It was very surprising the peloton didn’t catch the breakaway, maybe the hilly terrain broke their rhythm, and the main ITT specialists were not keen to work hard due to the today’s time trial.
Iván Romeo is an excellent time trialist as he indeed proved yesterday. Today he will have tired legs but with over a minute time cushion from his nearest time trial rival (Pogi) he may just about succeed in staying in yellow for tomorrow.
indeed, the “race-of-truth” today…
Sunny 30ºc
wind speed 24 kph direction north west
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Iván Romeo 
Movistar
Mathieu van Der Poel 
Alpecin - Deceuninck
Paul Ourselin 
Cofidis
Louis Barré (Fra) Intermarché - Wanty (2nd - on loan from Romeo)
DNS : Nicolas Vinokurov 
XDS Astana Team (viral infection)
150 riders in today’s Individual Time Trial:
First rider start time: Domen Novak (UAE) 14:15 (local time)
Final rider start time: Iván Romeo (Movistar) 16:45 (local time)
Soudal Quick-Step, in 14:31:08(All 150 riders finished Stage 4)
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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 4
Soudal Quick-Step, in 14:31:08 POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 4
Alpecin - Deceuninck 61 points MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION (KOM) AFTER STAGE 4
Cofidis 12 points 12 points YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 4
Soudal Quick-Step
TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 4
Iván Romeo finished in 15th at 1:25 down from winner Remco Evenepoel who also takes the Yellow Jersey, the GC time was very close with only 9 seconds a drift. Florian Lipowitz was the fastest of yesterday’s breakaway gang, and so takes 2nd place on GC, he did well considering his legs must not have been at best today.
Remco’s sensational ride to victory was recorded at average over 50 kph (31.1 mph) which would have been even faster without the climb to slow it down. The climb included gradients of over 10% which must have hurt and been awkward on a time trial bike.
With the times very close today’s results again reshuffled many names on the leaderboards, (only the KOM remaining unchanged due to no points on today’s course), but the Yellow Jersey wearer Remco Evenepoel also leads the White Jersey (Youth Classification) which will probably be lent to 2nd place Lipowitz to wear tomorrow.
The top three leading Teams have all changes but times are so close with all 22 teams within 10 minutes of the classification. 1st place Team Visma Lease a Bike will be wearing the special Yellow coloured race numbers tomorrow.
Thursday 12th June 2025
Stage 5 : Saint-Priest - Mâcon (183km)
32ºc / wind speed is 20 kph direction north.
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Stage 5 Jersey wearers:
Remco Evenepoel Soudal Quick-Step
Mathieu van Der Poel Alpecin - Deceuninck
Paul Ourselin Cofidis
Florian Lipowitz 
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe (2nd place - on loan from Remco)
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DNS - Michael Hepburn 
Jayco AlUla
149 riders on today’s start line
Stage 5 is Underway
Nice to see Coventry powering through in the sprint to take the podium.
Israel-Premier Tech, 183km in 4:03:46DNF (a bad day for crashes!)
Louis Vervaeke Soudal Quick-Step
Harold Tejada 
XDS Astana Team
Johan Price-Pejtersen 
Alpecin - Deceuninck
Pascal Ackermann Israel - Premier Tech
(145 riders finished Stage 5)
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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 5
Soudal Quick-Step, in 14:31:08 POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 5
Alpecin - Deceuninck …69 points<>
(Stage 5 resulted in no changes to the top KOM, Youth, or Team positions)
A very scrappy road race today, and with four abandonments after crashing, one being Columbian, Harold Tejada who was 7th position in GC.
After 5 stages of close times and frequent positional changes, all Classifications remain open for competitive action, and after winning today’s stage, Jake Stewart has also gained equal 2nd place (with Jonathan Milan) for the Points Classification, so Mathieu van Der Poel will have a harder time to defend the Green Jersey.
The KOM Classification is also up to become an unpredictable fight-out over the three remaining stages to come.
Friday 13th June 2025
Stage 6 : Valserhône - Combloux (126.7km)
Born 13th June 1999 in London, England
(Fred is currently the highest placed Brit on GC in 11th place at 1:16 down)
29ºc
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A total of 57 points are to be divided in the best climbers classification today.
The maximum number of points any one rider can score is 23 points.
(category)
(4) Côte de Villy-le-Pelloux at 35 km = 1 point
(3) Col des Fleuries at 59 km = 2,1 points
(1) Côte de Mont-Saxonnex at 87.6 km = 10,8,6,4,2,1 points
(2) Côte de Domancy at 120.5 km = 5,3,2,1 points
(2) Combloux - Côte de la Cry at 126.7 km = 5,3,2,1 points
MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION (KOM) AT START OF STAGE 6
Paul Ourselin has been leading and wearing the polka dot jersey since Stage 2, and is only rider so far to have worn it. There is now an oncoming barrage of KOM points to tempt more competition. The top 5 in KOM Classification are all French.
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Stage 6 Jersey wearers:
Remco Evenepoel Soudal Quick-Step
Mathieu van Der Poel Alpecin - Deceuninck
Paul Ourselin Cofidis
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe (2nd place - on loan from Remco)
DNS : Andreas Kron Uno-X Mobility
144 riders on the start line
Stage 6 is Underway!
UAE Team Emirates-XRG, in 2:59:46DNF: (Six abandonments today)
Kamil Gradek 
Bahrain - Victorious
Lars Boven Alpecin - Deceuninck
Max Poole Team Picnic PostNL
Alessandro de Marchi 
Team Jayco AlUla
Kamiel Bonneu Intermarché - Wanty
Louis Rouland Arkéa - B&B Hotels
(138 riders finished Stage 6)
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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 6
UAE Team Emirates-XRG, in 21:35:08 POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 6
Alpecin - Deceuninck 69 points MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION (KOM) AFTER STAGE 6
EF Education-EasyPost 13 pts YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 6
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe 21:36:02 TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 6
Stage 6 was explosive from the start, took a while for a break to get away, so many expended a lot of energy trying and failing, and along the route the day suffered six abandonments is testimony to how hard and fast race this stage turned out.
Louis Rouland quit due to injuries in a crash on Stage 5, but the other five are lesser know reasons, it was hot out there so maybe dehydration, heatstroke and fatigue took their toll.
Meanwhile, the results caused a change of three out of the four Jerseys; Remco losing both the Yellow and the White. Florian Lipowitz was wearing the White Jersey in 2nd place loan (from Remco) but now he leads the Youth Classification so will wear the White Jersey in his own right.
The KOM was ignited today with Bruno Armirail and Roman Bardet in the breakaway collection Mountain Points, both faded and were caught along with all the breakaway later with the best break finisher, Alex Baudin who collection enough points to take the lead and will be wearing the Polka Dots tomorrow.
Another stunning and classy finish from Tadej Pogačar, as well as the new Yellow Jersey rider, he also gained 2nd place in the KOM, and also the Points, and it is possible by Sunday he could end up winning all three.
Saturday 14th June 2025
Stage 7 Grand-Algueblanche - Valmeinier 1800 (131.6km)
Yikes! Makes me think about the
LZ song - Over the Hills and Far Away
Many, many men
Can’t see the open road
23ºc (a lot cooler at altitude) Light 5 kph breeze
Stage 7 Jersey wearers:
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates-XRG
Mathieu van Der Poel Alpecin - Deceuninck
Alex Baudin EF Education-EasyPost
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
138 riders on the start line
Stage 7 is Underway!
