Specialist Remco Evenepoel won the first time trial of the Tour de France, while defending champion Tadej Pogačar seized the yellow jersey as the overall leader.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG man roared to second place in 33km-long individual time trial, putting more than a minute into many of his GC rivalsRiding to second place in the stage 5 individual time trial, Tadej Pogačar took control of the Tour de France and pulled on the Yellow Jersey for the first time this year.

I was not expecting to be so far ahead of him in this time trial.” In fact, Pogačar was forecasting that his great rival would perform better than him. “I was expecting him to be closer to Remco than me,