster than all the previous riders at CP2, but at the finish he’s 15 seconds down on Romeo, who remains the stage leader.
2025-07-09T11:52:39.402Z
Plapp is into the last kilometre, but it’s going to be tight…
2025-07-09T11:50:13.486Z
Sure enough, Romeo storms home with a new best course time of 37:44.
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First finisher
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Romeo is trailing Plapp right now but he’s not giving up at all, shooting past Swiss allrounder Sylvain Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who started three minutes ahead of him, at around seven kilometres to go.
2025-07-09T11:35:43.527Z
Here’s a shot of Luke Plapp out on the course…
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2025-07-09T11:34:05.801Z
Sure enough, Plapp is 10 seconds up on Romeo at CP2 as well.
2025-07-09T11:33:35.658Z
Romeo currently has the best time for checkpoint 2, (Km 16.4) of 18:50, but considering Plapp has yet to reach there, that may change very soon.
2025-07-09T11:29:08.579Z
And Romeo’s time for CP 1 has barely had time to go on the top results board before it’s been beaten by Australian National TT Champion Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) by 10 seconds.
2025-07-09T11:27:29.224Z
New best time
2025-07-09T11:23:13.575Z
While we’re waiting for more early times, for a full preview of today’s stage, James Moultrie has taken a deep dive here for Cyclingnews.
Tour de France 2025 stage 5 preview – Caen time trial brings GC battle between Pogačar, Vingegaard and Evenepoel into the spotlight
2025-07-09T11:21:01.294Z
The fiirst riders are through checkpoint 1 at Cambes-en-plain: Will Barta (Movistar), who ran Primoz Roglič a very close second in a Vuelta a España TT back in the day, is best time with 10:56.
2025-07-09T11:16:39.320Z
Someone who first put in an appearance in the 1993 Tour de France, in the Pyrenean stage to Andorra won by Oliverio Rincón, is still here cheering on the fans in Caen today.
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2025-07-09T11:14:02.354Z
One of the key early starters of the race is now in action. That’s Ivan Romeo (Movistar), the reigning U23 World TT Champion. Definitely a time to watch.
2025-07-09T11:08:59.625Z
There are three interemediate checkpoints:
2025-07-09T11:07:01.066Z
Yevgeniy Fedorov (XDS-Astana) rolls down the start ramp. Stage 5 of the 2025 Tour is officially underway.
2025-07-09T11:05:24.395Z
The weather incidentally is dry and warm, expected to reach a maximum of 27ºC in the late afternoon. Winds of up to 10kmh, so shouldn’t have too much of an effect.
2025-07-09T11:01:55.087Z
No mountains points on offer today, so assuming he finishes the stage, Pogačar is guaranteed at least one day in the polka-dot jersey in the 2025 Tour. He’s won the mountains classification outright twice before, too, so don’t be surprised if he’s leading the ranking for more than just that extra 24 hours, though.
2025-07-09T10:58:33.073Z
Less than ten minutes to go before the time trial gets underway, so here’s a reminder of the various classification leaders:
Overall (yellow jersey): Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
2025-07-09T10:55:43.751Z
For those wanting to get to know the bike in more detail, Will Jones has a full gallery and technical breakdown of Evenepoel’s TT machine, right here.
A 64-tooth chainring and custom bars for Remco Evenepoel’s time trial bike for Stage 5 of the Tour de France
2025-07-09T10:46:27.353Z
A shot this morning of Remco Evenepoel’s TT bike for today’s stage. He’s due off at 1644 CET.
2025 Tour de France stage 5: Remco Evenepoel’s TT bike (Image credit: Getty Images)
2025-07-09T10:42:47.730Z
Evenepoel has some major GC aspirations as well of course, and Stephen Farrand has written all about what today means for Evenepoel, here:
‚A yellow dream is possible‘ – Remco Evenepoel eyes Tour de France leader jersey after responding to Tadej Pogcar’s attacks on hilly road to Rouen
2025-07-09T10:39:50.863Z
Enter stage left, therefore, Remco Evenepoel, double World Time Trial Champion, winner of the same first week TT last year in the Tour and winner of the Critérium du Dauphiné time trial. The Soudal-QuickStep leader was already a top favourite and in the regrettable absence of Italian TT giant Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), who crashed out in the very first day of the Tour, and leading Swiss specialist Stefan Bissegger (Decathlon AG2R Mondiale), who also exited the race after falling on stage 1, arguably even more so.
2025-07-09T10:35:13.388Z
In stark contrast to the stage 13 mountain TT, with 600+ metres of elevation gain in 10 kilometres, this one has a whopping 200 metres of elevation gain over 33 kilometres, and that comparatively low count means this first-week test favours the TT specialists.
2025-07-09T10:31:49.699Z
Here’s a map of the route, running northwesterly out of Caen into the Normandy countryside then looping back to the finish in the city.
Tour de France stage 5 time trial route (Image credit: ASO)
2025-07-09T10:18:46.140Z
For all the start-times, Cyclingnews has it in full here. There are 181 starters, the first 86 off at minute intervals (until 1430 CET), then the next 80 at 90 second intervals (until 1630), and the final 15 at 2 minute intervals.
Tour de France stage 5 time trial start times
2025-07-09T10:09:45.724Z
The first rider down the start ramp will be Yevgeniy Fedorov (XDS-Astana) at 1305 CET. He’s the reigning Kazakhstan National TT Champion and multiple Eurasian TT Champion, winning the latter a mere four years in a row, so his time should be a good reference point, right from the start.
2025-07-04T15:20:49.875Z
Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews live coverage of stage 5 of the Tour de France, the first setpiece GC battle of the 2025 race, in the shape of a 33 kilometre individual time trial in the northern city of Caen.