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The fifth stage of the Tour de France proposes the first great counterreloj of 33 km, flat and technical, which promises to open differences in the general.

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The fifth stage of the Tour de France constitutes the first major appointment for the runners of the general classification, with a 33 km counterreloj in Caen, where Remco Evenepoel will seek to recover the lost time.

“In 33 km we can begin to see important differences. The leaders of the Tour de France have marked this day in red,” Thierry Gouvenou, career director, told AFP.

“The route is superplano, in the plain of falls,” adds the head of the tour. “It is truly reserved for the counterreloj specialists. It will have to be aerodynamics and powerful.”

Altimetry of stage 5 of the Tour de France 2025

These two features fit the double Olympic champion (in the online race and in the counterreloj) Remco Evenepoel, who will be the main favorite on Wednesday, especially after the abandonment of other experts from the time trial such as Stefan Bissegger and Filippo Ganna.

Before the start of the Tour in Lille, the Belgian insisted that this time trial was his “main objective.” Last year he achieved his first stage victory in the Tour during the time trial in Gevrey-Chambertin.

The leader of the Soudal Quick-Step team will be even more motivated after the time he lost on Saturday, in the first stage, after being trapped by a fan caused 17 km from the goal by the Visma Lease team to Bike.

In the general classification, led by Mathieu der Poel, Evenepoel is 9th, to 58 seconds of Van der Poel and

In any case, the Tour still has another time trial in its program, during the 13th stage in the Pyrenees. However, this will be totally different, since it includes a hard rise of 8 km (of the 10.9 km stage) between Loudenvielle and the port of Peyragudes.