Tadej Pogacar cracks and loses over a minute to Jonas Vingegaard as Jai Hindley takes yellow

Jai Hindley won stage five of the Tour de France in Laruns to take the yellow jersey from Adam Yates and Jonas Vingegaard rode clear of rival Tadej Pogacar as an early trip to the Pyrenees ripped up the general classification.

Hindley, winner of last year’s Giro d’Italia, marked himself out as a major contender with a breakaway victory but surely more important was the sight of defending champion Vingegaard leaving behind two-time winner Pogacar on the final climb to make his case as the favourite to be in yellow come Paris.

Having gone clear from the last of his fellow escapees on the final climb of the Col de Marie Blanque, Hindley soloed into Laruns to take the win by 32 seconds, with Vingegaard coming home at the back of a four-strong group that was second on the road.

With bonus seconds applied, Hindley now leads overall by 47 seconds from Vingegaard with Giulio Ciccone in third, 63 seconds back.

The Australian may be making his Tour de France debut, but given Hindley has twice stood on the podium of the Giro it was a huge surprise to see how easily he got into the break.

“I’m a bit lost for words to be honest,” the Bora-Hansgrohe rider said. “I can’t believe it. I was pretty surprised to find myself in that group. I just sort of slipped into it. I was sort of having fun, then looked back and there was no group behind so I thought, ‘I guess we’re in for a bike race’.

“The gap grew out initially and I was just trying to maybe get a bit of a buffer on the GC guys and then I started to think about the stage win.”

Pogacar, utterly unable to respond when Vingegaard launched his own move on the Marie Blanque, lost more than a minute to Vingegaard and slipped to sixth, one minute and 40 seconds off yellow. Adam Yates is now fifth and his twin brother Simon seventh.

The first real mountain battle of the Tour turned into a fascinating tactical battle as Hindley slipped into a strong breakaway that got clear during a frantic start to the 163km stage out of Pau.

Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates were unable to shut it down and got no help from any of their rivals, watching the advantage balloon to four minutes as they climbed the hors categorie Col de Soudet midway through the stage.

Hindley would have been hoping to gain a bigger lead given the time gaps that had been seen, but when Vingegaard made a late dig of his own he quickly distanced Pogacar and kept himself within reach of the yellow jersey. PA

Tour de France, stage five: As it happened...

05:03 PM BST

General classification after stage five

1. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) 22hrs:15mins 12secs

2. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) +47secs

3. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) +1mins 03secs

4. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) +1mins 11secs

5. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) +1mins 34secs

6. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) +1mins 40secs

7. Simon Yates (Jayco-Alula) +1mins 40secs

8. Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) +1mins 56secs

9. Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) Same time

10. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ)

04:55 PM BST

The thoughts of Jonas Vingegaard

04:54 PM BST

Today's winner and leader Jai Hindley

04:53 PM BST

Stage five results

1. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) 3hrs:57mins 07secs

2. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) +32secs

3. Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroen) Same time

4. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe)

5. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) +34secs

6. Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) +1mins 38secs

7. Daniel Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers) Same time

8. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

9. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ)

10. Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers)

04:32 PM BST

Yates' time in yellow over

Adam Yates held the maillot jaune for the first four days but Jai Hindley takes over that jersey.

04:30 PM BST

What a moment for Jai Hindley!

04:23 PM BST

Pogacar loses time

Pogacar comes in around a minute down on Vingegaard and a minute and a half behind Hindley.

04:23 PM BST

Vingegaard fifth on the day

Jonas Vingegaard comes in fifth on the stage and around 30 seconds behind Hindley. He is going to put some big time between himself and his biggest rival Tadej Pogacar.

04:21 PM BST

Hindley wins!

A great day and ride from Jai Hindley, who wins stage five in Laruns! He moves into yellow!

04:20 PM BST

1km to go

Hindley is into the final kilometre and what a stage win this will be for the Australian, who won the Giro d’Italia in 2022.

04:17 PM BST

3km to go

Pogacar seems to be falling further behind. He has dropped back into a bigger group which could help him more than riding into the finish on his own.

