In the time trial, however, at least the flat one on stage 5 – today, at the time of writing – Remco Evenepoel is the out-and-out favourite, and he will no doubt have been banking on this stage to claw some time back on his rivals after his team's sleepy opening stage.

The 33-km individual time trial set around Caen on day 5 of the Tour de France 2025 saw Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) dominate the field. In line with his maiden victory last year in Gevrey-Chambertin ...