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07/21 11:10 CDT Evenepoel wins time trial for back-to-back Tour de France stage
victories, Pogacar still leads
Evenepoel wins time trial for back-to-back Tour de France stage victories,
Pogacar still leads
THONON-LES-BAINS, France (AP) --- Time trial world champion Remco Evenepoel was
fastest Tuesday as he won the 16th stage of the Tour de France to shave 28
seconds off Tadej Pogacar's commanding lead.
Evenepoel completed the 26.1-kilometer individual time trial in 32 minutes, 19
seconds, more than a minute faster than Mattias Skjelmose, the previous
quickest, before the Belgian rider waited to see Pogacar cross the line with
the second-best effort of the day.
It ensured back-to-back stage victories for Evenepoel after winning the 15th
stage on Sunday. Monday was a rest day.
His teammate Florian Lipowitz crashed out, however. The German rider slipped
going around a sharp bend near the finish and slid across the road into the
sidewalk kerb. He was unable to continue with what looked like a shoulder
injury.
"It's a bittersweet pill with this victory. I wish him all the best," Evenepoel
said of his Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe teammate. "I will really miss him for the
whole week."
Pogacar had a wobble going around the same corner but recovered to continue.
Tuesday's stage was the only individual time trial of the Tour, starting in
vian-les-Bains beside Lake Geneva with a 16.4K climb up the category 2 Cte de
Larringes, then a technical descent before a straight road into
Thonon-les-Bains.
The race ends July 26 in Paris.
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