Cycling in Yorkshire & Beyond
Cycling in Yorkshire & Beyond
Stage 5 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 33km individual time trial starting and finishing in Caen.
Christian Prudhomme says that most of the course will be on wide, flat roads, so this should be one for the rouleurs and time trial specialists, not the climbers.
Remco Evenepoel will hope he can pull off a stage victory.
This is the race report for Stage 5 Tour de France 2025.
These are video highlights of Stage 5.
Race Details | Poll | Map & Profile | Timings | Videos | Food & Drink | Route Notes | Favourites
| Date | Wednesday 9th July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Stage classification | Individual time trial |
| Distance | 33km |
| Intermediate sprint | N/A |
| Climbs | None |
| Total climbing | 200m |
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This is a map of the route of Stage 5, Tour de France 2025.
This is a zoom-able map of Stage 5 Tour de France 2025.
This is the profile of Stage 5 Tour de France 2025.
| Caravan | First Rider | Last Rider | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start Time Caen | 1130 |
1310 |
1705 |
| 1st Time Check Cambes-en-Plaine | 1142 |
1319 |
1714 |
| 2nd Time Check Thaon | 1155 |
1328 |
1723 |
| 3rd Time Check Gruchy | 1207 |
1337 |
1732 |
| Finish Line (33km) | 1219 |
1347 |
1742 |
This is a video of the route of Stage 5 Tour de France 2025.
Remco Evenepoel proved on Stage 4 of the Critérium du Dauphiné that his time trialling form is very good.
Stage 5 starts and finishes in Caen, Normandy.
Caen's tourist office lists tripe, seafood, cheese, madeleines and chocolate as local products.
The Big Four Normandy cheeses are Camembert, Livarot, Pont-l'Evêque and Neufchâtel.
There are a lot of apple orchards in Normandy, and many of them produce cider apples. First, apple juice is made, then it transforms into alcohol as its sugars ferment.
Calvados, an apple brandy, is made by distilling cider. Pommeau is an aperitif made from calvados and apple juice.
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The stage starts in Caen.
Caen stands on the river Orne and is the capital of the Calvados département. The population is around 105,000.
Ferries ply the waters of the English Channel between Caen and Portsmouth.
Caen was called Catumagos in Roman times, meaning battlefield. It only became a significant place under the Dukes of Normandy, from the 900s onwards.
William the Conqueror began the construction of the Château de Caen. His wife Matilda of Flanders founded the Abbey of Sainte-Trinité here.
Caen became part of France in 1204.
During the Hundred Years War it was taken by the English King Edward III in 1346, and again by Henry V in 1417. The French regained it in 1450.
The Germans captured Caen in 1940. After the Normandy landings in June 1944, Allied forces advanced through France (Operation Overlord).
The Battle of Caen took place from 6th June to 19th July 1944, and it inflicted a lot of damage on the city. Reconstruction continued until 1962.
The Château de Caen is a very large Medieval fortress. It houses the Fine Arts Museum of Caen and the Museum of Normandy.
There are churches which belonged to Abbeys built by William the Conqueror, and a historic botanical garden.
The University of Caen has 34,000 students.
The man who introduced waste containers to France, Eugène Poubelle, was from Caen.
The last time Caen hosted the Tour de France was on Stage 5 of the 2006 edition.
William the Conqueror was born in Falaise, south of Caen. He was a descendant of the Viking Rollo, who was an invader from Scandinavia. Rollo reached an agreement with the King of France to become Duke of Normandy in 911. William was an illegitimate son of Robert I of Normandy.
William was Duke of Normandy from 1035, when he was only 7 or 8 years old, and Caen was his capital. He married Matilda of Flanders in the 1050s. Caen Castle was built for him around 1060.
Of course William became King of England in 1066, but he then came back to Normandy.
William held major assemblies at Caen Castle. When he died in 1087, he was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Etienne in Caen. His successors as King of England and Duke of Normandy continued to use the castle at Caen.
Only in 1204 did Philip II of France recapture Caen.
The start of the route is at Quai Vendeuvre, by the Port de Plaisance de Caen.
The riders go past the Château de Caen and the Jardin des Plantes de Caen, and the Cimetière Saint-Gabriel.
They pass the Mémorial de Caen, which is to their right.
The Mémorial de Caen is a war memorial and museum. It was opened in 1988.
The museum deals primarily with World War II, including the causes and events of the conflict. There are three memorial gardens, American, British and Canadian.
The Battle for Caen started on D-Day, 6th June 1944. It was part of the wider Battle of Normandy, known as Operation Overlord.
The British objective was to capture the city straight away, but that wasn't possible. British and Canadian forces edged closer by intense fighting in July 1944.
Caen itself was subject to heavy Allied bombardment, which destroyed much of the city and killed around 3,000 civilians.
In the end, the ruins of Caen were captured by the Allies on 19th July 1944, after six weeks of trying and the loss of 30,000 British and Canadian soldiers.
They go past the Parc de la Colline aux Oiseaux on their left as they leave the city on the Avenue Amiral Mountbatten.
Stage 5 continues on Boulevard Maréchal Juin and Rue de Mâlon.
The race route passes Cambes-en-Plaine, and this is the location of the first time check.
The parcours continues past the Norwegian World War II Memorial to Colomby-Anguerny.
The riders have been heading north so far, but now they turn to go west across the river Mue and reach Thaon.
The second time check is at the village of Thaon.
Next, the competitors head south to Cairon and Rosel, where they pick up the D126 Route de Caen.
The third time check is on the D126 at a very small hamlet called Gruchy.
Coming back into the city of Caen, the race route goes round the other side of the Parc de la Colline aux Oiseaux.
It takes Rue de Champagne and Rue de Rosel past the Cimetière Saint-Gabriel.
It continues on Rue Saint-Gabriel, Rue de l'Académie, Rue Saint-Martin, Rue Pémagnie, Place Saint-Sauveur, and Boulevard Bertrand.
The final stretch is on Rue Sadi Carnot, and the finish on Cours du Générale de Gaulle, by Caen's Hippodrome.
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Stage 5 finishes by the Hippodrome in Caen.
Green jersey competition points are available for the top 15 finishers, from 20 points for 1st place down to 1 point for 15th place.
Favourites for Stage 5 of the 2025 Tour de France will include Remco Evenepoel.
This is Remco winning Stage 7 of the 2024 Tour de France from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin.
Pogacar and Vingegaard will both want to do well, but as this is a pan-flat course Evenepoel and the other ITT specialists might have the edge.
Who do you think will win Stage 5 of the 2025 Tour de France?
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