04:16 PM BST

4km to go

Hindley is inside the final 4km here and looks certain to win stage five. How many seconds can he finish ahead of Vingegaard?

04:15 PM BST

5km to go

Vingegaard’s group has caught Gall. It is Ciccone and Buchmann in this group as well. They are 50 seconds behind the leader Hindley.

04:11 PM BST

8km to go

Provisional king of the mountains standings after Marie-Blanque:

1. Felix Gall (AG2R-Citröen), 28

2. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), 19

3. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), 18

4. Neilson Powless (EF-Education EasyPost), 18

5. Daniel Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers), 15

04:10 PM BST

10km to go

The Vingegaard group have nearly caught up to Gall, who is now 44 seconds behind Hindley. Pogacar is continuing to lose time on Vingegaard. He is now a minute behind the Dane.

04:08 PM BST

12km to go

Result at Marie Blanque:

1. Jai Hindley, 10 points + 8’’

At 15’’:

2. Felix Gall, 8 + 5’’

At 55’’:

3. Giulio Ciccone, 6 + 2’’

4. Emanuel Buchmann, 4

5. Jonas Vingegaard, 2

6. Jack Haig, 1

At 1’40’’:

Tadej Pogacar

At 2’:

Adam Yates, David Gaudu

04:06 PM BST

14km to go

Felix Gall is second on the road at the moment, around 30 seconds behind Hindley.

04:05 PM BST

15km to go

Vingegaard is now within a minute of the leader Hindley. Pogacar is around 45 seconds behind Vingegaard.

04:03 PM BST

17km to go

As it stands, Pogacar has no response. This is phenomenal from Vingegaard. Could the Dane catch Hindley?

04:02 PM BST

18km to go

Hindley is just going over the top of the Col de Marie Blanque. A great ride from the Australian but the attention turns to the defending champion Vingegaard, who is racing up the climb.

04:00 PM BST

19km to go

Wow! Vingegaard just motors away from Pogacar and the Slovenian has no response. This could be a huge moment on this year’s Tour and we are only on stage five!

03:58 PM BST

19km to go

Vingegaard attacks Pogacar!

03:58 PM BST

19km to go

Hindley is just 1km from the summit and he seems to be going from strength to strength. He is just under two minutes ahead of Vingegaard and Pogacar.

03:56 PM BST

20km to go

Current leader Adam Yates has been dropped by a very small peloton, which is now down to just three riders; Sepp Kuss and Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma and Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates. Pogacar is isolated here, what can Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma do here?

03:55 PM BST

20km to go

The peloton is now down to a select group. van Aert could not last long with his team-mates. At the front Hindley has attacked and Gall cannot react. What a day this is turning out to be for Hindley.

03:53 PM BST

20km to go

van Aert is now back into the peloton and Jumbo-Visma will be hoping he can do some work to help Jonas Vingegaard.

03:51 PM BST

21km to go

Hindley, last year’s Giro d’Italia winner, is the virtual maillot jaune and the gap back to the peloton is just over two and a half minutes.

03:47 PM BST

22km to go

Two riders have broken away. AG2R’s Felix Gall, who earlier topped the Col de Soudet first, and Bora-Hansgrohe’s Jai Hindley are pressing on. This could be a great day for the Australian Hindley.

03:46 PM BST

22km to go

The group at the very front is a very select group now. It has been whittle down quickly early on this climb. Only seven riders left in this group.

03:44 PM BST

23km to go

van Aert has been dropped by the lead group. Today will not be a stage victory for the great Belgian.

03:43 PM BST

24km to go

The Hindley group has caught up the leading trio early on in this climb. The peloton is under three minutes behind the lead group now.

03:42 PM BST

25km to go

The leading trio are at the foot of the Col de Marie Blanque, a category one climb over 7.7km.

03:37 PM BST

27km to go

Neilands, van Aert and Alaphilippe have a 20-second advantage over the Hindley group and just over three minutes over the peloton. The leading trio are about to hit the final climb up the Col de Marie Blanque.

