Evenepoel beats Pogacar by seconds in stage 16 of Tour de France
Summary
Remco Evenepoel won stage 16 of the Tour de France, a 26.1km individual time trial, beating overall leader Tadej Pogacar by 28 seconds. This helped Evenepoel reduce Pogacar’s lead to 4 minutes 32 seconds in the overall race.Key Facts
- Remco Evenepoel is an Olympic champion and won the 16th stage time trial at the Tour de France.
- The stage was 26.1 kilometers long along Lake Geneva.
- Evenepoel beat Tadej Pogacar, the current overall race leader, by 28 seconds.
- This was Evenepoel’s second win in a row and his fourth career Tour de France stage victory.
- On Belgium’s national holiday, Evenepoel became one of the few Belgians to win a stage on that day.
- Pogacar’s overall lead in the race is now 4 minutes 32 seconds.
- Evenepoel’s teammate Florian Lipowitz crashed during the stage and had to leave the race with an injury.
- Danish rider Mattias Skjelmose finished third on the stage, over a minute behind Evenepoel.
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