Tadej Pogacar celebrates its leadership after the fifth stage of the Tour de France 2025.
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Tadej Pogacar became the new leader of the Tour de France 2025 after signing a solid performance this Wednesday in the fifth stage, an individual counterreloj of 33 kilometers played in Caen. The Slovenian, chief of ranks of the UAE Team Emirates, recorded the second best time of the day.
Pogacar's domain is not limited to the general: it is also the best cyclist located in the points classification and in the mountainwhich demonstrates his versatility and the excellent moment he is going through. The double tour champion accumulates 17 hours, 22 minutes and 58 seconds in this edition.
On Wednesday's counterreloj was won by Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), current world specialty champion, who stopped the stopwatch in 36 minutes and 42 seconds. The Belgian became the closest persecutor of Pogacar in the general, just 42 seconds.
Evenpoel also awarded the leadership in the classification of young people. The great revelation of the first week is the Frenchman Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa – B&B Hotels), who completes the podium of the general classification to 59 seconds of the leader.
Among the cyclists who were harmed in the fifth stage is Jonas Vingegaard, champion of this race in 2022 and 2023, who gave important time and fell to fourth place (+1: 13). The Dutch Mathieu van der Poel, former owner of the yellow jersey also lost places.
Below in the position table appears The best Latin American of this edition: the Colombian Santiago Buitrago. The Bahrain Victorious climber is located in box 14, 3 minutes and 51 seconds of Pogacar. His goal is to get among the 10 best.
This was the general classification of the Tour de France 2024 after the fifth stage:
| Cyclist | Country | Equipment | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Tadej Pogacar | Slovenia | UAE Team Emirates | 17:22:58 |
| (2) Remco Evenepoel | Belgium | Soudal Quick-Step | +0:42 |
| (3) Kévin Vauquelin | France | Arkéa – B&B Hotels | +0:59 |
| (4) Jonas Vingegaard | Denmark | Visma | Lease a Bike | +1:13 |
| (5) Matteo Jorgenson | USA | Visma | Lease a Bike | +1:22 |
| (6) Mathieu van der Poel | Netherlands | Alpecin – Deceuninck | +1:28 |
| (7) JOAO ALMEIDA | Portugal | UAE Team Emirates | +12:53 |
| (8) Primoz Roglic | Slovenia | Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe | +2:30 |
| (9) Florian Lipowitz | Germany | Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe | +2:31 |
| (10) Mattias Skjelmose | Denmark | Lidl – Trek | +2:32 |
| (14) Santiago Buitrago | Colombia | Bahrain – Victorious | +3:51 |
The action in the Tour of France 2025 will continue this Thursday with a new day of half mountain. The route will have an extension of 201.5 km and an accumulated slope of 3,272 meters. The departure will be in Bayeux and the arrival in Vire -Normandie.
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