Bidding for a fourth Tour de France title, defending champion Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia grabs the yellow jersey as Remco Evenepoel of Belgium jumps from ninth to second overall following his time tria

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.