03:28 PM BST

35km to go

King of the mountains result at Col d’Ichère:

1. Krists Neilands, 2 points,

2. Wout van Aert, 1pt

03:26 PM BST

36km to go

We now have three riders at the front of the race; Neilands, van Aert and Alaphilippe. The peloton is three and a half minutes behind the leaders.

03:25 PM BST

38km to go

Neilands has just gone over the top of the Col d’Ichère and right behind him now is van Aert and Alaphilippe. The Hindley group is just over 20 seconds behind.

03:20 PM BST

39km to go

Just 16 seconds behind Neiland now is Wout van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe. The group involving Jai Hindley is a further 25 seconds back.

03:18 PM BST

40km to go

One man who is set to gain hugely in the general classification today is Bora-Hansgrohe’s Jai Hindley. Let’s hear the thoughts of Philippe Gilbert on Eurosport:

03:15 PM BST

42km to go

Neilands has reached the foot of the Col d’Ichère, which is a 4.2km climb. His advantage over the chasing group is around 20 seconds.

03:11 PM BST

44km to go

Current standings of the king of the mountains competition:

1. Felix Gall (AG2R-Citröen), 20

2. Neilson Powless (EF-Education EasyPost), 18

3. Daniel Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers), 15

4. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), 13

5. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), 10

6. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), 8

7. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), 7

8. Krists Neilands (Israel-PremierTech), 6

9. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), 4

10. Jack Haig (Bahrain-Victorious), 4

03:02 PM BST

52km to go

Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech) has attacked from the lead group and has a 20 second advantage. The peloton are currently four minutes behind.

02:53 PM BST

58km to go

Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step) is one of three more riders to join this lead group.

02:51 PM BST

60km to go

There are currently 14 riders in this lead group motoring down the descent: Omar Fraile, Daniel Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers), Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Rigoberto Uran (EF-Education EasyPost), Jack Haig (Bahrain-Victorious), Jai Hindley, Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), Felix Gall (AG2R-Citröen), Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), Krists Neilands (Israel-PremierTech), Wout van Aert, Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) and Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar)

02:48 PM BST

65km to go

van Aert is now back onto the front group. The pace on this descent is rapid so any poor or nervy descenders will be exposed here. Jai Hindley, who is just 22 seconds off current leader Adam Yates, is setting the pace at the front.

02:45 PM BST

68km to go

Result at the top of the Col du Soudet (king of the mountains classification):

1. Felix Gall, 20 points

2. Dani Martinez, 15

3. Giulio Ciccone, 12

4. Emanuel Buchmann, 10

5. Jai Hindley, 8

02:42 PM BST

71km to go

On this foggy descent the group at the front has come back together. Wout van Aert is still not back with this group but he is closing in. These are treacherous conditions on the descent, especially in light of recent events in the world of cycling after the death of Gino Mader on a descent at the Tour de Suisse.

02:38 PM BST

75km to go

Gall goes over the top of the Col de Soudet and he is likely to go into the king of the mountains jersey with maximum points on that climb. Neilson Powless’ run in that jersey is set to end at the end of today. He scores 20 points in the KOM classification, Dani Martinez takes 15 points and Giulio Ciccone takes 12.

02:35 PM BST

75km to go

Gall’s explosive attack has given him a decent lead at the moment. As predicted and reported earlier, there is a significant amount of fog at the top of the climb.

02:33 PM BST

76km to go

Felix Gall of AG2R has attacked and only a few riders including general classification contenders Ciccone and Jai Hindley can hold on. Gall attacks again with under 2km to go to the summit. At this moment no-one else reacts.

02:31 PM BST

77km to go

The big breakaway group is splitting up with Giulio Ciccone of Lidl-Trek leading this group. Ciccone is within a minute of current general classification leader Adam Yates.

02:29 PM BST

77km to go

van Aert and Campenaerts have been caught by the substantial breakaway group with around two and a half kilometres on this climb to go.

02:28 PM BST

78km to go

Pedersen has now been dropped out of the back of the second breakaway group. They are 19 second behind van Aert and Campenaerts. The peloton are over three minutes down on the leading duo.

