Visma-Lease a Bike had "no explanation" for why Jonas Vingegaard lost more than a minute to GC rival Tadej Pogačar in the time trial stage 5 of the Tour de France, with the Dane dropping to fourth overall.

Tadej Pogacar took the 100th victory of his stellar career on Tuesday, beating Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Vingegaard to win stage four of the Tour de France.

Just three days into the race, it’s clear we’re about to be treated to an epic duel between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard for the yellow jersey.

As proud as they were on Wednesday at Soudal Quick-Step and UAE Emirates-XRG, the mood was just as sour at Visma | Lease a Bike. Instead of the hoped-for time gains, team leader Jonas Vingegaard was dealt a heavy blow by his main rivals Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel,

Mathieu van der Poel made it two wins from two stages for Alpecin-Deceuninck at the 2025 Tour de France, winning a frantic stage into Boulogne-sur-Mer on Sunday afternoon and taking over the race lead from his team-mate Jasper Philipsen.

Jonas Vingegaard's wife Trine was brutally honest in her assessment of the Visma-Lease cycling team, as she blamed them for pushing her husband too far.

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) lost over a minute on Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who took the Tour de France's leader's yellow jersey, during the stage five time trial on Wednesday.

1. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 3:50:29. 2. Mathieu van der Poel, Netherlands, Alpecin - Deceuninck, same time. 3. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Visma - Lease a Bike, same time. 4. Oscar Onley, Great Britain, Picnic PostNL, same time.

Van Aert is an all-around rider who can sprint (won the 2022 green jersey), climb (often a key worker for Vingegaard), time trial (Olympic bronze medalist) and excel in one-day races (second in the road race at the Olympics and worlds). In 2025, van Aert was second at cyclo-cross worlds, fourth at Paris-Roubaix and then helped Yates win the Giro.

“I was there on the ground, I almost couldn’t breathe and I was coughing up blood,” Vingegaard says. “I said to myself that if I survive, I will never do another bike race again.