Overview

• Remco Evenepoel powered through the 33 km Caen individual time trial in 36 min 42 sec to win stage 5 by 16 seconds.
• Tadej Pogacar’s second-place ride vaulted him into the yellow jersey and he now leads the general classification by 42 seconds.
• Jonas Vingegaard’s 13th-place finish cost him over a minute and dropped him to fourth overall while Kévin Vauquelin moved up to third.
• Filippo Ganna’s early abandonment in stage 1 removed a top time-trial rival and amplified focus on Evenepoel’s supremacy on the course.
• The Tour resumes with a 201.5 km hilly stage from Bayeux to Vire that could further reshuffle the overall standings.