Pogačar won the previous day's fourth stage in Rouen, marking his 100th career victory, and started the time trial tied on time with Van der Poel in the overall classification. He finished the individual time trial in second place, but his performance was enough to launch him up one spot and into the yellow jersey.
It is no surprise that the stage 5 victory went to World and Olympic Champion, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), who went into this 33km individual time trial as the big favourite.
Evenepoel covered the course at an average speed of nearly 54kph and finished with a winning time of 36:42. While it was enough to take the stage win, it was not enough to move into the overall race lead. He moved up seven spots and is now positioned in second place overall, 42 seconds behind Pogačar.
Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) also put forth an impressive time trial performance, taking fifth on the day but moving up two spots in the overall classification to third place at 59 seconds back.
It was not a good day for Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), who finished 13th in the time trial and dropped to fourth overall in the GC standings, now 1:13 behind Pogačar.
His teammate, Matteo Jorgenson, performed slightly better in the time trial but also dropped one place in the overall classification to fifth, 1:22 back.
Van der Poel moved into the overall lead after winning stage 2 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, but time trialling is not his biggest strength in road cycling. While he had a good performance to finish 18th on the day, it was not enough to stop Pogačar from taking the yellow jersey and he has dropped to sixth place at 1:28.
Pogačar's teammate, João Almeida, finished eighth in the time trial and moved up to seventh overall at 1:53, giving UAE Team Emirates-XRG two cards to play in the GC.
Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) has cracked the top 10 overall for the first time in this edition of the Tour, after he finished twelfth in the time trial and moved up five spots in the overall classification to eighth at 2:30 back.
His teammate Florian Lipowitz moved up eleven spots and is not right behind Roglič in ninth overall at 2:31.
Rounding out the top 10 is Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) at 2:32 back.
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Here's a rundown of all the ongoing competitions at the Tour de France.
Yellow Jersey/Maillot Jaune – The yellow jersey is worn by the overall race leader on the general classification who has completed the stages so far in the lowest accumulated time.
Green Jersey – The green jersey is the points classification. Riders accrue points at one of the two intermediate sprints during stages and also at stage finishes, and the man with the most points leads the ranking.
Polka Dot Jersey – The red and white polka dot jersey is the mountain classification. Points are handed out to the first riders over certain hills and climbs during the Tour de France, with the hardest mountains giving the most points. Once again, the man with the most points leads the ranking.
White jersey – The white jersey is the best young rider classification. It works the same way as the yellow jersey, but only riders aged 25 or under are eligible to win.
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