The first big highlight of this 112nd Tour de France For the final victory, it will be this Wednesday July 9! Indeed, on the occasion of this 5th stage, the runners will face a 33-kilometer time trial around the city of Caen. A little less than 40 minutes of effort, which should allow specialists in the discipline, on a relatively flat course, to create great differences.
Video – Mathieu van der Poel expects to lose yellow on Wednesday
Remco Evenepoel Seul Favori?
When we talk about specialist in discipline, it is difficult not to think about Remco Evenepoel (Sudal Quick-Step), Olympic and world champion. In the absence of Filippo Ganna et Joshua Tarling (Ineos grenadiers), the Belgian acts as a huge favorite. Even if other specialists are also present as Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike), Edoardo Affini (Visma | Lease a Bike), Bruno Armirail (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) or Maximilian Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step).
But it is above all the battle for the general classification which will be scrutinized. Indeed, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) et Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | lease a bike) will aim to get as close as possible to the time ofEvenepoel. Which should logically lead them to the yellow jersey. Because if Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is clearly not a handle on this type of effort and should play the leading roles, boosted by the port of the precious leader tunic, the Dutchman will have the task much more complicated than 4 years ago, when he had managed to keep yellow at the end of the time Laval. At the same time as the Slovenian, and only 8 “in front of the Danish, he will need a feat to hope to stay in the lead.
Primoz Roglic, Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike), Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B & B Hotels) or other JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates XRG) should also manage well in the exercise. On the other hand, runners like Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers), Enric Mas (Movistar) or Guillaume Martin (Groupama-FDJ) will have the simple objective of limiting breakage.
The course of the 5th stage
– Wednesday July 9 – Step 5 : Caen – Caen / 33 km individual CLM
Order and departure times
The main :
13H05: Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ), XDS Astana, Premier Partant
13h12 : Ivan Romeo (ESP), Movistar
13h36 : Lenny Martinez, Bahrain Victorious
13h39 : Soren Waerenskjold (NOR), Uno-X Mobility
13h49: Edoardo Affini (Ita), Vistma-Leasa in Bike
14h10 : Maximilian Schachmann (ALL), Soudal-QuickStep
14h20: Bruno Armiral, Decathlon AG2R La World Cup
14h24 : Benjamin Thomas, Cofidis
3:01 p.m.: Julian Alaphilippe, Tudor
15h39 : Geraint Thomas (GBR), Ineos-Grenadiers
3:54 p.m.: Romain Grégoire, Groupama-FDJ
15h58: Wout van Aert (BEL), Visma-Lease A Bike
16h10 : Ben O’Connor (AUS), Jayco AlUla
4.21 pm
16h24 : Florian Lipowitz (ALL), Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe
16h25: Félix Gall (SUI), Decathlon-Ag2r la Mondiale
4:30 p.m.: Guillaume Martin Guyonnet, Groupama-FDJ
16h36 : Primoz Roglic (SLN), Red Bull-Bora Bora Hansgrohe
16h42 : Mattias Skjelmose (DAN), Lidl-Trek
16h44: Remco Evenepoel (BEL), Soudal-Quickstep
4:46 pm: Joao Almeida (POR), UAE-Emirates-XRG
16h48 : Oscar Onley (GBR), Picnic PostNL
16h50 : Enric But (ESP), Movistar
4:52 p.m.: Kévin Vauquelin, Arkéa-B & B Hotels
16h54 : Matteo Jorgenson (USA), Visma-Lease a bike
16h56 : Jonas Vingegaard (DAN), Visma-Lease a bike
16H58: Tadej Pogacar (SLN), UAE-EMIRATES -XRG
17 H: Mathieu van der Poel (Hol), Alpecin-DECEUNINCK, Dernier Partant
