The 2025 Tour de France has endured a crash-ridden opening few days, with green jersey favorite Jasper Philipsen already abandoning the tour.
Today marks stage five, a key time-trial that promises to be a thrilling showdown between top yellow jersey contenders. Tadej Pogacar is among the favorites but will face fierce competition from the likes of Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard.
Cycling fans in the U.K. and Australia are in luck — they can catch stage five for free on ITVX and SBS respectively. So stick with us as we bring you live action from Caen on day five of the 2025 Tour de France.
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Welcome to Stage 5 of the Tour de France
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What a day we have in store!
The Yellow Jersey battle heated up in Rouen as Tadej Pogacar attempted to break Jonas Vingegaard's resolve. While the Slovenian managed to take the stage, the Dane was with him every step of the way and will be eyeing a victory on this time-trial.
However, both of the GC favorites will have Remco Evenepoel (pictured above) to contend with. The flat 33km course is a match made in heaven for the 25-year-old, who took stage seven in similar fashion last year.
Looking to watch the action? U.K. residents canStream Stage Five of the Tour de France live and free on ITVX from 2 p.m. BST.
General Classification after Stage 4
Mathieu van der Poel will wear yellow again today in Caen.
1. Mathieu Van der Poel (Ned - Alpecin-Deceuninck) 16hrs 46mins 00secs
2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Same time
3. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +8secs
4. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +19secs
5. Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) +26secs
6. Enric Mas (Spa-Movistar) +48secs
7. Oscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) +55secs
8. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Same time
What time does Stage 5 of the Tour de France start?
Being a time-trial, each rider will set off individually, two minutes apart.
First up we have Yevgeniy Fedorov of XDS Astana at 12:10 p.m. BST and we will go all the way through to 4 p.m. when GC leader Mathieu van der Poel roles down the ramp.
Timings are done based on GC order.
Who are the favorites for today?
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The Maillot Jaune will undoubtedly be contested today and Tadej Pogacar will likely be favorite to reclaim his favorite jersey.
However, a number of other big names will be at play, none more so than Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian rider has won eight of his last 11 ITT's and will be aiming for his second Tour de France stage today.
Other names to keep an eye on are Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic, Edorardo Affini, Wout van Aert and Kevin Vauquelin.
All these big name riders will be underway after ITV go live at 2 p.m. BST.
Ivan Romeo flying
The 21-year-old Spaniard in his first Tour de France is showing his worth as he arrives at the second checkpoint in 18min 50sec.
He is the quickest rider out on course right now.
What time do the big-hitters start?
We've told you about some of the big names to keep an eye on. Now, what time do they start?
All times in BST
Edoardo Affini: 12:49 p.m. Wout Van Aert: 2:58 p.m. Primoz Roglic: 3:36 p.m. Remco Evenepoel: 3:44 p.m. Oscar Onley: 3:48 p.m. Matteo Jorgenson: 3:54 p.m. Jonas Vingegaard: 3:56 p.m. Tadej Pogacar: 3:58 p.m. Mathieu van der Poel: 4 p.m.
Ivan Romeo on the hot seat
Despite a strong performance from Lucas Plapp, he isn't the man that has clocked the fastest time.
That instead goes to Romeo, who clocks a time of 37:45. How long will he remain in that hot seat?
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Edoardo Affini struggling
One of the big favorites for this stage, Edoardo Affini isn't quite at his best here early on.
The rider is eight seconds down at the first checkpoint
Stage Leader: Edoardo Affini - 37:15
Despite a nervy late corner, Affini delivers on his favoritism and clocks a new best time of 37:15.
You feel that will last for a while!
Hello Bruno Armirail 👀
The time-trial specialist is 4 seconds faster than Affini at the opening checkpoint.
Armirial comes up short
A good ride from Armiral but it isn't enough — the French rider comes home in 37:17.
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Edoardo Affini - The Current Leader
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Simon and Adam Yates saving themselves
The Yates brothers are taking this very slowly.
Of course they will both be going head-to-head in the Pyrenees and Alps, where the likes of Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar will be reliant on them to get up the big climbs.
Waiting game...
It feels like we are waiting for those GC riders now.
Affini will be hoping to stay on top, but Pogacar, Vingegaard and Evenpoel will all know that they have enough pace to take the stage.
The Dane is losing time to his GC rivals, Pogacar and Evenepoel were both 20 seconds quicker on the first checkpoint.
Evenepoel quicker than Affini
The Belgian rider has claimed time back on Affini and he was 11 seconds under the Italian's time at the last checkpoint.
Can Vingegaard and Pogacar claw back time as well?
Vingegaard needs to find time on Pogacar
The Dane is really struggling here, 50 seconds down an Plapp's time at the second checkpoint and 30 seconds different from Pogacar's.
Remco Evenepoel: 36:42
The Belgian rider goes into the hot seat, is that the stage win? You'd have to think so.
Jonas Vingegaard in trouble
It really isn't looking good for Vingegaard. The Dane is 1:04 seconds behind Evenepoel at checkpoint three.
Pogacar meanwhile is only 17 seconds back from the Belgian rider.
One last push for both.
Tadej Pogacar will surely be in yellow tonight
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Jonas Vingegaard loses 1:21 seconds on Evenepoel
Disappointment for the Danish rider. He loses out heavily on Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar once he comes home.
Tadej Pogacar is back in the Yellow Jersey!
The Slovenian rider has done superbly there and taken 1:05 on his rival Jonas Vingegaard.
Pogacar is now in pole position for the GC, Vingegaard meanwhile couldn't of asked for a worse day.
Remco Evenepoel: Stage 5 Winner
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Yellow Jersey Holder: Tadej Pogacar
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✅ 100th career win on Tuesday ✅ Back in yellow on Wednesday ✅ A great couple of days for Tadej Pogacar
Stage 5 recap
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Pogacar is back in yellow... what's new.
The Slovenian was phenomenal yesterday. While he didn't take the stage win (that honor went to Remco Evenpoel), he put serious time into Jonas Vingegaard — over a minute in fact.
Evenepoel is now his closest GC rival, and unless something dramatic happens, don't expect any major shakeyps until at least Stage 10.
Stage 6 Preview - Hilly Stage
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Hilly and Normandy aren't too things that tend to go in hand, but Stage 6 of the Tour de France incorporates both.
The vertical gain of 3,500m across 201.5km is unprecedented for northern France and this should suit the breakaway specialists. The likes of Kevin Vauquelin, Louis Barre and Mathieu van der Poel will all be eyeing stage win, but will the GC contenders allow them to have it their own way?
The first categorized climb of the day has seen many of the sprinters dropped, including Tim Merlier.
140km to go
So, with 140km to go we have five riders in the breakaway with Ben Healy, Quinn Simmons, Mathieu van der Poel, Will Barta and Harold Tejada at the front.
Van der Poel would be a likely favorite for this stage.
88km to go
The breakaway still have a tremendous amount of work to do, but it isn't impossible.
The eight strong group have 1:20 over the peloton.
63km to go
Almost a three minute time gap now back to the GC — surely this is going to be a breakaway win?
