Last update on. From the section CyclingTadej Pogacar won four stages in the Tour de France after only two editions.Tadej Pogacar, the defending champion, won a dominant time trial win on stage five. Mathieu Van der Poel narrowly retained his yellow jersey.Pogacar, 22 years old, completed the 27.2km course in 32 mins. This is 19 seconds faster than Stefan Kung who was second that day.This stunning ride by the Slovenian saw him gain more time than his rivals, and nearly take the overall race lead.Van der Poel, however, made a determined effort to finish fifth at Laval and is now eight seconds faster than Pogacar."It was an amazing day for me, luckily there were perfect conditions," Pogacar said. He now has four Stage wins overall at the Tour."I gained time, so I'm super happy."I would love the yellow jersey, but it also looks great on Mathieu."Pogacar will likely take the yellow jersey this week, having won it last year on the penultimate level by beating compatriot Primoz Rogalic in a thrilling time trial.He and his UAE Team Emirates team will have to defend it for two weeks, which will be a challenge. However, he has an impressive lead over his main competitors.Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic is in a lot of pain after being involved in several crashes over the first few days. He was able to ride well and finish seventh on this stage.He is now 10th overall, but is already 1 to 48 behind his pre-race favorite.Geraint Thomas, the 2018 Ineos Grenadiers winner, suffered a dislocated shoulder during a stage three crash. He finished 16th with a time of 33:18.The Welshman is now 12th overall and 1:54 behind on Pogacar. Richard Carapaz had to limit his losses as the Ecuadorian fell from third to ninth overall, 10 second ahead of Thomas.Thomas said that he went out conservatively. It may have been too conservative, but it was what I had." ITV4."I wasn't feeling 100%, but I don't want it to be a big deal. I did my best, but it was not enough."I woke up this morning feeling terrible, but I was able to get going once I started. It's time to get on with it.Stage five: ResultsTadej Pogacar, (Slo/UAE Team Emirates), 32:00 Stefan Kung(Swi/Groupama–FDJ) +19secs Jonas Vingegaard [Den/JumboVisma] +27secs Wout van Art (Bel/Jumbo–Visma), +30secs Mathieu van der Poel -31secs (Ned/Alpecin–Fenix) +44secs Cattaneos Grenadiers] +1mins Grenadiers] Same time Alexey Lutsenko/Astana/Ka/Astana] +1minAfter stage five, general classificationMathieu Van der Poel (16hrs 51mins 41secs Tadej Pogacar [Slo/UAE Team Emirates] +8secs Woutvan Aert (Bel/Jumbo–Visma] +30secs Julian Alaphilippe(Fra/DeceuninckQuickStep) +1min 21secs Alexey Lutsenko /Kaz/Astana +1min 21secs Pierre Latour/Ecu/Ineos Grenadiers] +1min 46secs Primoz Roglic/Slo/Jumbo–Visma/Jumbo–Visma/Jumbo–Visa/Jumboz-Vismaz Roglic (Slo/Jumbos-Visa/Jumbo/Jumbos-Visma/Jumbo–Visa/Jumbo–Visaz–Visa–Visa–Visasl/Jumbo–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa-Visa–Visa–Visa) +1minslo–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa) +1minslo–Visa–Visa–Visa–Visa) +1minslo–Visa) +1minslo–Visa) +1minslo-Visa) +1mina–Visa) +1minslo–Visa) +1minslo-Visa) +1mina–Visa) +1mina–Visma–Visa) +1mina/Jumbo–Visa) +1mina–Visa) +1mina) +1minaOther selections12. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers), +1min 54secs
