Le Tour: White remains on Evenepoel’s shoulders
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Remco Evenepoel spent a relatively quiet day in the Tour de France white jersey, which he is wearing since the end of the second stage, as the peloton embarked on a 177.2km journey from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint Vulbas. A breakaway formed late into the day, and with only two riders being part of it, the peloton had no problems reeling it in.
Rain made things a bit more complicated in the final hour of racing, forcing the teams to slow down before picking up the pace again inside the last ten kilometers, when the lead-out trains began making their presence felt at the front. As expected, stage five came down to a bunch sprint, won by Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan), who wrote history on the roads of the Tour de France with his 35th victory at the race. Remco finished safely in the peloton and kept the lead in the white jersey classification, where he currently has a 25-second buffer.
“It was a bit stressful in the last 40 kilometers when it started to rain, but we managed things well and we can be content with our day, as it was pretty straightforward. We hope things will continue like this for us in the next stages. I also want to congratulate Mark on his record, we were teammates for a couple of years and it’s pretty special to witness his achievement from the bunch”, Evenepoel said after the stage.
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Race details
1 |
Mark Cavendish Astana Qazaqstan Team |
4:08:46 |
2 |
Jasper Philipsen Alpecin - Deceuninck |
0:00 |
3 |
Alexander Kristoff Uno-X Mobility |
0:00 |
4 |
Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny |
0:00 |
5 |
Fabio Jakobsen Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
0:00 |
6 |
Pascal Ackermann Israel - Premier Tech |
0:00 |
7 |
Arnaud Démare |
0:00 |
8 |
Gerben Thijssen Intermarché - Wanty |
0:00 |
9 |
Biniam Girmay Hailu Intermarché - Wanty |
0:00 |
10 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education - EasyPost |
0:00 |
43 |
Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
44 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
45 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
58 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
80 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
119 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
159 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
23:15:24 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:45 |
3 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:50 |
4 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
1:10 |
5 |
Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
1:14 |
6 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
1:16 |
7 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:32 |
8 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
1:32 |
9 |
Giulio Ciccone Lidl - Trek |
3:20 |
10 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
3:21 |
26 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step |
5:41 |
50 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
26:32 |
82 |
Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step |
50:14 |
93 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step |
56:54 |
143 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:19:53 |
1 |
Biniam Girmay Hailu Intermarché - Wanty |
102 pt |
2 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
94 pt |
3 |
Jonas Abrahamsen Uno-X Mobility |
87 pt |
4 |
Jasper Philipsen Alpecin - Deceuninck |
78 pt |
5 |
Kévin Vauquelin |
60 pt |
6 |
Bryan Coquard Cofidis |
58 pt |
7 |
Fernando Gaviria Rendon Movistar Team |
53 pt |
8 |
Mark Cavendish Astana Qazaqstan Team |
50 pt |
9 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
42 pt |
10 |
Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny |
38 pt |
14 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
33 pt |
47 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
9 pt |
54 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
8 pt |
66 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step |
4 pt |
1 |
Jonas Abrahamsen Uno-X Mobility |
25 pt |
2 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
20 pt |
3 |
Valentin Madouas Groupama - FDJ |
16 pt |
4 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
15 pt |
5 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
12 pt |
6 |
Stephen Williams Israel - Premier Tech |
10 pt |
7 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
10 pt |
8 |
Frank van den Broek Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
9 pt |
9 |
Ion Izagirre Insausti Cofidis |
8 pt |
10 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
8 pt |
13 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
4 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
23:16:09 |
2 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
0:25 |
3 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
0:31 |
4 |
Matteo Jorgenson Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
2:36 |
5 |
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez Bahrain - Victorious |
3:25 |
6 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step |
4:56 |
7 |
Ben Healy EF Education - EasyPost |
7:27 |
8 |
Javier Romo Movistar Team |
8:15 |
9 |
Thomas Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers |
11:38 |
10 |
Oscar Onley Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
11:57 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 69:49:16 |
2 | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:54 |
3 | Soudal Quick-Step | 5:02 |
4 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 6:34 |
5 | Bahrain - Victorious | 11:27 |
6 | Movistar Team | 13:24 |
7 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 17:39 |
8 | EF Education - EasyPost | 23:37 |
9 | Lidl - Trek | 28:41 |
10 | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 34:33 |