Remco Evenepoel Sails to Victory in the ITT: Stage 5 of the 2025 Tour De France
CALVADOS, NORMANDY, JUL 9 – Affini leads the Tour de France stage five time trial by 2.4 seconds over Yates, with top riders showing varied time gaps in this crucial race segment.
- Remco Evenepoel won the Stage 5 individual time trial of the 2025 Tour de France in Caen, completing the 33km course in 36 minutes and 42 seconds.
- Evenepoel's victory followed his strong time trial performances since 2024 and came amid stiff headwinds requiring careful pacing and aerodynamic efficiency.
- He averaged 54 km/h, outpaced Edoardo Affini who finished third, and moved into second place overall while taking the best young rider white jersey.
- Evenepoel expressed confidence in his strong equipment and believed he had a solid opportunity to win; luckily, his physical condition held up and the race unfolded exactly as he had hoped from beginning to end.
- The victory marked Evenepoel’s ninth Grand Tour stage triumph, contributed to Soudal Quick-Step’s two stage wins this week, and elevated him into a leading position in the race for the overall lead.
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IN ROUES LIBRES. The world champion and Olympic chrono champion, the Belgian Evenepoel, has still dominated the exercise. A superiority that also holds to his morphology
On Wednesday, the Belgian won the fifth stage of the Grand Boucle in Caen, in front of the new yellow jersey, Tadej Pogacar, and the Italian Edoardo Affini. The French Bruno Armirail and Kévin Vauquelin complete the top 5 of the day.
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) showed his quality in the fifth stage of the Tour de France (Caen; 33 km), but the yellow jersey went to Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) instead.
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