With a 19 second lead he surprisingly won the fight against the clock over 27.2 kilometers ahead of the European champion in this discipline, the Swiss Stefan Küng. Pogacar’s rivals, on the other hand, lost valuable time. Primoz Roglic 44 seconds, Geraint Thomas 1:18.
Mathieu van der Poel won the yellow jersey for another day with a solid drive. He is now eight seconds ahead of Pogacar and 30 seconds ahead of Wout Van Aert. Today another section awaits the sprinters from Tours to Chateauroux.
The spectator, who triggered a mass fall on the first stage last Saturday with a cardboard sign on the side of the road, was arrested by the police yesterday. You face up to three months imprisonment.
108. Tour de France: 5. Etappe Change – Laval (EZF, 27,2 km): 1. Pogacar (Slo) UAE 32:00 Min., 2. Küng (Sz) FDJ +19 Sek., 3. Vingegaard ( Den) Jumbo +27, 4. Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo +30; Gesamt: 1. Van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin 16:51:41 Std., 2. Pogacar +8 Sek., 3. Van Aert +30, 4. Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck +48, 5. Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana +1: 21.
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