Belgium's Remco Evenepoel celebrates on the podium after winning the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France.
Tour De France 2025: Remco Evenepoel Wins Stage Five
Race-against-the-clock specialist Remco Evenepoel produced a stunning display of power to win the first time trial of the Tour de France on Wednesday and defending champion Tadej Pogačar cemented his favorite status by grabbing the yellow jersey. Evenepoel, the reigning time trial Olympic and world champion, was expected to win the stage in the absence of time trial specialists — Filippo Ganna and Stefan Bissegger, who both crashed and exited the race on the first day of the Tour last week. The mainly flat 33-kilometer (20.5-mile) stage 5 in Normandy favored powerful riders like Evenepoel, who already had won a time trial in a similiar fashion last year, when the Belgian rider finished third overall in the general classification.
Tour de France cycling 2025: Fifth Stage Race
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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey celebrates on the podium after the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France.
Tour de France cycling 2025: Fifth Stage Race
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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar wearing the best sprinter's green jersey celebrates on the podium after the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France.
Tour de France cycling 2025: Fifth Stage Race
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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar wearing the best climber's dotted jersey celebrates on the podium after the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France.
Tour de France cycling 2025: Fifth Stage Race
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Netherlands' Mathieu van der Poel wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey crosses the finish line during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France.
Tour de France cycling 2025: Fifth Stage Race
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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar wearing the best climber's dotted jersey crosses the finish line during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France.
Tour de France cycling 2025: Fifth Stage Race
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Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard crosses the finish line during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France.
Tour de France cycling 2025: Fifth Stage Race
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France's Kevin Vauquelin crosses the finish line during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France.
Tour de France cycling 2025: Fifth Stage Race
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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar wearing the best climber's dotted jersey competes during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France.
Tour de France cycling 2025: Fifth Stage Race
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Netherlands' Elmar Reinders competes during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France.
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