A flurry of numbers, statistics, and points of reflection from the fifth stage of the Tour de France.

2: EVENEPOEL DOUBLES
Remco Evenepoel conquers his 2nd victory at the Tour, always in an individual time trial. The Belgian previously won in Gevrey-Chambertin last year. This is his 64th victory as a professional, the fifth this year.

1: CHAMPIONS IN ACTION
Current road world champion Tadej Pogacar won on Tuesday, world time trial champion Remco Evenepoel did the same on Wednesday. Two different World Champions winning on two consecutive days, never happened before!

3/5: BELGIANS SHINE
After Jasper Philipsen (1st stage) and Tim Merlier (3rd stage), Remco Evenepoel gives Belgium its 3rd victory in the first five stages. This hadn't happened since 1981: Freddy Maertens won twice in Nice and Narbonne, plus a victory by Lucian Van Impe at Pla d'Adet.

5: POGACAR HAS (ALMOST) EVERYTHING
Tadej Pogacar becomes the 5th rider in history to simultaneously lead the general classification, points classification, and mountain classification! The previous four were Bernard Hinault (2nd stage in 1979; prologue in 1985), Acacio da Silva (1st-2nd stage in 1989), Richard Virenque (2nd stage in 1992) and Philippe Gilbert (1st stage in 2011). This is the first time it has happened so late, at stage number 5. Eddy Merckx won all three classifications in 1969, but the polka dot jersey didn't exist then: it was created in 1975.

41: POGACAR RETURNS IN YELLOW
Tadej Pogacar dethroned Mathieu Van der Poel and conquered the 41st Yellow Jersey of his career. As many as Sylvère Maes, making him the 6th best of all time in this classification.

1: FIRST GREEN JERSEY FOR POGACAR
Tadej Pogacar succeeds Jasper Philipsen (stages 1-2) and Jonathan Milan (stages 3-4) in leading the points classification (green jersey). This is the first time in the Slovenian's career, who has never led the points classification! Now he has been the holder of all Tour distinctive jerseys: yellow jersey (41 times), polka dot jersey (18 times), white jersey (75 times) and green jersey once.

9: AN ITALIAN ON THE PODIUM
Third of the day, Edoardo Affini is the first Italian to podium in an individual time trial since Fabio Aru, 3rd in Megève in 2016, 9 years ago. But then the route included climbs: for a flat time trial, this is an unprecedented performance in the 21st century!

2001: TWO FRENCH IN THE TOP 5
Two French riders, Bruno Armirail (4th) and Kévin Vauquelin (5th), finished in the top 5 of the time trial. This hadn't happened in an individual time trial since July 7, 2001, 24 years ago. Christophe Moreau won the 8.2 km prologue in Dunkirk, while Florent Brard finished 5th.

3: VAUQUELIN IMPRESSES
Kévin Vauquelin is now 3rd in the general classification, becoming the first French rider on the podium after Romain Bardet since stage 1 of 2024. To find a French rider on the podium after stage 5, you have to go back to Julian Alaphilippe in Colmar in 2019. The Norman rider is now 24 years, 2 months, and 13 days old. The last French rider so young to be in the top 5 of an individual time trial was Armand de las Cuevas in 1992: he finished 2nd in the time trial in Luxembourg, at 24 years and 17 days.

21: ROMEO, YOUNG AND (ALREADY) FAST
The youngest rider in the group, Ivan Romeo, finished 7th in Caen. At 21 years, 10 months, and 23 days, the Spaniard is the youngest rider to finish in the top 10 in an individual time trial since Dmitriy Ignatyev, 3rd in Annecy in 2009 at the age of 21 years and 26 days. Tadej Pogacar won the time trial at La Planche des Belles Filles in 2020, but was slightly older than Romeo (21 years, 11 months, and 29 days).

18: POGACAR EQUALS CLAVEYROLAT
Without points assigned in Caen, Tadej Pogacar maintains his polka dot jersey, the 18th of his career. He equals Thierry Claveyrolat as the 8th cyclist with the most polka dot jerseys. Ahead of him is Bernard Vallet, who has worn the jersey 20 times.

21: EVENEPOEL RETURNS IN WHITE
Yesterday's winner Remco Evenepoel took command of the young rider classification and collected his 21st white jersey. Since his Tour debut last year, he has consistently been at the top of this classification, except for stage 1 in 2024 and stages 1-4 this year. That's 21 out of the 26 stages contested so far!