2025 Tour de France Stage 5 Results & Recap
Stage 5 of the 2025 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Evenepoel Shines in Caen Time Trial, Pogacar Takes Yellow
Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel stormed to victory in the 5th stage of the 2025 Tour de France, a 33-kilometer individual time trial through the historic city of Caen. The reigning world time trial champion clocked a blistering time of 36 minutes and 42 seconds on the flat, fast course, seizing his first Tour stage win and closing the gap in the general classification.
Evenepoel trailed early leader Luke Plapp at the first two intermediate splits—8.2 km and 16.4 km—but surged ahead in the final third of the route, setting the fastest time at the final checkpoint (24.8 km) and never looking back.
Tadej Pogacar, who started the day in polka dots, delivered a strong ride to finish second, just 16 seconds behind Evenepoel. The Slovenian star moves into the overall lead, and has a solid buffer over most of his GC rivals, including defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, who placed 13th on the day and now sits fourth overall, 1:13 behind Pogacar.
Italian Edoardo Affini posted a powerful ride to finish third, 33 seconds off Evenepoel's pace, while Bruno Armirail and Kévin Vauquelin rounded out the top five. Germany’s Florian Lipowitz impressed with a sixth-place finish, and Spain placed two riders in the top 10 with Iván Romeo and Pablo Castrillo.
Plapp, who lit up the early part of the course and led at the first two time checks, faded in the closing kilometers and ultimately finished ninth.
Caen, celebrating its 1000th anniversary this year, hosted the Tour for the first time since 2006. The flat terrain and minimal elevation changes—less than 200 meters of climbing—made for a classic test of pure time trial strength. The course featured three checkpoints at kilometers 8.2, 16.4, and 24.8, with riders pushing speeds above 50 km/h along wide Normandy roads.
In the general classification, Pogacar retains yellow with a 42-second cushion over Evenepoel. The young French hope Kévin Vauquelin moves up to third, while American Matteo Jorgenson and Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel hold steady in the top six. Primoz Roglic, João Almeida, and Mattias Skjelmose all remain within striking distance heading into the Tour’s next mountainous phase.
With the time trial behind them, riders now turn their attention to the undulating terrain of Stage 6, where breakaways and GC tactics will come back into play.
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