Visma-Lease a Bike had "no explanation" for why Jonas Vingegaard lost more than a minute to GC rival Tadej Pogačar in the time trial stage 5 of the Tour de France, with the Dane dropping to fourth overall.

"I have no explanation," Visma DS, Grischa Niermann, said at the finish. "Before the time trial everything was good, there were no problems, but in the time trial he’s not able to talk to me, and I'm only able to talk to him.

Just three days into the race, it’s clear we’re about to be treated to an epic duel between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard for the yellow jersey.

The defending Tour champion sped back into the yellow jersey in the stage 5 time trial, the 91st of his career, limiting his losses to stage winner, world and Olympic time trial champion Remco Evenepoel. Unexpectedly, he made huge gains on his great rival, Jonas Vingegaard, gaining 65 seconds.

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) lost over a minute on Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who took the Tour de France's leader's yellow jersey, during the stage five time trial on Wednesday.

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Jonas Vingegaard's wife Trine was brutally honest in her assessment of the Visma-Lease cycling team, as she blamed them for pushing her husband too far.

Van Aert is an all-around rider who can sprint (won the 2022 green jersey), climb (often a key worker for Vingegaard), time trial (Olympic bronze medalist) and excel in one-day races (second in the road race at the Olympics and worlds). In 2025, van Aert was second at cyclo-cross worlds, fourth at Paris-Roubaix and then helped Yates win the Giro.

The 2025 edition of the Tour de France cycle race begins in the city of Lille with Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard set to renew their rivalry.

1. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 3:50:29. 2. Mathieu van der Poel, Netherlands, Alpecin - Deceuninck, same time. 3. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Visma - Lease a Bike, same time. 4. Oscar Onley, Great Britain, Picnic PostNL, same time.

Vingegaard blew the doors off his power records Tuesday in a 24kph romp up the cruelest climb of the Tour de France so far.