Blue smoke bombs, celebrating staff members, and loud cheers at the Soudal Quick-Step hotel. That's how Remco Evenepoel was welcomed after his time trial victory in the Tour de France. The Flemish leader of the Belgian team opened his car door,

Remco Evenepoel won the stage five time trial at the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar seized yellow and saw his rival Jonas Vingegaard lose more than a minute on the roads around Caen.

In the time trial, however, at least the flat one on stage 5 – today, at the time of writing – Remco Evenepoel is the out-and-out favourite, and he will no doubt have been banking on this stage to claw some time back on his rivals after his team's sleepy opening stage.