02:22 PM BST

80km to go

One man who might look to go for a stage win today is Britain’s Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers). Let’s hear his thoughts ahead of today’s stage:

02:19 PM BST

80km to go

With 80km to go, the front two of van Aert and Camepnaerts are over halfway up the Col de Soudet. They are just over 20 seconds ahead of the chasing group and around three minutes clear of the peloton.

02:17 PM BST

81km to go

Tadej Pogacar won a very similar stage to today’s back in 2020. Let’s hear from the 2020 and 2021 Tour de France winner:

02:11 PM BST

83km to go

More and more sprinters are dropping out of the back of the peloton on this tough climb. The likes of Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quick Step) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) have all been dropped.

02:07 PM BST

84km to go

The big breakaway group has already swallowed up Pedersen and is catching up to van Aert and Campenaerts. They are 15 seconds behind the duo. The peloton is nearly three minutes behind the front of the race.

Meanwhile back in the peloton Pogacar has had a change of bikes.

02:05 PM BST

85km to go

Pedersen has been dropped right at the front by van Aert and Campenaerts with just over 10km to go on this climb up the Col de Soudet.

02:01 PM BST

87km to go

The peloton are now onto the climb as well. Meanwhile the second breakaway group is just 30 seconds behind the front trio.

01:56 PM BST

90km to go

Van Aert, Pedersen and Campenaerts have just started climbing the Col de Soudet. The climb is just over 15km in length and has an average gradient of around 7%.

01:53 PM BST

91km to go

The front trio of van Aert, Campenaerts and Pedersen currently have an advantage of around one minute 50 seconds over the second breakaway group. The peloton are a further minute and 20 seconds behind that.

01:48 PM BST

95km to go

At the top of the Col de Soudet currently it is extremely foggy. According to Eurosport, the last 4km of the climb are foggy and there is visibility of about 50 metres.

01:37 PM BST

102km to go

The front three of van Aert, Pedersen and Campenaerts have an advantage of nearly a minute over the next breakaway group. The peloton are nearly three minutes now behind this trio.

01:31 PM BST

108km to go

Result of the intermediate sprint at Lanne-en-Barétous:

1. Bryan Coquard, 20 pts

2. Mads Pedersen, 17 pts

3. Wout van Aert, 15 pts

4. Victor Campenaerts, 13 pts

At 20’’

5. Remi Cavagna, 11 pts

6. Rigoberto Uran, 10 pts

01:28 PM BST

111km to go

There is group of three at the front at the moment: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Mads Pederson (Lidl-Tek) and Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny). They have around 30 seconds back to the next breakaway group. The peloton are currently over two minutes behind the front of the race.

01:25 PM BST

114km to go

The smaller group in the breakaway are approaching the intermediate sprint. Van Aert does not go for it but there are two other sprinters who do in the form of Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek). Pedersen looks like he might get it but it is Coquard who gets the maximum 20 points on the line.

01:22 PM BST

115km to go

The big breakaway group has been split into two as a smaller group of four has gone away. This small group includes Wout van Aert, who might be eyeing up points in the points classification in the upcoming intermediate sprint.

01:16 PM BST

122km to go

There are 32 riders in this breakaway, including Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Rigoberto Uran (EF Education EasyPost), Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) and Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step). Some huge names and big general classification contenders in this group.

01:11 PM BST

125km to go

There is a crash in the peloton. American Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) has gone down and has landed pretty heavily, especially on his shoulder. There is also blood running down his left leg and left elbow. That looked very painful. He is back up and running but what state is he in?

01:08 PM BST

126km to go

We have just heard over the Ineos Grenadiers’ team radio that their riders have been told to wake up because there are general classification contenders in that breakaway.

01:06 PM BST

129km to go

The peloton will be concerned here as Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) is in the breakaway and he is only 22 seconds off the current leader Adam Yates. Hindley has also a few team-mates in this breakaway so this is a dangerous move. Will Yates’ team UAE Team Emirates react quickly? They certainly need to.

01:03 PM BST

131km to go

There is a big group that has broken away from the main peloton. A group that includes Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step). Will this group manage to break away? There are a lot of quality riders in this current breakaway.

