Pogacar and Van der Poel have exactly the same overall time of 16 hours, 46 minutes after four stages, and count one stage win each, but Van der Poel kept the yellow jersey because of better finishing positions in the other two stages.

Remco Evenepoel took the expected stage win on Wednesday in the Tour de France time trial in Caen, and that was part one of the story of this chrono. The other main topic was Jonas Vingegaard’s time loss compared to Tadej Pogacar,

Race-against-the-clock specialist Remco Evenepoel produced a stunning display of power to win the first time trial of the Tour de France on Wednesday and defending champion Tadej Pogacar cemented his favorite status by grabbing the yellow jersey.

Tadej Pogacar’s 100th win as a professional rider was a perfect synecdoche of the other 99, partially in how he won it and partially because of who finished second and third on the day. In an interview just after crossing the line,

He’s got his first stage win of this Tour de France! Tadej Pogacar beat Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) with an impressive sprint on the streets of Rouen in stage four. And it wasn’t just any victory: it marked the 100th win of the 26-year-old Slovenian’s career.