Overview

• Remco Evenepoel powered to victory in Stage 5’s 33 km individual time trial, finishing 16 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar.
• Pogacar limited his deficit to secure the yellow jersey with a 42-second overall lead over Evenepoel.
• Mathieu Van der Poel relinquished the yellow jersey after losing more than a minute in the time trial and dropped to sixth overall.
• Jonas Vingegaard struggled in Caen, finishing outside the top ten and falling to fourth in the general classification, 1 minute 13 seconds behind Pogacar.
• Edoardo Affini impressed with a third-place finish in the time trial, crossing the line 33 seconds behind the winner.