Tour de France 2021 Favourites stage 5: ITT specialists on rolling route

Assuming ITT World Champion Filippo Ganna will makes his forst appearance on the Tour de France, the Italian powerhouse is the riders to watch. In 2020, he was in a class of hos own when it came to time time trials. He won all races in which he started. The flat to undulating course to Laval suits his characteristics just perfectly.

In addition to the battle for the stage honours, the ITT will also be the first crucial outing for the GC contenders. The likes of Geraint Thomas and Primoz Roglic should be able to put time into their rivals.

Obviously, the start list is not yet confirmed and it remains to be seen who is on form this summer, so we’ll update this article later.

Favourites stage 5 Tour de France 2021

*** Filippo Ganna, Rohan Dennis
** Wout van Aert, Geraint Thomas, Primoz Roglic
* Victor Campenaerts, Kasper Asgreen, Mikkel Bjerg, Rémi Cavagna

Other interesting reads:
– route stage 5
– provisional start list 2021 Tour de France