Tour de France - Pogacar takes yellow jersey after Evenepoel wins stage five time trial

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4 days ago

Update:
Date: 17:05 BST
Title: Pogacar in his pomp
Content: Tadej Pogacar becomes the first rider to wear the yellow, green and polka-dot jerseys at this stage in the Tour since Eddy Merckx in 1970.
Update:
Date: 17:00 BST
Title: General classification after stage five
Content: 1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 17hrs 22mins 58secs
2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal Quick-Step) +42secs
3. Kevin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkea-B&B Hotels) +59secs
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma - Lease a Bike) +1min 13secs
5. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 22secs
6. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin - Deceuninck) +1min 28secs
7. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates - XRG) +1min 53secs
8. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) +2mins 30secs
9. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) +2mins 31secs
10. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +2mins 32secs
Update:
Date: 16:54 BST
Title: Tough at the top
Content: If you are wondering just where Jonas Vingegaard finished, well it was 13th, which means he is now fourth in the GC race, one minute and 13 seconds down on the leader and his main rival Tadej Pogacar.
Update:
Date: 16:51 BST
Title: Stage five results
Content: 1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal Quick-Step) 36mins 42secs
2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +16secs
3. Edoardo Affini (Ita/Visma-Lease a Bike) +33secs
4. Bruno Armirail (Fra/Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) +35secs
5. Kevin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkea-B&B Hotels) +49secs
6. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) +58secs
7. Ivan Romeo (Spa/Movistar) +1mins 02secs
8. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates - XRG) +1min 14secs
9. Lucas Plapp (Aut/Jayco AlUla) +1min 17secs
10. Pablo Castrillo (Spa/Movistar) +1min 18secs
Update:
Date: 16:42 BST
Title: Van der Poel loses the maillot jaune
Content: Mathieu van der Poel ends up one minute and 44 seconds back on Remco Evenepoel.
To be honest. It's job done and a perfectly respectable time as his spell in yellow comes to an end.
Tadej Pogacar will be the man in possession now.
Update:
Date: 16:36 BST
Title: Pogacar on course for yellow
Content: Tadej Pogacar is heading into the finish quick. He is up out of his saddle almost sprinting to the line.
He crosses just 16 seconds adrift of Remco Evenepoel's time.
The Slovenian is set to take the yellow jersey.
Update:
Date: 16:35 BST
Title: Demoralising day for Vingegaard
Content: Jonas Vingegaard finishes one minute and 21 seconds behind Remco Evenepoel. Wow.
Update:
Date: 16:34 BST
Title: Vingegaard nears the finish
Content: Jonas Vingegaard is in the last kilometre. This has been a hellish time trial for the two-time Tour champion.
Remco Evenepoel is warming down with a TV in front of him, enjoying every second of this.
Update:
Date: 16:32 BST
Title: Pogacar ploughs on
Content: Tadej Pogacar's advantage on Jonas Vingegaard is over a minute on the road. This is unthinkable.
Update:
Date: 16:30 BST
Title: Vingegaard suffering
Content: Tadej Pogacar is absolutely flying at the moment.
Meanwhile, Jonas Vingegaard is suffering. He has another five torturous kilometres to go.
Update:
Date: 16:27 BST
Title: Vauquelin going well
Content: Crikey. Kevin Vauquelin powers past Enric Mas, who began two minutes in front of him.
Update:
Date: 16:26 BST
Title: How the dots drove history
Content: Jeremy FordCycling journalist in Caen
On 9 July 2015, stage Six of the Tour de France took place. A fairly flat 191.5km stage from Abbeville to Le Havre.
Daniel Teklehaimanot of Team MTN-Qhubeka, a tall and slight 26-year-old from the small town of Debarwa in central Eritrea crosses the line in 145th position.
However, at the moment Daniel crossed the line - 5:13pm that evening - a major moment in history took place. Daniel, with three KOM points, became the wearer of the 'polka dot' KOM jersey. At that moment, he became the first Black man to ever wear a jersey in the 112-year history of the Tour de France.
Daniel said at the time in interviews: 'It is a big step for African cycling, and I feel really proud at the moment because I have this jersey,' he said. 'I am proud to be African, and I am proud to be Eritrean. This is a day I will never forget."
And at that moment, nearly 8,000km away, a spark was lit.
Back in Asmara, many people there watch the Tour de France in cinemas in exceptionally large groups so the emotions of seeing the first Eritrean win a Tour de France jersey ran wild, there were parties and festivities for days.
Among those in the seats of a cinema in downtown Asmara was a just-turned 15-year-old Biniam Girmay.
'I remember it very well. I was in a cinema that day with my father. Every Eritrean felt so happy that day. It was just super nice to see to see an Eritrean rider shining in the Tour de France. Daniel was a complete legend to us all, and it was amazing to see him represent us back then.'
Daniel Teklehaimanot 10 years ago
Biniam Girmay this year taking the white jersey on stage 1 after winning green in 2024
Update:
Date: 16:26 BST
Title: Post
Content: Remco Evenepoel has set a time of 36 minutes and 42 seconds but will it be enough for the yellow jersey?
Tadej Pogacar is stabilising the gap to the Belgium and is 47 seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard on the road.
The is 'Big Mig' v Rominger stuff.
Update:
Date: 16:24 BST
Title: Evenepoel goes quickest
Content: Remco Evenepoel is heading towards the finish...
This is going to be quick. The Belgian crosses the line 33 seconds quicker than Edoardo Affini.
He averaged 54km/h there.
Update:
Date: 16:20 BST
Title: 'Go boy'
Content: The Arkea B&B Hotels team radio are on to Kevin Vauquelin.
"Go boy" is the instruction as they tell their young French rider that he faster than Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard and Matteo Jorgensen.
Update:
Date: 16:17 BST
Title: Vingegaard toiling
Content: Jonas Vingegaard looks like he could be going into the red. He is struggling big time.
Tadej Pogacar has taken 30 seconds out of him at the second checkpoint.
Update:
Date: 16:15 BST
Title: Evenepoel on course to go into hot seat
Content: Remco Evenepoel is 11 seconds better than Edoardo Affini at the third checkpoint.
The Italian will surely be getting twitchy in the hot seat now.
Update:
Date: 16:12 BST
Title: Post
Content: Mathieu vad der Poel goes through the first time check and he's not a million miles off Jonas Vingegaard's time so fairly respectable stuff from the Dutch rider.
The virtual GC shows Tadej Pogacar with a 25-second lead at present.
Update:
Date: 16:08 BST
Title: Strong start from Pogacar
Content: Tadej Pogacar is one second slower than Remco Evenepoel at the first time check.
Update:
Date: 16:06 BST
Title: Post
Content: Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are both on the road and the Dane is struggling slightly.
He is 20 seconds down on Evenepoel at the first checkpoint.
The yellow jersey, Mathieu van der Poel also looks a little uncomfortable.