Tour De France: Evenepoel Wins Time Trial to Strengthen Second Overall
- On Sunday, Remco Evenepoel won stage 16 of the Tour, a 26km time trial on the shores of Lake Geneva, marking back-to-back stage wins for the reigning Olympic champion.
- Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe co-leader Florian Lipowitz crashed out of the race after the German misjudged a corner with 6.4km remaining, making the victory bittersweet for his squad.
- Yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar finished 28 seconds slower than Evenepoel during the time trial; Pogacar now leads the Belgian by 4 minutes and 32 seconds overall.
- In the best young rider battle, French wunderkind Paul Seixas finished fourth and stole five seconds over Isaac del Toro, moving to fourth overall standings.
- Evenepoel said "Obviously not" when asked if he could challenge for overall Tour victory, stating he remains focused on his own position in the final week.
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Tour de France: Evenepoel wins time trial to strengthen second overall
Remco Evenepoel won the individual time trial on Stage 16 of the Tour de France, 2 days after his victory at Plateau de Solaison. The three-time world time trial champion finished 28 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar and 1'04'' clear of Mattias Skjelmose, between Évian and Thonon. The Belgian remains second overall, 4'32'' behind the Slovenian in the yellow jersey.
During the time trial on Tuesday 21 July in Haute-Savoie, the favourites responded present after a day of rest marked by massive anti-doping controls.
THONON LES BAINS (FRANCE) (ITALPRESS) - Remco Evenepoel concedes the encore and triumphs in the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France 2026, the individual chronometer Evian les Bains-Thonon les Bains 26.1 kilometers. The Belgian champion of Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe, who already won last Sunday in Plateau de Solaison, also dominates the test against the weather in 32'19', centering his fourth claim at the Grand Boucle, the third in this specialty.…
What a drama in the time-trial of the Tour de France: For Florian Lipowitz the tour went after a fall. His team-mate Remco Evenepoel excelled.
The uphill victory was an authentic surprise, the second timer instead was expected. Remco Evenepoel finds his second consecutive victory at the Tour de France with in the middle of the day of rest marked by the anti-doping controls and dominates the test against the time of 26.1 km from Evian Les-Bains to Thonon [...] L'articolo Tour de France, Evenepoel makes the second timer: evil Ganna. Another retreat: ko Lipowitz
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