Remco Evenepoel, a reference in the time trial, won the fifth stage of the Tour de France.
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Remco Evenepoel met the expectations and won this Wednesday in the fifth stage of the Tour de France, an individual counterreloj of 33 km disputed in Caen. The Belgian demonstrated his domain in the specialty with a record of 36′42 ″ minutes.
Evenepoel, current world champion and Olympic gold in Paris 2024 in the battle against the stopwatch, took the Italian Edoardo Affini (visma -read to Bike), who remained for several minutes in the hot chair and finished the day with the third best time of the day.
Tadej Pogacar also concluded the day with a record of 36 ′ 58 ″, staying 16 seconds from the victory. Although he could not add a new victory, he had reasons to celebrate anyway, since the jerseyYellow as the new leader of the general classification.
The forecasts warned that this Wednesday's counterreloj was not the most favorable land for Dutch Mathieu van der Poel, a cyclist more oriented to explosive or circuit stages. Now he will dedicate victories in half mountain stages.
With an accumulated time of 17 hours, 22 minutes and 58 seconds, the new leader of the general classification is the Slovenian Tadej Pugačar. Evenepoel is now second, 42 seconds from the now owner of the yellow jersey. The podium is completed by the Frenchman Kevin Vauquelin (+0: 59).
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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