The yellow jersey at the 2025 Tour de France has changed hands following the Stage 5 individual time trial on Wednesday, July 9, in Caen.
Reigning world and Olympic time trial champion Remco Evenepoel excelled in his specialty by completing the 33-kilometer course in a winning time of 36 minutes, 42 seconds. Evenepoel overcame a slow stretch during the middle of his run to finish 16 seconds faster than Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar.
However, Pogačar’s strong run vaulted him into the general classification lead after he was tied with Mathieu van der Poel atop the standings entering the stage. Pogačar now leads Evenepoel by a total of 42 seconds. Van der Poel finished one minute, 44 seconds behind Evenepoel’s winning time and fell back to sixth place overall.
In addition to the claiming the yellow jersey as the race’s overall leader, Pogačar moved into the points lead and added the green jersey to the polka dot one he already had as the Tour’s top climber.
Stage 5 results
Final results from the 33-kilometer Stage 5 individual time trial in Caen at the 2025 Tour de France on Wednesday, July 9:
Leaders on the course
All of the top racers have begun their time trials in Stage 5.
Wearing the rainbow jersey as the reigning world time trial champion, Remco Evenepoel started quickly but slowed his pace by the midpoint of the route. However, he was able to make up substantial ground toward the finish line and move into the provisional stage lead.
Tadej Pogacar, in the polka dot jersey after taking over the points lead in climbing, is off to a strong start. Meanwhile, overall leader Mathieu van der Poel, the last competitor to take to the streets of Caen, is not expected to retain the yellow as the time trial is not his strong suit.
Tour de France 2025 standings
Through Stage 5
Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia: 17h 22′ 58”
Remco Evenepoel, Belgium: 17h 23′ 40” (42 seconds behind)
Kevin Vauquelin, France: 17h 23′ 57” (59 seconds)
Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark: 17h 24′ 11′ (1 minute, 13 seconds)
Matteo Jorgenson, USA: 17h 24′ 20” (1 minute, 22 seconds)
Mathieu van der Poel, Netherlands: 17h 24′ 26” (1 minute, 28 seconds)
Joao Almeida, Portugal: 17h 24′ 51” (1 minute, 53 seconds)
Primoz Roglic, Slovenia: 17h 25′ 28” (2 minutes, 30 seconds)
Florian Lipowitz, Germany: 17h 25′ 29” (2 minutes, 31 seconds)
Mattias Skjelmose, Denmark: 17h 25′ 30” (2 minutes, 32 seconds)
2025 Tour de France jersey leaders
Yellow (overall race leader): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
Green (points): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
Polka dot (mountains): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
White (young rider): Remco Evenepoel, Belgium
Who’s wearing the rainbow jersey at 2025 Tour de France?
In addition to the four traditional colored jerseys at the Tour de France, the reigning world champion in the day’s event wears a rainbow-colored jersey. It’s white with five colored stripes – blue, red, black, yellow and green (same as the colors of the Olympic rings). In today’s time trial, the rainbow jersey is worn by Remco Evenepoel of Belgium.
2025 Tour de France next stage
Stage 6 is a hilly 201.5-kilometer road race from Bayeux to Vire Normandie on Thursday, July 10.