The EF Education-EasyPost rider escaped from a high-quality, eight-man breakaway to earn the biggest win of his career

The biggest race of the year has started: the Tour de France. On Saturday, July 5, the peloton started from Lille, with the race set to conclude three weeks later with the (not so) traditional finish in the French capital,

Remco Evenepoel is clearly the man to beat in stage five. The Olympic and world time trial champion was superb at the Dauphine where he took 20 seconds out of Jonas Vingegaard and was 48 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar. And with no Filippo Ganna or Stefan Bissegger after their stage one crashes it is hard to look beyond the big three.

The first stage of the Tour de France is completed! The 184 riders started in Lille, where the first leader's jersey was awarded. In three weeks, we will know who will take home the yellow jersey, as well as the green,

Analysis of the fifth stage of the 2025 Tour de France, a 33km time trial starting and finishing in the city of Caen

Vingegaard’s team-mate, Simon Yates, was condemned to content himself with finishing third at the Giro d’Italia until he wrestled the race into submission on the Colle delle Finestre on the penultimate stage. The Englishman won the whole thing by almost four minutes, denying Tadej’s team-mate Isaac del Toro victory.

Just three days into the race, it’s clear we’re about to be treated to an epic duel between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard for the yellow jersey.

Tadej Pogacar took the 100th victory of his stellar career on Tuesday, beating Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Vingegaard to win stage four of the Tour de France.