12:56 PM BST

137km to go

Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) has been dropped off the back of the peloton but he is surrounded by a number of team-mates.

12:55 PM BST

139km to go

Tadej Pogacar casued a few moments of concern for the other general classification contenders as he broke away from the main peloton in a fairly sizeable group but the peloton is back together again. There are a lot of attacks early doors.

12:49 PM BST

141km to go

No sooner had that select group caught Latour has the peloton now caught that group as well. It is difficult for a breakaway to get away at the moment.

12:48 PM BST

142km to go

Pierre Latour has been caught by a small group that has broken away from the front of the peloton. That group includes Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step).

12:44 PM BST

147km to go

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) has attacked off the front of the peloton alongside Alberto Bettiol (EF-Education EasyPost). Pieree Latour is still out in the lead at the front. Concerns already for Soudal-Quick Step’s sprinter Fabio Jakobsen, who has been dropped. Remember he was one of many riders who crashed in the final stages of yesterday’s stage. His team-mate and main lead-out man Michael Morkov is there to help him through on what is going to be a long day for the Dutchman.

12:37 PM BST

152km to go

The nerves will have calmed down in the Lidl-Trek team as Skjelmose is back in the peloton and looks unhurt.

12:35 PM BST

153km to go

There is a crash in the peloton. Danish rider Mattias Skjelmose of Lidl-Trek, who is a top 10 contender in the general classification, has gone down. Skjelmose won the Tour de Suisse recently.

12:33 PM BST

155km to go

Neilson Powless (EF-Education EasyPost) again attacks off the front but is followed by a number of riders. Latour is still out in front but he has just a handful of secons over the peloton.

12:29 PM BST

158km to go

TotalEnergies’ Pierre Latour has attacked but as of yet no-one has joined him. He is on his own at the moment and it is not a big gap yet.

12:27 PM BST

160km to go

From the outset the man who currently leads the king of the mountains classification, Neilson Powless, is right at the front. Speaking ahead of the stage, he was speaking about the number of points available today in that classification.

12:24 PM BST

Flag drops

The flag has dropped and stage five is underway. As expected moves straight away off the front of the peloton.

12:22 PM BST

Big stage in the Pyrenees

The 2023 Tour de France is going to explode today with a huge amount of climbing on stage five in the Pyrenees. Let’s see what the Eurosport team are thinking ahead of an exciting day:

12:20 PM BST

State of play

Here is a reminder of the state of play going into stage five:

12:18 PM BST

Non-starters

There are two riders in the peloton who have abandoned the race following crashes yesterday: Luis León Sánchez (Astana Qazaqstan) and Jacopo Guarnieri (Lotto-Dstny). They both broke a collarbone in the closing stages yesterday. Guarnieri also has broken ribs.

12:14 PM BST

Into the Pyrenees we go

It was a slow burner on stage four yesterday. Most of the stage was fairly quiet until we reached the final few kilometres when it exploded into life as they entered onto the Paul Armagnac motor racing circuit in Nogaro, where chaos ensued. Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jasper Philipsen won for a second day in succession and four sprints in a row dating back into last year’s Tour. Philipsen finished ahead of Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious). Chasing a record-breaking 35th stage win, Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) finished fifth.

A number of riders went down in the closing stages yeesterday including Soudal-Quick Step’s Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen as well as one of Cavendish’s key team-mates Luis León Sánchez, who is out of the Tour with a suspected broken collarbone. The sprinters will likely have to wait for their next opportunity of a stage win until Friday when stage seven finishes in Bordeaux.

Yesterday was all about the sprinters. Today’s stage is all about climbing as we head into the Pyrenees. This stage is very similar to stage nine in 2020, when a certain Tadej Pogacar won his first stage at the Tour. Stage five begins in Pau and ends in Laruns after 163km of riding, including a 15.2km climb to the top of the Col de Soudet. There is plenty of climbing for the riders today. UAE Team Emirates’ Adam Yates retains the leader’s yellow jersey. He is six seconds ahead of his twin brother Simon and two-time winner Tadej Pogacar.

A great day in store!

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