Tour de France Tour de France 2025, Stage 5: Caen – Caen (33.0k, ITT)

[Mayomaniac]

Great TT by Vaquelin. Expected more from Shellmose, tbh.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

it's just a bad course for him and too early in the race. Somewhere around Top 10 looks like a normal result to me

????? How did he do it in Dauphiné then?

 

[Salvarani]

One minute!!!

 

[Unchained]

Vauquelin be like: "at least I'm better than Almeida this time"

He is riding well for a couple of months.. Giving French fans some real hope!

 

[RedheadDane]

????? How did he do it in Dauphiné then?

Different course.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

This is AWESOME!

 

[Cycling111]

Vingegaard didn't work his TT after Dauphiné?

Two things have come together. Once again, Pogacar has been underestimated, and Vingegaard is smaller than Pogacar. Theoretically, such a flat time trial favors Pogacar.

In 2023, the year of Combloux, Vingegaard rode a time trial that seemed completely flat in the Vuelta.
His time wasn´t very good

We're also left with the memory of Dauhpiné instead of remembering that Pogacar finished just 12 seconds behind Remco last year.

 

[postmanhat]

Skjelmose around 10th after this. Could be how the GC will look for the Dane in Paris.

Has Skjelmose really shown yet he can sustain a week of high mountains? 10th on GC would be pretty impressive result given what's coming.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Surely Jumbo must have realised that this flat long TT was a big risk point for Jonas...no climb and head winds

 

[noob]

I'm afraid Jonas is gonna fall. He looks so crumbly

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This is for sure an offday for Vingegaard, but an offday in a TT when you're at Tour winning level generally looks like what Pogacar did at Dauphiné, not like this. Odds of a Pogacar win for sure north of 80% now, and half of the remaining <20% is a crash or illness.

 

[saunaking]

RIP Vingegaards career.

move to alpecin quik step ds role
he can tile mvdp's house while mathieu is at altitude camp

 

[Unchained]

Pog can see Vingegaard moto!!

 

[RobertCrawley]

Maybe his lack of racedays this year will begin to show when the pressure is on?

Bad day for V. The flat course doesn't suit him. He needed some hard hills on the parcours but this wasn't his day.

 

[Rob5091]

His wife is celebrating

Maybe she was right that Visma have pushed him too hard.

 

[Didinho]

Danish tabloids' phones red hot with calls by Trine.

No one helping him, where are his teammates??!!

 

[Pippo_San]

That helmet looks like it's taken from SPACE BALLS

 

[Peyroteo94]

He is a beast! Teddy my boy!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Pogačar with the cornering marginal gains

 

[Salvarani]

Pog

smashed it

 

[Põhja Konn]

Could it be that the course is just too flat and windy for Vingegaard. Remember reading from the OP that the Tour hasn't seen a TT as flat as this in quite some time. And although he is excellent on hillier terrain, Vingegaard losing more in relation to Pog and Remco on a completely flat one is actually logical and not necessarily a sign of lacking form.

 

[Miha81]

Did not expect this TBH. Tour is over bar an incident.

 

[Izzyeviel]

I cant believe wearing silly looking helmets didn't help the yellow bees go faster

 

[scribers]

Skinsuit deficit

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Oumi has been allowed in this time around.