No strong day for Vingegaard and Jorgenson in first time trial Tour de France
“I didn’t have good legs today, and that means I lost time to my rivals”, Vingegaard refers to Remco Evenepoel’s stage win and Tadej Pogacar’s second place. The Dane, along with Jorgenson, now trails the duo by more than a minute in the general classification. “That surprised me a bit, but that’s part of cycling.”Earlier in the afternoon, Affini had set the fastest time of the day up to that point. The European time trial champion spent several hours in the hot seat before ultimately finishing third in the time trial in and around Caen. “That’s a great result for him, but of course we had hoped for a stronger time trial from both Matteo and Jonas”, Head of Racing Grischa Niermann says. “After just a few kilometers, we already realized Jonas was losing time, and that didn’t change.”
“The Tour is still long, I believe in our plan”
Jonas Vingegaard
He continues: “In a time trial like this, you need to push from start to finish and execute the technical sections well. That’s wasn’t the problem today. I think Jonas simply didn’t have the power. We’re now behind in the general classification and will have to chase to win the Tour de France. Tomorrow will be another battle.”Vingegaard is also combative after his time trial. “The result wasn’t good today, but luckily the Tour is still long. I believe in myself and in the plan we’ve created together. We can still win the Tour de France. In previous editions, we’ve seen that coming back from a deficit like this is not impossible.” Tomorrow, the Tour de France continues with a hilly sixth stage.
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Tour de France
Stage 5
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
00:36:42
2
Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates – XRG
+00:00:16
3
Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:33
11
Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:19
13
Jonas Vingegaard
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:21
100
Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:04:32
120
Simon Yates
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:04:40
132
Tiesj Benoot
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:04:52
147
Sepp Kuss
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:05:06
177
Victor Campenaerts
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:06:10
Rankings
1
Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates – XRG
17:22:58
2
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
+00:00:42
3
Kévin Vauquelin
Arkéa – B&B Hotels
+00:00:59
4
Jonas Vingegaard
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:13
5
Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:22
30
Tiesj Benoot
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:06:53
36
Sepp Kuss
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:08:46
38
Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:09:10
69
Simon Yates
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:16:11
75
Victor Campenaerts
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:18:19
110
Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:24:28
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Jonas Vingegaard
Grischa Niermann
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Tour de France
