While Evenepoel was a heavy favorite, Tadej Pogačar was the big surprise with his speedy second—and shift into the yellow jersey

Stage Details

📏 Distance: 33.3km
🏔️ Elevation gain: less than 30m
🚴 Stage type: Flat ITT 

The stage begins in Caen and ends in Caen

The Belgian Bullet Takes The ITT 

The 33-km individual time trial set around Caen on day 5 of the Tour de France 2025 saw Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) dominate the field. In line with his maiden victory last year in Gevrey-Chambertin, the Belgian star claimed a second stage win in the Tour, thus becoming the third rider to dominate ITTs in different editions of the Tour as the reigning world champion. Second on the day (+16’’), Pogacar takes the Maillot Jaune as the new overall leader of the race, 42’’ ahead of Evenepoel. With yet another strong performance at home, Normandy’s Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) completes the GC top-3 (+59’’) ahead of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), who finished 13th on the day and now trails by 1’13’’, while Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) dropped down to the 6th position (+1’28’’) after his three days with the Maillot Jaune.

Pogacar in yellow

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) is the closest to the Belgian star (+16’’), which earns him the Maillot Jaune, on top of the green and polka dot jerseys, with a lead of 42’’ to Evenepoel.